1. Prepare the Build Environment

Get the Source Code

Download the BitVisor 3.0 source archive from the Download page:

wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/bitvisor/files/bitvisor/3.0/bitvisor-3.0.tar.gz/download \
     -O bitvisor-3.0.tar.gz
tar xzf bitvisor-3.0.tar.gz
cd bitvisor-3.0

To use the latest development version, clone the Mercurial repository:

hg clone http://hg.code.sf.net/p/bitvisor/code bitvisor-code
cd bitvisor-code

Prepare syslog (Recommended)

It is strongly recommended to configure rsyslog to receive log output from BitVisor over the network, so you can trace what is happening.

Edit /etc/rsyslog.conf

Enable UDP reception by adding one of the following:

# rsyslog v8+
module(load="imudp")
input(type="imudp" port="514")

# Legacy format
$ModLoad imudp
$UDPServerRun 514

Create a BitVisor-specific log file

Create /etc/rsyslog.d/10-bitvisor.conf:

:syslogtag, isequal, "bitvisor:" {
    action(type="omfile" file="/var/log/bitvisor.log")
    stop
}

Restart and verify

sudo service rsyslog restart

# Verify UDP port 514 is bound
ss -uln | grep 514

Expected output:

UNCONN  0  0  *:514  *:*
UNCONN  0  0 :::514 :::*