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Environment variables

OAI uses/supports a number of environment variables, documented in the following:

  • NFAPI_TRACE_LEVEL: set the nfapi custom logging framework’s log level; can be one of error, warn, note, info, debug. Default is warn.
  • NR_AWGN_RESULTS_DIR: directory containing BLER curves for NR L2simulator channel modelling in SISO case
  • NR_MIMO2x2_AWGN_RESULTS_DIR: directory containing BLER curves for NR L2simulator channel modelling in 2x2 MIMO case
  • OPENAIR_DIR: should point to the root directory of OpenAirInterface; BLER curves for LTE L2sim channel emulation
  • NVRAM_DIR: directory to read/write NVRAM data in (5G) nvram tool; if not defined, will use PWD (working directory)
  • OAI_CONFIGMODULE: can be used to pass the configuration file instead of -O
  • OAI_GDBSTACKS: if defined when hitting an assertion (DevAssert(), AssertFatal(), …), OAI will load gdb and provide a backtrace for every thread
  • OAI_RNGSEED: overwrites any seed for random number generators (RNG) in simulators
  • USIM_DIR: directory to read/write USIM data in (4G) usim tool; if not defined, will use PWD (working directory)

Furthermore, these variables appear in code that is not maintained and maybe not even compiled anywhere:

  • HOST: alternative host to connect to, for CLI, if neither REMADDR nor SSH_CLIENT are defined
  • REMADDR: host to connect to, for CLI client
  • SSH_CLIENT: alternative host to connect to, for CLI, if REMADDR is not defined
  • USER: user name in the command-line interface
  • rftestInputFile: input file for the calibration_test tool
  • OPENAIR2_DIR : OMV and OMG modules, obsolete
  • TITLE: OTG module, obsolete