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Automatic Configuration Repair

Liu, Xu, Zhang, Peng, Abhashkumar, Anubhavnidhi, Chen, Jiawei, Jiang, Weirong·2024·Proceedings of the 23rd ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks
DOI 10.1145/3696348.3696895
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Abstract

Networks are error-prone due to misconfigurations, and it is hard to identify the root causes in the configuration and find a repair due to the size and complexity of networks running distributed routing protocols. Thus, we advocate Automatic Configuration Repair (ACR) to reduce the manual effort. Specifically, we draw some insights from the field of Automatic Software Repair (ASR), crystallize some lessons learned from the real-world repair experience of a large service provider, and propose some directions to realize ACR. Inspired by the generate-and-validate approach from ASR, we propose localize-fix-validate as a possible approach to realize ACR.

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Authors
Liu, X., Zhang, P., Abhashkumar, A., Chen, J., & Jiang, W.
Affiliations
  • Xi'an Jiaotong University (CN)
  • ByteDance (China) (CN)
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Venue
Proceedings of the 23rd ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks
Publisher
ACM
Published
2024-11-18
Pages
213-220
DOI
10.1145/3696348.3696895
OpenAlex
W4404240614
Cited by
7
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 2
FWCI
1.91
Type
conference paper
Language
en
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closed
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www.acm.org/publications/policies/copyright_policy#Background (vor)
Locations
ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks (HotNets) (publishedVersion)
Funders
NSFC (62272382)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Software › Software Testing and Debugging Techniques
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Software System Performance and Reliability
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Software-Defined Networks and 5G
Keywords
network misconfiguration, distributed routing protocol, root cause identification, service provider networks

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