SONiC Book in Japanese

[Kentaro Ebisawa]

Hi,

After 2+ years of writing, a book about SONiC in Japanese will be published next month, on 26th May.

Title: 実践 SONiC入門 (Practical Guide to SONiC)

Release Date: May 26, 2025 (Japan)

Availability: Print and eBook versions available

Format: Paperback, 368 pages

https://gihyo.jp/book/2025/978-4-297-14943-7

I started this project to compile answers to questions I received from Japan community members and who are new but interested in SONiC looking for information in Japanese.

But while adding more info to answer more questions, it became a book of 368 pages. :-)

I would like to thank all the community members who are working on this project, and also people who were kind to answer my questions I posted on mailing lists and during the meetings.

I would also like to thank many members from SONiC Japan community who reviewed and provided valuable feedback.

Unfortunately there is no plan to publish English version at this moment.

But if there are enough interest then I would like to ask the publisher to consider translating this to English.

So please let me know if anyone is interested in English version of this book.

Again, thanks for all your work and hope this book would help expanding SONiC community.

== Table of Contents ==

Chapter 1: White Box Switches and SONiC Architecture  

1.1 Internal Structure of White Box Switches  

1.2 Background and Role of SAI  

1.3 Overview of SONiC Architecture  

Chapter 2: SONiC Features and Use Cases  

2.1 SONiC Features and Use Cases  

2.2 Use Cases / Examples  

2.3 Applications Beyond Switch ASICs  

Chapter 3: Community Operations and Development Process  

3.1 Organizational Structure and Members  

3.2 Information Sources and Communication Channels

3.3 Release Process  

3.4 Bug Reporting and Patch Proposals  

Chapter 4: Commercial SONiC and Paid Support  

4.1 Differences Between Community and Commercial SONiC  

4.2 Process for Adding New Features  

4.3 Major Commercial SONiC Vendors  

4.4 Vendors Offering Paid Support  

4.5 Summary: Considerations for Commercial SONiC and Support  

Chapter 5: Obtaining and Installing SONiC  

5.1 Preparing an Environment to Run SONiC  

5.2 Obtaining the Image  

5.3 Using on Physical Hardware  

5.4 Using in a Virtual Environment (sonic-vs on KVM)  

Chapter 6: Basic Operations and Configuration of SONiC  

6.1 Basic Operations and Configuration Files  

6.2 Configuration via Files  

6.3 Two Types of Command-Line Interfaces  

6.4 Basic SONiC Configuration  

Chapter 7: SONiC Internals - Architecture and Subsystems  

7.1 Overview of SONiC Architecture  

7.2 Key Subsystems  

7.3 Modules Running Within Each Subsystem  

7.4 database Container  

7.5 swss Container  

7.6 syncd Container  

7.7 bgp Container (routing container)  

7.8 mgmt-framework and gnmi Containers  

7.9 pmon Container  

7.10 snmp Container  

7.11 lldp Container  

7.12 teamd Container  

7.13 eventd Container  

7.14 Front Panel Ports and Host Interfaces  

Chapter 8: SONiC Internals - State Flow and Module Interaction  

8.1 SONiC Databases  

8.2 Module Access to Databases  

8.3 Communication Between Modules and Host  

8.4 Inter-Module Communication  

8.5 Network Configuration of Containers  

8.6 Interface Management in SONiC  

8.7 Routing Functions in SONiC  

8.8 SONiC Boot Process and User Interface  

8.9 SONiC Management Framework  

Chapter 9: In-Depth Look at SAI [API, Objects, Data Plane Pipeline]  

9.1 Overview of SAI  

9.2 SAI Packet Processing Pipeline  

9.3 Common Function Definition Files in SAI  

9.4 Function-Specific Definition Files in SAI  

9.5 SAI Implementation in SONiC  

Chapter 10: Advanced Configuration and Usage  

10.1 SRv6 Support Status  

10.2 SRv6 Configuration in SONiC  

10.3 Verifying Packet Transformation Behavior  

Chapter 11: SONiC Troubleshooting  

Appendix 1: Building from Source Code  

A.1.1 Overview of the SONiC Build System  

A.1.2 Build Flow for SONiC Images  

A.1.3 Example: Building in a Virtual Environment  

A.1.4 Customizing Build Options (rules/config)  

A.1.5 Building and Replacing Specific Modules (Containers)  

Appendix 2: Open Source Projects Used in SONiC

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Kentaro Ebisawa <ebik...@gmail.com>

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[Alexis]

An english translated version will be very useful.

[Vainius Dangovas]

Another vote for a collection like this in english.