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Welcome to the BESS wiki! BESS stands for the Berkeley Extensible Software Switch. BESS was developed at the University of California, Berkeley and at Nefeli Networks. Contributors to BESS include students, researchers, and developers who care about networking with high performance and high customizability. BESS is open-source.Most files are licensed under the BSD3 license.

If you are new to BESS, we recommend you start here:

1. BESS Overview
2. Build and Install BESS
3. Write a BESS Configuration Script
4. Connect BESS to a Network Interface, VM, or Container

Moving in to advanced territory:

1. Deep Dive into BESS Modules
2. All Built-In Modules and Ports
3. How to Write Your Own Module
4. The BESS Scheduler
5. BESS Performance Tuning
6. Digging in to the BESS Codebase
7. FAQ for troubleshooting
8. Using BESS CLI

Want to make contributions to the project? See How to Contribute.