MCC-server

A Dockerized server providing Model-Checking Contest (MCC) compliant tools via a web interface.

Overview

MCC-server is a Dockerized server that exposes tools from the MCC-drivers project. It provides an interface for running various model-checking tools and retrieving results.

MCC-server is essentially a wrapper for the MCC-drivers project. MCC-drivers adapts various tools to MCC formats and provides the core functionalities that MCC-server exposes.

PetriVizu is a demonstrator for the capabilities of MCC compatible tools with a user-friendly front-end for visualizing and analyzing Petri nets. It uses this dockers container if provided to provide an intuitive interface and advanced visualization features to MCC compliant tools.

Logic File Syntax

Please visit the property syntax page on PetriVizu repository for more information on the human usable syntax proposed to interact with the MCC tools to express bounds, reachability, LTL and CTL properties.

Supported Tools

MCC-server supports most tools that compete or have competed in the MCC. Refer to the MCC-drivers repository for more details on the tools and their configurations.

	COL supported	LTL	CTL	Reachability	StateSpace	UpperBounds	Liveness	OneSafe	StableMarking
itstools	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
greatspn	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
lola	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓
tapaal	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓
smart				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
ltsmin		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
marcie	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓
smpt	✓			✓
pnmc					✓

Setup

Prerequisites

Ensure Docker is installed on your machine. You can download it from the Docker website.

Pulling the Docker Image

1. Pull the Docker image from DockerHub:

   docker pull yanntm/mcc-server:latest

2. Run the Docker container:

   docker run -d -p 1664:1664 yanntm/mcc-server:latest

3. Query the MCC-server (e.g. curl), or open PetriVizu https://yanntm.github.io/PetriVizu to interact from Analysis mode.

Building the Docker Image (Optional)

If you prefer to build the Docker image locally, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yanntm/MCC-server.git
   cd MCC-server

2. Build the Docker image:

   docker build -t mcc-server .

Running the Docker Container

1. Run the Docker container:

   docker run -d -p 1664:1664 yanntm/mcc-server:latest

Usage

The server processes PNML models and returns the results from the specified tool.

Example Request

To run a tool on a PNML model, use the following curl command from the samples/ folder:

curl -F "model.pnml=@flot.pnml" -F "model.logic=@flot_prop.logic" -F "timeout=100" http://localhost:1664/mcc/PT/LTLCardinality/itstools

Endpoints

• POST /mcc/<col_flag>/<examination>/<tool>: Executes the specified tool with the provided PNML model.

  • col_flag: Either COL for colored Petri nets or PT for Petri nets.
  • examination: The type of examination to perform. Some require a property file (.logic), and some do not.
    • Examinations without .logic file: StateSpace, OneSafe, StableMarking, QuasiLiveness, Liveness, ReachabilityDeadlock
    • Examinations with .logic file: UpperBounds, ReachabilityFireability, ReachabilityCardinality, CTLFireability, CTLCardinality, LTLFireability, LTLCardinality
  • tool: The tool to use (e.g., itstools, ltsmin).

  Example

  curl -F "model.pnml=@/path/to/model.pnml" \
       -F "model.logic=@/path/to/model.logic" \
       -F "timeout=300" \
       http://localhost:1664/mcc/PT/ReachabilityCardinality/itstools

Querying Available Tools and Examinations

The MCC-server provides an endpoint to query the list of supported tools and their corresponding examinations.

Endpoint

• GET /tools/descriptions: Retrieves a list of all available tools and the examinations they support.

Example Request

To get the list of available tools and examinations, use the following curl command:

curl http://localhost:1664/tools/descriptions

This command will return a JSON object containing details about each tool and the examinations it supports.

You can also run the "showTools.py" script in this repository to build a readable list of tools and capacity.

License and Acknowledgment

This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0 License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Packaging and development by Yann Thierry-Mieg, working at LIP6, Sorbonne Université, CNRS.