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authorBen Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>2011-04-08 12:40:49 -0700
committerBen Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>2011-04-29 14:32:00 -0700
commit2401d853a400babaa2c7254851e751d3db9af8cb (patch)
tree8f74d6fb920e05457b4b9767e74413a92e58af41 /INSTALL.Linux
parent4896c8a0d7e7f6edd1995b81f0f9868ac953a485 (diff)
INSTALL.Linux: Mention that SSL options require building with SSL support.
Reported-by: Aaron Rosen <arosen@clemson.edu>
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diff --git a/INSTALL.Linux b/INSTALL.Linux
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--- a/INSTALL.Linux
+++ b/INSTALL.Linux
@@ -276,6 +276,9 @@ configuration in the database:
--bootstrap-ca-cert=db:SSL,ca_cert \
--pidfile --detach
+(If you built Open vSwitch without SSL support, then omit
+--private-key, --certificate, and --bootstrap-ca-cert.)
+
Then initialize the database using ovs-vsctl. This is only
necessary the first time after you create the database with
ovsdb-tool (but running it at any time is harmless):