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| author | Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com> | 2010-03-03 16:54:00 -0800 |
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| committer | Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com> | 2010-03-04 10:05:44 -0800 |
| commit | 3b12addabb60c1eae0f58942281a388a6bc5d45b (patch) | |
| tree | 659f0957c7901f9f958f88edbbd92094c295db99 /INSTALL.bridge | |
| parent | 39a559f2a77e78c53f439a904986337b0d6d15cf (diff) | |
Update Open vSwitch documentation.
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL.bridge')
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL.bridge | 29 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL.bridge b/INSTALL.bridge index b30152d4..75caacee 100644 --- a/INSTALL.bridge +++ b/INSTALL.bridge @@ -42,23 +42,16 @@ to update system scripts to follow these steps. bridge interfaces), to ensure that the Open vSwitch kernel modules are loaded before the Linux kernel bridge module. -3. Create an initial version of the configuration file, for example - /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf. This file may be empty initially or may - contain add any valid configuration directives described in - ovs-vswitchd.conf(5). However, it must exist when you start - ovs-vswitchd. +3. Start ovsdb-server, ovs-vswitchd, and ovs-brcompatd, e.g.: - To create an empty configuration file: - - % touch /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf - -4. Start ovs-vswitchd and ovs-brcompatd, e.g.: + % ovsdb-server /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db \ + --remote=punix:/var/run/ovsdb-server % ovs-vswitchd --pidfile --detach -vANY:console:EMER \ - /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf + unix:/var/run/ovsdb-server % ovs-brcompatd --pidfile --detach -vANY:console:EMER \ - /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf + unix:/var/run/ovsdb-server 5. Now you should be able to manage the Open vSwitch using brctl and related tools. For example, you can create an Open vSwitch bridge, @@ -71,11 +64,7 @@ to update system scripts to follow these steps. % brctl show Each of these commands actually uses or modifies the Open vSwitch - configuration file, then notifies the ovs-vswitchd daemon of the - change. For example, after executing the commands above starting - from an empty configuration file, "cat /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf" - should show that the configuration file now contains the following: - - bridge.br0.port=br0 - bridge.br0.port=eth0 - bridge.br0.port=eth1 + configuration database, then notifies the ovs-vswitchd daemon of + the change. For example, after executing the commands above + starting from an empty configuration file, "ovs-vsctl list-ports + br0" should show that bridge br0 contains two ports, eth0 and eth1. |