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How to Install Open vSwitch on Linux
====================================
This document describes how to build and install Open vSwitch on a
generic Linux host. If you want to install Open vSwitch on a Citrix
XenServer version 5.5.0, see INSTALL.XenServer instead.
This version of Open vSwitch should be built manually with "configure"
and "make". Debian packaging for Open vSwitch is also included, but
they have not been recently tested, and so Debian packages are not a
recommended way to use this version of Open vSwitch.
Build Requirements
------------------
To compile the userspace programs in the Open vSwitch distribution,
you will need the following software:
- A make program, e.g. GNU make. BSD make should also work.
- The GNU C compiler. We generally test with version 4.1, 4.2, or
4.3.
- libssl, from OpenSSL, is optional but recommended if you plan to
connect the Open vSwitch to an OpenFlow controller. libssl is
required to establish confidentiality and authenticity in the
connections from an Open vSwitch to an OpenFlow controller. To
enable, configure with --enable-ssl=yes.
To compile the kernel module, you must also install the following. If
you cannot build or install the kernel module, you may use the
userspace-only implementation, at a cost in performance. The
userspace implementation may also lack some features. Refer to
INSTALL.userspace for more information.
- A supported Linux kernel version. Please refer to README for a
list of supported versions.
The Open vSwitch datapath requires bridging support
(CONFIG_BRIDGE) to be built as a kernel module. (This is common
in kernels provided by Linux distributions.) The bridge module
must not be loaded or in use. If the bridge module is running
(check with "lsmod | grep bridge"), you must remove it ("rmmod
bridge") before starting the datapath.
For optional support of ingress policing, you must enable kernel
configuration options NET_CLS_ACT, NET_CLS_U32, NET_SCH_INGRESS,
and NET_ACT_POLICE, either built-in or as modules.
(NET_CLS_POLICE is obsolete and not needed.)
If GRE tunneling is being used it is recommended that the kernel
be compiled with IPv6 support (CONFIG_IPV6). This allows for
special handling (such as path MTU discovery) of IPv6 packets.
To use Open vSwitch support for TAP devices, you must enable
CONFIG_TUN.
- To build a kernel module, you need the same version of GCC that
was used to build that kernel.
- A kernel build directory corresponding to the Linux kernel image
the module is to run on. Under Debian and Ubuntu, for example,
each linux-image package containing a kernel binary has a
corresponding linux-headers package with the required build
infrastructure.
If you are working from a Git tree or snapshot (instead of from a
distribution tarball), or if you modify the Open vSwitch build system,
you will also need the following software:
- Autoconf version 2.64 or later.
- Automake version 1.10 or later.
- pkg-config. We test with version 0.22.
- Python 2.x, for x >= 4.
If you modify the ovsdbmonitor tool, then you will also need the
following:
- pyuic4 from PyQt4 (http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk).
Installation Requirements
-------------------------
The machine on which Open vSwitch is to be installed must have the
following software:
- libc compatible with the libc used for build.
- libssl compatible with the libssl used for build, if OpenSSL was
used for the build.
- The Linux kernel version configured as part of the build.
- For optional support of ingress policing, the "tc" program from
iproute2 (part of all major distributions and available at
http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Net:Iproute2).
- For debugging purposes, Open vSwitch expects that "tcpdump" is
installed as /usr/sbin/tcpdump. If tcpdump is not installed, or
if it is installed in a different location, then some Open
vSwitch log messages will not be as detailed.
You should ensure that /dev/urandom exists. To support TAP devices,
you must also ensure that /dev/net/tun exists.
To run the ovsdmonitor tool, the machine must also have the following
software:
- Python 2.x, for x >= 4.
- Python Twisted Conch.
- Python JSON.
- PySide or PyQt4.
- Python Zope interface module.
(On Debian "lenny" the above can be installed with "apt-get install
python-json python-qt4 python-zopeinterface python-twisted-conch".)
Building and Installing Open vSwitch for Linux
==============================================
Once you have installed all the prerequisites listed above in the Base
Prerequisites section, follow the procedure below to build.
1. If you pulled the sources directly from an Open vSwitch Git tree,
run boot.sh in the top source directory:
% ./boot.sh
2. In the top source directory, configure the package by running the
configure script. You can usually invoke configure without any
arguments:
% ./configure
By default all files are installed under /usr/local. If you want
to install into, e.g., /usr and /var instead of /usr/local and
/usr/local/var, add options as shown here:
% ./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var
To use a specific C compiler for compiling Open vSwitch user
programs, also specify it on the configure command line, like so:
% ./configure CC=gcc-4.2
To build the Linux kernel module, so that you can run the
kernel-based switch, pass the location of the kernel build
directory on --with-l26. For example, to build for a running
instance of Linux 2.6:
% ./configure --with-l26=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
If you wish to build the kernel module for an architecture other
than the architecture of the machine used for the build, you may
specify the kernel architecture string using the KARCH variable
when invoking the configure script. For example, to build for MIPS
with Linux 2.6:
% ./configure --with-l26=/path/to/linux-2.6 KARCH=mips
The configure script accepts a number of other options and honors
additional environment variables. For a full list, invoke
configure with the --help option.
3. Run make in the top source directory:
% make
4. Become root by running "su" or another program.
5. Run "make install" to install the executables and manpages into the
running system, by default under /usr/local.
6. If you built kernel modules, you may load them with "insmod", e.g.:
% insmod datapath/linux-2.6/openvswitch_mod.ko
You may need to specify a full path to insmod, e.g. /sbin/insmod.
To verify that the modules have been loaded, run "/sbin/lsmod" and
check that openvswitch_mod is listed.
If the "insmod" operation fails, look at the last few kernel log
messages (e.g. with "dmesg | tail"):
- The message "openvswitch_mod: exports duplicate symbol
br_should_route_hook (owned by bridge)" means that the bridge
module is loaded. Run "/sbin/rmmod bridge" to remove it.
If "/sbin/rmmod bridge" fails with "ERROR: Module bridge does
not exist in /proc/modules", then the bridge is compiled into
the kernel, rather than as a module. Open vSwitch does not
support this configuration (see "Build Requirements", above).
- The message "openvswitch_mod: exports duplicate symbol
dp_ioctl_hook (owned by ofdatapath)" means that the ofdatapath
module from the OpenFlow reference implementation is loaded.
Run "/sbin/rmmod ofdatapath" to remove it. (You might have to
delete any existing datapaths beforehand, using the "dpctl"
program included with the OpenFlow reference implementation.
"ovs-dpctl" will not work.)
- Otherwise, the most likely problem is that Open vSwitch was
built for a kernel different from the one into which you are
trying to load it. Run "modinfo" on openvswitch_mod.ko and on
a module built for the running kernel, e.g.:
% /sbin/modinfo openvswitch_mod.ko
% /sbin/modinfo /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/net/bridge/bridge.ko
Compare the "vermagic" lines output by the two commands. If
they differ, then Open vSwitch was built for the wrong kernel.
- If you decide to report a bug or ask a question related to
module loading, please include the output from the "dmesg" and
"modinfo" commands mentioned above.
7. Initialize the configuration database using ovsdb-tool, e.g.:
% ovsdb-tool create /usr/local/etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db vswitchd/vswitch.ovsschema
Startup
=======
Before starting ovs-vswitchd itself, you need to start its
configuration database, ovsdb-server. Configure it to use the
database you created during step 7 of installation, above, and to
listen on a Unix domain socket, e.g.:
% ovsdb-server /usr/local/etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db --remote=punix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock
Then initialize the database with "ovs-vsctl init". This is only
necessary the first time after you create the database with
ovsdb-tool (but running it at any time is harmless):
% ovs-vsctl init
Then start the main Open vSwitch daemon, telling it to connect to the
same Unix domain socket:
% ovs-vswitchd unix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock
Now you may use ovs-vsctl to set up bridges and other Open vSwitch
features. For example, to create a bridge named br0 and add ports
eth0 and vif1.0 to it:
% ovs-vsctl add-br br0
% ovs-vsctl add-port br0 eth0
% ovs-vsctl add-port br0 vif1.0
Please refer to ovs-vsctl(8) for more details.
Bug Reporting
-------------
Please report problems to bugs@openvswitch.org.
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