2 .TH ovsdb\-server 1 "November 2009" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
6 ovsdb\-server \- Open vSwitch database server
11 [\fB--remote=\fIremote\fR]\&...
12 .so lib/daemon-syn.man
14 .so lib/common-syn.man
17 The \fBovsdb\-server\fR program provides RPC interfaces to an Open
18 vSwitch database (OVSDB). It supports JSON-RPC client connections
19 over active or passive TCP/IP or Unix domain sockets.
21 The name of the OVSDB file must be specified on the command line as
22 \fIdatabase\fR, which must already have been created and initialized
23 using, for example, \fBovsdb\-tool create\fR.
27 .IP "\fB\-\-remote=\fIremote\fR"
28 Adds \fIremote\fR as a connection method used by \fBovsdb\-server\fR.
29 \fIremote\fR must take one of the following forms:
32 .so ovsdb/remote-passive.man
33 .so ovsdb/remote-active.man
43 .SH "RUNTIME MANAGEMENT COMMANDS"
44 \fBovs\-appctl\fR(8) can send commands to a running
45 \fBovsdb\-server\fR process. The currently supported commands are
47 .so lib/vlog-unixctl.man