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 .IP "\fBptcp:\fIport\fR[\fB:\fIip\fR]"
33 Listens for JSON-RPC connections on the given TCP \fIport\fR. By
34 default, \fB\*(PN\fR listens for connections to any local IP address,
35 but \fIip\fR may be specified to listen only for connections to the
38 .IP "\fBpunix:\fIfile\fR"
39 Listens for JSON-RPC connections on the Unix domain server socket
42 .IP "\fBtcp:\fIip\fB:\fIport\fR"
43 Initiates a JSON-RPC connection to the given TCP \fIport\fR on
44 \fIip\fR and reconnects as necessary.
46 .IP "\fBunix:\fIfile\fR"
47 Initiates a JSON-RPC connection to the Unix domain server socket named
48 \fIfile\fR as reconnects as necessary.
50 .IP "\fBdb:\fItable\fB,\fIcolumn\fR"
51 Reads additional connection methods from \fIcolumn\fR in all of the
52 rows in \fItable\fR within the \fBovsdb\-server\fR database. The
53 \fIcolumn\fR must have type string or set of strings. The connection
54 methods in the column must have one of the forms described above. As
55 the contents of \fIcolumn\fR changes, \fBovsdb\-server\fR also adds
56 and drops connection methods accordingly.
65 .SH "RUNTIME MANAGEMENT COMMANDS"
66 \fBovs\-appctl\fR(8) can send commands to a running
67 \fBovsdb\-server\fR process. The currently supported commands are
69 .so lib/vlog-unixctl.man