2 .TH ovsdb\-server 1 "November 2009" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
3 .\" This program's name:
5 .\" SSL peer program's name:
9 ovsdb\-server \- Open vSwitch database server
14 [\fB\-\-remote=\fIremote\fR]\&...
15 [\fB\-\-run=\fIcommand\fR]
16 .so lib/daemon-syn.man
19 .so lib/ssl-bootstrap-syn.man
20 .so lib/unixctl-syn.man
21 .so lib/common-syn.man
24 The \fBovsdb\-server\fR program provides RPC interfaces to an Open
25 vSwitch database (OVSDB). It supports JSON-RPC client connections
26 over active or passive TCP/IP or Unix domain sockets.
28 The name of the OVSDB file must be specified on the command line as
29 \fIdatabase\fR, which must already have been created and initialized
30 using, for example, \fBovsdb\-tool create\fR.
34 .IP "\fB\-\-remote=\fIremote\fR"
35 Adds \fIremote\fR as a connection method used by \fBovsdb\-server\fR.
36 \fIremote\fR must take one of the following forms:
39 .so ovsdb/remote-passive.man
40 .so ovsdb/remote-active.man
42 .IP "\fBdb:\fItable\fB,\fIcolumn\fR"
43 Reads additional connection methods from \fIcolumn\fR in all of the
44 rows in \fItable\fR. As the contents of \fIcolumn\fR changes,
45 \fBovsdb\-server\fR also adds and drops connection methods
48 If \fIcolumn\fR's type is string or set of strings, then the
49 connection methods are taken directly from the column. The connection
50 methods in the column must have one of the forms described above.
52 If \fIcolumn\fR's type is UUID or set of UUIDs and references a table,
53 then each UUID is looked up in the referenced table to obtain a row.
54 The following columns in the row, if present and of the correct type,
55 configure a connection method. Any additional columns are ignored.
57 .IP "\fBtarget\fR (string)"
58 Connection method, in one of the forms described above. This column
59 is mandatory: if it is missing or empty then no connection method can
61 .IP "\fBmax_backoff\fR (integer)"
62 Maximum number of milliseconds to wait between connection attempts.
63 .IP "\fBinactivity_probe\fR (integer)
64 Maximum number of milliseconds of idle time on connection to
65 client before sending an inactivity probe message.
68 It is an error for \fIcolumn\fR to have another type.
71 .IP "\fB\-\-run=\fIcommand\fR]"
72 Ordinarily \fBovsdb\-server\fR runs forever, or until it is told to
73 exit (see \fBRUNTIME MANAGEMENT COMMANDS\fR below). With this option,
74 \fBovsdb\-server\fR instead starts a shell subprocess running
75 \fIcommand\fR. When the subprocess terminates, \fBovsdb\-server\fR
76 also exits gracefully. If the subprocess exits normally with exit
77 code 0, then \fBovsdb\-server\fR exits with exit code 0 also;
78 otherwise, it exits with exit code 1.
80 This option can be useful where a database server is needed only to
81 run a single command, e.g.:
82 .B "ovsdb\-server \-\-remote=punix:socket \-\-run='ovsdb\-client dump unix:socket Open_vSwitch'"
85 \fBovsdb\-server\fR detaches only after it starts listening on all \
90 .SS "Public Key Infrastructure Options"
91 The options described below for configuring the SSL public key
92 infrastructure accept a special syntax for obtaining their
93 configuration from the database. If any of these options is given
94 \fBdb:\fItable\fB,\fIcolumn\fR as its argument, then the actual file
95 name is read from the specified \fIcolumn\fR in \fItable\fR within the
96 \fBovsdb\-server\fR database. The \fIcolumn\fR must have type string
97 or set of strings. The first nonempty string in the table is taken as
98 the file name. (This means that ordinarily there should be at most
99 one row in \fItable\fR.)
101 .so lib/ssl-bootstrap.man
105 .SH "RUNTIME MANAGEMENT COMMANDS"
106 \fBovs\-appctl\fR(8) can send commands to a running
107 \fBovsdb\-server\fR process. The currently supported commands are
109 .SS "OVSDB\-SERVER COMMANDS"
110 These commands are specific to \fBovsdb\-server\fR.
112 Causes \fBovsdb\-server\fR to gracefully terminate.
113 .IP "\fBovsdb\-server/compact\fR"
114 Compacts the database in-place. The database is also automatically
115 compacted occasionally.
117 .IP "\fBovsdb\-server/reconnect\fR"
118 Makes \fBovsdb\-server\fR drop all of the JSON\-RPC
119 connections to database clients and reconnect.
121 This command might be useful for debugging issues with database
124 .so lib/vlog-unixctl.man
125 .so lib/stress-unixctl.man