2 .TH ovsdb\-server 1 "November 2009" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
6 ovsdb\-server \- Open vSwitch database server
11 [\fB--connect \fIremote\fR]\&...
12 [\fB--listen \fIlocal\fR]\&...
13 .so lib/daemon-syn.man
15 .so lib/common-syn.man
18 The \fBovsdb\-server\fR program provides RPC interfaces to an Open
19 vSwitch database (OVSDB). It can listen for JSON-RPC connections from
20 TCP/IP or Unix domain socket clients (with \fB\-\-listen\fR), connect to
21 remote JSON-RPC TCP/IP or Unix domain socket clients (with
24 The name of the OVSDB file must be specified on the command line as
25 \fIdatabase\fR, which must already have been created and initialized
26 using, for example, \fBovsdb\-tool create\fR.
30 .IP "\fB\-\-listen=\fIlocal\fR"
31 Makes \fBovsdb\-server\fR listen for JSON-RPC connections on
32 \fIlocal\fR, which must take one of the following forms:
35 .IP "\fBptcp:\fIport\fR[\fB:\fIip\fR]"
36 Listens for JSON-RPC connections on the given TCP \fIport\fR. By
37 default, \fB\*(PN\fR listens for connections to any local IP address,
38 but \fIip\fR may be specified to listen only for connections to the
40 .IP "\fBpunix:\fIfile\fR"
41 Listens for JSON-RPC connections on the Unix domain server socket
45 .IP "\fB\-\-connect=\fIremote\fR"
46 Makes \fBovsdb\-server\fR initiate a JSON-RPC connection to
47 \fIremote\fR, which must take one of the forms listed below. The
48 server will reconnect to \fIremote\fR as necessary.
51 .IP "\fBtcp:\fIip\fB:\fIport\fR"
52 Connects to the given TCP \fIport\fR on \fIip\fR.
53 .IP "\fBunix:\fIfile\fR"
54 Connects to the Unix domain server socket named \fIfile\fR.
63 .SH "RUNTIME MANAGEMENT COMMANDS"
64 \fBovs\-appctl\fR(8) can send commands to a running
65 \fBovsdb\-server\fR process. The currently supported commands are
67 .so lib/vlog-unixctl.man