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INSTALL.Linux: Document "ovs-vsctl init" step to installation.
[openvswitch]
/
INSTALL.Linux
diff --git
a/INSTALL.Linux
b/INSTALL.Linux
index e25c193c91621398e3e74781e5ac8dd9857b04fd..31bc3e08d50c3d6fe95f784a6cb6201bbb643438 100644
(file)
--- a/
INSTALL.Linux
+++ b/
INSTALL.Linux
@@
-61,7
+61,7
@@
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:
distribution tarball), or if you modify the Open vSwitch build system,
you will also need the following software:
- - Autoconf version 2.6
3
or later.
+ - Autoconf version 2.6
4
or later.
- Automake version 1.10 or later.
- Automake version 1.10 or later.
@@
-169,6
+169,12
@@
listen on a Unix domain socket, e.g.:
% ovsdb-server /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db --remote=punix:/var/run/ovsdb-server
% ovsdb-server /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db --remote=punix:/var/run/ovsdb-server
+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:
Then start the main Open vSwitch daemon, telling it to connect to the
same Unix domain socket: