INSTALL.Linux: Document "ovs-vsctl init" step to installation.

[openvswitch] / INSTALL.Linux

diff --git a/INSTALL.Linux b/INSTALL.Linux
index 9115581771acef166ec91676946b6f298e912b2c..31bc3e08d50c3d6fe95f784a6cb6201bbb643438 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL.Linux
+++ b/INSTALL.Linux
@@ -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
 
+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: