Make -P or --pidfile keep programs from running if already running.

[openvswitch] / controller / controller.8.in

diff --git a/controller/controller.8.in b/controller/controller.8.in
index b3e618927004226f65e26de4d8b00a1fa10ccaef..2781fdebf76da0069998063fbb517e3115004a89 100644 (file)
--- a/controller/controller.8.in
+++ b/controller/controller.8.in
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ this form is used.
 Listens for TCP connections from remote OpenFlow switches on
 \fIport\fR (default: 975).
 
+.TP
+\fBpunix:\fIfile\fR
+Listens for connections from OpenFlow switches on the Unix domain
+server socket named \fIfile\fR.
+
 .TP
 \fBnl:\fIdp_idx\fR
 The local Netlink datapath numbered \fIdp_idx\fR, as configured with
@@ -46,6 +51,10 @@ The specified SSL \fIport\fR (default: 976) on the given remote
 The specified TCP \fIport\fR (default: 975) on the given remote
 \fIhost\fR.
 
+.TP
+\fBunix:\fIfile\fR
+The Unix domain server socket named \fIfile\fR.
+
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 \fB-p\fR, \fB--private-key=\fIprivkey.pem\fR
@@ -73,6 +82,21 @@ in the network passes through the controller.
 This option is most useful for debugging.  It reduces switching
 performance, so it should not be used in production.
 
+.TP
+\fB--max-idle=\fIsecs\fR|\fBpermanent\fR
+Sets \fIsecs\fR as the number of seconds that a flow set up by the
+controller will remain in the switch's flow table without any matching
+packets being seen.  If \fBpermanent\fR is specified, which is not
+recommended, flows will never expire.  The default is 60 seconds.
+
+This option affects only flows set up by the OpenFlow controller.  In
+some configurations, the OpenFlow secure channel can set up some flows
+on its own.  To set the idle time for those flows, pass
+\fB--max-idle\fR to \fBsecchan\fR(8).
+
+This option has no effect when \fB-n\fR (or \fB--noflow\fR) is in use
+(because the controller does not set up flows in that case).
+
 .TP
 .BR \-H ", " \-\^\-hub
 By default, the controller acts as an L2 MAC-learning switch.  This
@@ -93,6 +117,16 @@ the PID of the running process.  If \fIpidfile\fR is not specified, or
 if it does not begin with \fB/\fR, then it is created in
 \fB@rundir@\fR.
 
+.TP
+\fB-f\fR, \fB--force\fR
+By default, when \fB-P\fR or \fB--pidfile\fR is specified and the
+specified pidfile already exists and is locked by a running process,
+\fBcontroller\fR refuses to start.  Specify \fB-f\fR or \fB--force\fR
+to cause it to instead overwrite the pidfile.
+
+When \fB-P\fR or \fB--pidfile\fR is not specified, this option has no
+effect.
+
 .TP
 \fB-D\fR, \fB--detach\fR
 Causes \fBcontroller\fR to detach itself from the foreground session and
@@ -103,17 +137,18 @@ run as a background process.
 Prints a brief help message to the console.
 
 .TP
-\fB-v\fR \fImodule\fB:\fIfacility\fB:\fIlevel\fR, \fB--verbose=\fImodule\fB:\fIfacility\fB:\fIlevel\fR
+\fB-v\fImodule\fR[\fB:\fIfacility\fR[\fB:\fIlevel\fR]], \fB--verbose=\fImodule\fR[\fB:\fIfacility\fR[\fB:\fIlevel\fR]]
 Sets the logging level for \fImodule\fR in \fIfacility\fR to
 \fIlevel\fR.  The \fImodule\fR may be any valid module name (as
 displayed by the \fB--list\fR action on \fBvlogconf\fR(8)), or the
 special name \fBANY\fR to set the logging levels for all modules.  The
 \fIfacility\fR may be \fBsyslog\fR or \fBconsole\fR to set the levels
 for logging to the system log or to the console, respectively, or
-\fBANY\fR to set the logging levels for both facilities.  The
-\fIlevel\fR must be one of \fBemer\fR, \fBerr\fR, \fBwarn\fR, or
-\fBdbg\fR, designating the minimum severity of a message for it to be
-logged.
+\fBANY\fR to set the logging levels for both facilities.  If it is
+omitted, \fIfacility\fR defaults to \fBANY\fR.  The \fIlevel\fR must
+be one of \fBemer\fR, \fBerr\fR, \fBwarn\fR, or \fBdbg\fR, designating
+the minimum severity of a message for it to be logged.  If it is
+omitted, \fIlevel\fR defaults to \fBdbg\fR.
 
 .TP
 \fB-v\fR, \fB--verbose\fR