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.TH ovs\-vsctl 8 "November 2009" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
.ds PN ovs\-vsctl
.IP "\fB\-\-db=\fIserver\fR"
Sets \fIserver\fR as the database server that \fBovs\-vsctl\fR
contacts to query or modify configuration. The default is
-\fBunix:@RUNDIR@/ovsdb\-server\fR. \fIserver\fR must take one of the
+\fBunix:@RUNDIR@/db.sock\fR. \fIserver\fR must take one of the
following forms:
.RS
.so ovsdb/remote-active.man
not used, \fBovs\-vsctl\fR uses a timeout of five seconds.
(A timeout would normally happen only if the database cannot be contacted.)
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+.SS "Public Key Infrastructure Options"
.so lib/ssl.man
.so lib/vlog.man
.
.RE
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.ST "Controller Failure Settings"
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+.PP
When a controller is configured, it is, ordinarily, responsible for
setting up all flows on the switch. Thus, if the connection to
the controller fails, no new network connections can be set up. If
below.
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.ST "CA Certificate Bootstrap"
+.PP
Ordinarily, all of the files named in the SSL configuration must exist
when \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR starts. However, if the \fB\-\-bootstrap\fR
option is given, then \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR will attempt to obtain the
to identify the \fBNetFlow\fR table.
.
.ST "Database Values"
+.PP
Each column in the database accepts a fixed type of data. The
currently defined basic types, and their representations, are:
.IP "integer"
as well.
.
.ST "Database Command Syntax"
-.
.IP "\fBlist \fItable \fR[\fIrecord\fR]..."
List the values of all columns of each specified \fIrecord\fR. If no
records are specified, lists all the records in \fItable\fR.