X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL.Linux;h=177a9cd13b7d2eb4df426a2f41be5e13949543d7;hb=836fad5e1ae4316752150fcdfba9afbf8d5f5801;hp=9115581771acef166ec91676946b6f298e912b2c;hpb=55aa00e0df2cacc67081d31b813328fb39ce3561;p=openvswitch diff --git a/INSTALL.Linux b/INSTALL.Linux index 91155817..177a9cd1 100644 --- a/INSTALL.Linux +++ b/INSTALL.Linux @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Prerequisites section, follow the procedure below to build. 7. Initialize the configuration database using ovsdb-tool, e.g.: - % ovsdb-tool create /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db vswitchd/vswitch.ovsschema + % ovsdb-tool create /usr/local/etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db vswitchd/vswitch.ovsschema Startup ======= @@ -167,12 +167,18 @@ configuration database, ovsdb-server. Configure it to use the database you created during step 7 of installation, above, and to listen on a Unix domain socket, e.g.: - % ovsdb-server /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db --remote=punix:/var/run/ovsdb-server + % ovsdb-server /usr/local/etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db --remote=punix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock + +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: - % ovs-vswitchd unix:/var/run/ovsdb-server + % ovs-vswitchd unix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock Now you may use ovs-vsctl to set up bridges and other Open vSwitch features. For example, to create a bridge named br0 and add ports