X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL.bridge;h=75caaceebe3e71a436facc5632da5e62d1d5330b;hb=883b106184656ff004f15c7872de31433918c94f;hp=b30152d4baa2b518626ab770369468a87b41ccaa;hpb=58fda1dab104041fc693032475ec4662c1a52849;p=openvswitch diff --git a/INSTALL.bridge b/INSTALL.bridge index b30152d4..75caacee 100644 --- a/INSTALL.bridge +++ b/INSTALL.bridge @@ -42,23 +42,16 @@ to update system scripts to follow these steps. bridge interfaces), to ensure that the Open vSwitch kernel modules are loaded before the Linux kernel bridge module. -3. Create an initial version of the configuration file, for example - /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf. This file may be empty initially or may - contain add any valid configuration directives described in - ovs-vswitchd.conf(5). However, it must exist when you start - ovs-vswitchd. +3. Start ovsdb-server, ovs-vswitchd, and ovs-brcompatd, e.g.: - To create an empty configuration file: - - % touch /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf - -4. Start ovs-vswitchd and ovs-brcompatd, e.g.: + % ovsdb-server /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db \ + --remote=punix:/var/run/ovsdb-server % ovs-vswitchd --pidfile --detach -vANY:console:EMER \ - /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf + unix:/var/run/ovsdb-server % ovs-brcompatd --pidfile --detach -vANY:console:EMER \ - /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf + unix:/var/run/ovsdb-server 5. Now you should be able to manage the Open vSwitch using brctl and related tools. For example, you can create an Open vSwitch bridge, @@ -71,11 +64,7 @@ to update system scripts to follow these steps. % brctl show Each of these commands actually uses or modifies the Open vSwitch - configuration file, then notifies the ovs-vswitchd daemon of the - change. For example, after executing the commands above starting - from an empty configuration file, "cat /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf" - should show that the configuration file now contains the following: - - bridge.br0.port=br0 - bridge.br0.port=eth0 - bridge.br0.port=eth1 + configuration database, then notifies the ovs-vswitchd daemon of + the change. For example, after executing the commands above + starting from an empty configuration file, "ovs-vsctl list-ports + br0" should show that bridge br0 contains two ports, eth0 and eth1.