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[sliver-openvswitch.git] / INSTALL.Linux

diff --git a/INSTALL.Linux b/INSTALL.Linux
index bd7038c..8ae7aac 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL.Linux
+++ b/INSTALL.Linux
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@ This document describes how to build and install Open vSwitch on a
 generic Linux host.  If you want to install Open vSwitch on a Citrix
 XenServer version 5.5.0, see INSTALL.XenServer instead.
 
 generic Linux host.  If you want to install Open vSwitch on a Citrix
 XenServer version 5.5.0, see INSTALL.XenServer instead.
 

-This version of Open vSwitch should be built manually with "configure"
-and "make".  Debian packaging for Open vSwitch is also included, but
-they have not been recently tested, and so Debian packages are not a
-recommended way to use this version of Open vSwitch.
+This version of Open vSwitch may be built manually with "configure"
+and "make", as described below.  You may also build Debian packages by
+running "dpkg-buildpackage".

 
 Build Requirements
 ------------------
 
 Build Requirements
 ------------------


@@ -24,8 +23,9 @@ you will need the following software:
     - libssl, from OpenSSL, is optional but recommended if you plan to
       connect the Open vSwitch to an OpenFlow controller.  libssl is
       required to establish confidentiality and authenticity in the
     - libssl, from OpenSSL, is optional but recommended if you plan to
       connect the Open vSwitch to an OpenFlow controller.  libssl is
       required to establish confidentiality and authenticity in the

-      connections from an Open vSwitch to an OpenFlow controller.  To
-      enable, configure with --enable-ssl=yes.
+      connections from an Open vSwitch to an OpenFlow controller.  If
+      libssl is installed, then Open vSwitch will automatically build
+      with support for it.

 
 To compile the kernel module, you must also install the following.  If
 you cannot build or install the kernel module, you may use the
 
 To compile the kernel module, you must also install the following.  If
 you cannot build or install the kernel module, you may use the


@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ following:
 
     - pyuic4 from PyQt4 (http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk).
 
 
     - pyuic4 from PyQt4 (http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk).
 

+If you modify the vswitchd database schema, then the E-R diagram in
+the ovs-vswitchd.conf.db(5) manpage will be updated properly only if
+you have the following:
+
+    - "dot" from graphviz (http://www.graphviz.org/).
+

 Installation Requirements
 -------------------------
 
 Installation Requirements
 -------------------------
 


@@ -229,17 +235,25 @@ Startup
 =======
 
 Before starting ovs-vswitchd itself, you need to start its
 =======
 
 Before starting ovs-vswitchd itself, you need to start its

-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 /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
+configuration database, ovsdb-server.  Each machine on which Open
+vSwitch is installed should run its own copy of ovsdb-server.
+Configure it to use the database you created during step 7 of
+installation, above, to listen on a Unix domain socket, to connect to
+any managers specified in the database itself, and to use the SSL
+configuration in the database:
+
+      % ovsdb-server /usr/local/etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db \
+                      --remote=punix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock \
+                      --remote=db:Open_vSwitch,managers \
+                      --private-key=db:SSL,private_key \
+                      --certificate=db:SSL,certificate \
+                      --bootstrap-ca-cert=db:SSL,ca_cert
+
+Then initialize the database using ovs-vsctl.  This is only

 necessary the first time after you create the database with
 ovsdb-tool (but running it at any time is harmless):
 
 necessary the first time after you create the database with
 ovsdb-tool (but running it at any time is harmless):
 

-      % ovs-vsctl init
+      % ovs-vsctl --no-wait init

 
 Then start the main Open vSwitch daemon, telling it to connect to the
 same Unix domain socket:
 
 Then start the main Open vSwitch daemon, telling it to connect to the
 same Unix domain socket: