- <p> Listens for SSL connections on the specified TCP
- <var>port</var>. If <var>ip</var>, which must be expressed
- as an IP address (not a DNS name), is specified, then
- connections are restricted to the specified local IP
- address. The <ref table="Open_vSwitch" column="ssl"/>
- column in the <ref table="Open_vSwitch"/> table must point
- to a valid SSL configuration when this form is used.</p>
- <p>If <var>port</var> is not specified, it currently
- defaults to 6633. In the future, the default will change to
- 6653, which is the IANA-defined value.</p>
- <p>SSL support is an optional feature that is not always built as
- part of Open vSwitch.</p>
+ <p>
+ Listens for SSL connections on the specified TCP <var>port</var>.
+ If <var>ip</var>, which must be expressed as an IP address (not a
+ DNS name), is specified, then connections are restricted to the
+ specified local IP address (either IPv4 or IPv6). If
+ <var>ip</var> is an IPv6 address, wrap it in square brackets,
+ e.g. <code>pssl:6632:[::1]</code>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ If <var>port</var> is not specified, it currently defaults to
+ 6633. If <var>ip</var> is not specified then it listens only on
+ IPv4 (but not IPv6) addresses. The
+ <ref table="Open_vSwitch" column="ssl"/>
+ column in the <ref table="Open_vSwitch"/> table must point to a
+ valid SSL configuration when this form is used.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ If <var>port</var> is not specified, it currently defaults to
+ 6633. In the future, the default will change to 6653, which is
+ the IANA-defined value.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ SSL support is an optional feature that is not always built as
+ part of Open vSwitch.
+ </p>