README.Debian for openvswitch-switch
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-* The switch must be configured before it can be used. Edit
- /etc/default/openvswitch-switch, then start the switch manually with
- "/etc/init.d/openvswitch-switch start".
-
* To use the Linux kernel-based switch implementation, you will need
to build and install the Open vSwitch kernel module. To do so, install
the openvswitch-datapath-source package, then follow the instructions
* This package does not yet support the userspace datapath-based
switch implementation.
- -- Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>, Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:51:19 -0700
+ -- Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>, Fri, 6 Jul 2012 15:12:38 -0700
Debian network scripts integration
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The following OVS specific "command" options are supported:
- - ovs_type: This can either be OVSBridge, OVSPort, OVSIntPort or OVSBond
- depending on whether you configure a bridge, port, an internal port or
- a bond. This is a required option.
+ - ovs_type: This can either be OVSBridge, OVSPort, OVSIntPort, OVSBond or
+ OVSTunnel depending on whether you configure a bridge, port, an internal
+ port, a bond or a tunnel. This is a required option.
- ovs_ports: This option specifies all the ports that belong to a bridge.
- ovs_bonds: This option specifies the list of physical interfaces to be
bonded together.
+ - ovs_tunnel_type: For "OVSTunnel" interfaces, the type of the tunnel.
+ For example, "gre", "vxlan", etc.
+
+ - ovs_tunnel_options: For "OVSTunnel" interfaces, this field should be
+ used to specify the tunnel options like remote_ip, key, etc.
+
- ovs_options: This option lets you add extra arguments to a ovs-vsctl
command. See examples.
ovs_bonds eth2 eth3
ovs_options bond_mode=balance-tcp lacp=active
-ex 6: Create and destroy bridges.
+ex 6: Tunnel.
+
+allow-ovs br1
+iface br1 inet static
+ address 192.168.1.1
+ netmask 255.255.255.0
+ ovs_type OVSBridge
+ ovs_ports gre1
+
+allow-br1 gre1
+iface gre1 inet manual
+ ovs_bridge br1
+ ovs_type OVSTunnel
+ ovs_tunnel_type gre
+ ovs_tunnel_options options:remote_ip=182.168.1.2 options:key=1
+
+ex 7: Create and destroy bridges.
ifup --allow=ovs $list_of_bridges
ifdown --allow=ovs $list_of_bridges