.TH ovsdb\-server 1 "@VERSION@" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
.\" This program's name:
.ds PN ovsdb\-server
-.\" SSL peer program's name:
-.ds SN ovsdb\-client
.
.SH NAME
ovsdb\-server \- Open vSwitch database server
[\fB\-\-remote=\fIremote\fR]\&...
[\fB\-\-run=\fIcommand\fR]
.so lib/daemon-syn.man
+.so lib/service-syn.man
.so lib/vlog-syn.man
.so lib/ssl-syn.man
.so lib/ssl-bootstrap-syn.man
It is an error for \fIcolumn\fR to have another type.
.RE
.
+.IP
+To connect or listen on multiple connection methods, use multiple
+\fB\-\-remote\fR options.
+.
.IP "\fB\-\-run=\fIcommand\fR]"
Ordinarily \fBovsdb\-server\fR runs forever, or until it is told to
exit (see \fBRUNTIME MANAGEMENT COMMANDS\fR below). With this option,
\fBovsdb\-server\fR detaches only after it starts listening on all \
configured remotes.
.so lib/daemon.man
+.SS "Service Options"
+.so lib/service.man
.SS "Logging Options"
.so lib/vlog.man
.SS "Public Key Infrastructure Options"
database by configuring a
\fBdb:\fIdb\fB,\fItable\fB,\fIcolumn\fR remote.
.
+.IP "\fBovsdb\-server/add\-db \fIdatabase\fR"
+Adds the \fIdatabase\fR to the running \fBovsdb\-server\fR. The database
+file must already have been created and initialized using, for example,
+\fBovsdb\-tool create\fR.
+.
+.IP "\fBovsdb\-server/remove\-db \fIdatabase\fR"
+Removes \fIdatabase\fR from the running \fBovsdb\-server\fR. \fIdatabase\fR
+must be a database name as listed by \fBovsdb-server/list\-dbs\fR.
+.IP
+If a remote has been configured that points to the specified
+\fIdatabase\fR (e.g. \fB\-\-remote=db:\fIdatabase\fB,\fR... on the
+command line), then it will be disabled until another database with
+the same name is added again (with \fBovsdb\-server/add\-db\fR).
+.IP
+Any public key infrastructure options specified through this database
+(e.g. \fB\-\-private\-key=db:\fIdatabase,\fR... on the command line)
+will be disabled until another database with the same name is added
+again (with \fBovsdb\-server/add\-db\fR).
+.
+.IP "\fBovsdb\-server/list\-dbs"
+Outputs a list of the currently configured databases added either through
+the command line or through the \fBovsdb\-server/add\-db\fR command.
+.
.so lib/vlog-unixctl.man
.so lib/memory-unixctl.man
.so lib/coverage-unixctl.man
-.so lib/stress-unixctl.man
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.
.BR ovsdb\-tool (1).