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.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBovsdb\-server\fR
-\fIdatabase\fR
+[\fIdatabase\fR]
[\fB\-\-remote=\fIremote\fR]\&...
[\fB\-\-run=\fIcommand\fR]
.so lib/daemon-syn.man
vSwitch database (OVSDB). It supports JSON-RPC client connections
over active or passive TCP/IP or Unix domain sockets.
.PP
-The name of the OVSDB file must be specified on the command line as
-\fIdatabase\fR, which must already have been created and initialized
-using, for example, \fBovsdb\-tool create\fR.
+The OVSDB file may be specified on the command line as \fIdatabase\fR.
+The default is \fB@sysconfdir@/openvswitch/conf.db\fR. The database
+file must already have been created and initialized using, for
+example, \fBovsdb\-tool create\fR.
.
.SH OPTIONS
.
run a single command, e.g.:
.B "ovsdb\-server \-\-remote=punix:socket \-\-run='ovsdb\-client dump unix:socket Open_vSwitch'"
.SS "Daemon Options"
+.ds DD \
+\fBovsdb\-server\fR detaches only after it starts listening on all \
+configured remotes.
.so lib/daemon.man
.SS "Logging Options"
.so lib/vlog.man
clients.
.
.so lib/vlog-unixctl.man
+.so lib/stress-unixctl.man
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.
.BR ovsdb\-tool (1).