.\" -*- nroff -*-
.TH ovsdb\-server 1 "November 2009" "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
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBovsdb\-server\fR
\fIdatabase\fR
-[\fB--remote=\fIremote\fR]\&...
-[\fB--run=\fIcommand\fR]
+[\fB\-\-remote=\fIremote\fR]\&...
+[\fB\-\-run=\fIcommand\fR]
.so lib/daemon-syn.man
.so lib/vlog-syn.man
+.so lib/ssl-syn.man
+.so lib/ssl-bootstrap-syn.man
+.so lib/unixctl-syn.man
.so lib/common-syn.man
.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.RS
.so ovsdb/remote-passive.man
.so ovsdb/remote-active.man
+.
+.IP "\fBdb:\fItable\fB,\fIcolumn\fR"
+Reads additional connection methods from \fIcolumn\fR in all of the
+rows in \fItable\fR within the \fBovsdb\-server\fR database. The
+\fIcolumn\fR must have type string or set of strings. The connection
+methods in the column must have one of the forms described above. As
+the contents of \fIcolumn\fR changes, \fBovsdb\-server\fR also adds
+and drops connection methods accordingly.
.RE
.
.IP "\fB\-\-run=\fIcommand\fR]"
.IP
This option can be useful where a database server is needed only to
run a single command, e.g.:
-.B "ovsdb-server --remote=punix:socket --run='ovsdb-client dump unix:socket Open_vSwitch'"
+.B "ovsdb\-server \-\-remote=punix:socket \-\-run='ovsdb\-client dump unix:socket Open_vSwitch'"
.SS "Daemon Options"
.so lib/daemon.man
.SS "Logging Options"
.so lib/vlog.man
.SS "Public Key Infrastructure Options"
+The options described below for configuring the SSL public key
+infrastructure accept a special syntax for obtaining their
+configuration from the database. If any of these options is given
+\fBdb:\fItable\fB,\fIcolumn\fR as its argument, then the actual file
+name is read from the specified \fIcolumn\fR in \fItable\fR within the
+\fBovsdb\-server\fR database. The \fIcolumn\fR must have type string
+or set of strings. The first nonempty string in the table is taken as
+the file name. (This means that ordinarily there should be at most
+one row in \fItable\fR.)
.so lib/ssl.man
+.so lib/ssl-bootstrap.man
.SS "Other Options"
+.so lib/unixctl.man
.so lib/common.man
.SH "RUNTIME MANAGEMENT COMMANDS"
\fBovs\-appctl\fR(8) can send commands to a running
\fBovsdb\-server\fR process. The currently supported commands are
described below.
-.SS "OVSDB-SERVER COMMANDS"
+.SS "OVSDB\-SERVER COMMANDS"
These commands are specific to \fBovsdb\-server\fR.
.IP "\fBexit\fR"
Causes \fBovsdb\-server\fR to gracefully terminate.
-.IP "\fBovsdb-server/compact\fR"
+.IP "\fBovsdb\-server/compact\fR"
Compacts the database in-place. The database is also automatically
compacted occasionally.
+.
+.IP "\fBovsdb\-server/reconnect\fR"
+Makes \fBovsdb\-server\fR drop all of the JSON\-RPC
+connections to database clients and reconnect.
+.IP
+This command might be useful for debugging issues with database
+clients.
+.
.so lib/vlog-unixctl.man
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.