From 332b4e09868df70ddad6bb7fc843c69fac2235d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Pfaff Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:42:23 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] INSTALL.Linux: Document "ovs-vsctl init" step to installation. If the database is not initialized then other programs will complain. Reported-by: Jeongkeun Lee --- INSTALL.Linux | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/INSTALL.Linux b/INSTALL.Linux index 911558177..31bc3e08d 100644 --- a/INSTALL.Linux +++ b/INSTALL.Linux @@ -169,6 +169,12 @@ listen on a Unix domain socket, e.g.: % ovsdb-server /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db --remote=punix:/var/run/ovsdb-server +Then initialize the database with "ovs-vsctl init". This is only +necessary the first time after you create the database with +ovsdb-tool (but running it at any time is harmless): + + % ovs-vsctl init + Then start the main Open vSwitch daemon, telling it to connect to the same Unix domain socket: -- 2.43.0