packages/net/openvswitch/README.md
Yousong Zhou 81094b3937 openvswitch: README.md: remove TODO items
Signed-off-by: Yousong Zhou <yszhou4tech@gmail.com>
2018-06-12 10:57:17 +08:00

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# Which packages to install
Install `openvswitch` if you need OpenFlow virtual switch function. It
contains ovs-vswitchd, ovsdb-server and helper utilities such as ovs-vsctl,
ovs-ofctl, ovs-ctl etc.
Linux kernel datapath module openvswitch.ko will also be installed along with
package `openvswitch`. Tunnel encap support for gre, geneve, vxlan can be
included by installing `kmod-openvswitch-{gre,geneve,vxlan}` respectively
For OVN deployment
- Install `openvswitch-ovn-north` for ovs-northd, ovsdb-server, ovn helper utitlies
- Install `openvswitch-ovn-host` for ovn-controller and `openvswitch`
# How to use them
Open vSwitch provides a few very useful helper script in
`/usr/share/openvswitch/scripts/`. A simple initscript is provided. It's
mainly a wrapper around `ovs-ctl` and `ovn-ctl` with simple knobs from
`/etc/config/openvswitch`. Procd is not used here.
/etc/init.d/openvswitch start
/etc/init.d/openvswitch stop
/etc/init.d/openvswitch stop north
/etc/init.d/openvswitch restart ovs
/etc/init.d/openvswitch status
Use `ovs-ctl` and `ovn-ctl` directly for more functionalities