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- # Which packages to install
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- 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
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- Use `ovs-ctl` and `ovn-ctl` directly for more functionalities
-
- # TODO
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- ovn
-
- - controller init
- - ls, lsp, lr, lrp
- - qos
- - nat
- - ovsdb cluster
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