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2 | Copyright (c) 2016, Stephen Finucane <stephen@that.guru> |
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4 | Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may |
5 | not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain | |
6 | a copy of the License at | |
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8 | http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 | |
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10 | Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software | |
11 | distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT | |
12 | WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the | |
13 | License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations | |
14 | under the License. | |
15 | ||
16 | Convention for heading levels in Open vSwitch documentation: | |
17 | ||
18 | ======= Heading 0 (reserved for the title in a document) | |
19 | ------- Heading 1 | |
20 | ~~~~~~~ Heading 2 | |
21 | +++++++ Heading 3 | |
22 | ''''''' Heading 4 | |
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24 | Avoid deeper levels because they do not render well. | |
25 | ||
26 | ========================== | |
27 | Open vSwitch Documentation | |
28 | ========================== | |
29 | ||
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30 | How the Documentation is Organised |
31 | ---------------------------------- | |
32 | ||
33 | The Open vSwitch documentation is organised into multiple sections: | |
34 | ||
35 | - :doc:`Installation guides </intro/install/index>` guide you through | |
36 | installing Open vSwitch (OVS) and Open Virtual Network (OVN) on a variety of | |
37 | different platforms | |
38 | - :doc:`Tutorials </tutorials/index>` take you through a series of steps to | |
39 | configure OVS and OVN in sandboxed environments | |
40 | - :doc:`Topic guides </topics/index>` provide a high level overview of OVS and | |
41 | OVN internals and operation | |
42 | - :doc:`How-to guides </howto/index>` are recipes or use-cases for OVS and OVN. | |
43 | They are more advanced than the tutorials. | |
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44 | - :doc:`Frequently Asked Questions </faq/index>` provide general insight into |
45 | a variety of topics related to configuration and operation of OVS and OVN. | |
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46 | |
47 | First Steps | |
48 | ----------- | |
49 | ||
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50 | Getting started with Open vSwitch (OVS) or Open Virtual Network (OVN) for Open |
51 | vSwitch? Start here. | |
52 | ||
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53 | - **Overview:** :doc:`intro/what-is-ovs` | |
54 | :doc:`intro/why-ovs` | |
55 | ||
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56 | - **Install:** :doc:`intro/install/general` | |
57 | :doc:`intro/install/userspace` | | |
58 | :doc:`intro/install/netbsd` | | |
59 | :doc:`intro/install/windows` | | |
60 | :doc:`intro/install/xenserver` | | |
624f6206 | 61 | :doc:`intro/install/dpdk` | |
0de1b425 | 62 | :doc:`intro/install/afxdp` | |
624f6206 | 63 | :doc:`Installation FAQs <faq/releases>` |
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65 | - **Tutorials:** :doc:`tutorials/faucet` | |
66 | :doc:`tutorials/ovs-advanced` | | |
e5fb78af | 67 | :doc:`tutorials/ovn-sandbox` | |
c9ccdec7 | 68 | :doc:`tutorials/ovn-openstack` | |
7b243c30 | 69 | :doc:`tutorials/ovs-conntrack` | |
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70 | :doc:`tutorials/ipsec` | |
71 | :doc:`tutorials/ovn-ipsec` | | |
72 | :doc:`tutorials/ovn-rbac` | |
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73 | |
74 | Deeper Dive | |
75 | ----------- | |
76 | ||
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77 | - **Architecture** :doc:`topics/design` | |
78 | :doc:`topics/openflow` | | |
79 | :doc:`topics/integration` | | |
80 | :doc:`topics/porting` | |
81 | ||
82 | - **DPDK** :doc:`howto/dpdk` | | |
90ca71dd | 83 | :doc:`topics/dpdk/vhost-user` |
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85 | - **Windows** :doc:`topics/windows` | |
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f150a8ba | 87 | - **Integrations:** :doc:`topics/language-bindings` |
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4c624406 | 89 | - **Reference Guides:** :doc:`ref/index` |
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d11728b1 | 91 | - **Testing** :doc:`topics/testing` :doc:`topics/fuzzing/index` |
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93 | - **Packaging:** :doc:`intro/install/debian` | |
94 | :doc:`intro/install/rhel` | | |
95 | :doc:`intro/install/fedora` | |
96 | ||
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97 | The Open vSwitch Project |
98 | ------------------------ | |
99 | ||
100 | Learn more about the Open vSwitch project and about how you can contribute: | |
101 | ||
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102 | - **Community:** :doc:`internals/release-process` | |
103 | :doc:`internals/authors` | | |
104 | :doc:`internals/mailing-lists` | | |
3c2604f7 | 105 | :doc:`internals/patchwork` | |
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106 | :doc:`internals/bugs` | |
107 | :doc:`internals/security` | |
108 | ||
109 | - **Contributing:** :doc:`internals/contributing/submitting-patches` | | |
1102cc39 | 110 | :doc:`internals/contributing/backporting-patches` | |
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111 | :doc:`internals/contributing/coding-style` | |
112 | :doc:`internals/contributing/coding-style-windows` | |
113 | ||
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114 | - **Maintaining:** :doc:`internals/charter` | |
115 | :doc:`internals/maintainers` | | |
d0e53b15 | 116 | :doc:`internals/committer-responsibilities` | |
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117 | :doc:`internals/committer-grant-revocation` | |
118 | :doc:`internals/committer-emeritus-status` | |
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73c76b44 | 120 | - **Documentation:** :doc:`internals/contributing/documentation-style` | |
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121 | :doc:`Building Open vSwitch Documentation <intro/install/documentation>` | |
122 | :doc:`internals/documentation` | |
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123 | |
124 | Getting Help | |
125 | ------------- | |
126 | ||
127 | - Seeing an issue of potential bug? Report problems to bugs@openvswitch.org | |
128 | ||
129 | - Looking for specific information? Try the :ref:`genindex`, :ref:`modindex` or | |
130 | the :doc:`detailed table of contents <contents>`. |