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3fbe1d30 | 14 | .TH ovs\-vsctl 8 "November 2009" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual" |
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15 | .ds PN ovs\-vsctl |
16 | . | |
17 | .SH NAME | |
18 | ovs\-vsctl \- utility for querying and configuring \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR | |
19 | . | |
20 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
460aad80 | 21 | \fBovs\-vsctl\fR [\fIoptions\fR] [\fB\-\-\fR] \fIcommand \fR[\fIargs\fR\&...] |
4d14e30f | 22 | [\fB\-\-\fR \fIcommand \fR[\fIargs\fR\&...]] |
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23 | . |
24 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
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25 | The \fBovs\-vsctl\fR program configures \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR(8) by |
26 | providing a high\-level interface to editing its configuration | |
27 | database. This program is mainly intended for use when | |
28 | \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR is running. If it is used when | |
29 | \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR is not running, then \fB\-\-no\-wait\fR should be | |
30 | specified and configuration changes will only take effect when | |
31 | \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR is started. | |
3b135da3 | 32 | .PP |
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33 | By default, each time \fBovs\-vsctl\fR runs, it connects to an |
34 | \fBovsdb\-server\fR process that maintains an Open vSwitch | |
35 | configuration database. Using this connection, it queries and | |
36 | possibly applies changes to the database, depending on the supplied | |
37 | commands. Then, if it applied any changes, it waits until | |
38 | \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR has finished reconfiguring itself before it exits. | |
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39 | .PP |
40 | \fBovs\-vsctl\fR can perform any number of commands in a single run, | |
41 | implemented as a single atomic transaction against the database. | |
42 | Commands are separated on the command line by \fB\-\-\fR arguments. | |
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43 | . |
44 | .SS "Linux VLAN Bridging Compatibility" | |
45 | The \fBovs\-vsctl\fR program supports the model of a bridge | |
46 | implemented by Open vSwitch, in which a single bridge supports ports | |
47 | on multiple VLANs. In this model, each port on a bridge is either a | |
48 | trunk port that potentially passes packets tagged with 802.1Q headers | |
49 | that designate VLANs or it is assigned a single implicit VLAN that is | |
50 | never tagged with an 802.1Q header. | |
51 | .PP | |
52 | For compatibility with software designed for the Linux bridge, | |
53 | \fBovs\-vsctl\fR also supports a model in which traffic associated | |
54 | with a given 802.1Q VLAN is segregated into a separate bridge. A | |
55 | special form of the \fBadd\-br\fR command (see below) creates a ``fake | |
56 | bridge'' within an Open vSwitch bridge to simulate this behavior. | |
57 | When such a ``fake bridge'' is active, \fBovs\-vsctl\fR will treat it | |
58 | much like a bridge separate from its ``parent bridge,'' but the actual | |
59 | implementation in Open vSwitch uses only a single bridge, with ports on | |
60 | the fake bridge assigned the implicit VLAN of the fake bridge of which | |
61 | they are members. | |
62 | . | |
63 | .SH OPTIONS | |
64 | . | |
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65 | The following options affect the behavior \fBovs\-vsctl\fR as a whole. |
66 | Some individual commands also accept their own options, which are | |
67 | given just before the command name. If the first command on the | |
68 | command line has options, then those options must be separated from | |
69 | the global options by \fB\-\-\fR. | |
3b135da3 | 70 | . |
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71 | .IP "\fB\-\-db=\fIserver\fR" |
72 | Sets \fIserver\fR as the database server that \fBovs\-vsctl\fR | |
73 | contacts to query or modify configuration. The default is | |
74 | \fBunix:@RUNDIR@/ovsdb\-server\fR. \fIserver\fR must take one of the | |
75 | following forms: | |
76 | .RS | |
9467fe62 | 77 | .so ovsdb/remote-active.man |
dfbe07ba | 78 | .RE |
9467fe62 | 79 | . |
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80 | .IP "\fB\-\-no\-wait\fR" |
81 | Prevents \fBovs\-vsctl\fR from waiting for \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR to | |
82 | reconfigure itself according to the the modified database. This | |
83 | option should be used if \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR is not running; | |
84 | otherwise, \fBovs-vsctl\fR will not exit until \fBovs-vswitchd\fR | |
85 | starts. | |
3b135da3 | 86 | .IP |
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87 | This option has no effect if the commands specified do not change the |
88 | database. | |
3b135da3 | 89 | . |
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90 | .IP "\fB\-\-no\-syslog\fR" |
91 | By default, \fBovs\-vsctl\fR logs its arguments and the details of any | |
92 | changes that it makes to the system log. This option disables this | |
93 | logging. | |
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94 | .IP |
95 | This option is equivalent to \fB\-\-verbose=vvsctl:syslog:warn\fR. | |
96 | . | |
2792c2ad | 97 | .IP "\fB\-\-oneline\fR" |
4d14e30f | 98 | Modifies the output format so that the output for each command is printed |
2792c2ad | 99 | on a single line. New-line characters that would otherwise separate |
4d14e30f | 100 | lines are printed as \fB\\n\fR, and any instances of \fB\\\fR that |
2792c2ad | 101 | would otherwise appear in the output are doubled. |
4d14e30f | 102 | Prints a blank line for each command that has no output. |
37c84020 | 103 | . |
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104 | .IP "\fB\-\-dry\-run\fR" |
105 | Prevents \fBovs\-vsctl\fR from actually modifying the database. | |
106 | . | |
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107 | .IP "\fB-t \fIsecs\fR" |
108 | .IQ "\fB--timeout=\fIsecs\fR" | |
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109 | Limits runtime to approximately \fIsecs\fR seconds. A value of |
110 | zero will cause \fBovs\-vsctl\fR to wait forever. If the timeout expires, | |
111 | \fBovs\-vsctl\fR will exit with a \fBSIGALRM\fR signal. If this option is | |
112 | not used, \fBovs\-vsctl\fR uses a timeout of five seconds. | |
113 | (A timeout would normally happen only if the database cannot be contacted.) | |
342045e1 | 114 | . |
84ee7bcf | 115 | .so lib/ssl.man |
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116 | .so lib/vlog.man |
117 | . | |
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118 | .SH COMMANDS |
119 | The commands implemented by \fBovs\-vsctl\fR are described in the | |
120 | sections below. | |
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121 | .SS "Open vSwitch Commands" |
122 | These commands work with an Open vSwitch as a whole. | |
123 | . | |
124 | .IP "\fBinit\fR" | |
125 | Initializes the Open vSwitch database, if it is empty. If the | |
126 | database has already been initialized, this command has no effect. | |
127 | .IP | |
128 | Any successful \fBovs\-vsctl\fR command automatically initializes the | |
129 | Open vSwitch database if it is empty. This command is provided to | |
130 | initialize the database without executing any other command. | |
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131 | . |
132 | .SS "Bridge Commands" | |
133 | These commands examine and manipulate Open vSwitch bridges. | |
134 | . | |
135 | .IP "\fBadd\-br \fIbridge\fR" | |
136 | Creates a new bridge named \fIbridge\fR. Initially the bridge will | |
137 | have no ports (other than \fIbridge\fR itself). | |
138 | . | |
139 | .IP "\fBadd\-br \fIbridge parent vlan\fR" | |
140 | Creates a ``fake bridge'' named \fIbridge\fR within the existing Open | |
141 | vSwitch bridge \fIparent\fR, which must already exist and must not | |
142 | itself be a fake bridge. The new fake bridge will be on 802.1Q VLAN | |
143 | \fIvlan\fR, which must be an integer between 1 and 4095. Initially | |
144 | \fIbridge\fR will have no ports (other than \fIbridge\fR itself). | |
145 | . | |
460aad80 | 146 | .IP "[\fB\-\-if\-exists\fR] \fBdel\-br \fIbridge\fR" |
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147 | Deletes \fIbridge\fR and all of its ports. If \fIbridge\fR is a real |
148 | bridge, this command also deletes any fake bridges that were created | |
149 | with \fIbridge\fR as parent, including all of their ports. | |
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150 | .IP |
151 | Without \fB\-\-if\-exists\fR, attempting to delete a bridge that does | |
152 | not exist is an error. With \fB\-\-if\-exists\fR, attempting to | |
153 | delete a bridge that does not exist has no effect. | |
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154 | . |
155 | .IP "\fBlist\-br\fR" | |
156 | Lists all existing real and fake bridges on standard output, one per | |
157 | line. | |
158 | . | |
159 | .IP "\fBbr\-exists \fIbridge\fR" | |
160 | Tests whether \fIbridge\fR exists as a real or fake bridge. If so, | |
161 | \fBovs\-vsctl\fR exits successfully with exit code 0. If not, | |
162 | \fBovs\-vsctl\fR exits unsuccessfully with exit code 2. | |
163 | . | |
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164 | .IP "\fBbr\-to\-vlan \fIbridge\fR" |
165 | If \fIbridge\fR is a fake bridge, prints the bridge's 802.1Q VLAN as a | |
166 | decimal integer. If \fIbridge\fR is a real bridge, prints 0. | |
167 | . | |
168 | .IP "\fBbr\-to\-parent \fIbridge\fR" | |
169 | If \fIbridge\fR is a fake bridge, prints the name of its parent | |
170 | bridge. If \fIbridge\fR is a real bridge, print \fIbridge\fR. | |
171 | . | |
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172 | .IP "\fBbr\-set\-external\-id \fIbridge key\fR [\fIvalue\fR]" |
173 | Sets or clears an ``external ID'' value on \fIbridge\fR. These values | |
174 | are intended to identify entities external to Open vSwitch with which | |
175 | \fIbridge\fR is associated, e.g. the bridge's identifier in a | |
176 | virtualization management platform. The Open vSwitch database schema | |
177 | specifies well-known \fIkey\fR values, but \fIkey\fR and \fIvalue\fR | |
178 | are otherwise arbitrary strings. | |
179 | .IP | |
180 | If \fIvalue\fR is specified, then \fIkey\fR is set to \fIvalue\fR for | |
181 | \fIbridge\fR, overwriting any previous value. If \fIvalue\fR is | |
182 | omitted, then \fIkey\fR is removed from \fIbridge\fR's set of external | |
183 | IDs (if it was present). | |
184 | . | |
185 | .IP "\fBbr\-get\-external\-id \fIbridge\fR [\fIkey\fR]" | |
186 | Queries the external IDs on \fIbridge\fR. If \fIkey\fR is specified, | |
187 | the output is the value for that \fIkey\fR or the empty string if | |
188 | \fIkey\fR is unset. If \fIkey\fR is omitted, the output is | |
189 | \fIkey\fB=\fIvalue\fR, one per line, for each key-value pair. | |
190 | . | |
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191 | .SS "Port Commands" |
192 | . | |
193 | These commands examine and manipulate Open vSwitch ports. These | |
194 | commands treat a bonded port as a single entity. | |
195 | . | |
196 | .IP "\fBlist\-ports \fIbridge\fR" | |
197 | Lists all of the ports within \fIbridge\fR on standard output, one per | |
198 | line. The local port \fIbridge\fR is not included in the list. | |
199 | . | |
200 | .IP "\fBadd\-port \fIbridge port\fR" | |
201 | Creates on \fIbridge\fR a new port named \fIport\fR from the network | |
202 | device of the same name. | |
203 | . | |
204 | .IP "\fBadd\-bond \fIbridge port iface\fR\&..." | |
205 | Creates on \fIbridge\fR a new port named \fIport\fR that bonds | |
206 | together the network devices given as each \fIiface\fR. At least two | |
207 | interfaces must be named. | |
208 | . | |
460aad80 | 209 | .IP "[\fB\-\-if\-exists\fR] \fBdel\-port \fR[\fIbridge\fR] \fIport\fR" |
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210 | Deletes \fIport\fR. If \fIbridge\fR is omitted, \fIport\fR is removed |
211 | from whatever bridge contains it; if \fIbridge\fR is specified, it | |
212 | must be the real or fake bridge that contains \fIport\fR. | |
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213 | .IP |
214 | Without \fB\-\-if\-exists\fR, attempting to delete a port that does | |
215 | not exist is an error. With \fB\-\-if\-exists\fR, attempting to | |
216 | delete a port that does not exist has no effect. | |
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217 | . |
218 | .IP "\fBport\-to\-br \fIport\fR" | |
219 | Prints the name of the bridge that contains \fIport\fR on standard | |
220 | output. | |
221 | . | |
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222 | .IP "\fBport\-set\-external\-id \fIport key\fR [\fIvalue\fR]" |
223 | Sets or clears an ``external ID'' value on \fIport\fR. These value | |
224 | are intended to identify entities external to Open vSwitch with which | |
225 | \fIport\fR is associated, e.g. the port's identifier in a | |
226 | virtualization management platform. The Open vSwitch database schema | |
227 | specifies well-known \fIkey\fR values, but \fIkey\fR and \fIvalue\fR | |
228 | are otherwise arbitrary strings. | |
229 | .IP | |
230 | If \fIvalue\fR is specified, then \fIkey\fR is set to \fIvalue\fR for | |
231 | \fIport\fR, overwriting any previous value. If \fIvalue\fR is | |
232 | omitted, then \fIkey\fR is removed from \fIport\fR's set of external | |
233 | IDs (if it was present). | |
234 | . | |
235 | .IP "\fBbr\-get\-external\-id \fIport\fR [\fIkey\fR]" | |
236 | Queries the external IDs on \fIport\fR. If \fIkey\fR is specified, | |
237 | the output is the value for that \fIkey\fR or the empty string if | |
238 | \fIkey\fR is unset. If \fIkey\fR is omitted, the output is | |
239 | \fIkey\fB=\fIvalue\fR, one per line, for each key-value pair. | |
240 | . | |
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241 | .SS "Interface Commands" |
242 | . | |
243 | These commands examine the interfaces attached to an Open vSwitch | |
244 | bridge. These commands treat a bonded port as a collection of two or | |
245 | more interfaces, rather than as a single port. | |
246 | . | |
247 | .IP "\fBlist\-ifaces \fIbridge\fR" | |
248 | Lists all of the interfaces within \fIbridge\fR on standard output, | |
249 | one per line. The local port \fIbridge\fR is not included in the | |
250 | list. | |
251 | . | |
252 | .IP "\fBiface\-to\-br \fIiface\fR" | |
253 | Prints the name of the bridge that contains \fIiface\fR on standard | |
254 | output. | |
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255 | . |
256 | .IP "\fBiface\-set\-external\-id \fIiface key\fR [\fIvalue\fR]" | |
257 | Sets or clears an ``external ID'' value on \fIiface\fR. These value | |
258 | are intended to identify entities external to Open vSwitch with which | |
259 | \fIiface\fR is associated, e.g. the interface's identifier in a | |
260 | virtualization management platform. The Open vSwitch database schema | |
261 | specifies well-known \fIkey\fR values, but \fIkey\fR and \fIvalue\fR | |
262 | are otherwise arbitrary strings. | |
263 | .IP | |
264 | If \fIvalue\fR is specified, then \fIkey\fR is set to \fIvalue\fR for | |
265 | \fIiface\fR, overwriting any previous value. If \fIvalue\fR is | |
266 | omitted, then \fIkey\fR is removed from \fIiface\fR's set of external | |
267 | IDs (if it was present). | |
268 | . | |
269 | .IP "\fBbr\-get\-external\-id \fIiface\fR [\fIkey\fR]" | |
270 | Queries the external IDs on \fIiface\fR. If \fIkey\fR is specified, | |
271 | the output is the value for that \fIkey\fR or the empty string if | |
272 | \fIkey\fR is unset. If \fIkey\fR is omitted, the output is | |
273 | \fIkey\fB=\fIvalue\fR, one per line, for each key-value pair. | |
274 | . | |
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275 | .SS "OpenFlow Controller Connectivity" |
276 | . | |
277 | \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR can perform all configured bridging and switching | |
278 | locally, or it can be configured to connect a given bridge to an | |
279 | external OpenFlow controller, such as NOX. | |
280 | . | |
281 | If a \fIbridge\fR argument is given, the settings apply only to the | |
282 | specified bridge. Otherwise, they apply to the Open vSwitch instance, | |
283 | and its configuration applies to any bridge that has not been explicitly | |
284 | configured through a \fIbridge\fR argument. | |
285 | . | |
286 | .IP "\fBget\-controller\fR [\fIbridge\fR]" | |
287 | Prints the configured controller target. | |
288 | . | |
289 | .IP "\fBdel\-controller\fR [\fIbridge\fR]" | |
290 | Deletes the configured controller target. | |
291 | . | |
292 | .IP "\fBset\-controller\fR [\fIbridge\fR] \fItarget\fR" | |
293 | Sets the configured controller target. The \fItarget\fR may use any of | |
294 | the following forms: | |
295 | . | |
296 | .RS | |
297 | .TP | |
84ee7bcf | 298 | .so lib/vconn-active.man |
5aa00635 | 299 | .RE |
84ee7bcf | 300 | . |
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301 | .ST "Controller Failure Settings" |
302 | . | |
303 | When a controller is configured, it is, ordinarily, responsible for | |
304 | setting up all flows on the switch. Thus, if the connection to | |
305 | the controller fails, no new network connections can be set up. If | |
306 | the connection to the controller stays down long enough, no packets | |
307 | can pass through the switch at all. | |
308 | .ST | |
309 | If the value is \fBstandalone\fR, or if neither of these settings | |
310 | is set, \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR will take over | |
311 | responsibility for setting up | |
312 | flows when no message has been received from the controller for three | |
313 | times the inactivity probe interval (xxx needs to be exposed). In this mode, | |
314 | \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR causes the datapath to act like an ordinary | |
315 | MAC-learning switch. \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR will continue to retry connecting | |
316 | to the controller in the background and, when the connection succeeds, | |
317 | it discontinues its standalone behavior. | |
318 | .ST | |
319 | If this option is set to \fBsecure\fR, \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR will not | |
320 | set up flows on its own when the controller connection fails. | |
321 | . | |
322 | .IP "\fBget\-fail\-mode\fR [\fIbridge\fR]" | |
323 | Prints the configured failure mode. | |
324 | . | |
325 | .IP "\fBdel\-fail\-mode\fR [\fIbridge\fR]" | |
326 | Deletes the configured failure mode. | |
327 | . | |
328 | .IP "\fBset\-fail\-mode\fR [\fIbridge\fR] \fBstandalone\fR|\fBsecure\fR" | |
329 | Sets the configured failure mode. | |
330 | . | |
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331 | .SS "SSL Configuration" |
332 | When \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR is configured to connect over SSL for management or | |
333 | controller connectivity, the following parameters are required: | |
334 | .TP | |
335 | \fBprivate-key\fR | |
336 | Specifies a PEM file containing the private key used as the virtual | |
337 | switch's identity for SSL connections to the controller. | |
338 | .TP | |
339 | \fBcertificate\fR | |
340 | Specifies a PEM file containing a certificate, signed by the | |
341 | certificate authority (CA) used by the controller and manager, that | |
342 | certifies the virtual switch's private key, identifying a trustworthy | |
343 | switch. | |
344 | .TP | |
345 | \fBca-cert\fR | |
346 | Specifies a PEM file containing the CA certificate used to verify that | |
347 | the virtual switch is connected to a trustworthy controller. | |
348 | .PP | |
349 | These files are read only once, at \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR startup time. If | |
350 | their contents change, \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR must be killed and restarted. | |
351 | .PP | |
352 | These SSL settings apply to all SSL connections made by the virtual | |
353 | switch. | |
354 | . | |
355 | .IP "\fBget\-ssl\fR" | |
356 | Prints the SSL configuration. | |
357 | . | |
358 | .IP "\fBdel\-ssl\fR" | |
359 | Deletes the current SSL configuration. | |
360 | . | |
361 | .IP "[\fB\-\-bootstrap\fR] \fBset\-ssl\fR \fIprivate-key\fR \fIcertificate\fR \fIca-cert\fR" | |
362 | Sets the SSL configuration. The \fB\-\-bootstrap\fR option is described | |
363 | below. | |
364 | . | |
365 | .ST "CA Certificate Bootstrap" | |
366 | Ordinarily, all of the files named in the SSL configuration must exist | |
367 | when \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR starts. However, if the \fB\-\-bootstrap\fR | |
368 | option is given, then \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR will attempt to obtain the | |
369 | CA certificate from the controller on its first SSL connection and | |
370 | save it to the named PEM file. If it is successful, it will | |
371 | immediately drop the connection and reconnect, and from then on all | |
372 | SSL connections must be authenticated by a certificate signed by the | |
373 | CA certificate thus obtained. | |
374 | .PP | |
375 | \fBThis option exposes the SSL connection to a man-in-the-middle | |
376 | attack obtaining the initial CA certificate\fR, but it may be useful | |
377 | for bootstrapping. | |
378 | .PP | |
379 | This option is only useful if the controller sends its CA certificate | |
380 | as part of the SSL certificate chain. The SSL protocol does not | |
381 | require the controller to send the CA certificate, but | |
382 | \fBcontroller\fR(8) can be configured to do so with the | |
383 | \fB--peer-ca-cert\fR option. | |
384 | . | |
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385 | .SH "EXAMPLES" |
386 | Create a new bridge named br0 and add port eth0 to it: | |
387 | .IP | |
388 | .B "ovs-vsctl add\-br br0" | |
389 | .br | |
390 | .B "ovs-vsctl add\-port br0 eth0" | |
391 | .PP | |
392 | Alternatively, perform both operations in a single atomic transaction: | |
393 | .IP | |
394 | .B "ovs-vsctl add\-br br0 \-\- add\-port br0 eth0" | |
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395 | .PP |
396 | Delete bridge \fBbr0\fR, reporting an error if it does not exist: | |
397 | .IP | |
398 | .B "ovs\-vsctl del\-br br0" | |
399 | .PP | |
400 | Delete bridge \fBbr0\fR if it exists (the \fB\-\-\fR is required to | |
401 | separate \fBdel\-br\fR's options from the global options): | |
402 | .IP | |
403 | .B "ovs\-vsctl \-\- \-\-if\-exists del\-br br0" | |
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404 | . |
405 | .SH "EXIT STATUS" | |
406 | .IP "0" | |
407 | Successful program execution. | |
408 | .IP "1" | |
409 | Usage, syntax, or configuration file error. | |
410 | .IP "2" | |
411 | The \fIbridge\fR argument to \fBbr\-exists\fR specified the name of a | |
412 | bridge that does not exist. | |
413 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
414 | . | |
dfbe07ba | 415 | .BR ovsdb\-server (1), |
3b135da3 | 416 | .BR ovs\-vswitchd (8). |