xenserver/README

   1 This directory contains files for seamless integration of vswitch on
   2 Citrix XenServer hosts managed by the Citrix management tools.
   3
   4 Some of these files are modifications of Citrix's proprietary code.
   5 Citrix has given permission to distribute these modified files.
   6 Citrix has not specified a particular license for them.  There is no
   7 guarantee that, should Citrix specify a license, that it would be
   8 DFSG-compliant or GPL-compatible.
   9
  10 Most of the files in this directory is installed on a XenServer system
  11 under the same name, if underscores are replaced by slashes.  The
  12 files are:
  13
  14     etc_init.d_vswitch
  15
  16         Initializes the vswitch at boot and shuts it down at shutdown.
  17
  18     etc_init.d_vswitch-xapi-update
  19
  20         Init script to ensure vswitch-cfg-update is called for the
  21         current host at boot.
  22
  23     etc_logrotate.d_vswitch
  24
  25         Ensures that /var/log/ovs-vswitchd.log is rotated periodically
  26         and that ovs-vswitchd reopens its log file at that point.
  27
  28     etc_profile.d_vswitch.sh
  29
  30         vswitch-related shell functions for the administrator's
  31         convenience.
  32
  33     etc_xapi.d_plugins_vswitch-cfg-update
  34
  35         xapi plugin script to update the cache of configuration items
  36         in the ovs-vswitchd configuration file that are managed in the
  37         xapi database when integrated with Citrix management tools.
  38
  39     etc_xensource_scripts_vif
  40
  41         vswitch-aware replacement for Citrix script of the same name.
  42
  43     opt_xensource_libexec_interface-reconfigure
  44
  45         vswitch-aware replacement for Citrix script of the same name.
  46
  47     usr_share_vswitch_scripts_refresh-network-uuids
  48
  49         Script to refresh bridge.<bridge>.network-uuids keys, which
  50         can get out-of-sync following a pool join.  Running this script
  51         is an alternative to rebooting the host.
  52
  53     root_vswitch_scripts_sysconfig.template
  54
  55         Template for vswitch's /etc/sysconfig/vswitch configuration
  56         file.
  57
  58     usr_lib_xsconsole_plugins-base_XSFeatureVSwitch.py
  59
  60         xsconsole plugin to configure the pool-wide configuration keys
  61         used to control vswitch when integrated with Citrix management
  62         tools.
  63
  64     usr_sbin_brctl
  65
  66         wrapper for /usr/sbin/brctl that provides some additional
  67         bridge compatibility
  68
  69     usr_sbin_xen-bugtool
  70
  71         vswitch-aware replacement for Citrix script of the same name.
  72
  73     vswitch-xen.spec
  74
  75         spec file for building RPMs to install on a XenServer host.
  76
  77 To install, build the vswitch RPM with a command like this:
  78
  79         rpmbuild -D "vswitch_version $full_version" \
  80                 -D "xen_version $XENKERNEL" \
  81                 -D "build_number --with-build-number=$buildnr" \
  82                 -bb vswitch-xen.spec
  83
  84 Then, "rpm -U" the resulting vswitch package on the XenServer hosts in
  85 question and reboot them.  (The vswitch-dbg package that is also
  86 produced need not be installed, but it is harmless to do so.)
  87
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