System
Preperation
Install dependencies
$apt-get update
$apt-get
install python-simplejson automake autoconf gcc uml-utilities libtool
build-essential git pkg-config
Download the OVS tarball Note: you can also pull from the git repository
$wget http://openvswitch.org/releases/openvswitch-1.10.0.tar.gz
$cd openvswitch-1.10.0
Compiling
Open vSwitch From Source
$./boot.sh
$./configure
--with-linux=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
$make
$make
install
#Load
the OVS Kernel Module
$insmod
datapath/linux/openvswitch.ko
#Pull
down the headers for your kernel
$sudo
apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
Open
vSwitch Configuration
$touch
/usr/local/etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf
$mkdir
-p /usr/local/etc/openvswitch
$ovsdb-tool
create /usr/local/etc/openvswitch/conf.db vswitchd/vswitch.ovsschema
#Start
ovsdb-server, this stores the config into a file that is persistent
even after restarts.
$ovsdb-server
/usr/local/etc/openvswitch/conf.db \
--remote=punix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock
\
--remote=db:Open_vSwitch,manager_options
\
--private-key=db:SSL,private_key
\
--certificate=db:SSL,certificate
\
--bootstrap-ca-cert=db:SSL,ca_cert
--pidfile --detach --log-file
#Only
need to run this the first time.
$ovs-vsctl
--no-wait init
#Start
vswitch
$ovs-vswitchd
--pidfile --detach
#Verify
the kernel module(s) in case you didn't earlier and get
errors.
$lsmod
| grep br
brcompat
13512 0
openvswitch 98196 1
brcompat
#If
they are not there try loading again and check your path to the
kernel module.
$insmod
datapath/linux/openvswitch.ko
#At
this point you have a fucntioning vanilla OVS install. Output should
look something like this.
$ovs-vsctl
show
b6d574d7-5582-4cc0-93e5-a90cf0eb0a38
root@demo-139:/home/ubuntu/ovs-vxlan#
ovs-vsctl --version
ovs-vsctl
(Open vSwitch) 1.8.90
Compiled
October 03 2013 06:23:36
After Restart, start the process from
ReplyDeleteovsdb-tool create /usr/local/etc/openvswitch/conf.db vswitchd/vswitch.ovsschema
======== if it gives an error, dont care and follow next steps
ovsdb-server /usr/local/etc/openvswitch/conf.db \
--remote=punix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock \
--remote=db:Open_vSwitch,manager_options \
--private-key=db:SSL,private_key \
--certificate=db:SSL,certificate \
--bootstrap-ca-cert=db:SSL,ca_cert --pidfile --detach --log-file