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ovs-vsctl(8) Open vSwitch Manual ovs-vsctl(8)
ovs-vsctl - utility for querying and configuring ovs-vswitchd
ovs-vsctl [options] -- [options] command [args] [-- [options] command
[args]]...
The ovs-vsctl program configures ovs-vswitchd(8) by providing a
high-level interface to its configuration database. See
ovs-vswitchd.conf.db(5) for comprehensive documentation of the
database schema.
ovs-vsctl connects to an ovsdb-server process that maintains an Open
vSwitch configuration database. Using this connection, it queries
and possibly applies changes to the database, depending on the
supplied commands. Then, if it applied any changes, by default it
waits until ovs-vswitchd has finished reconfiguring itself before it
exits. (If you use ovs-vsctl when ovs-vswitchd is not running, use
--no-wait.)
ovs-vsctl can perform any number of commands in a single run,
implemented as a single atomic transaction against the database.
The ovs-vsctl command line begins with global options (see OPTIONS
below for details). The global options are followed by one or more
commands. Each command should begin with -- by itself as a command-
line argument, to separate it from the following commands. (The --
before the first command is optional.) The command itself starts
with command-specific options, if any, followed by the command name
and any arguments. See EXAMPLES below for syntax examples.
Linux VLAN Bridging Compatibility
The ovs-vsctl program supports the model of a bridge implemented by
Open vSwitch, in which a single bridge supports ports on multiple
VLANs. In this model, each port on a bridge is either a trunk port
that potentially passes packets tagged with 802.1Q headers that
designate VLANs or it is assigned a single implicit VLAN that is
never tagged with an 802.1Q header.
For compatibility with software designed for the Linux bridge,
ovs-vsctl also supports a model in which traffic associated with a
given 802.1Q VLAN is segregated into a separate bridge. A special
form of the add-br command (see below) creates a ``fake bridge''
within an Open vSwitch bridge to simulate this behavior. When such a
``fake bridge'' is active, ovs-vsctl will treat it much like a bridge
separate from its ``parent bridge,'' but the actual implementation in
Open vSwitch uses only a single bridge, with ports on the fake bridge
assigned the implicit VLAN of the fake bridge of which they are
members. (A fake bridge for VLAN 0 receives packets that have no
802.1Q tag or a tag with VLAN 0.)
The following options affect the behavior ovs-vsctl as a whole. Some
individual commands also accept their own options, which are given
just before the command name. If the first command on the command
line has options, then those options must be separated from the
global options by --.
--db=server
Sets server as the database server that ovs-vsctl contacts to
query or modify configuration. The default is
unix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock. server must take
one of the following forms:
ssl:ip:port
tcp:ip:port
The given SSL or plain TCP port on the host at the
given ip, which must be expressed as an IP address (not
a DNS name) in IPv4 or IPv6 address format. If ip is
an IPv6 address, then wrap ip with square brackets,
e.g.: ssl:[::1]:6640. On Linux, use %device to
designate a scope for IPv6 link-level addresses, e.g.
ssl:[fe80::1234%eth0]:6653. For ssl, the
--private-key, --certificate, and --ca-cert options are
mandatory.
unix:file
On POSIX, connect to the Unix domain server socket
named file.
On Windows, connect to a local named pipe that is
represented by a file created in the path file to mimic
the behavior of a Unix domain socket.
pssl:port[:ip]
ptcp:port[:ip]
Listen on the given SSL or TCP port for a connection.
By default, connections are not bound to a particular
local IP address and it listens only on IPv4 (but not
IPv6) addresses, but specifying ip limits connections
to those from the given ip, either IPv4 or IPv6
address. If ip is an IPv6 address, then wrap ip with
square brackets, e.g.: pssl:6640:[::1]. On Linux, use
%device to designate a scope for IPv6 link-level
addresses, e.g. pssl:6653:[fe80::1234%eth0]. For pssl,
the --private-key, --certificate, and --ca-cert options
are mandatory.
punix:file
On POSIX, listen on the Unix domain server socket named
file for a connection.
On Windows, listen on a local named pipe. A file is
created in the path file to mimic the behavior of a
Unix domain socket.
--no-wait
Prevents ovs-vsctl from waiting for ovs-vswitchd to
reconfigure itself according to the modified database. This
option should be used if ovs-vswitchd is not running;
otherwise, ovs-vsctl will not exit until ovs-vswitchd starts.
This option has no effect if the commands specified do not
change the database.
--no-syslog
By default, ovs-vsctl logs its arguments and the details of
any changes that it makes to the system log. This option
disables this logging.
This option is equivalent to --verbose=vsctl:syslog:warn.
--oneline
Modifies the output format so that the output for each command
is printed on a single line. New-line characters that would
otherwise separate lines are printed as \n, and any instances
of \ that would otherwise appear in the output are doubled.
Prints a blank line for each command that has no output. This
option does not affect the formatting of output from the list
or find commands; see Table Formatting Options below.
--dry-run
Prevents ovs-vsctl from actually modifying the database.
-t secs
--timeout=secs
By default, or with a secs of 0, ovs-vsctl waits forever for a
response from the database. This option limits runtime to
approximately secs seconds. If the timeout expires, ovs-vsctl
will exit with a SIGALRM signal. (A timeout would normally
happen only if the database cannot be contacted, or if the
system is overloaded.)
--retry
Without this option, if ovs-vsctl connects outward to the
database server (the default) then ovs-vsctl will try to
connect once and exit with an error if the connection fails
(which usually means that ovsdb-server is not running).
With this option, or if --db specifies that ovs-vsctl should
listen for an incoming connection from the database server,
then ovs-vsctl will wait for a connection to the database
forever.
Regardless of this setting, --timeout always limits how long
ovs-vsctl will wait.
Table Formatting Options
These options control the format of output from the list and find
commands.
-f format
--format=format
Sets the type of table formatting. The following types of
format are available:
table 2-D text tables with aligned columns.
list (default)
A list with one column per line and rows separated by a
blank line.
html HTML tables.
csv Comma-separated values as defined in RFC 4180.
json JSON format as defined in RFC 4627. The output is a
sequence of JSON objects, each of which corresponds to
one table. Each JSON object has the following members
with the noted values:
caption
The table's caption. This member is omitted if
the table has no caption.
headings
An array with one element per table column.
Each array element is a string giving the
corresponding column's heading.
data An array with one element per table row. Each
element is also an array with one element per
table column. The elements of this second-level
array are the cells that constitute the table.
Cells that represent OVSDB data or data types
are expressed in the format described in the
OVSDB specification; other cells are simply
expressed as text strings.
-d format
--data=format
Sets the formatting for cells within output tables unless the
table format is set to json, in which case json formatting is
always used when formatting cells. The following types of
format are available:
string (default)
The simple format described in the Database Values
section below.
bare The simple format with punctuation stripped off: [] and
{} are omitted around sets, maps, and empty columns,
items within sets and maps are space-separated, and
strings are never quoted. This format may be easier
for scripts to parse.
json The RFC 4627 JSON format as described above.
--no-headings
This option suppresses the heading row that otherwise appears
in the first row of table output.
--pretty
By default, JSON in output is printed as compactly as
possible. This option causes JSON in output to be printed in
a more readable fashion. Members of objects and elements of
arrays are printed one per line, with indentation.
This option does not affect JSON in tables, which is always
printed compactly.
--bare Equivalent to --format=list --data=bare --no-headings.
Public Key Infrastructure Options
-p privkey.pem
--private-key=privkey.pem
Specifies a PEM file containing the private key used as
ovs-vsctl's identity for outgoing SSL connections.
-c cert.pem
--certificate=cert.pem
Specifies a PEM file containing a certificate that certifies
the private key specified on -p or --private-key to be
trustworthy. The certificate must be signed by the
certificate authority (CA) that the peer in SSL connections
will use to verify it.
-C cacert.pem
--ca-cert=cacert.pem
Specifies a PEM file containing the CA certificate that
ovs-vsctl should use to verify certificates presented to it by
SSL peers. (This may be the same certificate that SSL peers
use to verify the certificate specified on -c or
--certificate, or it may be a different one, depending on the
PKI design in use.)
-C none
--ca-cert=none
Disables verification of certificates presented by SSL peers.
This introduces a security risk, because it means that
certificates cannot be verified to be those of known trusted
hosts.
--bootstrap-ca-cert=cacert.pem
When cacert.pem exists, this option has the same effect as -C
or --ca-cert. If it does not exist, then ovs-vsctl will
attempt to obtain the CA certificate from the SSL peer on its
first SSL connection and save it to the named PEM file. If it
is successful, it will immediately drop the connection and
reconnect, and from then on all SSL connections must be
authenticated by a certificate signed by the CA certificate
thus obtained.
This option exposes the SSL connection to a man-in-the-middle
attack obtaining the initial CA certificate, but it may be
useful for bootstrapping.
This option is only useful if the SSL peer sends its CA
certificate as part of the SSL certificate chain. The SSL
protocol does not require the server to send the CA
certificate.
This option is mutually exclusive with -C and --ca-cert.
--peer-ca-cert=peer-cacert.pem
Specifies a PEM file that contains one or more additional
certificates to send to SSL peers. peer-cacert.pem should be
the CA certificate used to sign ovs-vsctl's own certificate,
that is, the certificate specified on -c or --certificate. If
ovs-vsctl's certificate is self-signed, then --certificate and
--peer-ca-cert should specify the same file.
This option is not useful in normal operation, because the SSL
peer must already have the CA certificate for the peer to have
any confidence in ovs-vsctl's identity. However, this offers
a way for a new installation to bootstrap the CA certificate
on its first SSL connection.
-v[spec]
--verbose=[spec]
Sets logging levels. Without any spec, sets the log level for
every module and destination to dbg. Otherwise, spec is a
list of words separated by spaces or commas or colons, up to
one from each category below:
· A valid module name, as displayed by the vlog/list
command on ovs-appctl(8), limits the log level change
to the specified module.
· syslog, console, or file, to limit the log level change
to only to the system log, to the console, or to a
file, respectively. (If --detach is specified,
ovs-vsctl closes its standard file descriptors, so
logging to the console will have no effect.)
On Windows platform, syslog is accepted as a word and
is only useful along with the --syslog-target option
(the word has no effect otherwise).
· off, emer, err, warn, info, or dbg, to control the log
level. Messages of the given severity or higher will
be logged, and messages of lower severity will be
filtered out. off filters out all messages. See
ovs-appctl(8) for a definition of each log level.
Case is not significant within spec.
Regardless of the log levels set for file, logging to a file
will not take place unless --log-file is also specified (see
below).
For compatibility with older versions of OVS, any is accepted
as a word but has no effect.
-v
--verbose
Sets the maximum logging verbosity level, equivalent to
--verbose=dbg.
-vPATTERN:destination:pattern
--verbose=PATTERN:destination:pattern
Sets the log pattern for destination to pattern. Refer to
ovs-appctl(8) for a description of the valid syntax for
pattern.
-vFACILITY:facility
--verbose=FACILITY:facility
Sets the RFC5424 facility of the log message. facility can be
one of kern, user, mail, daemon, auth, syslog, lpr, news,
uucp, clock, ftp, ntp, audit, alert, clock2, local0, local1,
local2, local3, local4, local5, local6 or local7. If this
option is not specified, daemon is used as the default for the
local system syslog and local0 is used while sending a message
to the target provided via the --syslog-target option.
--log-file[=file]
Enables logging to a file. If file is specified, then it is
used as the exact name for the log file. The default log file
name used if file is omitted is
/usr/local/var/log/openvswitch/ovs-vsctl.log.
--syslog-target=host:port
Send syslog messages to UDP port on host, in addition to the
system syslog. The host must be a numerical IP address, not a
hostname.
--syslog-method=method
Specify method how syslog messages should be sent to syslog
daemon. Following forms are supported:
· libc, use libc syslog() function. This is the default
behavior. Downside of using this options is that libc
adds fixed prefix to every message before it is
actually sent to the syslog daemon over /dev/log UNIX
domain socket.
· unix:file, use UNIX domain socket directly. It is
possible to specify arbitrary message format with this
option. However, rsyslogd 8.9 and older versions use
hard coded parser function anyway that limits UNIX
domain socket use. If you want to use arbitrary
message format with older rsyslogd versions, then use
UDP socket to localhost IP address instead.
· udp:ip:port, use UDP socket. With this method it is
possible to use arbitrary message format also with
older rsyslogd. When sending syslog messages over UDP
socket extra precaution needs to be taken into account,
for example, syslog daemon needs to be configured to
listen on the specified UDP port, accidental iptables
rules could be interfering with local syslog traffic
and there are some security considerations that apply
to UDP sockets, but do not apply to UNIX domain
sockets.
-h
--help Prints a brief help message to the console.
-V
--version
Prints version information to the console.
The commands implemented by ovs-vsctl are described in the sections
below.
Open vSwitch Commands
These commands work with an Open vSwitch as a whole.
init Initializes the Open vSwitch database, if it is empty. If the
database has already been initialized, this command has no
effect.
Any successful ovs-vsctl command automatically initializes the
Open vSwitch database if it is empty. This command is
provided to initialize the database without executing any
other command.
show Prints a brief overview of the database contents.
emer-reset
Reset the configuration into a clean state. It deconfigures
OpenFlow controllers, OVSDB servers, and SSL, and deletes port
mirroring, fail_mode, NetFlow, sFlow, and IPFIX configuration.
This command also removes all other-config keys from all
database records, except that other-config:hwaddr is preserved
if it is present in a Bridge record. Other networking
configuration is left as-is.
Bridge Commands
These commands examine and manipulate Open vSwitch bridges.
[--may-exist] add-br bridge
Creates a new bridge named bridge. Initially the bridge will
have no ports (other than bridge itself).
Without --may-exist, attempting to create a bridge that exists
is an error. With --may-exist, this command does nothing if
bridge already exists as a real bridge.
[--may-exist] add-br bridge parent vlan
Creates a ``fake bridge'' named bridge within the existing
Open vSwitch bridge parent, which must already exist and must
not itself be a fake bridge. The new fake bridge will be on
802.1Q VLAN vlan, which must be an integer between 0 and 4095.
The parent bridge must not already have a fake bridge for
vlan. Initially bridge will have no ports (other than bridge
itself).
Without --may-exist, attempting to create a bridge that exists
is an error. With --may-exist, this command does nothing if
bridge already exists as a VLAN bridge under parent for vlan.
[--if-exists] del-br bridge
Deletes bridge and all of its ports. If bridge is a real
bridge, this command also deletes any fake bridges that were
created with bridge as parent, including all of their ports.
Without --if-exists, attempting to delete a bridge that does
not exist is an error. With --if-exists, attempting to delete
a bridge that does not exist has no effect.
[--real|--fake] list-br
Lists all existing real and fake bridges on standard output,
one per line. With --real or --fake, only bridges of that
type are returned.
br-exists bridge
Tests whether bridge exists as a real or fake bridge. If so,
ovs-vsctl exits successfully with exit code 0. If not,
ovs-vsctl exits unsuccessfully with exit code 2.
br-to-vlan bridge
If bridge is a fake bridge, prints the bridge's 802.1Q VLAN as
a decimal integer. If bridge is a real bridge, prints 0.
br-to-parent bridge
If bridge is a fake bridge, prints the name of its parent
bridge. If bridge is a real bridge, print bridge.
br-set-external-id bridge key [value]
Sets or clears an ``external ID'' value on bridge. These
values are intended to identify entities external to Open
vSwitch with which bridge is associated, e.g. the bridge's
identifier in a virtualization management platform. The Open
vSwitch database schema specifies well-known key values, but
key and value are otherwise arbitrary strings.
If value is specified, then key is set to value for bridge,
overwriting any previous value. If value is omitted, then key
is removed from bridge's set of external IDs (if it was
present).
For real bridges, the effect of this command is similar to
that of a set or remove command in the external-ids column of
the Bridge table. For fake bridges, it actually modifies keys
with names prefixed by fake-bridge- in the Port table.
br-get-external-id bridge [key]
Queries the external IDs on bridge. If key is specified, the
output is the value for that key or the empty string if key is
unset. If key is omitted, the output is key=value, one per
line, for each key-value pair.
For real bridges, the effect of this command is similar to
that of a get command in the external-ids column of the Bridge
table. For fake bridges, it queries keys with names prefixed
by fake-bridge- in the Port table.
Port Commands
These commands examine and manipulate Open vSwitch ports. These
commands treat a bonded port as a single entity.
list-ports bridge
Lists all of the ports within bridge on standard output, one
per line. The local port bridge is not included in the list.
[--may-exist] add-port bridge port [column[:key]=value]...
Creates on bridge a new port named port from the network
device of the same name.
Optional arguments set values of column in the Port record
created by the command. For example, tag=9 would make the
port an access port for VLAN 9. The syntax is the same as
that for the set command (see Database Commands below).
Without --may-exist, attempting to create a port that exists
is an error. With --may-exist, this command does nothing if
port already exists on bridge and is not a bonded port.
[--fake-iface] add-bond bridge port iface... [column[:key]=value]...
Creates on bridge a new port named port that bonds together
the network devices given as each iface. At least two
interfaces must be named. If the interfaces are DPDK enabled
then the transaction will need to include operations to
explicitly set the interface type to 'dpdk'.
Optional arguments set values of column in the Port record
created by the command. The syntax is the same as that for
the set command (see Database Commands below).
With --fake-iface, a fake interface with the name port is
created. This should only be used for compatibility with
legacy software that requires it.
Without --may-exist, attempting to create a port that exists
is an error. With --may-exist, this command does nothing if
port already exists on bridge and bonds together exactly the
specified interfaces.
[--if-exists] del-port [bridge] port
Deletes port. If bridge is omitted, port is removed from
whatever bridge contains it; if bridge is specified, it must
be the real or fake bridge that contains port.
Without --if-exists, attempting to delete a port that does not
exist is an error. With --if-exists, attempting to delete a
port that does not exist has no effect.
[--if-exists] --with-iface del-port [bridge] iface
Deletes the port named iface or that has an interface named
iface. If bridge is omitted, the port is removed from
whatever bridge contains it; if bridge is specified, it must
be the real or fake bridge that contains the port.
Without --if-exists, attempting to delete the port for an
interface that does not exist is an error. With --if-exists,
attempting to delete the port for an interface that does not
exist has no effect.
port-to-br port
Prints the name of the bridge that contains port on standard
output.
Interface Commands
These commands examine the interfaces attached to an Open vSwitch
bridge. These commands treat a bonded port as a collection of two or
more interfaces, rather than as a single port.
list-ifaces bridge
Lists all of the interfaces within bridge on standard output,
one per line. The local port bridge is not included in the
list.
iface-to-br iface
Prints the name of the bridge that contains iface on standard
output.
OpenFlow Controller Connectivity
ovs-vswitchd can perform all configured bridging and switching
locally, or it can be configured to communicate with one or more
external OpenFlow controllers. The switch is typically configured to
connect to a primary controller that takes charge of the bridge's
flow table to implement a network policy. In addition, the switch
can be configured to listen to connections from service controllers.
Service controllers are typically used for occasional support and
maintenance, e.g. with ovs-ofctl.
get-controller bridge
Prints the configured controller target.
del-controller bridge
Deletes the configured controller target.
set-controller bridge target...
Sets the configured controller target or targets. Each target
may use any of the following forms:
ssl:ip[:port]
tcp:ip[:port]
The specified port on the host at the given ip, which
must be expressed as an IP address (not a DNS name) in
IPv4 or IPv6 address format. Wrap IPv6 addresses in
square brackets, e.g. tcp:[::1]:6653. On Linux, use
%device to designate a scope for IPv6 link-level
addresses, e.g. tcp:[fe80::1234%eth0]:6653. For ssl,
the --private-key, --certificate, and --ca-cert options
are mandatory.
If port is not specified, it defaults to 6653.
unix:file
On POSIX, a Unix domain server socket named file.
On Windows, connect to a local named pipe that is
represented by a file created in the path file to mimic
the behavior of a Unix domain socket.
pssl:[port][:ip]
ptcp:[port][:ip]
Listens for OpenFlow connections on port. The default
port is 6653. By default, connections are allowed from
any IPv4 address. Specify ip as an IPv4 address or a
bracketed IPv6 address (e.g. ptcp:6653:[::1]). On
Linux, use %device to designate a scope for IPv6 link-
level addresses, e.g. ptcp:6653:[fe80::1234%eth0]. DNS
names may not be used. For pssl, the
--private-key,--certificate, and --ca-cert options are
mandatory.
punix:file
Listens for OpenFlow connections on the Unix domain
server socket named file.
Controller Failure Settings
When a controller is configured, it is, ordinarily, responsible for
setting up all flows on the switch. Thus, if the connection to the
controller fails, no new network connections can be set up. If the
connection to the controller stays down long enough, no packets can
pass through the switch at all.
If the value is standalone, or if neither of these settings is set,
ovs-vswitchd will take over responsibility for setting up flows when
no message has been received from the controller for three times the
inactivity probe interval. In this mode, ovs-vswitchd causes the
datapath to act like an ordinary MAC-learning switch. ovs-vswitchd
will continue to retry connecting to the controller in the background
and, when the connection succeeds, it discontinues its standalone
behavior.
If this option is set to secure, ovs-vswitchd will not set up flows
on its own when the controller connection fails.
get-fail-mode bridge
Prints the configured failure mode.
del-fail-mode bridge
Deletes the configured failure mode.
set-fail-mode bridge standalone|secure
Sets the configured failure mode.
Manager Connectivity
These commands manipulate the manager_options column in the
Open_vSwitch table and rows in the Managers table. When ovsdb-server
is configured to use the manager_options column for OVSDB connections
(as described in the startup scripts provided with Open vSwitch),
this allows the administrator to use ovs-vsctl to configure database
connections.
get-manager
Prints the configured manager(s).
del-manager
Deletes the configured manager(s).
set-manager target...
Sets the configured manager target or targets. Each target
may use any of the following forms:
ssl:ip:port
tcp:ip:port
The given SSL or plain TCP port on the host at the
given ip, which must be expressed as an IP address (not
a DNS name) in IPv4 or IPv6 address format. If ip is
an IPv6 address, then wrap ip with square brackets,
e.g.: ssl:[::1]:6640. On Linux, use %device to
designate a scope for IPv6 link-level addresses, e.g.
ssl:[fe80::1234%eth0]:6653. For ssl, the
--private-key, --certificate, and --ca-cert options are
mandatory.
unix:file
On POSIX, connect to the Unix domain server socket
named file.
On Windows, connect to a local named pipe that is
represented by a file created in the path file to mimic
the behavior of a Unix domain socket.
pssl:port[:ip]
ptcp:port[:ip]
Listen on the given SSL or TCP port for a connection.
By default, connections are not bound to a particular
local IP address and it listens only on IPv4 (but not
IPv6) addresses, but specifying ip limits connections
to those from the given ip, either IPv4 or IPv6
address. If ip is an IPv6 address, then wrap ip with
square brackets, e.g.: pssl:6640:[::1]. On Linux, use
%device to designate a scope for IPv6 link-level
addresses, e.g. pssl:6653:[fe80::1234%eth0]. For pssl,
the --private-key, --certificate, and --ca-cert options
are mandatory.
punix:file
On POSIX, listen on the Unix domain server socket named
file for a connection.
On Windows, listen on a local named pipe. A file is
created in the path file to mimic the behavior of a
Unix domain socket.
SSL Configuration
When ovs-vswitchd is configured to connect over SSL for management or
controller connectivity, the following parameters are required:
private-key
Specifies a PEM file containing the private key used as the
virtual switch's identity for SSL connections to the
controller.
certificate
Specifies a PEM file containing a certificate, signed by the
certificate authority (CA) used by the controller and manager,
that certifies the virtual switch's private key, identifying a
trustworthy switch.
ca-cert
Specifies a PEM file containing the CA certificate used to
verify that the virtual switch is connected to a trustworthy
controller.
These files are read only once, at ovs-vswitchd startup time. If
their contents change, ovs-vswitchd must be killed and restarted.
These SSL settings apply to all SSL connections made by the virtual
switch.
get-ssl
Prints the SSL configuration.
del-ssl
Deletes the current SSL configuration.
[--bootstrap] set-ssl private-key certificate ca-cert
Sets the SSL configuration. The --bootstrap option is
described below.
CA Certificate Bootstrap
Ordinarily, all of the files named in the SSL configuration must
exist when ovs-vswitchd starts. However, if the ca-cert file does
not exist and the --bootstrap option is given, then ovs-vswitchd will
attempt to obtain the CA certificate from the controller on its first
SSL connection and save it to the named PEM file. If it is
successful, it will immediately drop the connection and reconnect,
and from then on all SSL connections must be authenticated by a
certificate signed by the CA certificate thus obtained.
This option exposes the SSL connection to a man-in-the-middle attack
obtaining the initial CA certificate, but it may be useful for
bootstrapping.
This option is only useful if the controller sends its CA certificate
as part of the SSL certificate chain. The SSL protocol does not
require the controller to send the CA certificate.
Auto-Attach Commands
The IETF Auto-Attach SPBM draft standard describes a compact method
of using IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) together
with a IEEE 802.1aq Shortest Path Bridging (SPB) network to
automatically attach network devices to individual services in a SPB
network. The intent here is to allow network applications and
devices using OVS to be able to easily take advantage of features
offered by industry standard SPB networks. A fundamental element of
the Auto-Attach feature is to map traditional VLANs onto SPB I_SIDs.
These commands manage the Auto-Attach I-SID/VLAN mappings.
add-aa-mapping bridge i-sid vlan
Creates a new Auto-Attach mapping on bridge for i-sid and
vlan.
del-aa-mapping bridge i-sid vlan
Deletes an Auto-Attach mapping on bridge for i-sid and vlan.
get-aa-mapping bridge
Lists all of the Auto-Attach mappings within bridge on
standard output.
Database Commands
These commands query and modify the contents of ovsdb tables. They
are a slight abstraction of the ovsdb interface and as such they
operate at a lower level than other ovs-vsctl commands.
Identifying Tables, Records, and Columns
Each of these commands has a table parameter to identify a table
within the database. Many of them also take a record parameter that
identifies a particular record within a table. The record parameter
may be the UUID for a record, and many tables offer additional ways
to identify records. Some commands also take column parameters that
identify a particular field within the records in a table.
The following tables are currently defined:
Open_vSwitch
Global configuration for an ovs-vswitchd. This table contains
exactly one record, identified by specifying . as the record
name.
Bridge Configuration for a bridge within an Open vSwitch. Records
may be identified by bridge name.
Port A bridge port. Records may be identified by port name.
Interface
A network device attached to a port. Records may be
identified by name.
Flow_Table
Configuration for a particular OpenFlow flow table. Records
may be identified by name.
QoS Quality-of-service configuration for a Port. Records may be
identified by port name.
Queue Configuration for one queue within a QoS configuration.
Records may only be identified by UUID.
Mirror A port mirroring configuration attached to a bridge. Records
may be identified by mirror name.
Controller
Configuration for an OpenFlow controller. A controller
attached to a particular bridge may be identified by the
bridge's name.
Manager
Configuration for an OVSDB connection. Records may be
identified by target (e.g. tcp:1.2.3.4).
NetFlow
A NetFlow configuration attached to a bridge. Records may be
identified by bridge name.
SSL The global SSL configuration for ovs-vswitchd. The record
attached to the Open_vSwitch table may be identified by
specifying . as the record name.
sFlow An sFlow exporter configuration attached to a bridge. Records
may be identified by bridge name.
IPFIX An IPFIX exporter configuration attached to a bridge. Records
may be identified by bridge name.
Flow_Sample_Collector_Set
An IPFIX exporter configuration attached to a bridge for
sampling packets on a per-flow basis using OpenFlow sample
actions.
AutoAttach
Configuration for Auto Attach within a bridge.
Record names must be specified in full and with correct
capitalization, except that UUIDs may be abbreviated to their first 4
(or more) hex digits, as long as that is unique within the table.
Names of tables and columns are not case-sensitive, and - and _ are
treated interchangeably. Unique abbreviations of table and column
names are acceptable, e.g. net or n is sufficient to identify the
NetFlow table.
Database Values
Each column in the database accepts a fixed type of data. The
currently defined basic types, and their representations, are:
integer
A decimal integer in the range -2**63 to 2**63-1, inclusive.
real A floating-point number.
Boolean
True or false, written true or false, respectively.
string An arbitrary Unicode string, except that null bytes are not
allowed. Quotes are optional for most strings that begin with
an English letter or underscore and consist only of letters,
underscores, hyphens, and periods. However, true and false
and strings that match the syntax of UUIDs (see below) must be
enclosed in double quotes to distinguish them from other basic
types. When double quotes are used, the syntax is that of
strings in JSON, e.g. backslashes may be used to escape
special characters. The empty string must be represented as a
pair of double quotes ("").
UUID Either a universally unique identifier in the style of RFC
4122, e.g. f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6, or an @name
defined by a get or create command within the same ovs-vsctl
invocation.
Multiple values in a single column may be separated by spaces or a
single comma. When multiple values are present, duplicates are not
allowed, and order is not important. Conversely, some database
columns can have an empty set of values, represented as [], and
square brackets may optionally enclose other non-empty sets or single
values as well. For a column accepting a set of integers, database
commands accept a range. A range is represented by two integers
separated by -. A range is inclusive. A range has a maximum size of
4096 elements. If more elements are needed, they can be specified in
seperate ranges.
A few database columns are ``maps'' of key-value pairs, where the key
and the value are each some fixed database type. These are specified
in the form key=value, where key and value follow the syntax for the
column's key type and value type, respectively. When multiple pairs
are present (separated by spaces or a comma), duplicate keys are not
allowed, and again the order is not important. Duplicate values are
allowed. An empty map is represented as {}. Curly braces may
optionally enclose non-empty maps as well (but use quotes to prevent
the shell from expanding other-config={0=x,1=y} into other-config=0=x
other-config=1=y, which may not have the desired effect).
Database Command Syntax
[--if-exists] [--columns=column[,column]...] list table [record]...
Lists the data in each specified record. If no records are
specified, lists all the records in table.
If --columns is specified, only the requested columns are
listed, in the specified order. Otherwise, all columns are
listed, in alphabetical order by column name.
Without --if-exists, it is an error if any specified record
does not exist. With --if-exists, the command ignores any
record that does not exist, without producing any output.
[--columns=column[,column]...] find table [column[:key]=value]...
Lists the data in each record in table whose column equals
value or, if key is specified, whose column contains a key
with the specified value. The following operators may be used
where = is written in the syntax summary:
= != < > <= >=
Selects records in which column[:key] equals, does not
equal, is less than, is greater than, is less than or
equal to, or is greater than or equal to value,
respectively.
Consider column[:key] and value as sets of elements.
Identical sets are considered equal. Otherwise, if the
sets have different numbers of elements, then the set
with more elements is considered to be larger.
Otherwise, consider a element from each set pairwise,
in increasing order within each set. The first pair
that differs determines the result. (For a column that
contains key-value pairs, first all the keys are
compared, and values are considered only if the two
sets contain identical keys.)
{=} {!=}
Test for set equality or inequality, respectively.
{<=} Selects records in which column[:key] is a subset of
value. For example, flood-vlans{<=}1,2 selects records
in which the flood-vlans column is the empty set or
contains 1 or 2 or both.
{<} Selects records in which column[:key] is a proper
subset of value. For example, flood-vlans{<}1,2
selects records in which the flood-vlans column is the
empty set or contains 1 or 2 but not both.
{>=} {>}
Same as {<=} and {<}, respectively, except that the
relationship is reversed. For example, flood-
vlans{>=}1,2 selects records in which the flood-vlans
column contains both 1 and 2.
For arithmetic operators (= != < > <= >=), when key is
specified but a particular record's column does not contain
key, the record is always omitted from the results. Thus, the
condition other-config:mtu!=1500 matches records that have a
mtu key whose value is not 1500, but not those that lack an
mtu key.
For the set operators, when key is specified but a particular
record's column does not contain key, the comparison is done
against an empty set. Thus, the condition other-
config:mtu{!=}1500 matches records that have a mtu key whose
value is not 1500 and those that lack an mtu key.
Don't forget to escape < or > from interpretation by the
shell.
If --columns is specified, only the requested columns are
listed, in the specified order. Otherwise all columns are
listed, in alphabetical order by column name.
The UUIDs shown for rows created in the same ovs-vsctl
invocation will be wrong.
[--if-exists] [--id=@name] get table record [column[:key]]...
Prints the value of each specified column in the given record
in table. For map columns, a key may optionally be specified,
in which case the value associated with key in the column is
printed, instead of the entire map.
Without --if-exists, it is an error if record does not exist
or key is specified, if key does not exist in record. With
--if-exists, a missing record yields no output and a missing
key prints a blank line.
If @name is specified, then the UUID for record may be
referred to by that name later in the same ovs-vsctl
invocation in contexts where a UUID is expected.
Both --id and the column arguments are optional, but usually
at least one or the other should be specified. If both are
omitted, then get has no effect except to verify that record
exists in table.
--id and --if-exists cannot be used together.
[--if-exists] set table record column[:key]=value...
Sets the value of each specified column in the given record in
table to value. For map columns, a key may optionally be
specified, in which case the value associated with key in that
column is changed (or added, if none exists), instead of the
entire map.
Without --if-exists, it is an error if record does not exist.
With --if-exists, this command does nothing if record does not
exist.
[--if-exists] add table record column [key=]value...
Adds the specified value or key-value pair to column in record
in table. If column is a map, then key is required, otherwise
it is prohibited. If key already exists in a map column, then
the current value is not replaced (use the set command to
replace an existing value).
Without --if-exists, it is an error if record does not exist.
With --if-exists, this command does nothing if record does not
exist.
[--if-exists] remove table record column value...
[--if-exists] remove table record column key...
[--if-exists] remove table record column key=value...
Removes the specified values or key-value pairs from column in
record in table. The first form applies to columns that are
not maps: each specified value is removed from the column.
The second and third forms apply to map columns: if only a key
is specified, then any key-value pair with the given key is
removed, regardless of its value; if a value is given then a
pair is removed only if both key and value match.
It is not an error if the column does not contain the
specified key or value or pair.
Without --if-exists, it is an error if record does not exist.
With --if-exists, this command does nothing if record does not
exist.
[--if-exists] clear table record column...
Sets each column in record in table to the empty set or empty
map, as appropriate. This command applies only to columns
that are allowed to be empty.
Without --if-exists, it is an error if record does not exist.
With --if-exists, this command does nothing if record does not
exist.
[--id=@name] create table column[:key]=value...
Creates a new record in table and sets the initial values of
each column. Columns not explicitly set will receive their
default values. Outputs the UUID of the new row.
If @name is specified, then the UUID for the new row may be
referred to by that name elsewhere in the same ovs-vsctl
invocation in contexts where a UUID is expected. Such
references may precede or follow the create command.
Caution (ovs-vsctl as example)
Records in the Open vSwitch database are significant
only when they can be reached directly or indirectly
from the Open_vSwitch table. Except for records in the
QoS or Queue tables, records that are not reachable
from the Open_vSwitch table are automatically deleted
from the database. This deletion happens immediately,
without waiting for additional ovs-vsctl commands or
other database activity. Thus, a create command must
generally be accompanied by additional commands within
the same ovs-vsctl invocation to add a chain of
references to the newly created record from the top-
level Open_vSwitch record. The EXAMPLES section gives
some examples that show how to do this.
[--if-exists] destroy table record...
Deletes each specified record from table. Unless --if-exists
is specified, each records must exist.
--all destroy table
Deletes all records from the table.
Caution (ovs-vsctl as example)
The destroy command is only useful for records in the
QoS or Queue tables. Records in other tables are
automatically deleted from the database when they
become unreachable from the Open_vSwitch table. This
means that deleting the last reference to a record is
sufficient for deleting the record itself. For records
in these tables, destroy is silently ignored. See the
EXAMPLES section below for more information.
wait-until table record [column[:key]=value]...
Waits until table contains a record named record whose column
equals value or, if key is specified, whose column contains a
key with the specified value. Any of the operators !=, <, >,
<=, or >= may be substituted for = to test for inequality,
less than, greater than, less than or equal to, or greater
than or equal to, respectively. (Don't forget to escape < or
> from interpretation by the shell.)
If no column[:key]=value arguments are given, this command
waits only until record exists. If more than one such
argument is given, the command waits until all of them are
satisfied.
Caution (ovs-vsctl as example)
Usually wait-until should be placed at the beginning of
a set of ovs-vsctl commands. For example, wait-until
bridge br0 -- get bridge br0 datapath_id waits until a
bridge named br0 is created, then prints its
datapath_id column, whereas get bridge br0 datapath_id
-- wait-until bridge br0 will abort if no bridge named
br0 exists when ovs-vsctl initially connects to the
database.
Consider specifying --timeout=0 along with --wait-until, to
prevent ovs-vsctl from terminating after waiting only at most
5 seconds.
comment [arg]...
This command has no effect on behavior, but any database log
record created by the command will include the command and its
arguments.
Create a new bridge named br0 and add port eth0 to it:
ovs-vsctl add-br br0
ovs-vsctl add-port br0 eth0
Alternatively, perform both operations in a single atomic
transaction:
ovs-vsctl add-br br0 -- add-port br0 eth0
Delete bridge br0, reporting an error if it does not exist:
ovs-vsctl del-br br0
Delete bridge br0 if it exists:
ovs-vsctl --if-exists del-br br0
Set the qos column of the Port record for eth0 to point to a new QoS
record, which in turn points with its queue 0 to a new Queue record:
ovs-vsctl -- set port eth0 qos=@newqos -- --id=@newqos create
qos type=linux-htb other-config:max-rate=1000000
queues:0=@newqueue -- --id=@newqueue create queue
other-config:min-rate=1000000 other-config:max-rate=1000000
Port Configuration
Add an ``internal port'' vlan10 to bridge br0 as a VLAN access port
for VLAN 10, and configure it with an IP address:
ovs-vsctl add-port br0 vlan10 tag=10 -- set Interface vlan10
type=internal
ip addr add 192.168.0.123/24 dev vlan10
Add a GRE tunnel port gre0 to remote IP address 1.2.3.4 to bridge
br0:
ovs-vsctl add-port br0 gre0 -- set Interface gre0 type=gre
options:remote_ip=1.2.3.4
Port Mirroring
Mirror all packets received or sent on eth0 or eth1 onto eth2,
assuming that all of those ports exist on bridge br0 (as a side-
effect this causes any packets received on eth2 to be ignored):
ovs-vsctl -- set Bridge br0 mirrors=@m \
-- --id=@eth0 get Port eth0 \
-- --id=@eth1 get Port eth1 \
-- --id=@eth2 get Port eth2 \
-- --id=@m create Mirror name=mymirror select-dst-
port=@eth0,@eth1 select-src-port=@eth0,@eth1 output-port=@eth2
Remove the mirror created above from br0, which also destroys the
Mirror record (since it is now unreferenced):
ovs-vsctl -- --id=@rec get Mirror mymirror \
-- remove Bridge br0 mirrors @rec
The following simpler command also works:
ovs-vsctl clear Bridge br0 mirrors
Quality of Service (QoS)
Create a linux-htb QoS record that points to a few queues and use it
on eth0 and eth1:
ovs-vsctl -- set Port eth0 qos=@newqos \
-- set Port eth1 qos=@newqos \
-- --id=@newqos create QoS type=linux-htb
other-config:max-rate=1000000000 queues=0=@q0,1=@q1 \
-- --id=@q0 create Queue other-config:min-rate=100000000
other-config:max-rate=100000000 \
-- --id=@q1 create Queue other-config:min-rate=500000000
Deconfigure the QoS record above from eth1 only:
ovs-vsctl clear Port eth1 qos
To deconfigure the QoS record from both eth0 and eth1 and then delete
the QoS record (which must be done explicitly because unreferenced
QoS records are not automatically destroyed):
ovs-vsctl -- destroy QoS eth0 -- clear Port eth0 qos -- clear
Port eth1 qos
(This command will leave two unreferenced Queue records in the
database. To delete them, use "ovs-vsctl list Queue" to find their
UUIDs, then "ovs-vsctl destroy Queue uuid1 uuid2" to destroy each of
them or use "ovs-vsctl -- --all destroy Queue" to delete all
records.)
Connectivity Monitoring
Monitor connectivity to a remote maintenance point on eth0.
ovs-vsctl set Interface eth0 cfm_mpid=1
Deconfigure connectivity monitoring from above:
ovs-vsctl clear Interface eth0 cfm_mpid
NetFlow
Configure bridge br0 to send NetFlow records to UDP port 5566 on host
192.168.0.34, with an active timeout of 30 seconds:
ovs-vsctl -- set Bridge br0 netflow=@nf \
-- --id=@nf create NetFlow targets=\"192.168.0.34:5566\"
active-timeout=30
Update the NetFlow configuration created by the previous command to
instead use an active timeout of 60 seconds:
ovs-vsctl set NetFlow br0 active_timeout=60
Deconfigure the NetFlow settings from br0, which also destroys the
NetFlow record (since it is now unreferenced):
ovs-vsctl clear Bridge br0 netflow
sFlow
Configure bridge br0 to send sFlow records to a collector on 10.0.0.1
at port 6343, using eth1´s IP address as the source, with specific
sampling parameters:
ovs-vsctl -- --id=@s create sFlow agent=eth1
target=\"10.0.0.1:6343\" header=128 sampling=64 polling=10 \
-- set Bridge br0 sflow=@s
Deconfigure sFlow from br0, which also destroys the sFlow record
(since it is now unreferenced):
ovs-vsctl -- clear Bridge br0 sflow
IPFIX
Configure bridge br0 to send one IPFIX flow record per packet sample
to UDP port 4739 on host 192.168.0.34, with Observation Domain ID 123
and Observation Point ID 456, a flow cache active timeout of 1 minute
(60 seconds), maximum flow cache size of 13 flows, and flows sampled
on output port with tunnel info(sampling on input and output port is
enabled by default if not disabled) :
ovs-vsctl -- set Bridge br0 ipfix=@i \
-- --id=@i create IPFIX targets=\"192.168.0.34:4739\"
obs_domain_id=123 obs_point_id=456 cache_active_timeout=60
cache_max_flows=13 \
other_config:enable-input-sampling=false other_config:enable-
tunnel-sampling=true
Deconfigure the IPFIX settings from br0, which also destroys the
IPFIX record (since it is now unreferenced):
ovs-vsctl clear Bridge br0 ipfix
802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
Configure bridge br0 to participate in an 802.1D spanning tree:
ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 stp_enable=true
Set the bridge priority of br0 to 0x7800:
ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 other_config:stp-priority=0x7800
Set the path cost of port eth0 to 10:
ovs-vsctl set Port eth0 other_config:stp-path-cost=10
Deconfigure STP from above:
ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 stp_enable=false
Multicast Snooping
Configure bridge br0 to enable multicast snooping:
ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 mcast_snooping_enable=true
Set the multicast snooping aging time br0 to 300 seconds:
ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 other_config:mcast-snooping-aging-
time=300
Set the multicast snooping table size br0 to 2048 entries:
ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 other_config:mcast-snooping-table-
size=2048
Disable flooding of unregistered multicast packets to all ports. When
set to true, the switch will send unregistered multicast packets only
to ports connected to multicast routers. When it is set to false, the
switch will send them to all ports. This command disables the flood
of unregistered packets on bridge br0.
ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 other_config:mcast-snooping-disable-
flood-unregistered=true
Enable flooding of multicast packets (except Reports) on a specific
port.
ovs-vsctl set Port eth1 other_config:mcast-snooping-flood=true
Enable flooding of Reports on a specific port.
ovs-vsctl set Port eth1 other_config:mcast-snooping-flood-
reports=true
Deconfigure multicasting snooping from above:
ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 mcast_snooping_enable=false
802.1D-2004 Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
Configure bridge br0 to participate in an 802.1D-2004 Rapid Spanning
Tree:
ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 rstp_enable=true
Set the bridge address of br0 to 00:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa :
ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 other_config:rstp-
address=00:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa
Set the bridge priority of br0 to 0x7000. The value must be specified
in decimal notation and should be a multiple of 4096 (if not, it is
rounded down to the nearest multiple of 4096). The default priority
value is 0x800 (32768).
ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 other_config:rstp-priority=28672
Set the bridge ageing time of br0 to 1000 s. The ageing time value
should be between 10 s and 1000000 s. The default value is 300 s.
ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 other_config:rstp-ageing-time=1000
Set the bridge force protocol version of br0 to 0. The force protocol
version has two acceptable values: 0 (STP compatibility mode) and 2
(normal operation).
ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 other_config:rstp-force-protocol-
version=0
Set the bridge max age of br0 to 10 s. The max age value should be
between 6 s and 40 s. The default value is 20 s.
ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 other_config:rstp-max-age=10
Set the bridge forward delay of br0 to 15 s. This value should be
between 4 s and 30 s. The default value is 15 s.
ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 other_config:rstp-forward-delay=15
Set the bridge transmit hold count of br0 to 7 s. This value should
be between 1 s and 10 s. The default value is 6 s.
ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 other_config:rstp-transmit-hold-
count=7
Enable RSTP on the Port eth0:
ovs-vsctl set Port eth0 other_config:rstp-enable=true
Disable RSTP on the Port eth0:
ovs-vsctl set Port eth0 other_config:rstp-enable=false
Set the priority of port eth0 to 32. The value must be specified in
decimal notation and should be a multiple of 16 (if not, it is
rounded down to the nearest multiple of 16). The default priority
value is 0x80 (128).
ovs-vsctl set Port eth0 other_config:rstp-port-priority=32
Set the port number of port eth0 to 3:
ovs-vsctl set Port eth0 other_config:rstp-port-num=3
Set the path cost of port eth0 to 150:
ovs-vsctl set Port eth0 other_config:rstp-path-cost=150
Set the admin edge value of port eth0:
ovs-vsctl set Port eth0 other_config:rstp-port-admin-edge=true
Set the auto edge value of port eth0:
ovs-vsctl set Port eth0 other_config:rstp-port-auto-edge=true
Set the admin point to point MAC value of port eth0. Acceptable
values are 0 (not point-to-point), 1 (point-to-point, the default
value) or 2 (automatic detection). The auto-detection mode is not
currently implemented, and the value 2 has the same effect of 0 (not
point-to-point).
ovs-vsctl set Port eth0 other_config:rstp-admin-p2p-mac=1
Set the admin port state value of port eth0. true is the default
value.
ovs-vsctl set Port eth0 other_config:rstp-admin-port-
state=false
Set the mcheck value of port eth0:
ovs-vsctl set Port eth0 other_config:rstp-port-mcheck=true
Deconfigure RSTP from above:
ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 rstp_enable=false
OpenFlow Version
Configure bridge br0 to support OpenFlow versions 1.0, 1.2, and 1.3:
ovs-vsctl set bridge br0
protocols=OpenFlow10,OpenFlow12,OpenFlow13
Flow Table Configuration
Make flow table 0 on bridge br0 refuse to accept more than 100 flows:
ovs-vsctl -- --id=@ft create Flow_Table flow_limit=100
overflow_policy=refuse -- set Bridge br0 flow_tables=0=@ft
Make flow table 0 on bridge br0 evict flows, with fairness based on
the matched ingress port, when there are more than 100:
ovs-vsctl -- --id=@ft create Flow_Table flow_limit=100
overflow_policy=evict groups='"NXM_OF_IN_PORT[]"' -- set
Bridge br0 flow_tables:0=@ft
0 Successful program execution.
1 Usage, syntax, or configuration file error.
2 The bridge argument to br-exists specified the name of a
bridge that does not exist.
ovsdb-server(1), ovs-vswitchd(8), ovs-vswitchd.conf.db(5).
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