[ovs-dev] [RFC v0 0/4] rhel/fedora: non-root OvS out of the box

Ben Pfaff blp at ovn.org
Thu May 18 21:53:54 UTC 2017


On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 05:09:04PM -0400, Aaron Conole wrote:
> Ben Pfaff <blp at ovn.org> writes:
> 
> > On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 10:21:10AM -0400, Aaron Conole wrote:
> >> This series attempts to introduce the ability to start and use
> >> Open vSwitch 'out of the box' as a non-root user.  It does this by
> >> modifying the service files to pass the recently introduced --ovs-user
> >> argument around, and by making some minor tweaks to the passwd, group,
> >> and filesystem information.
> >> 
> >> The more controversial changes are:
> >> 
> >> * This adds another config file (/etc/sysconfig/openvswitch-pre) to the system
> >> * The dpdk support directly modifies /dev/hugepages with a call to chmod
> >> * A new user 'openvswitch', and up to two new groups 'openvswitch', and
> >>   'hugetlbfs' are created
> >> 
> >> This is presented as RFC (v0, since it will likely need changes) for
> >> initial feedback.
> >> 
> >> Aaron Conole (4):
> >>   rhel: allow arbitrary user:group
> >>   fedora: dynamically allocate ovs user
> >>   fedora: Also include the db lockfile
> >>   fedora: allow dpdk to also run as non-root user
> >
> > I guess that we are waiting for Flavio to look at this?
> 
> I think so.  I'm planning on rebasing this because I think some things
> in the spec files have changed, and I think Timothy R. is also doing
> some change, and his is less "intrusive".

OK.

I've marked these "superseded" in patchwork, in anticipation of a
repost.


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