[ovs-dev] OVS command line style/syntax modification

[Saeed sami]

So this can not be done by modifying the vsctl itself?
Can we (i.e) build a simple python shell so that user logs into the shell
and uses new commands? Shell talks with vsctl.

Thank you.

On Wed, 12 Jun 2019, 02:29 Ben Pfaff, <blp at ovn.org> wrote:

> This isn't a modification to ovs-vsctl, this would be a new utility that
> accepts the syntax you want.  I guess you can write such a utility that
> invokes ovs-vsctl.
>
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 10:37:43PM +0430, Saeed sami wrote:
> > Hi.
> > Thank you for your response.
> >
> > We are looking for a way to modify the command line inputs. for example
> > instead fo using a command such as "
> >
> > ovs-vsctl -- add-br vlan-br \
> >   -- add-port vlan-br eth1 \
> >   -- add-port vlan-br vlan-br-tag tag=10 \
> >   -- set Interface vlan-br-tag type=internalip addr add 1.2.3.4/8 dev
> > vlan-br-tag
> >
> > "
> > Simply write :
> > Switch add vlan interface
> >    switch set interface eth1
> >      switch set vlan 10
> >      ip address 1.2.3.4/8
> >
> >
> > to be more clear make some modifications to commands for easier
> > configurations. most of our team are used to Cisco like commands and it
> is
> > hard to train them. But if commands can be changed a little it will make
> > their future work easier.
> >
> > Vtysh is the CLI used in NOSs such as Quagga or FRRouting. Clish/Klish
> are
> > CLI interpreters that use XML fro command definitions.
> >
> > Thank you for teh help.
> >
> > Sincerely
> > Sami
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 7:30 PM Ben Pfaff <blp at ovn.org> wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 11:18:22AM +0430, sami at qbicomm.com wrote:
> > > > IS it possible to modify command line style? i mean is it possible to
> > > modify
> > > > command syntax and how commands and sub commands are entered to make
> > > working
> > > > with OVS easier?
> > >
> > > What changes are you looking for?
> > >
> > > > or use tools such as vtysh/Clish/Klish with OVS ?
> > >
> > > I have not heard of those tools, so I do not know.  Maybe someone else
> > > will speak up.
> > >
>