[ovs-discuss] brcompatd: "could not find valid configuration to update" error

[Lee, Jeongkeun]

calling 'ovs-vsctl init' solved the issue.

thanks,
-- JK

> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-bounces at openvswitch.org [mailto:discuss-
> bounces at openvswitch.org] On Behalf Of Lee, Jeongkeun
> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 2:28 PM
> To: discuss at openvswitch.org
> Subject: [ovs-discuss] brcompatd: "could not find valid configuration to
> update" error
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Today, I downloaded the latest snapshot from git and followed the
> instructions of INSTALL.bridge and INSTALL.Linux to use ovs as a
> replacement of Linux bridge.
> OVS version is 0.99.2 and kernel is 2.6.26-2-amd64 on Debian lenny 5.03.
> 
> Below are the commands that I ran after 'make install' completed. ovsdb-
> server, ovs-vswitchd, and ovs-brcompatd were called in separate shells to
> see the messages.
> 
> % insmod datapath/linux-2.6/openvswitch_mod.ko
> % insmod datapath/linux-2.6/brcompat_mod.ko
> % ovsdb-tool create /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db vswitchd/vswitch.ovsschema
> % ovsdb-server /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db --remote=punix:/var/run/ovsdb-
> server
> % ovs-vswitchd -vANY:console:WARN unix:/var/run/ovsdb-server
> % ovs-brcompatd -vANY:console:WARN unix:/var/run/ovsdb-server
> 
> ovsdb-server shows messages saying ovs-vswitchd and ovs-brcompatd are
> connected
> and ovs-brcompatd complains
> 	database does not contain any Open vSwitch configuration
> when it gets started.
> 
> Then,
> 	% brctl addbr br0
> results in ovs-brcompatd dumping messages like
> 	Mar 24 12:16:48|00031|brcompatd|WARN|could not find valid
> configuration to update
> 	Mar 24 12:17:21|00032|brcompatd|WARN|Dropped 32 log messages in
> last 60 seconds due to excessive rate
> 	Mar 24 12:17:21|00033|brcompatd|WARN|unix:/var/run/ovsdb-server:
> database does not contain any Open vSwitch configuration
> and the brctl stops with
> 	add bridge failed: Connection timed out
> 
> It seems like I should fill up vswitchd/vswitch.ovsschema with right
> configurations before calling 'ovsdb-tool create', should I?
> 
> Btw, ovs-vsctl connects to /usr/local/var/run/ovsdb-server by default
> instead of /var/run/ovsdb-server. Either ovs-vsctl or the INSTALL
> instruction needs to be revised to remove the discrepancy.
> 
> Thanks,
> -- JK
> 
> 
> 
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