[ovs-discuss] can i use the ovs-vsctl command to add a bridge for a remote ovs

[Kris zhang]

so actually i cannot do the command: ovsdb-server --remote=
punix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock,ptcp:6677
right?




On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Justin Pettit <jpettit at nicira.com> wrote:

> On Aug 17, 2012, at 12:15 AM, Kris zhang <zhang.kris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Justin,  just now i run the command: ovsdb-server
> --remote=ptcp:6677.
> >
> > it says: I/O error: /etc/openvswitch/conf.db: fail to lock lockfile
> (Resouce temporarily unavailable).
> >
> > and then i use command: ps -elf|grep ovs
> > i found there is a process pid=3456 ovsdb-server
> --remote=punix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock
>
> Yes, you should only have one instance running.  You're probably going to
> want both of those "--remote" options (ptcp:and punix) on your instance,
> though.
>
> > Need i to kill this process firstly? (BTW there is no a man page for
> ovsdb-server in http://openvswitch.org/support/)
>
> We don't have all the man pages available on the web site.  The man page
> should be with your OVS distribution.
>
> --Justin
>
>
>
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