[ovs-discuss] Is it possible to use the ovs-ofctl command to control the remote ovs?

[Kris zhang]

When you read the man page, you will find that the --db=ip:port is for
ovsdb-server, and if no --db arguments, it's for openflow, also the
ovs-vsctl is used for ovsdb-server, and ovs-ofctl is used for openflow.
please let me know if i am wrong.

Thanks,
Kris


On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 1:58 AM, Qiaobing Xie <qiaobing.xie at gmail.com>wrote:

> Yes, I just figured out this by myself.. The man pages are not clear about
> this at all, e.g., an example in ovs-ofctl for remote setup will go a long
> way..
>
> And I had to set a port other than 6633 because that port is being used
> for ovs-vswitchd to connect to the ovs db. In the man pages, the suggested
> default ports for both ovsdb connection and ptcp controller setting are
> 6633, that can't work.
>
> Thanks,
> -Qiaobing
>
>
>
> On 8/17/12 12:49 PM, Justin Pettit wrote:
>
>> On Aug 17, 2012, at 10:29 AM, Qiaobing Xie <qiaobing.xie at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  But from the same remote machine, ovs-ofctl does not work:
>>>
>>> %% ovs-ofctl show tcp:192.168.43.148
>>> ovs-ofctl: connecting to tcp:192.168.43.148 (Connection reset by peer)
>>> %% ovs-ofctl show tcp:192.168.43.148:6633
>>> ovs-ofctl: connecting to tcp:192.168.43.148:6633 (Connection reset by
>>> peer)
>>>
>> You need to tell ovs-vswitchd to listen for an OpenFlow connection on
>> that bridge.  Take a look at the "ovs-vsctl set-controller" command to do
>> this.
>>
>> --Justin
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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