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

[Kris zhang]

Hi Justin,

Could i use ovs-appctl fdb/show br0 on remote ovs?
I tried ovs-appctl --db=tcp:172.16.107.21:7777 fdb/show br0, but it didn't
work.

Thanks in advanced,
Kris



On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 4:21 PM, Kris zhang <zhang.kris at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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