[ovs-discuss] Problem with step"ovsdb-server"

[Justin Pettit]

On Aug 28, 2012, at 2:32 AM, rahim entezari <rahim.entezari at gmail.com> wrote:

> With special thanks to Chris...
> Every thing is OK with commands"make""make install""insmod
> datapath/linux/openvswitch.ko""mkdir -p
> /usr/local/etc/openvswitch".But when using this cmd : "ovsdb-tool
> create /usr/local/etc/openvswitch/conf.db vswitchd/vswitch.ovsschema"
> this error accured : ovsdb-tool: I/O error: create:
> /usr/local/etc/openvswitch/conf.db failed (File exists)

Well, it looks like that file already exists.  You can either use that one or, if you think it's okay, erase it and create a new one.

> also if we ignore it and continue to the next steo which is :
> "[root at localhost openvswitch]# ovsdb-server
> /usr/local/etc/openvswitch/conf.db
> –remote=punix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock
> " this error accures : "bash: ovsdb-serverovsdb-server: command not found"

You see "ovsdb-server" twice like that?  Is it possible that your PATH environment variable is wrong?

--Justin