[ovs-discuss] simple open vswitch usage?

[Ryan White]

Hi all,

 

I am a bit of a networking newbie, and I just want to get some simple Open
vSwitch usage. For instance, is it possible for a laptop with Open vSwitch
and VirtualBox, to connect its virtual machine to the internet using a VBox
host-only adapter bridged to wlan0, which is connected to the internet? How
would I do this using ovs-vsctl? 

I tried:
ovs-vsctl add-br br0

ovs-vsctl add-port vboxnet0

ovs-vsctl add-port wlan0

 

and this didn't do anything but make it impossible to even ping between the
VM and laptop.

I know I can just use VBox's bridged adapter but I wanted to use ovs as a
first-step/proof-of-concept for ovs.

 

Is there also a place I can go for simple things done with ovs, like an easy
tutorial? I tried finding one but I couldn't. I am having a hard time
understanding what Open vSwitch does. Is there a good starting point?

 

Thanks,

 

-Ryan White

 



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