[ovs-discuss] unix controllers

selen jia selen764 at gmail.com
Wed Feb 13 17:13:03 UTC 2013


Hi thanks , can you explain how to use it within single machine, sry to
bother you, but it will be helpful

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:

> unix sockets work only within a single machine, so you can't do what you
> want with them.
>
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:32:40PM +0530, selen jia wrote:
> > Hi,
> > thnkx but can you please explain in detail , how should i add flow to
> > switch using unix remote socket.
> >
> > Suppose my switch ip is 192.168.1.1 and controller machine is
> 192.168.1.2.
> > How should i be able to add flow from controller on switch using unix
> > socket.
> > I set unix socket on switch to
> unix:/usr/vsr/run/openvswitch/br0.controller.
> > but it was on backoff only.
> > How can i connect my controller to switch using this unix socket.
> > I am using ovs-ofctl on controller.
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:21 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 01:25:09PM +0530, selen jia wrote:
> > > > Just working on unix controllers are now allowed on ovs 1.8 branch.
> > > >
> > > > Can some one explain how i can use them to add flows nd all openflow
> > > > activities.
> > > >
> > > > Like we set ovs-vsctl tcp:<remote-ip>:<port>, how i can set remote
> > > primary
> > > > unix controller??
> > >
> > > It's no different.
> > >
>
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