[ovs-discuss] interfacing with openvswitch
Ben Pfaff
blp at nicira.com
Thu Jun 13 20:48:05 UTC 2013
On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 04:44:45PM -0400, steve_1991 at hushmail.com wrote:
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> On Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 12:35 AM, "Ben Pfaff" <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> >
> >On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:18:05PM -0400, steve_1991 at hushmail.com
> >wrote:
> >> I am trying to interface my program with openvswitch e.g.
> >whenever a
> >> particular flow is matched my program is invoked. One way is to
> >do it
> >> by making my program an openflow controller and registering it
> >with
> >> openvswitch(and setting the appropriate action for that flow). Is
> >> there any other way?
> >
> >That's the intended interface. It's the one built into OVS.
>
> Thanks, is there any documents on controller interface or should I
> have to look at the code of ovs-controller for extracting the
> interface?
The controller interface is OpenFlow. Read the OpenFlow
specification.
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