[ovs-discuss] Install Guide for OpenvSwitch + KVM on CentOS 6.x?

[Gurucharan Shetty]

On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 3:01 AM, Jake G. <dj_dark_junglist at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
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> I am trying to find an easy to follow Install Guide for OpenvSwitch + KVM on
> CentOS 6.x, but havent been able to find one that is clear.
> Anyone have anyone good links for this?

If you already have installed KVM on Centos6.x and have spun up VMs on
Linux bridge using libvirt, moving to Open vSwitch is very
straight-forward.

1) Read INSTALL or INSTALL.RHEL in the Open vSwitch repo to install
Open vSwitch in Centos.

2) You need >= libvirt0.9.11 for openvswitch support.
(I compile from sources from http://libvirt.org/sources/libvirt-1.0.0.tar.gz)

3) Read INSTALL.Libvirt file.
 - Make sure you attach a physical interface to Open vSwitch bridge as
a port (just like you would do for a linux bridge) if you want
external network connectivity.

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> My main issue is what should my initial NIC setttings be before I install
> anything? Below are my NIC details:
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> eth0: 10.3.9.50/8 no gateway (management network-no internet)
> eth1: 192.168.100.131/24 GW=192.168.100.254 (Internet access)
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> I am not using vlans
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> Thank you!
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