[ovs-discuss] Debian init script

[Gurucharan Shetty]

> On Jul 9, 2014, at 1:13 AM, "Pavel V. Kaygorodov" <pasha at inasan.ru> wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Thank you for response, I have already found a eth0->eth1 mistake, but this was not enough.
> The complete solution, after a number of experiments is:
> 
> # The order is important: eth1 must be after br0!
> auto br0 eth1 br0:1
> 
> allow-ovs br0
> iface br0 inet static
>  address 192.168.111.1
>  netmask 255.255.255.0 
>  ovs_type OVSBridge    
>  ovs_ports eth1
> # Starting up openvswitch daemon if it was not started already
>  pre-up /etc/init.d/openvswitch-switch start
> 
> allow-br0 eth1
> iface eth1 inet manual
>  ovs_bridge br0
>  ovs_type OVSPort
>  pre-up ifconfig $IFACE up
>  post-down ifconfig $IFACE down
> 
> allow-br0 br0:1
> iface br0:1 inet static
>    address 192.168.111.2
>    netmask 255.255.255.0
> 
> ##################################
> 
> I think, this tricks with "pre-up /etc/init.d/openvswitch-switch start" and "auto" order must be documented.
Did you read my first email and try removing things from auto? 
> 
> Pavel.
> 
> 
>>> On Jul 8, 2014, at 3:08 AM, "Pavel V. Kaygorodov" <pasha at inasan.ru> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi!
>>> 
>>> I have installed openvswitch-2.3.90 on Debian wheezy, and changed /etc/network/interfaces:
>>> 
>>> auto lo eth1 br0
>>> iface lo inet loopback
>>> 
>>> # The primary network interface
>>> allow-hotplug eth0
>>> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>>> 
>>> allow-ovs br0
>>> iface br0 inet static 
>>> address 192.168.111.1
>>> netmask 255.255.255.0
>>> ovs_type OVSBridge
>>> ovs_ports eth1
>>> 
>>> allow-br0 eth1
>>> iface eth0 inet manual
>> You probably want eth1 above.
>>> ovs_bridge br0  
>>> ovs_type OVSPort
>>> pre-up ifconfig $IFACE up
>>> post-down ifconfig $IFACE down
>>> 
>>> after reboot I see br0 interface with proper IP address, but without eth1 port added:
>>> 
>>> # ovs-vsctl show
>>> 3ec07e03-5a5a-44ec-8543-3a9bc380bfdb
>>>   Bridge "br0"
>>>       Port "br0"
>>>           Interface "br0"
>>>               type: internal
>>>   ovs_version: "2.3.90"
>>> 
>>> I think this is because openvswitch-switch isn't started before network interface configuration stage, I see following errors on boot screen:
>>> 
>>> <PastedGraphic-1.png>
>>> 
>>> How can I fix this?
>>> 
>>> Pavel.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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