[ovs-discuss] startup-config vs. running-config for OVS?

Scott Lowe scott.lowe at scottlowe.org
Tue Mar 14 20:46:52 UTC 2017


On 03/14/2017 01:59 PM, Sterdnot Shaken wrote:
> Is there a way to set a "startup-config" for a OVS bridge? I want to
> have the ovs bridge interface config set to something, and then, if I
> make a change, have those changes NOT be persistent nor saved to OVSDB
> unless I write/commit it…?
> 
> That way, I can ensure that if someone hoses something over, I can
> always reboot and it will return to the per-configured working state...
> 
> Thanks in advance!


Depending upon your Linux distribution, there is some integration with
the networking startup scripts (/etc/network/interfaces on
Debian/Ubuntu, for example). You may be able to leverage that
integration to help.

-- 
Scott



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