[ovs-discuss] Port Groups to add a port to a Port Group

[Numan Siddique]

On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 2:21 PM Brendan Doyle <brendan.doyle at oracle.com> wrote:
>
> I wonder would it be better if the ovn-nbctl Port Group commands are as
> follows:
>
> pg-create group [ports]
>       Create a port group named 'group' with a list of optional Logical
> Switch ports,
>       "port1 port2.." where port1, port2 etc are Logical Switch port names.
>
> pg-del group
>       Delete the named port group 'group'
>
> pg-add-ports group  [ports]
>         Add the named Logical Switch ports to the 'group' Port Group,
> eg. "port1, port2"
>
> pg-del-ports group [port]
>        Remove the named Logical Switch ports to the 'group' Port Group,
> eg. "port1, port2"
>

I think these commands would be useful. Patches are welcome if you
want to add these commands.

Thanks
Numan

> Brendan
>
>
> On 07/09/2020 20:05, Brendan Doyle wrote:
> > So the ovn-nbctl Port Group commands are:
> >
> > pg-add group [port]
> > pg-set-ports
> > pg-del
> >
> > But this is not great if I create a Port Group, and then later want
> > to  add a new Logical Switch Port to the Group.
> > I have to find the uuid of the port then use Database commands to add
> > it. So If I create Port_Group pg_vcn2_net1_sl1
> > with one port:
> >
> > #ovn-nbctl pg-add pg_vcn2_net1_sl1 ce78fd2b-4c68-428c-baf1-71718e7f3871
> >
> > To add a second port I think I have to do something like this:
> >
> > #ovn-nbctl lsp-list ls_vcn2 | grep
> > 06e85cca-867a-44fc-b2c1-be62f2fb06c0  | awk '{ print $1 }'
> > 36e248df-077d-469a-8904-a5eb36d9b5ef
> >
> > #ovn-nbctl add Port_Group pg_vcn2_net1_sl1 ports
> > "36e248df-077d-469a-8904-a5eb36d9b5ef"
> >
> > #ovn-nbctl --if-exists get Port_Group pg_vcn2_net1_sl1 ports
> > [36e248df-077d-469a-8904-a5eb36d9b5ef,
> > 9bb12b5d-8af5-444a-a885-410efe63143f]
> >
> > It would be really nice if either
> >
> >
> > a) There were an 'ovn-nbctl pg-add-port group [port]' cmd to amend
> > ports to the Port Group
> >
> > OR
> >
> > b) The Database command could take port names not uuids
> >
> > Or am I missing something?
> >
> > Brendan
> >
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