[ovs-discuss] OVN cluster: how to ensure that both northbound and southbound instances are leaders on the same node?

[Ben Pfaff]

On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 02:00:05AM +0000, Arkadi Poliakevitch wrote:
> Hi Ben, thanks for your answer but could you please clarify this sentence 
> 
> "There isn't any reason that ovn-northd needs to connect to northbound and southbound databases simultaneously." 
> 
> How would it work then? My understanding is that ovn-northd translates data from Northbound to Southbound dbs as well as propagates some changes backwards like port status. If it only connects to one end, say Southbound, then how does it work?

ovn-northd definitely connects to both databases and remains connected.
You seemed to be saying it does so with some kind of precise timing.  It
doesn't.