On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 6:48 AM, <bscha...@redhat.com> wrote:

> This patch adds support to start_ovsdb() function in ovn-ctl to start the
> ovn db servers in standby mode. This can be done in the following ways
> 1. Use parameters --ovn-nb-sync-from-addr and --ovn-sb-sync-from-addr to
>    set the addresses of the master server.
> 2. Create files $etcdir/ovnnb-master.conf and $etcdir/ovnsb-master.conf
>    with the tcp url of the master servers.
>
> If --ovn-nb-sync-from-addr and --ovn-sb-sync-from-addr is used, it will
> overwrite the contents in the $etcdir/*.conf and use that server as the
> master.
>
> Additional functions to promote a standby server to master and demote
> master server to standby mode are also added in this patch
>
> Signed-off-by: Babu Shanmugam <bscha...@redhat.com>


In the context of OVSDB HA, we have been calling the ovsdb-server pair as
active/backup.
It would be nice if we can avoid using another term "master".  I have no
strong preference
for "active", just want to avoid using another term.

It seems that if demote_ovssb() is followed by restart_ovsdb(),  the role
switching
won't be respected. true?

Thanks.
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