we are used to Cisco devices so we are kind of trying to make the commands a little like Cisco commands for ease of use.
are there any shell that can be used? On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 8:18 PM Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> wrote: > The way you're presenting this, you make it sound like it would be a > simple change to ovs-vsctl to make it accept this new language (whatever > it is--you have not defined it). It is not simple. > > A Python script that calls ovs-vsctl would be a reasonable approach. > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 10:33:08AM +0430, Saeed sami wrote: > > So this can not be done by modifying the vsctl itself? > > Can we (i.e) build a simple python shell so that user logs into the shell > > and uses new commands? Shell talks with vsctl. > > > > Thank you. > > > > On Wed, 12 Jun 2019, 02:29 Ben Pfaff, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > This isn't a modification to ovs-vsctl, this would be a new utility > that > > > accepts the syntax you want. I guess you can write such a utility that > > > invokes ovs-vsctl. > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 10:37:43PM +0430, Saeed sami wrote: > > > > Hi. > > > > Thank you for your response. > > > > > > > > We are looking for a way to modify the command line inputs. for > example > > > > instead fo using a command such as " > > > > > > > > ovs-vsctl -- add-br vlan-br \ > > > > -- add-port vlan-br eth1 \ > > > > -- add-port vlan-br vlan-br-tag tag=10 \ > > > > -- set Interface vlan-br-tag type=internalip addr add 1.2.3.4/8 > dev > > > > vlan-br-tag > > > > > > > > " > > > > Simply write : > > > > Switch add vlan interface > > > > switch set interface eth1 > > > > switch set vlan 10 > > > > ip address 1.2.3.4/8 > > > > > > > > > > > > to be more clear make some modifications to commands for easier > > > > configurations. most of our team are used to Cisco like commands and > it > > > is > > > > hard to train them. But if commands can be changed a little it will > make > > > > their future work easier. > > > > > > > > Vtysh is the CLI used in NOSs such as Quagga or FRRouting. > Clish/Klish > > > are > > > > CLI interpreters that use XML fro command definitions. > > > > > > > > Thank you for teh help. > > > > > > > > Sincerely > > > > Sami > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 7:30 PM Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 11:18:22AM +0430, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > IS it possible to modify command line style? i mean is it > possible to > > > > > modify > > > > > > command syntax and how commands and sub commands are entered to > make > > > > > working > > > > > > with OVS easier? > > > > > > > > > > What changes are you looking for? > > > > > > > > > > > or use tools such as vtysh/Clish/Klish with OVS ? > > > > > > > > > > I have not heard of those tools, so I do not know. Maybe someone > else > > > > > will speak up. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
