Usually "ovs-vsctl set-controller" is the best way to configure a set of controllers.
But maybe you are asking about how to configure a set of controllers from /etc/network/interfaces. If so, Guru may have advice (and maybe we should document it). On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 11:54:54PM +0000, Omar Ramadan wrote: > A related question: What is the best way to configure a set of controllers? > Can I specify a set of controllers for my bridge to use in a similar fashion > in networking? > > ________________________________ > From: [email protected] > <[email protected]> on behalf of Omar Ramadan > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2017 4:47:10 PM > To: Guru Shetty > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: [Potential Spoof] Re: [ovs-discuss] OVS bridge on boot in Debian > > > Looks like I was missing the kernel module. Added "openvswitch-datapath-dkms" > and it works now. > > > Thanks! > > ________________________________ > From: [email protected] > <[email protected]> on behalf of Omar Ramadan > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2017 4:31:24 PM > To: Guru Shetty > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: [Potential Spoof] Re: [ovs-discuss] OVS bridge on boot in Debian > > > Hi Guru, Ben, > > > Thanks for the responses. I originally did a "make install" though I realized > there may be some packaging postinst scripts that may need to be run for it > to work. I built and installed openvswitch-common and openvswitch-switch. > > > "ifup --allow=ovs br0" still fails to find br0 but I've made progress > nonetheless in the networking journal > > vagrant@magma-dev:/etc/network$ sudo journalctl -u networking > Oct 12 23:27:29 magma-dev ovs-vsctl[2127]: ovs|00001|vsctl|INFO|Called as > ovs-vsctl --timeout=5 -- --may-exist add-port br0 eth0 -- > Oct 12 23:27:29 magma-dev networking[1875]: ovs-vsctl: Error detected while > setting up 'eth0'. See ovs-vswitchd log for details. > Oct 12 23:27:29 magma-dev networking[1875]: ovs-vsctl: The default log > directory is "/var/log/openvswitch". > Oct 12 23:27:29 magma-dev ovs-vsctl[2202]: ovs|00001|vsctl|INFO|Called as > ovs-vsctl --timeout=5 -- --may-exist add-port br0 eth0 -- > > vagrant@magma-dev:/var/log/openvswitch$ sudo less ovs-vswitchd.log > 2017-10-12T23:27:31.123Z|00112|ofproto|ERR|failed to open datapath br0: No > such file or directory > 2017-10-12T23:27:31.123Z|00113|bridge|ERR|failed to create bridge br0: No > such file or directory > > What could be missing? > > Best, > Omar > > > ________________________________ > From: Guru Shetty <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2017 10:50:38 AM > To: Omar Ramadan > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ovs-discuss] OVS bridge on boot in Debian > > > > On 12 October 2017 at 10:29, Omar Ramadan > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi list, > > > I am using OVS 2.7.90 with Debian 8.7 and want to configure the switch to be > loaded on system initialization. I have installed the service > "openvswitch-switch" and added the following in /etc/network/interfaces > > How did you install OVS 2.7.90? By 'make install' or via debian packages? > > > > allow-ovs br0 > > iface br0 inet dhcp > > ovs_type OVSBridge > > ovs_ports eth0 > > > allow-br0 eth0 > > iface eth0 inet manual > > ovs_bridge br0 > > ovs_type OVSPort > > I am still unable to load br0 with ifup. > > > vagrant@magma-dev:/etc/network/interfaces.d$ sudo ifup br0 > Lets try with: > ifup --allow=ovs br0 > > > > Cannot find device "br0" > > Bind socket to interface: No such device > > > exiting. > > Failed to bring up br0. > > How do these interfaces get set up? Is there anyway to debug this? I've built > this package from source, so I want to make sure I am not missing > dependencies. Also should I be adding any additional systemctl units or > should adding "openvswitch-switch" be enough? > > Best, > Omar > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-discuss<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mail.openvswitch.org_mailman_listinfo_ovs-2Ddiscuss&d=DwMFaQ&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=07s_Z0lQVjg7gmpzZt5Yog&m=cIvIKPE2b3yN4d3z9aOIwbQM0etdwuEs_AYVr7Q2Clo&s=-hNIrnwJO4HaR86DPjqOcRpQS_6pBzteYzzhFAFf3yU&e=> > > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-discuss _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-discuss
