Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of HowTo/SetupOVSSwitch

Timestamp:

06/27/17 14:09:32 (7 years ago)

Author:

lnevers@bbn.com

Comment:

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HowTo/SetupOVSSwitch

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+= Open vSwitch (OVS) Switch =
+
+Running an OVS Switch on Ubuntuu 16 outlined here:
+
+ 1. Request your topology via omni or GENI Portal. Current default image version is Ubuntu 16, which will change over time.
+
+ 2. On the node you plan to use as a switch run the following:
+{{{
+ sudo apt-get install openvswitch-switch -y 
+}}}
+
+ 3. Once OVS is installed, a service script is created on your node: 
+{{{/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/openvswitch-switch.service}}}.  This allows you to stop and start the openvswitch server.  Service is automatically started for you, to check it status:
+{{{
+sudo systemctl status openvswitch-switch
+}}}
+
+ 4. A script [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GENI-NSF/geni-support/master/Utilities/geniovs.sh geniovs.sh] is available to the dataplane interface to the OVS bridge:
+{{{
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GENI-NSF/geni-support/master/Utilities/geniovs.sh
+sh ./geniovs.sh
+}}}
+
+Your switch is now ready to use!
+
+--------
+
+If you would like to skip the 4 steps above, and simple load a custom image that has the OVS service running with all dataplane interface on its bridge, then you can use the custom image below:
+{{{
+ <disk_image url="https://www.instageni.sox.net/image_metadata.php?uuid=06c6ff42-5aa4-11e7-9a2c-000000000000" name="urn:publicid:IDN+instageni.sox.net+image+ch-geni-net:OVSnonOF:0"/>
+}}}
+
+----
+
+If you have the openvswitch service running and would like to add !OpenFlow to the mix, simply execute the following:
+
+{{{
+  sudo ovs-vsctl set-fail-mode br0 secure
+  sudo ovs-vsctl set-controller br0 tcp:<controller_ip>:6633
+}}}