Changes between Version 12 and Version 13 of HowTo/InstallOVSInProtoGENI

Timestamp:

10/02/13 17:03:42 (11 years ago)

Author:

lnevers@bbn.com

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HowTo/InstallOVSInProtoGENI

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 = Open vSwitch Installation on ProtoGENI hosts =
 
-This page describes how to install Open vSwitch (OVS) on a ProtoGENI host running an Ubuntu image.
-There are two different ways to use OVS within ProtoGENI. 
-  1. Use the `` Image ??. This Image only works with ??, so if there are not nodes available you might  ??
- * Download OVS
+This page describes how to install Open vSwitch (OVS) on a ProtoGENI host running an Ubuntu image. There are different ways to use OVS within ProtoGENI for example experiments see the [wiki:GENIExperimenter/Tutorials/OpenFlowOVS OpenFlow OVS tutorial], which use the image created with these instructions.
+
+== How-to ==
+
+Captured on an Ubuntu 12.04 system: 
+ 1. Download OVS
    {{{
     wget http://openvswitch.org/releases/openvswitch-1.7.3.tar.gz
@@ -12 +14 @@
 }}}
 
-  * Follow the instructions at `INSTALL.Linux`
-     * Install the prerequisets:
+  2. Follow the instructions at `INSTALL.Linux` file. Install the prerequisets:
      {{{
      sudo apt-get update
      sudo apt-get -y install pkg-config libssl-dev libc-dev
 }}}
-     * Compile and install
+  3. Compile and install:
      {{{
       ./boot.sh
@@ -25 +26 @@
       sudo make install
 }}}
-     * Initialize the configuration database using ovsdb-tool
+  4. Initialize the configuration database using ovsdb-tool
        {{{
        sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/openvswitch
        sudo ovsdb-tool create /usr/local/etc/openvswitch/conf.db vswitchd/vswitch.ovsschema
 }}} 
-     * Startup
+  5. Startup
       {{{
       sudo ovsdb-server --remote=punix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock \
@@ -44 +45 @@
 }}}
 
-Your host is now ready to run Open vSwitch.
+  6. Your host is now ready to run Open vSwitch.
+