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NAME

ovn-ctl - Open Virtual Network northbound daemon lifecycle utility

SYNOPSIS

ovn-ctl [options] command

DESCRIPTION

This program is intended to be invoked internally by Open Virtual Network startup scripts. System administrators should not normally invoke it directly.

COMMANDS
























OPTIONS

--ovn-northd-priority=NICE

--ovn-northd-wrapper=WRAPPER

--ovn-controller-priority=NICE

--ovn-controller-wrapper=WRAPPER

--ovn-user=USER:GROUP

--ovs-user=USER:GROUP

-h | --help

FILE LOCATION OPTIONS

--db-sock=SOCKET

--db-nb-file=FILE

--db-sb-file=FILE

--db-nb-schema=FILE

--db-sb-schema=FILE

--db-sb-create-insecure-remote=yes|no

--db-nb-create-insecure-remote=yes|no

--ovn-controller-ssl-key=KEY

--ovn-controller-ssl-cert=CERT

--ovn-controller-ssl-ca-cert=CERT

--ovn-controller-ssl-bootstrap-ca-cert=CERT

ADDRESS AND PORT OPTIONS

--db-nb-sync-from-addr=IP ADDRESS

--db-nb-sync-from-port=PORT NUMBER

--db-nb-sync-from-proto=PROTO

--db-sb-sync-from-addr=IP ADDRESS

--db-sb-sync-from-port=PORT NUMBER

--db-sb-sync-from-proto=PROTO

--ovn-northd-nb-db=PROTO:IP ADDRESS: PORT..

--ovn-northd-sb-db=PROTO:IP ADDRESS: PORT..

CLUSTERING OPTIONS

--db-nb-cluster-local-addr=IP ADDRESS

--db-nb-cluster-local-port=PORT NUMBER

--db-nb-cluster-local-proto=PROTO (tcp/ssl)

--db-nb-cluster-remote-addr=IP ADDRESS

--db-nb-cluster-remote-port=PORT NUMBER

--db-nb-cluster-remote-proto=PROTO (tcp/ssl)

--db-sb-cluster-local-addr=IP ADDRESS

--db-sb-cluster-local-port=PORT NUMBER

--db-sb-cluster-local-proto=PROTO (tcp/ssl)

--db-sb-cluster-remote-addr=IP ADDRESS

--db-sb-cluster-remote-port=PORT NUMBER

--db-sb-cluster-remote-proto=PROTO (tcp/ssl)

CONFIGURATION FILES

Following are the optional configuration files. If present, it should be located in the etc dir

ovnnb-active.conf

If present, this file should hold the url to connect to the active Northbound DB server

tcp:x.x.x.x:6641

ovnsb-active.conf

If present, this file should hold the url to connect to the active Southbound DB server

tcp:x.x.x.x:6642

ovn-northd-db-params.conf

If present, start_northd will not start the DB server even if --ovn-manage-ovsdb=yes. This file should hold the database url parameters to be passed to ovn-northd.

--ovnnb-db=tcp:x.x.x.x:6641 --ovnsb-db=tcp:x.x.x.x:6642

RUNNING OVN DB SERVERS WITHOUT DETACHING

# ovn-ctl run_nb_ovsdb

This command runs the OVN nb ovsdb-server without passing the detach option, making it to block until ovsdb-server exits. This command will be useful for starting the OVN nb ovsdb-server in a container.

# ovn-ctl run_sb_ovsdb

This command runs the OVN sb ovsdb-server without passing the detach option, making it to block until ovsdb-server exits. This command will be useful for starting the OVN sb ovsdb-server in a container.

EXAMPLE USAGE

Run ovn-controller on a host already running OVS

# ovn-ctl start_controller

Run ovn-northd on a host already running OVS

# ovn-ctl start_northd

All-in-one OVS+OVN for testing

# ovs-ctl start --system-id="random"

# ovn-ctl start_northd

# ovn-ctl start_controller

Promote and demote ovsdb servers

# ovn-ctl promote_ovnnb

# ovn-ctl promote_ovnsb

# ovn-ctl --db-nb-sync-from-addr=x.x.x.x --db-nb-sync-from-port=6641 demote_ovnnb

# ovn-ctl --db-sb-sync-from-addr=x.x.x.x --db-sb-sync-from-port=6642 demote_ovnsb

Creating a clustered db on 3 nodes with IPs x.x.x.x, y.y.y.y and z.z.z.z

Starting OVN ovsdb servers and ovn-northd on the node with IP x.x.x.x

# ovn-ctl --db-nb-addr=x.x.x.x --db-nb-create-insecure-remote=yes --db-sb-addr=x.x.x.x --db-sb-create-insecure-remote=yes --db-nb-cluster-local-addr=x.x.x.x --db-sb-cluster-local-addr=x.x.x.x --ovn-northd-nb-db=tcp:x.x.x.x:6641,tcp:y.y.y.y:6641,tcp:z.z.z.z:6641 --ovn-northd-sb-db=tcp:x.x.x.x:6642,tcp:y.y.y.y:6642,tcp:z.z.z.z:6642 start_northd

Starting OVN ovsdb-servers and ovn-northd on the node with IP y.y.y.y and joining the cluster started at x.x.x.x

# ovn-ctl --db-nb-addr=y.y.y.y --db-nb-create-insecure-remote=yes --db-sb-addr=y.y.y.y --db-sb-create-insecure-remote=yes --db-nb-cluster-local-addr=y.y.y.y --db-sb-cluster-local-addr=y.y.y.y --db-nb-cluster-remote-addr=x.x.x.x --db-sb-cluster-remote-addr=x.x.x.x --ovn-northd-nb-db=tcp:x.x.x.x:6641,tcp:y.y.y.y:6641,tcp:z.z.z.z:6641 --ovn-northd-sb-db=tcp:x.x.x.x:6642,tcp:y.y.y.y:6642,tcp:z.z.z.z:6642 start_northd

Starting OVN ovsdb-servers and ovn-northd on the node with IP z.z.z.z and joining the cluster started at x.x.x.x

# ovn-ctl --db-nb-addr=z.z.z.z --db-nb-create-insecure-remote=yes --db-nb-cluster-local-addr=z.z.z.z --db-sb-addr=z.z.z.z --db-sb-create-insecure-remote=yes --db-sb-cluster-local-addr=z.z.z.z --db-nb-cluster-remote-addr=x.x.x.x --db-sb-cluster-remote-addr=x.x.x.x --ovn-northd-nb-db=tcp:x.x.x.x:6641,tcp:y.y.y.y:6641,tcp:z.z.z.z:6641 --ovn-northd-sb-db=tcp:x.x.x.x:6642,tcp:y.y.y.y:6642,tcp:z.z.z.z:6642 start_northd

Passing ssl keys when starting OVN dbs will supercede the default ssl values in db

Starting standalone ovn db server passing SSL certificates

# ovn-ctl --ovn-nb-db-ssl-key=/etc/openvswitch/ovnnb-privkey.pem --ovn-nb-db-ssl-cert=/etc/openvswitch/ovnnb-cert.pem --ovn-nb-db-ssl-ca-cert=/etc/openvswitch/cacert.pem --ovn-sb-db-ssl-key=/etc/openvswitch/ovnsb-privkey.pem --ovn-sb-db-ssl-cert=/etc/openvswitch/ovnsb-cert.pem --ovn-sb-db-ssl-ca-cert=/etc/openvswitch/cacert.pem start_northd

ovn-ctl Open vSwitch 2.11.2