Install open vswitch (ovs) through source code on Ubuntu 12.04)

Install Ubuntu 12.04 and update the system

Apt-getupdate;

Apt-getupgrade;

 

Install the required package

Apt-Get install automake Autoconf gcc uml-utilities libtool build-essential PKG-config Linux-headers-'uname-R'

 

Download the source code package of open vswich

Wget http://openvswitch.org/releases/openvswitch-1.10.0.tar.gz.

 

Compile open vswitch

(To build the Linux kernel module, so that you can run Thekernel-based switch, pass the location of the kernel build directory on -- With-Linux)

$ Tar-xvf openvswitch-1.10.0.tar.gz

$ Openvswitch-1.10.0 CD

$./Boot. Sh

$./Configure -- With-Linux =/lib/modules/'uname-R'/build

$ Make

$ Make install

# Load the ovs kernel module

$ Insmod datapath/Linux/openvswitch. Ko

 

Initialize the ovs configuration file and love you

$ Touch/usr/local/etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf

$ Mkdir-P/usr/local/etc/openvswitch

$ Ovsdb-tool create/usr/local/etc/openvswitch/CONF. DB vswitchd/vswitch. ovsschema

 

Start ovsdb-Server

$ Ovsdb-server/usr/local/etc/openvswitch/CONF. DB -- remote = punix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/DB. sock -- remote = DB: open_vswitch, manager_options -- private-Key = DB: SSL, private_key -- certificate = DB: SSL, certificate -- Bootstrap-ca-Cert = DB: SSL, ca_cert -- pidfile -- detach -- log-File

 

Start ovs

# Only need to run this the first time.

$ Ovs-vsctl -- no-Wait init

# Start vswitch

$ Ovs-vswitchd -- pidfile -- detach

 

One of my scripts for starting ovs

$! /Bin/bash

Sudo insmod/home/<yourname>/openvswitch-1.10.0/datapath/Linux/openvswitch. Ko

 

Screen-DMs Stack

 

# Start ovsdb

Screen-s stack-x screen-T ovsdb

Screen-s stack-P ovsdb-x exec ovsdb-server/usr/local/etc/openvswitch/CONF. DB -- remote = punix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/DB. sock

-- Remote = DB: open_vswitch, manager_options -- private-Key = DB: SSL, private_key -- certificate = DB: SSL, certificate -- Bootstrap-ca-Cert = DB: SSL, ca_cert -- pidfile -- detach -- log-File

 

# Start ovs

Screen-s stack-x screen-T ovs

Screen-s stack-P ovs-x exec ovs-vswitchd -- pidfile -- detach

 

 

Check the running status of ovs

[Email protected]:/# ovs-vsctl show

E6ab282a-ff87-449f-b234-cc56b6e57bd9

 

[Email protected]:/# ovs-vsctl -- version

Ovs-vsctl (openvswitch) 1.10.0

Compiled Aug 9 201318: 22: 24

 

[Email protected]:/# ps-ea | grep ovs

1713? 00:00:00 ovs_workq

1715? 00:00:00 ovsdb-Server

1717? 00:00:00 ovs-vswitchd

1718? 00:00:00 ovs-vswitchd

 

Install open vswitch (ovs) through source code on Ubuntu 12.04)