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| author | Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com> | 2010-03-24 14:42:23 -0700 |
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| committer | Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com> | 2010-03-24 14:42:23 -0700 |
| commit | 332b4e09868df70ddad6bb7fc843c69fac2235d5 (patch) | |
| tree | b8be9e4f4c07e36d9f9874416db3a79d194500bd | |
| parent | e0510a6c9b4b82b90ccf564368c1bbdcfdeb7410 (diff) | |
| download | openvswitch-332b4e09868df70ddad6bb7fc843c69fac2235d5.tar.gz | |
INSTALL.Linux: Document "ovs-vsctl init" step to installation.
If the database is not initialized then other programs will complain.
Reported-by: Jeongkeun Lee <jklee@hp.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL.Linux | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL.Linux b/INSTALL.Linux index 911558177..31bc3e08d 100644 --- a/INSTALL.Linux +++ b/INSTALL.Linux @@ -169,6 +169,12 @@ listen on a Unix domain socket, e.g.: % ovsdb-server /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db --remote=punix:/var/run/ovsdb-server +Then initialize the database with "ovs-vsctl init". This is only +necessary the first time after you create the database with +ovsdb-tool (but running it at any time is harmless): + + % ovs-vsctl init + Then start the main Open vSwitch daemon, telling it to connect to the same Unix domain socket: |