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authorBen Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>2011-02-22 16:57:51 -0800
committerBen Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>2011-02-22 16:57:51 -0800
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ovs-vsctl: --bootstrap only has an effect if the ca cert is missing.
Someone (I can't remember who) asked me about this a while ago. I hope this clarifies.
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diff --git a/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
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+++ b/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
@@ -429,7 +429,8 @@ below.
.ST "CA Certificate Bootstrap"
.PP
Ordinarily, all of the files named in the SSL configuration must exist
-when \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR starts. However, if the \fB\-\-bootstrap\fR
+when \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR starts. However, if the \fIca-cert\fR file
+does not exist and the \fB\-\-bootstrap\fR
option is given, then \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR will attempt to obtain the
CA certificate from the controller on its first SSL connection and
save it to the named PEM file. If it is successful, it will