ovn-ctl -- Open Virtual Network northbound daemon lifecycle utility
ovn-ctl
[options] command
This program is intended to be invoked internally by Open Virtual Network startup scripts. System administrators should not normally invoke it directly.
start_northd
start_controller
start_controller_vtep
stop_northd
stop_controller
stop_controller_vtep
restart_northd
restart_controller
restart_controller_vtep
promote_ovnnb
promote_ovnsb
demote_ovnnb
demote_ovnsb
status_ovnnb
status_ovnsb
start_ovsdb
start_nb_ovsdb
start_sb_ovsdb
stop_ovsdb
stop_nb_ovsdb
stop_sb_ovsdb
restart_ovsdb
run_nb_ovsdb
run_sb_ovsdb
--ovn-northd-priority=NICE
--ovn-northd-wrapper=WRAPPER
--ovn-controller-priority=NICE
--ovn-controller-wrapper=WRAPPER
-h
| --help
--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
--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..
--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)
Following are the optional configuration files. If present, it should be located in the etc dir
If present, this file should hold the url to connect to the active Northbound DB server
tcp:x.x.x.x:6641
If present, this file should hold the url to connect to the active Southbound DB server
tcp:x.x.x.x:6642
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
# 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.
# ovn-ctl start_controller
# ovn-ctl start_northd
# ovs-ctl start --system-id="random"
# ovn-ctl start_northd
# ovn-ctl start_controller
# 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
# 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
# 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
# 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