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How to Install Open vSwitch on Fedora Linux
===========================================
This document provides instructions for building and installing Open vSwitch
RPM packages on a Fedora Linux host. Instructions for the installation of
Open vSwitch on a Fedora Linux host without using RPM packages can be found
in [INSTALL.md].
These instructions have been tested with Fedora 23, and are also applicable
for RHEL 7.x and its derivatives, including CentOS 7.x and Scientific Linux
7.x.
Build Requirements
------------------
The tools and packages that are required for building Open vSwitch are
documented in [INSTALL.md]. Specific packages (by package name) include:
- rpm-build
- autoconf automake libtool
- systemd-units openssl openssl-devel
- python python-twisted-core python-zope-interface PyQt4 python-six
- desktop-file-utils
- groff graphviz
- procps-ng
And (optionally):
- libcap-ng libcap-ng-devel
- dpdk-devel
Building Open vSwitch RPMs for Fedora
-------------------------------------
RPMs may be built from an Open vSwitch distribution tarball or from an
Open vSwitch Git tree. The build procedure for each scenario is described
below.
### Preparing to Build Open vSwitch RPMs with a GIT Tree
From the top-level directory of the git tree, execute the following
commands:
```
./boot.sh
./configure
```
### Preparing to Build Open vSwitch RPMs from a Tarball
From a directory with appropriate permissions, execute the following commands
(substituting the relevant Open vSwitch release version for "x.y.z"):
```
tar xzf openvswitch-x.y.z.tar.gz
cd openvswitch-x.y.z
./configure
```
### Building the User-Space RPMs
To build Open vSwitch user-space RPMs, after having completed the appropriate
preparation steps described above, execute the following from the directory
in which `./configure` was executed:
```
make rpm-fedora
```
This will create the RPMs `openvswitch`, `python-openvswitch`,
`openvswitch-test`, `openvswitch-devel`, `openvswitch-ovn-common`,
`openvswitch-ovn-central`, `openvswitch-ovn-host`, `openvswitch-ovn-vtep`,
`openvswitch-ovn-docker`, and `openvswitch-debuginfo`.
To enable DPDK support in the openvswitch package,
the `--with dpdk` option can be added:
```
make rpm-fedora RPMBUILD_OPT="--with dpdk"
```
The above commands automatically run the Open vSwitch unit tests,
which can take several minutes. To reduce the build time by
disabling the execution of these tests, the `--without check`
option can be added:
```
make rpm-fedora RPMBUILD_OPT="--without check"
```
### Building the Kernel OVS Tree Datapath RPM
To build the Open vSwitch kernel module for the currently running
kernel version, execute:
```
make rpm-fedora-kmod
```
To build the Open vSwitch kernel module for another kernel version,
the desired kernel version can be specified via the `kversion` macro.
For example:
```
make rpm-fedora-kmod \
RPMBUILD_OPT='-D "kversion 4.3.4-300.fc23.x86_64"'
```
Installing Open vSwitch RPMs
----------------------------
RPM packages can be installed by using the command `rpm -i`. Package
installation requires superuser privileges.
The openvswitch-kmod RPM should be installed first if the Linux OVS tree datapath
module is to be used. The openvswitch-kmod RPM should not be installed if
only the in-tree Linux datapath or user-space datapath is needed. See [FAQ.md]
for more information about the various Open vSwitch datapath options.
In most cases only the `openvswitch` RPM will need to be installed. The
`python-openvswitch`, `openvswitch-test`, `openvswitch-devel`, and
`openvswitch-debuginfo` RPMs are optional unless required for a specific
purpose.
The `openvswitch-ovn-*` packages are only needed when using OVN.
See [rhel/README.RHEL] for additional usage and configuration information.
Reporting Bugs
--------------
Please report problems to bugs@openvswitch.org.
[INSTALL.md]:INSTALL.md
[FAQ.md]:FAQ.md
[README.RHEL]:rhel/README.RHEL
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