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2 <manpage program="ovn-ctl" section="8" title="ovn-ctl">
4 <p>ovn-ctl -- Open Virtual Network northbound daemon lifecycle utility</p>
7 <p><code>ovn-ctl</code> [<var>options</var>] <var>command</var></p>
10 <p>This program is intended to be invoked internally by Open Virtual Network
11 startup scripts. System administrators should not normally invoke it directly.</p>
16 <dt><code>start_northd</code></dt>
17 <dt><code>start_controller</code></dt>
18 <dt><code>stop_northd</code></dt>
19 <dt><code>stop_controller</code></dt>
20 <dt><code>restart_northd</code></dt>
21 <dt><code>restart_controller</code></dt>
25 <p><code>--ovn-northd-priority=<var>NICE</var></code></p>
26 <p><code>--ovn-northd-wrapper=<var>WRAPPER</var></code></p>
27 <p><code>--ovn-controller-priority=<var>NICE</var></code></p>
28 <p><code>--ovn-controller-wrapper=<var>WRAPPER</var></code></p>
29 <p><code>-h</code> | <code>--help</code></p>
31 <h1>File location options</h1>
32 <p><code>--db-sock==<var>SOCKET</var></code></p>
33 <p><code>--db-nb-file==<var>FILE</var></code></p>
34 <p><code>--db-sb-file==<var>FILE</var></code></p>
35 <p><code>--db-nb-schema==<var>FILE</var></code></p>
36 <p><code>--db-sb-schema==<var>FILE</var></code></p>
38 <h1>Example Usage</h1>
39 <h2>Run ovn-controller on a host already running OVS</h2>
40 <p><code># ovn-ctl start_controller</code></p>
42 <h2>Run ovn-northd on a host already running OVS</h2>
43 <p><code># ovn-ctl start_northd</code></p>
45 <h2>All-in-one OVS+OVN for testing</h2>
46 <p><code># ovs-ctl start --system-id="random"</code></p>
47 <p><code># ovn-ctl start_northd</code></p>
48 <p><code># ovn-ctl start_controller</code></p>