This document describes how to use Open vSwitch with the Kernel-based
Virtual Machine (KVM). This document assumes that you have read and
-followed INSTALL.Linux to get Open vSwitch setup on your Linux system.
+followed INSTALL to get Open vSwitch setup on your Linux system.
Setup
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-First, follow the setup instructions in INSTALL.Linux to get a working
+First, follow the setup instructions in INSTALL to get a working
Open vSwitch installation.
KVM uses tunctl to handle various bridging modes, which you can
Next, you will need to modify or create custom versions of the qemu-ifup
and qemu-ifdown scripts. In this guide, we'll create custom versions
-that make use of example open vSwitch bridges that we'll describe in this
+that make use of example Open vSwitch bridges that we'll describe in this
guide.
Create the following two files and store them in known locations.
ovs-vsctl del-port ${switch} $1
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-At the end of INSTALL.Linux, it describes basic usage of creating
+At the end of INSTALL, it describes basic usage of creating
bridges and ports. If you haven't already, create a bridge named
br0 with the following command:
To get some more information and for debugging you can use Open
vSwitch utilities such as ovs-dpctl and ovs-ofctl, For example:
- % ovs-dpctl show br0
+ % ovs-dpctl show
% ovs-ofctl show br0
You should see tap devices for each KVM guest added as ports to