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.TH ovsdb\-server 1 "November 2009" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
.ds PN ovsdb\-server
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.SH NAME
ovsdb\-server \- Open vSwitch database server
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.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBovsdb\-server\fR
\fIdatabase\fR
[\fB--remote=\fIremote\fR]\&...
.so lib/daemon-syn.man
.so lib/vlog-syn.man
.so lib/common-syn.man
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.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBovsdb\-server\fR program provides RPC interfaces to an Open
vSwitch database (OVSDB).  It supports JSON-RPC client connections
over active or passive TCP/IP or Unix domain sockets.
.PP
The name of the OVSDB file must be specified on the command line as
\fIdatabase\fR, which must already have been created and initialized
using, for example, \fBovsdb\-tool create\fR.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.IP "\fB\-\-remote=\fIremote\fR"
Adds \fIremote\fR as a connection method used by \fBovsdb\-server\fR.
\fIremote\fR must take one of the following forms:
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.RS
.so ovsdb/remote-passive.man
.so ovsdb/remote-active.man
.RE
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.SS "Daemon Options"
.so lib/daemon.man
.SS "Logging Options"
.so lib/vlog.man
.so lib/ssl.man
.SS "Other Options"
.so lib/common.man
.SH "RUNTIME MANAGEMENT COMMANDS"
\fBovs\-appctl\fR(8) can send commands to a running
\fBovsdb\-server\fR process.  The currently supported commands are
described below.
.so lib/vlog-unixctl.man
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR ovsdb\-tool (1).