On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 12:02:03PM -0700, Karol Mroz wrote: > We'd like to integrate the creation and configuration of OVS-style > bridges into our network configuration application, called Wicked. > > We currently have a workaround solution for this, which relies on using > `ovs-vsctl` to create the OVS bridge and add any bridge ports. We then > create the appropriate configuration files (essentially treating the > OVS bridge as a basic ethernet device) and proceed with address/route > configuration. Obviously, this is not ideal. > > Is there a way to better interface with OVS to automate the creation of > OVS-style bridges (APIs, dbus, etc)? Any pointers would be helpful.
You can use the OVSDB protocol, defined in RFC 7047, to manipulate OVS configuration. OVS includes bindings for C (used by ovs-vsctl) and Python. _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
