On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 8:26 PM, Ashok Chippa <a.n.chi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Disclaimer: I am not a linux network expert... that's why I am struggling > with this a bit... > > root@ashok-vb:/usr/local/bin# ovs-docker add-port br-int eth0 46524ba3123a > 1.1.1.1 > RTNETLINK answers: File exists > RTNETLINK answers: File exists > > I can just remove the file if I knew which file it is complaining about... > Would you know? Such errors occur if there is a network entity that already exists and you are trying to overwrite it. For e.g., trying to create a eth0 interface when one already exists. Or trying to se a routing entry when one already exists.
> > > > On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 8:12 PM, Ashok Chippa <a.n.chi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Thanks, I figured the stray i/f issue. I looked at your script as well... >> quite straightforward... >> >> Any idea why this is happening: >> >> root@ashok-vb:/usr/local/bin# ovs-docker add-port br-int eth0 46524ba3123a >> 1.1.1.1 >> RTNETLINK answers: File exists >> RTNETLINK answers: File exists >> >> I googled and tried different workarounds, no luck so far... >> >> On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 7:29 PM, Gurucharan Shetty <shet...@nicira.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jan 30, 2015, at 5:26 PM, Ashok Chippa <a.n.chi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> ovs-docker seems to be a bit buggy... after creating/deleting/creating >>> containers, I got into a situation where a stray port on the openvswitch >>> remains... >>> >>> Before you delete the containers, do you delete the ports using del-port >>> command? Stray ports can remain if you dont do that. >>> >>> It is a very simple script that you should be able to debug easily. >>> >>> >>> root@ashok-vb:~# ifconfig >>> >>> c7ef9934c0e44_l Link c7ef9934c0e44encap:Ethernet HWaddr >>> ca:40:32:35:a6:8c >>> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 >>> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 >>> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 >>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 >>> RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) >>> >>> docker0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 56:84:7a:fe:97:99 >>> ... >>> >>> How do I delete c7ef9934c0e44? This was previously created by ovs-docker >>> command... >>> >>> It is a veth interface. You can delete it using 'ip'. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 5:01 PM, Ashok Chippa <a.n.chi...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Gurucharan, >>>> >>>> Any idea how to work around this issue: >>>> >>>> root@ashok-vb:/usr/local/bin# ovs-docker add-port br-int eth0 >>>> 46524ba3123a 1.1.1.1 >>>> RTNETLINK answers: File exists >>>> RTNETLINK answers: File exists >>>> >>>> I reinstalled the openvswitch and recreated the containers and tried >>>> ovs-docker again and ran into this... Any idea to clear the old stuff and >>>> start over? >>>> >>>> Appreciate your help. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Ashok >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> discuss mailing list >>> discuss@openvswitch.org >>> http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> > _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
