On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 03:22:27PM +0530, pranab boruah wrote: > Hello folks, > > I have filed a bug in os-vif: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/os-vif/+bug/1778724 and > working on a patch. Any feedback/comments from you guys would be extremely > helpful. > > Bug details: > > OVS DB server has the feature of listening over a TCP socket for > connections rather than just on the unix domain socket. [0] > > If the OVS DB server is listening over a TCP socket, then the ovs-vsctl > commands should include the ovsdb_connection parameter: > # ovs-vsctl --db=tcp:IP:PORT ... > eg: > # ovs-vsctl --db=tcp:169.254.1.1:6640 add-port br-int eth0 > > Neutron supports running the ovs-vsctl commands with the ovsdb_connection > parameter. The ovsdb_connection parameter is configured in > openvswitch_agent.ini file. [1] > > While adding a vif to the ovs bridge(br-int), Nova(os-vif) invokes the > ovs-vsctl command. Today, there is no support to pass the ovsdb_connection > parameter while invoking the ovs-vsctl command. The support should be > added. This would enhance the functionality of os-vif, since it would > support a scenario when OVS DB server is listening on a TCP socket > connection and on functional parity with Neutron. > > [0] http://www.openvswitch.org/support/dist-docs/ovsdb-server.1.html > [1] https://docs.openstack.org/neutron/pike/configuration > /openvswitch-agent.html > TIA, > Pranab
Hello Pranab, Makes sense for me. This is really related to the OVS plugin that we are maintaining. I guess you will have to add a new config option for it as we have with 'network_device_mtu' and 'ovs_vsctl_timeout'. Don't hesitate to add me as reviewer when patch is ready. Thanks, s. > __________________________________________________________________________ > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
