[libvirt-users] help:any docs for open vswitch supporting?

[yue wang]

thank you very much for all your answers! [?]
it's almost clear to me.


2012/4/16 Ansis Atteka <aatteka at nicira.com>

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> 2012/4/12 Wang Yue <heuye.wang at gmail.com>
>
>> thank you,
>> but i think i did not describe my quenstions well.i already knew about
>> OVS,and I want to know what libvirt did to support OVS,are there any new
>> APIs?or something else.
>> after knowing this,I think I will know how to integrate OVS into my
>> system using this libvirt new feature.
>>
> Probably, the only option for you is to build libvirt from source, unless
> you are ok with using Fedora 17 Alpha (I believe this is the only
> mainstream distro that has the bleeding libvirt version, but I could be
> wrong on this). It should not matter what kind of OVS version you are
> using. The only restriction is that ovs-vsctl utility (from Open vSwitch)
> must be in the $PATH, because libvirt needs to call it.
>
> Currently only bridged networks are supported, so you must create the OVS
> bridge beforehand:
>
>> ovs-vsctl add-br ovsbr
>>
>
>  The other thing you need to do is edit the Domain XML file:
>
>> <interface type='*bridge*'>
>> <mac address='52:54:00:d0:3f:f2'/>
>>
>> <source *bridge*='*ovsbr*'/>
>> *<virtualport type='openvswitch'>
>> </virtualport> *
>>
> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
>> </interface>
>>
> And then (re)start the VM.
>
> To verify, if libvirt attached VM interface to the ovsbr as expected, you
> should run the following command and look for vnetX interface:
>
>> ovs-vsctl show
>>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Heuye
>>
>> 发自我的 iPhone
>>
>> 在 2012年4月13日，0:32，Alex Jia <ajia at redhat.com> 写道：
>>
>> >
>> http://openvswitch.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=openvswitch;a=blob_plain;f=WHY-OVS;hb=HEAD
>> >
>> > For more information, please see http://openvswitch.org/ then join
>> Open vSwitch Community by
>> > subscribing related mail listing such as
>> http://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>> >
>> > Alex
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "yue wang" <heuye.wang at gmail.com>
>> > To: libvirt-users at redhat.com
>> > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 3:35:00 PM
>> > Subject: [libvirt-users] help:any docs for open vswitch supporting?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > hi everybody, i saw the new feature: network: support Open vSwitch.
>> > how to use this feature? are there any documents about that? i didn't
>> find it on the website.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Heuye
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