Open Virtual Network

Open Virtual Network tricks& tips

CLI#

• Logical configuration (Northdound DB) ovn-nbctl
• Physical configuration (Southbound DB) ovn-sbctl
• Packet tracing ovn-trace

Northbound configuration#

Show configuration#

$ ovn-nbctl show

switch configuration#

$ ovn-nbctl show <switch>

router configuration#

$ ovn-nbctl show <router>

Add a switch#

$ ovn-nbctl ls-add <switch>

Delete a switch#

$ ovn-nbctl ls-del <switch>

Add a port into a switch#

$ ovn-nbctl lsp-add <switch> <port>

Delete a port into a switch#

$ ovn-nbctl lsp-del <port>

Router Creation#

$ ovn-nbctl lr-add <router>

Delete router#

$ ovn-nbctl lr-del <router>

Create port on router#

$ ovn-nbctl lrp-add <router> <port> <mac_addr> <net/mask>

Delete port on router#

$ ovn-nbctl lrp-del <port>

Set IP address on switch#

$ ovn-nbctl lsp-set-addresses <port> <mac_addr> <ip_addr>

Southbound configuration#

Show configuration#

$ ovn-sbctl show

Add chassis#

$ ovn-sbctl chassis-add <server> <encap_type> <ip_addr>

Delete chassis#

$ ovn-sbctl chassis-del <server>