Ben, Thanks for the quick answers. I think INSTALL.bridge also needs to be fixed to use /usr/local.
thanks, JK > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Pfaff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 2:44 PM > To: Lee, Jeongkeun > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ovs-discuss] brcompatd: "could not find valid configuration > to update" error > > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 09:27:46PM +0000, Lee, Jeongkeun wrote: > > Today, I downloaded the latest snapshot from git and followed the > > instructions of INSTALL.bridge and INSTALL.Linux to use ovs as a > > replacement of Linux bridge. OVS version is 0.99.2 and kernel is > > 2.6.26-2-amd64 on Debian lenny 5.03. > > > > Below are the commands that I ran after 'make install' > > completed. ovsdb-server, ovs-vswitchd, and ovs-brcompatd were called > > in separate shells to see the messages. > > > > % insmod datapath/linux-2.6/openvswitch_mod.ko > > % insmod datapath/linux-2.6/brcompat_mod.ko > > % ovsdb-tool create /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db > vswitchd/vswitch.ovsschema > > % ovsdb-server /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db --remote=punix:/var/run/ovsdb- > server > > % ovs-vswitchd -vANY:console:WARN unix:/var/run/ovsdb-server > > % ovs-brcompatd -vANY:console:WARN unix:/var/run/ovsdb-server > > > > ovsdb-server shows messages saying ovs-vswitchd and ovs-brcompatd are > connected > > and ovs-brcompatd complains > > database does not contain any Open vSwitch configuration > > when it gets started. > > Thanks for reporting this problem. > > You're right, there's a missing step here. I'm going to add this > paragraph to INSTALL.Linux: > > Then initialize the database with "ovs-vsctl init". This is only > necessary the first time after you create the database with > ovsdb-tool (but running it at any time is harmless): > > % ovs-vsctl init > > after starting ovsdb-server and before starting ovs-vswitchd. > > > Btw, ovs-vsctl connects to /usr/local/var/run/ovsdb-server by default > > instead of /var/run/ovsdb-server. Either ovs-vsctl or the INSTALL > > instruction needs to be revised to remove the discrepancy. > > You are right again, of course. The documentation is inconsistent here. > It assumes / in some places and /usr/local in others. I will also push > out this fix: > > diff --git a/INSTALL.Linux b/INSTALL.Linux > index 31bc3e0..263e261 100644 > --- a/INSTALL.Linux > +++ b/INSTALL.Linux > @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Prerequisites section, follow the procedure below > to build. > > 7. Initialize the configuration database using ovsdb-tool, e.g.: > > - % ovsdb-tool create /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db > vswitchd/vswitch.ovsschema > + % ovsdb-tool create /usr/local/etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db > vswitchd/vswitch.ovsschema > > Startup > ======= > @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ configuration database, ovsdb-server. Configure > it to use the > database you created during step 7 of installation, above, and to > listen on a Unix domain socket, e.g.: > > - % ovsdb-server /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db -- > remote=punix:/var/run/ovsdb-server > + % ovsdb-server /usr/local/etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db -- > remote=punix:/usr/local/var/run/ovsdb-server > > Then initialize the database with "ovs-vsctl init". This is only > necessary the first time after you create the database with > @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ ovsdb-tool (but running it at any time is > harmless): > Then start the main Open vSwitch daemon, telling it to connect to > the > same Unix domain socket: > > - % ovs-vswitchd unix:/var/run/ovsdb-server > + % ovs-vswitchd unix:/usr/local/var/run/ovsdb-server > > Now you may use ovs-vsctl to set up bridges and other Open vSwitch > features. For example, to create a bridge named br0 and add ports > > INSTALL.Linux does explain how to change the default: > > By default all files are installed under /usr/local. If you want > to install into, e.g., /usr and /var instead of /usr/local and > /usr/local/var, add options as shown here: > > % ./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_openvswitch.org
