Dear Andy, No, I deleted the folder and I started openvswitch-switch process. I built on branch v2.3 and installed the debs. I got this output: balazs@ubuntu:~> sudo service openvswitch-switch start /etc/init.d/openvswitch-switch: 65: /etc/init.d/openvswitch-switch: cannot create /var/log/openvswitch/ovs-ctl.log: Directory nonexistent tee: /var/log/openvswitch/ovs-ctl.log: No such file or directory * Starting ovsdb-server * Configuring Open vSwitch system IDs * Starting ovs-vswitchd * Enabling remote OVSDB managers
I think a check would be enough if /var/log/openvswitch directory is existing or not. And if not, make a directory. BR, Balazs -----Original Message----- From: Andy Zhou [mailto:az...@nicira.com] Sent: 22 September 2015 22:47 To: Balazs Nemeth Cc: b...@openvswitch.org Subject: Re: [ovs-discuss] OVS does not start without openvswitch log directory What solutions do you have in mind? In this case, it seems there is a script involved in starting ovs. If true, I wonder if it possible to create the directory if necessary at the beginning of the script? On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 2:39 AM, Balazs Nemeth <balazs.nem...@ericsson.com> wrote: > Dear All, > > > > I’m using OVS version 2.3.0. I wanted to delete ovs log files and > accidentally I deleted the whole folder /var/log/openvswitch/. I > noticed that openvswitch-switch service was unable to start because of > this. The error message was (I did not delete /var/run/openvswitch/): > > start: Job failed to start > > 2015-09-22T09:27:41Z|00001|daemon_unix|WARN|/var/run/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.pid: > open: No such file or directory > > ovs-appctl: cannot read pidfile > "/var/run/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.pid" (No such file or directory) > > > > If the log directory exists but empty, the openvswitch-switch service > will start. The problem comes up when the directory doesn’t exist. > Please investigate this bug. > > Best regards, > > Balazs Nemeth > > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > discuss@openvswitch.org > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
