On 2/25/21 4:28 PM, Frode Nordahl wrote: > ovs-ctl determines the system FQDN or hostname and records it in > the `external-ids:hostname` field of the `Open-vSwitch` table on > system startup if it is not already set. > > This value may be consumed by downstream software and having it > unset or set to a incorrect value could lead to erratic behavior > of a system. > > When a system is configured to use an Open vSwitch controlled > datapath as its only network connection, the current ordering of > events would always record a unreliable hostname. > > To tackle this problem this patchs adds an optional argument that > allows starting Open vSwitch without recording the hostname in > the database as well as a new ctl command to record the hostname > separately. This command can be called by the system startup > scripts when the system is ready to collect and record this > information. > > Reported-At: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1915829 > Signed-off-by: Frode Nordahl <frode.nord...@canonical.com> > --- > utilities/ovs-ctl.in | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- > 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
Thanks! I added a note to the NEWS file and applied to master. We may consider backports down to 2.13 LTS. Let me know if it's needed. Best regards, Ilya Maximets. _______________________________________________ dev mailing list d...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
