Re: [ovs-discuss] using FQDN for Controller name

2017-07-31 Thread Ben Pfaff 
This is mostly for historical reasons, by the way.  We'd accept a patch
that adds DNS support.  (It's nontrivial though because it would have to
be asynchronous.)

On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 01:16:36PM -0700, Shivaram Mysore wrote:
> Thanks Ben for clarification.  Much appreciated.
> 
> On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Ben Pfaff  wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 01:09:07PM -0700, Shivaram Mysore wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I am trying to use FQDN for controller name - example:
> > >
> > > # ovs-vsctl set-controller ovs-br0 ssl:faucet.example.com:6653
> > >
> > > Per OVS logs, I see the below errors:
> > >
> > > Address family not supported by protocol
> > > connection failed (Address family not supported by protocol)
> > >
> > > *Question*: can we not set FQDN as a valid controller name?
> >
> > No.  As documented, OVS requires the controller to be set by IP address.
> >
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Re: [ovs-discuss] using FQDN for Controller name

2017-07-31 Thread Shivaram Mysore 
Ben,
Can we request this feature for OVS?  It greatly helps if we use SSL as
connectivity protocol and we need to use it also for identity.

Thanks

On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 1:16 PM, Shivaram Mysore 
wrote:

> Thanks Ben for clarification.  Much appreciated.
>
> On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Ben Pfaff  wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 01:09:07PM -0700, Shivaram Mysore wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I am trying to use FQDN for controller name - example:
>> >
>> > # ovs-vsctl set-controller ovs-br0 ssl:faucet.example.com:6653
>> >
>> > Per OVS logs, I see the below errors:
>> >
>> > Address family not supported by protocol
>> > connection failed (Address family not supported by protocol)
>> >
>> > *Question*: can we not set FQDN as a valid controller name?
>>
>> No.  As documented, OVS requires the controller to be set by IP address.
>>
>
>
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Re: [ovs-discuss] using FQDN for Controller name

2017-07-31 Thread Ben Pfaff 
On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 01:09:07PM -0700, Shivaram Mysore wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to use FQDN for controller name - example:
> 
> # ovs-vsctl set-controller ovs-br0 ssl:faucet.example.com:6653
> 
> Per OVS logs, I see the below errors:
> 
> Address family not supported by protocol
> connection failed (Address family not supported by protocol)
> 
> *Question*: can we not set FQDN as a valid controller name?

No.  As documented, OVS requires the controller to be set by IP address.
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