{"id":904,"date":"2015-03-09T15:47:33","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T15:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fir3netwp.gmsrrpobkbd.com\/2015\/03\/09\/ovs-openvswitch-commands\/"},"modified":"2021-07-28T20:34:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T20:34:30","slug":"ovs-openvswitch-commands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fir3net.com\/Switches\/Open-Vswitch\/ovs-openvswitch-commands.html","title":{"rendered":"OVS (Open vSwitch) Commands"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>ovs-vsctl<\/strong> &#8211; utility to manage configuration state in ovsdb-server\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 bridge management<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 port management<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 controller management<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 failure mode management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>ovs-appctl<\/strong> &#8211; send commands to ovs-vswitchd<\/li>\n<li><strong>ovs-dpctl<\/strong> &#8211; Tool to manage datapaths in the kernel directly.\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Direct management only reallu required when there is no ovs-vswitchd<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mostly useful for inspecting kernel vs user flows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>ovs-ofctl<\/strong> &#8211; for working with openflow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>OVE-VSCTL<\/h2>\n<table class=\"table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Command<\/td>\n<td>Description<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ovs-vsctl show<\/td>\n<td>show openvswitch switches and ports<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>OVS-APPCTL<\/h2>\n<table class=\"table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Command<\/td>\n<td>Description<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ovs-appctl bridge\/dump-flows<\/td>\n<td>Dumps all flows, including hidden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ovs-appctl dpif\/dump-flows<\/td>\n<td>Dumps datapath flows for a spefic bridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ovs-appctl ofproto\/trace &lt;switch_name&gt; in_port=1<\/td>\n<td>Trace packet process for traffic coming in on port_1 of given switch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>OVS-DPCTL<\/h2>\n<table class=\"table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Command<\/td>\n<td>Description<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ovs-dpctl dump-flows<\/td>\n<td>Dumps kernel table entries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>OVS-OFCTL<\/h2>\n<table class=\"table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Command<\/td>\n<td>Description<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ovs-ofctl dump-flows<\/td>\n<td>Dumps OF flows (excluding hidden flows)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ovs-vsctl &#8211; utility to manage configuration state in ovsdb-server \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 bridge management \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 port management \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 controller management \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 failure mode management ovs-appctl &#8211; send commands to ovs-vswitchd ovs-dpctl &#8211; Tool to manage datapaths in the kernel directly. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Direct management only reallu required when there is no ovs-vswitchd \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mostly useful for inspecting kernel &#8230; <a title=\"OVS (Open vSwitch) Commands\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fir3net.com\/Switches\/Open-Vswitch\/ovs-openvswitch-commands.html\" aria-label=\"Read more about OVS (Open vSwitch) Commands\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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