openvswitch – now trying on ubuntu
On RHEL I just could not make the bloody thing work.
Once the package is downloaded (http://openvswitch.org), one had to follow so many sites to find the right patch for this.
I followed this guy http://n40lab.wordpress.com/2012/09/19/installing-openvswitch-in-centos-6-3/
and some from here – http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/discuss/2012-October/008301.html
and the patch from here – http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/dev/2012-July/018906.html
and eventually I manage to compile the openvswitch.
BUT – creating a bridge using the ovs commands gave me naught.
I wrote a few scripts that create and remove bridges. the “regular” bridge work fine, but the ovs bridge do not work.
So, now I move to ubuntu.
first time with this Linux distribution, and so far, so good.
following the instruction here – http://networkstatic.net/how-to-build-an-sdn-lab-without-needing-openflow-hardware
and I do hope to success.
