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OF-CONFIG interface to Open vSwitch
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Question: Modify of-config without OVSDB #22

Closed JackLIN-F closed 9 years ago

JackLIN-F commented 9 years ago

Hi, I want to modify this project without OVSDB. Because I am running OpenFlow switch. I will change OVSDB function to OpenFlow function. Will be the matter concrete and feasible? Besides, Can I use netopeer-server to install of-config module?

Thanks, Jack

rkrejci commented 9 years ago

Hi, I'm afraid that it is not that simple.

1) this project is focused on OF-CONFIG protocol which runs next to the OpenFlow protocol. They both targets different things (configuration parameters) of an OpenFlow switch, despite they overlap in some parts. OF-CONFIG is mostly used to set OpenFlow switch parameters before it starts while OpenFlow is used to change (different) settings runtime.

2) you can use of-config transAPI module in netopeer-server, but it implements only getter function for status data. Applying the changed configuration data is done via different mechanism provided by libnetconf library - the custom datastore implementation which actually stores configuration data into the OVSDB instead of a file (usually used by Netopeer modules). So you will have to completely reimplement this part.

Regards, Radek