Open vSwitch Commands

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Open vSwitch Commands

  • Add a flow rule (forward packets coming from port X to port Y)
sudo ovs-ofctl add-flow ovsbr0 in_port=X,actions=output:Y
  • Get flow rules
sudo ovs-ofctl dump-flows ovsbr0
  • Delete flow rules
sudo ovs-ofctl del-flows ovsbr0
  • Get port-to-interface mappings
sudo ovs-ofctl show ovsbr0