openvswitch_db – Configure open vswitch database.

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openvswitch_db – Configure open vswitch database.

New in version 2.0.


Synopsis

  • Set column values in record in database table.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • ovs-vsctl >= 2.3.3

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

col

- / required

Identifies the column in the record.

key

-

Identifies the key in the record column, when the column is a map type.

record

- / required

Identifies the recoard in the table.

state

-

added in 2.4

  • present

  • absent

Configures the state of the key. When set to present, the key and value pair will be set on the record and when set to absent the key will not be set.

table

- / required

Identifies the table in the database.

timeout

-

Default:

5

How long to wait for ovs-vswitchd to respond

value

- / required

Expected value for the table, record, column and key.



Examples

# Increase the maximum idle time to 50 seconds before pruning unused kernel
# rules.
- openvswitch_db:
    table: open_vswitch
    record: .
    col: other_config
    key: max-idle
    value: 50000

# Disable in band copy
- openvswitch_db:
    table: Bridge
    record: br-int
    col: other_config
    key: disable-in-band
    value: true

# Remove in band key
- openvswitch_db:
    state: present
    table: Bridge
    record: br-int
    col: other_config
    key: disable-in-band

# Mark port with tag 10
- openvswitch_db:
    table: Port
    record: port0
    col: tag
    value: 10

Status

Red Hat Support

More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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