[openstack-dev] [devstack] Specify OpenvSwitch version in local.conf

Sean M. Collins sean at coreitpro.com
Tue Nov 22 20:43:32 UTC 2016


Sean M. Collins wrote:
> zhi wrote:
> > hi, all.
> > 
> > I have a quick question about devstack.
> > 
> > Can I specify OpenvSwitch version in local.conf when during the
> > installation of devstack? I want to OVS 2.6.0 in my devstack. Can I specify
> > it?
> 
> 
> The DevStack plugin for Neutron has a way to build a specific OVS
> version from source
> 
> https://github.com/openstack/neutron/blob/master/devstack/lib/ovs
> 
> However there is not a lot of documentation for how it can be used
> (which really should be fixed).
> 
> I believe it would be something like this in your local.conf:
> 
> 
>         enable_plugin neutron https://git.openstack.org/openstack/neutron
>         OVS_BRANCH="v2.6.0"
> 
> I haven't tried it locally, but I think that's the idea.
> 


Sorry, you will also need to set:

Q_BUILD_OVS_FROM_GIT=True

-- 
Sean M. Collins



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