The Open vSwitch Database Management Protocol
RFC 7047
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RFC - Informational
(December 2013; No errata)
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Independent Submission B. Pfaff
Request for Comments: 7047 B. Davie, Ed.
Category: Informational VMware, Inc.
ISSN: 2070-1721 December 2013
The Open vSwitch Database Management Protocol
Abstract
Open vSwitch is an open-source software switch designed to be used as
a vswitch (virtual switch) in virtualized server environments. A
vswitch forwards traffic between different virtual machines (VMs) on
the same physical host and also forwards traffic between VMs and the
physical network. Open vSwitch is open to programmatic extension and
control using OpenFlow and the OVSDB (Open vSwitch Database)
management protocol. This document defines the OVSDB management
protocol. The Open vSwitch project includes open-source OVSDB client
and server implementations.
Status of This Memo
This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
published for informational purposes.
This is a contribution to the RFC Series, independently of any other
RFC stream. The RFC Editor has chosen to publish this document at
its discretion and makes no statement about its value for
implementation or deployment. Documents approved for publication by
the RFC Editor are not a candidate for any level of Internet
Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7047.
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RFC 7047 OVSDB Management Protocol December 2013
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................3
1.1. Requirements Language ......................................3
1.2. Terminology ................................................3
2. System Overview .................................................4
3. OVSDB Structure .................................................5
3.1. JSON Usage .................................................6
3.2. Schema Format ..............................................7
4. Wire Protocol ..................................................12
4.1. RPC Methods ...............................................12
4.1.1. List Databases .....................................12
4.1.2. Get Schema .........................................13
4.1.3. Transact ...........................................13
4.1.4. Cancel .............................................16
4.1.5. Monitor ............................................16
4.1.6. Update Notification ................................18
4.1.7. Monitor Cancellation ...............................19
4.1.8. Lock Operations ....................................19
4.1.9. Locked Notification ................................21
4.1.10. Stolen Notification ...............................21
4.1.11. Echo ..............................................22
5. Database Operations ............................................22
5.1. Notation ..................................................22
5.2. Operations ................................................27
5.2.1. Insert .............................................27
5.2.2. Select .............................................28
5.2.3. Update .............................................29
5.2.4. Mutate .............................................29
5.2.5. Delete .............................................30
5.2.6. Wait ...............................................31
5.2.7. Commit .............................................32
5.2.8. Abort ..............................................32
5.2.9. Comment ............................................32
5.2.10. Assert ............................................33
6. IANA Considerations ............................................33
7. Security Considerations ........................................33
8. Acknowledgements ...............................................34
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