OVS通过在不同的bridge上面创建patch ports,将两个bridge连接起来。比如,OpenStack里面的br-int和br-tun。
在bridge上创建patch port的命令主要是下面三条。
在两个bridge里面创建一对ports,并互相指定peer,就实现了两个网桥连接。命令如下:
ovs-vsctl add-port <bridge name> <port name> ovs-vsctl set interface <port name> type=patch ovs-vsctl set interface <port name> options:peer=<peer name>
两个网桥分别配置patch port完成后,查看状态如下:
# ovs-vsctl show
Bridge "br2" Port "br2" Interface "br2" type: internal Port "br2--br0" Interface "br2--br0" type: patch options: {peer="br0--br2"} Bridge "br0" Port "bond0" Interface "eth0" Interface "eth2" Port "br0--br2" Interface "br0--br2" type: patch options: {peer="br2--br0"} Port "br0" Interface "br0" type: internal