Open vSwitch

The Open vSwitch plugin, vif_plug_ovs, is an os-vif VIF plugin for the Open vSwitch network backend. It is one of two plugins provided as part of os-vif itself, the other being Linux Bridge.

Supported VIF Types

The Open vSwitch plugin provides support for the following VIF types:

VIFOpenVSwitch

Configuration where a guest is directly connected an Open vSwitch bridge.

Refer to VIFOpenVSwitch for more information.

VIFBridge

Configuration where a guest is connected to a Linux bridge via a TAP device, and that bridge is connected to the Open vSwitch bridge. This allows for the use of iptables rules for filtering traffic.

Refer to VIFBridge for more information.

VIFVHostUser

Configuration where a guest exposes a UNIX socket for its control plane. This configuration is used with the DPDK datapath of Open vSwitch.

Refer to VIFVHostUser for more information.

For information on the VIF type objects, refer to VIF Types. Note that only the above VIF types are supported by this plugin.