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NAME         top

       vtep-ctl - utility for querying and configuring a VTEP database

SYNOPSIS         top

       vtep-ctl [options] -- [options] command [args] [-- [options]
       command [args]]...

DESCRIPTION         top

       The vtep-ctl program configures a VTEP database.  See vtep(5) for
       comprehensive documentation of the database schema.

       vtep-ctl connects to an ovsdb-server process that maintains a
       VTEP configuration database.  Using this connection, it queries
       and possibly applies changes to the database, depending on the
       supplied commands.

       vtep-ctl can perform any number of commands in a single run,
       implemented as a single atomic transaction against the database.

       The vtep-ctl command line begins with global options (see OPTIONS
       below for details).  The global options are followed by one or
       more commands.  Each command should begin with -- by itself as a
       command-line argument, to separate it from the following
       commands.  (The -- before the first command is optional.)  The
       command itself starts with command-specific options, if any,
       followed by the command name and any arguments.  See EXAMPLES
       below for syntax examples.

OPTIONS         top

       The following options affect the behavior vtep-ctl as a whole.
       Some individual commands also accept their own options, which are
       given just before the command name.  If the first command on the
       command line has options, then those options must be separated
       from the global options by --.

       --db=server
              Sets server as the database server that vtep-ctl contacts
              to query or modify configuration.  server may be an OVSDB
              active or passive connection method, as described in
              ovsdb(7).  The default is
              unix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock.

       --no-syslog
              By default, vtep-ctl logs its arguments and the details of
              any changes that it makes to the system log.  This option
              disables this logging.

              This option is equivalent to
              --verbose=vtep_ctl:syslog:warn.

       --oneline
              Modifies the output format so that the output for each
              command is printed on a single line.  New-line characters
              that would otherwise separate lines are printed as \n, and
              any instances of \ that would otherwise appear in the
              output are doubled.  Prints a blank line for each command
              that has no output.  This option does not affect the
              formatting of output from the list or find commands; see
              Table Formatting Options below.

       --dry-run
              Prevents vtep-ctl from actually modifying the database.

       -t secs
       --timeout=secs
              By default, or with a secs of 0, vtep-ctl waits forever
              for a response from the database.  This option limits
              runtime to approximately secs seconds.  If the timeout
              expires, vtep-ctl will exit with a SIGALRM signal.  (A
              timeout would normally happen only if the database cannot
              be contacted, or if the system is overloaded.)

   Table Formatting Options
       These options control the format of output from the list and find
       commands.

       -f format
       --format=format
              Sets the type of table formatting.  The following types of
              format are available:

              table  2-D text tables with aligned columns.

              list (default)
                     A list with one column per line and rows separated
                     by a blank line.

              html   HTML tables.

              csv    Comma-separated values as defined in RFC 4180.

              json   JSON format as defined in RFC 4627.  The output is
                     a sequence of JSON objects, each of which
                     corresponds to one table.  Each JSON object has the
                     following members with the noted values:

                     caption
                            The table's caption.  This member is omitted
                            if the table has no caption.

                     headings
                            An array with one element per table column.
                            Each array element is a string giving the
                            corresponding column's heading.

                     data   An array with one element per table row.
                            Each element is also an array with one
                            element per table column.  The elements of
                            this second-level array are the cells that
                            constitute the table.  Cells that represent
                            OVSDB data or data types are expressed in
                            the format described in the OVSDB
                            specification; other cells are simply
                            expressed as text strings.

       -d format
       --data=format
              Sets the formatting for cells within output tables unless
              the table format is set to json, in which case json
              formatting is always used when formatting cells.  The
              following types of format are available:

              string (default)
                     The simple format described in the Database Values
                     section of ovs-vsctl(8).

              bare   The simple format with punctuation stripped off: []
                     and {} are omitted around sets, maps, and empty
                     columns, items within sets and maps are space-
                     separated, and strings are never quoted.  This
                     format may be easier for scripts to parse.

              json   The RFC 4627 JSON format as described above.

       --no-headings
              This option suppresses the heading row that otherwise
              appears in the first row of table output.

       --pretty
              By default, JSON in output is printed as compactly as
              possible.  This option causes JSON in output to be printed
              in a more readable fashion.  Members of objects and
              elements of arrays are printed one per line, with
              indentation.

              This option does not affect JSON in tables, which is
              always printed compactly.

       --bare Equivalent to --format=list --data=bare --no-headings.

       --max-column-width=n
              For table output only, limits the width of any column in
              the output to n columns.  Longer cell data is truncated to
              fit, as necessary.  Columns are always wide enough to
              display the column names, if the heading row is printed.

   Public Key Infrastructure Options
       -p privkey.pem
       --private-key=privkey.pem
              Specifies a PEM file containing the private key used as
              vtep-ctl's identity for outgoing SSL connections.

       -c cert.pem
       --certificate=cert.pem
              Specifies a PEM file containing a certificate that
              certifies the private key specified on -p or --private-key
              to be trustworthy.  The certificate must be signed by the
              certificate authority (CA) that the peer in SSL
              connections will use to verify it.

       -C cacert.pem
       --ca-cert=cacert.pem
              Specifies a PEM file containing the CA certificate that
              vtep-ctl should use to verify certificates presented to it
              by SSL peers.  (This may be the same certificate that SSL
              peers use to verify the certificate specified on -c or
              --certificate, or it may be a different one, depending on
              the PKI design in use.)

       -C none
       --ca-cert=none
              Disables verification of certificates presented by SSL
              peers.  This introduces a security risk, because it means
              that certificates cannot be verified to be those of known
              trusted hosts.

       --bootstrap-ca-cert=cacert.pem
              When cacert.pem exists, this option has the same effect as
              -C or --ca-cert.  If it does not exist, then vtep-ctl will
              attempt to obtain the CA certificate from the SSL peer on
              its first SSL connection and save it to the named PEM
              file.  If it is successful, it will immediately drop the
              connection and reconnect, and from then on all SSL
              connections must be authenticated by a certificate signed
              by the CA certificate thus obtained.

              This option exposes the SSL connection to a man-in-the-
              middle attack obtaining the initial CA certificate, but it
              may be useful for bootstrapping.

              This option is only useful if the SSL peer sends its CA
              certificate as part of the SSL certificate chain.  The SSL
              protocol does not require the server to send the CA
              certificate.

              This option is mutually exclusive with -C and --ca-cert.

       --peer-ca-cert=peer-cacert.pem
              Specifies a PEM file that contains one or more additional
              certificates to send to SSL peers.  peer-cacert.pem should
              be the CA certificate used to sign vtep-ctl's own
              certificate, that is, the certificate specified on -c or
              --certificate.  If vtep-ctl's certificate is self-signed,
              then --certificate and --peer-ca-cert should specify the
              same file.

              This option is not useful in normal operation, because the
              SSL peer must already have the CA certificate for the peer
              to have any confidence in vtep-ctl's identity.  However,
              this offers a way for a new installation to bootstrap the
              CA certificate on its first SSL connection.

       -v[spec]
       --verbose=[spec]
              Sets logging levels.  Without any spec, sets the log level
              for every module and destination to dbg.  Otherwise, spec
              is a list of words separated by spaces or commas or
              colons, up to one from each category below:

              •      A valid module name, as displayed by the vlog/list
                     command on ovs-appctl(8), limits the log level
                     change to the specified module.

              •      syslog, console, or file, to limit the log level
                     change to only to the system log, to the console,
                     or to a file, respectively.  (If --detach is
                     specified, vtep-ctl closes its standard file
                     descriptors, so logging to the console will have no
                     effect.)

                     On Windows platform, syslog is accepted as a word
                     and is only useful along with the --syslog-target
                     option (the word has no effect otherwise).

              •      off, emer, err, warn, info, or dbg, to control the
                     log level.  Messages of the given severity or
                     higher will be logged, and messages of lower
                     severity will be filtered out.  off filters out all
                     messages.  See ovs-appctl(8) for a definition of
                     each log level.

              Case is not significant within spec.

              Regardless of the log levels set for file, logging to a
              file will not take place unless --log-file is also
              specified (see below).

              For compatibility with older versions of OVS, any is
              accepted as a word but has no effect.

       -v
       --verbose
              Sets the maximum logging verbosity level, equivalent to
              --verbose=dbg.

       -vPATTERN:destination:pattern
       --verbose=PATTERN:destination:pattern
              Sets the log pattern for destination to pattern.  Refer to
              ovs-appctl(8) for a description of the valid syntax for
              pattern.

       -vFACILITY:facility
       --verbose=FACILITY:facility
              Sets the RFC5424 facility of the log message. facility can
              be one of kern, user, mail, daemon, auth, syslog, lpr,
              news, uucp, clock, ftp, ntp, audit, alert, clock2, local0,
              local1, local2, local3, local4, local5, local6 or local7.
              If this option is not specified, daemon is used as the
              default for the local system syslog and local0 is used
              while sending a message to the target provided via the
              --syslog-target option.

       --log-file[=file]
              Enables logging to a file.  If file is specified, then it
              is used as the exact name for the log file.  The default
              log file name used if file is omitted is
              /usr/local/var/log/openvswitch/vtep-ctl.log.

       --syslog-target=host:port
              Send syslog messages to UDP port on host, in addition to
              the system syslog.  The host must be a numerical IP
              address, not a hostname.

       --syslog-method=method
              Specify method how syslog messages should be sent to
              syslog daemon.  Following forms are supported:

              •      libc, use libc syslog() function.  Downside of
                     using this options is that libc adds fixed prefix
                     to every message before it is actually sent to the
                     syslog daemon over /dev/log UNIX domain socket.

              •      unix:file, use UNIX domain socket directly.  It is
                     possible to specify arbitrary message format with
                     this option.  However, rsyslogd 8.9 and older
                     versions use hard coded parser function anyway that
                     limits UNIX domain socket use.  If you want to use
                     arbitrary message format with older rsyslogd
                     versions, then use UDP socket to localhost IP
                     address instead.

              •      udp:ip:port, use UDP socket.  With this method it
                     is possible to use arbitrary message format also
                     with older rsyslogd.  When sending syslog messages
                     over UDP socket extra precaution needs to be taken
                     into account, for example, syslog daemon needs to
                     be configured to listen on the specified UDP port,
                     accidental iptables rules could be interfering with
                     local syslog traffic and there are some security
                     considerations that apply to UDP sockets, but do
                     not apply to UNIX domain sockets.

              •      null, discards all messages logged to syslog.

              The default is taken from the OVS_SYSLOG_METHOD
              environment variable; if it is unset, the default is libc.

       -h
       --help Prints a brief help message to the console.

       -V
       --version
              Prints version information to the console.

COMMANDS         top

       The commands implemented by vtep-ctl are described in the
       sections below.

   Physical Switch Commands
       These commands examine and manipulate physical switches.

       [--may-exist] add-ps pswitch
              Creates a new physical switch named pswitch.  Initially
              the switch will have no ports.

              Without --may-exist, attempting to create a switch that
              exists is an error.  With --may-exist, this command does
              nothing if pswitch already exists.

       [--if-exists] del-ps pswitch
              Deletes pswitch and all of its ports.

              Without --if-exists, attempting to delete a switch that
              does not exist is an error.  With --if-exists, attempting
              to delete a switch that does not exist has no effect.

       list-ps
              Lists all existing physical switches on standard output,
              one per line.

       ps-exists pswitch
              Tests whether pswitch exists.  If so, vtep-ctl exits
              successfully with exit code 0.  If not, vtep-ctl exits
              unsuccessfully with exit code 2.

   Port Commands
       These commands examine and manipulate VTEP physical ports.

       list-ports pswitch
              Lists all of the ports within pswitch on standard output,
              one per line.

       [--may-exist] add-port pswitch port
              Creates on pswitch a new port named port from the network
              device of the same name.

              Without --may-exist, attempting to create a port that
              exists is an error.  With --may-exist, this command does
              nothing if port already exists on pswitch.

       [--if-exists] del-port [pswitch] port
              Deletes port.  If pswitch is omitted, port is removed from
              whatever switch contains it; if pswitch is specified, it
              must be the switch that contains port.

              Without --if-exists, attempting to delete a port that does
              not exist is an error.  With --if-exists, attempting to
              delete a port that does not exist has no effect.

   Logical Switch Commands
       These commands examine and manipulate logical switches.

       [--may-exist] add-ls lswitch
              Creates a new logical switch named lswitch.  Initially the
              switch will have no locator bindings.

              Without --may-exist, attempting to create a switch that
              exists is an error.  With --may-exist, this command does
              nothing if lswitch already exists.

       [--if-exists] del-ls lswitch
              Deletes lswitch.

              Without --if-exists, attempting to delete a switch that
              does not exist is an error.  With --if-exists, attempting
              to delete a switch that does not exist has no effect.

       list-ls
              Lists all existing logical switches on standard output,
              one per line.

       ls-exists lswitch
              Tests whether lswitch exists.  If so, vtep-ctl exits
              successfully with exit code 0.  If not, vtep-ctl exits
              unsuccessfully with exit code 2.

       bind-ls pswitch port vlan lswitch
              Bind logical switch lswitch to the port/vlan combination
              on the physical switch pswitch.

       unbind-ls pswitch port vlan
              Remove the logical switch binding from the port/vlan
              combination on the physical switch pswitch.

       list-bindings pswitch port
              List the logical switch bindings for port on the physical
              switch pswitch.

       set-replication-mode lswitch replication-mode
              Set logical switch lswitch replication mode to
              replication-mode; the only valid values for replication
              mode are "service_node" and "source_node".  For handling
              L2 broadcast, multicast and unknown unicast traffic,
              packets can be sent to all members of a logical switch
              referenced by a physical switch.  There are different
              modes to replicate the packets.  The default mode of
              replication is to send the traffic to a service node,
              which can be a hypervisor, server or appliance, and let
              the service node handle replication to other transport
              nodes (hypervisors or other VTEP physical switches).  This
              mode is called service node replication.  An alternate
              mode of replication, called source node replication
              involves the source node sending to all other transport
              nodes.  Hypervisors are always responsible for doing their
              own replication for locally attached VMs in both modes.
              Service node mode is the default, if the replication mode
              is not explicitly set.  Service node replication mode is
              considered a basic requirement because it only requires
              sending the packet to a single transport node.

       get-replication-mode lswitch
              Get logical switch lswitch replication mode.  The only
              valid values for replication mode are "service_node" and
              "source_node".  An empty reply for replication mode
              implies a default of "service_node".

   Logical Router Commands
       These commands examine and manipulate logical routers.

       [--may-exist] add-lr lrouter
              Creates a new logical router named lrouter.

              Without --may-exist, attempting to create a router that
              exists is an error.  With --may-exist, this command does
              nothing if lrouter already exists.

       [--if-exists] del-lr lrouter
              Deletes lrouter.

              Without --if-exists, attempting to delete a router that
              does not exist is an error.  With --if-exists, attempting
              to delete a router that does not exist has no effect.

       list-lr
              Lists all existing logical routers on standard output, one
              per line.

       lr-exists lrouter
              Tests whether lrouter exists.  If so, vtep-ctl exits
              successfully with exit code 0.  If not, vtep-ctl exits
              unsuccessfully with exit code 2.

   Local MAC Binding Commands
       These commands examine and manipulate local MAC bindings for the
       logical switch.  The local maps are written by the VTEP to refer
       to MACs it has learned on its physical ports.

       add-ucast-local lswitch mac [encap] ip
              Map the unicast Ethernet address mac to the physical
              location ip using encapsulation encap on lswitch.  If
              encap is not specified, the default is "vxlan_over_ipv4".
              The local mappings are used by the VTEP to refer to MACs
              learned on its physical ports.

       del-ucast-local lswitch mac
              Remove the local unicast Ethernet address mac map from
              lswitch.  The local mappings are used by the VTEP to refer
              to MACs learned on its physical ports.

       add-mcast-local lswitch mac [encap] ip
              Add physical location ip using encapsulation encap to the
              local mac binding table for multicast Ethernet address mac
              on lswitch.  If encap is not specified, the default is
              "vxlan_over_ipv4".  The local mappings are used by the
              VTEP to refer to MACs learned on its physical ports.

       del-mcast-local lswitch mac [encap] ip
              Remove physical location ip using encapsulation encap from
              the local mac binding table for multicast Ethernet address
              mac on lswitch.  If encap is not specified, the default is
              "vxlan_over_ipv4".  The local mappings are used by the
              VTEP to refer to MACs learned on its physical ports.

       clear-local-macs lswitch
              Clear the local MAC bindings for lswitch.

       list-local-macs lswitch
              List the local MAC bindings for lswitch, one per line.

   Remote MAC Binding Commands
       These commands examine and manipulate local and remote MAC
       bindings for the logical switch.  The remote maps are written by
       the network virtualization controller to refer to MACs that it
       has learned.

       add-ucast-remote lswitch mac [encap] ip
              Map the unicast Ethernet address mac to the physical
              location ip using encapsulation encap on lswitch.  If
              encap is not specified, the default is "vxlan_over_ipv4".
              The remote mappings are used by the network virtualization
              platform to refer to MACs that it has learned.

       del-ucast-remote lswitch mac
              Remove the remote unicast Ethernet address mac map from
              lswitch.  The remote mappings are used by the network
              virtualization platform to refer to MACs that it has
              learned.

       add-mcast-remote lswitch mac [encap] ip
              Add physical location ip using encapsulation encap to the
              remote mac binding table for multicast Ethernet address
              mac on lswitch.  If encap is not specified, the default is
              "vxlan_over_ipv4".  The remote mappings are used by the
              network virtualization platform to refer to MACs that it
              has learned.

       del-mcast-remote lswitch mac [encap] ip
              Remove physical location ip using encapsulation encap from
              the remote mac binding table for multicast Ethernet
              address mac on lswitch.  If encap is not specified, the
              default is "vxlan_over_ipv4".  The remote mappings are
              used by the network virtualization platform to refer to
              MACs that it has learned.

       clear-remote-macs lswitch
              Clear the remote MAC bindings for lswitch.

       list-remote-macs lswitch
              List the remote MAC bindings for lswitch, one per line.

   Manager Connectivity
       These commands manipulate the managers column in the Global table
       and rows in the Managers table.  When ovsdb-server is configured
       to use the managers column for OVSDB connections (as described in
       the startup scripts provided with Open vSwitch), this allows the
       administrator to use vtep-ctl to configure database connections.

       get-manager
              Prints the configured manager(s).

       del-manager
              Deletes the configured manager(s).

       set-manager target...
              Sets the configured manager target or targets.  Each
              target may be an OVSDB active or passive connection
              method, e.g. pssl:6640, as described in ovsdb(7).

   Database Commands
       These commands query and modify the contents of ovsdb tables.
       They are a slight abstraction of the ovsdb interface and as such
       they operate at a lower level than other vtep-ctl commands.

     Identifying Tables, Records, and Columns

       Each of these commands has a table parameter to identify a table
       within the database.  Many of them also take a record parameter
       that identifies a particular record within a table.  The record
       parameter may be the UUID for a record, and many tables offer
       additional ways to identify records.  Some commands also take
       column parameters that identify a particular field within the
       records in a table.

       The following tables are currently defined:

       Global Top-level configuration for a hardware VTEP.  This table
              contains exactly one record, identified by specifying . as
              the record name.

       Manager
              Configuration for an OVSDB connection.  Records may be
              identified by target (e.g. tcp:1.2.3.4).

       Physical_Switch
              A physical switch that implements a VTEP.  Records may be
              identified by physical switch name.

       Physical_Port
              A port within a physical switch.

       Logical_Binding_Stats
              Reports statistics for the logical switch with which a
              VLAN on a physical port is associated.

       Logical_Switch
              A logical Ethernet switch.  Records may be identified by
              logical switch name.

       Ucast_Macs_Local
              Mapping of locally discovered unicast MAC addresses to
              tunnels.

       Ucast_Macs_Remote
              Mapping of remotely programmed unicast MAC addresses to
              tunnels.

       Mcast_Macs_Local
              Mapping of locally discovered multicast MAC addresses to
              tunnels.

       Mcast_Macs_Remote
              Mapping of remotely programmed multicast MAC addresses to
              tunnels.

       Physical_Locator_Set
              A set of one or more physical locators.

       Physical_Locator
              Identifies an endpoint to which logical switch traffic may
              be encapsulated and forwarded.  Records may be identified
              by physical locator name.

       Record names must be specified in full and with correct
       capitalization, except that UUIDs may be abbreviated to their
       first 4 (or more) hex digits, as long as that is unique within
       the table.  Names of tables and columns are not case-sensitive,
       and - and _ are treated interchangeably.  Unique abbreviations of
       table and column names are acceptable, e.g. man or m is
       sufficient to identify the Manager table.

     Database Values

       Each column in the database accepts a fixed type of data.  The
       currently defined basic types, and their representations, are:

       integer
              A decimal integer in the range -2**63 to 2**63-1,
              inclusive.

       real   A floating-point number.

       Boolean
              True or false, written true or false, respectively.

       string An arbitrary Unicode string, except that null bytes are
              not allowed.  Quotes are optional for most strings that
              begin with an English letter or underscore and consist
              only of letters, underscores, hyphens, and periods.
              However, true and false and strings that match the syntax
              of UUIDs (see below) must be enclosed in double quotes to
              distinguish them from other basic types.  When double
              quotes are used, the syntax is that of strings in JSON,
              e.g. backslashes may be used to escape special characters.
              The empty string must be represented as a pair of double
              quotes ("").

       UUID   Either a universally unique identifier in the style of RFC
              4122, e.g. f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6, or an
              @name defined by a get or create command within the same
              vtep-ctl invocation.

       Multiple values in a single column may be separated by spaces or
       a single comma.  When multiple values are present, duplicates are
       not allowed, and order is not important.  Conversely, some
       database columns can have an empty set of values, represented as
       [], and square brackets may optionally enclose other non-empty
       sets or single values as well. For a column accepting a set of
       integers, database commands accept a range. A range is
       represented by two integers separated by -. A range is inclusive.
       A range has a maximum size of 4096 elements. If more elements are
       needed, they can be specified in separate ranges.

       A few database columns are ``maps'' of key-value pairs, where the
       key and the value are each some fixed database type.  These are
       specified in the form key=value, where key and value follow the
       syntax for the column's key type and value type, respectively.
       When multiple pairs are present (separated by spaces or a comma),
       duplicate keys are not allowed, and again the order is not
       important.  Duplicate values are allowed.  An empty map is
       represented as {}.  Curly braces may optionally enclose non-empty
       maps as well (but use quotes to prevent the shell from expanding
       other-config={0=x,1=y} into other-config=0=x other-config=1=y,
       which may not have the desired effect).

     Database Command Syntax

       [--if-exists] [--columns=column[,column]...] list table
       [record]...
              Lists the data in each specified record.  If no records
              are specified, lists all the records in table.

              If --columns is specified, only the requested columns are
              listed, in the specified order.  Otherwise, all columns
              are listed, in alphabetical order by column name.

              Without --if-exists, it is an error if any specified
              record does not exist.  With --if-exists, the command
              ignores any record that does not exist, without producing
              any output.

       [--columns=column[,column]...] find table [column[:key]=value]...
              Lists the data in each record in table whose column equals
              value or, if key is specified, whose column contains a key
              with the specified value.  The following operators may be
              used where = is written in the syntax summary:

              = != < > <= >=
                     Selects records in which column[:key] equals, does
                     not equal, is less than, is greater than, is less
                     than or equal to, or is greater than or equal to
                     value, respectively.

                     Consider column[:key] and value as sets of
                     elements.  Identical sets are considered equal.
                     Otherwise, if the sets have different numbers of
                     elements, then the set with more elements is
                     considered to be larger.  Otherwise, consider a
                     element from each set pairwise, in increasing order
                     within each set.  The first pair that differs
                     determines the result.  (For a column that contains
                     key-value pairs, first all the keys are compared,
                     and values are considered only if the two sets
                     contain identical keys.)

              {=} {!=}
                     Test for set equality or inequality, respectively.

              {<=}   Selects records in which column[:key] is a subset
                     of value.  For example, flood-vlans{<=}1,2 selects
                     records in which the flood-vlans column is the
                     empty set or contains 1 or 2 or both.

              {<}    Selects records in which column[:key] is a proper
                     subset of value.  For example, flood-vlans{<}1,2
                     selects records in which the flood-vlans column is
                     the empty set or contains 1 or 2 but not both.

              {>=} {>}
                     Same as {<=} and {<}, respectively, except that the
                     relationship is reversed.  For example, flood-
                     vlans{>=}1,2 selects records in which the flood-
                     vlans column contains both 1 and 2.

              The following operators are available only in Open vSwitch
              2.16 and later:

              {in}   Selects records in which every element in
                     column[:key] is also in value.  (This is the same
                     as {<=}.)

              {not-in}
                     Selects records in which every element in
                     column[:key] is not in value.

              For arithmetic operators (= != < > <= >=), when key is
              specified but a particular record's column does not
              contain key, the record is always omitted from the
              results.  Thus, the condition other-config:mtu!=1500
              matches records that have a mtu key whose value is not
              1500, but not those that lack an mtu key.

              For the set operators, when key is specified but a
              particular record's column does not contain key, the
              comparison is done against an empty set.  Thus, the
              condition other-config:mtu{!=}1500 matches records that
              have a mtu key whose value is not 1500 and those that lack
              an mtu key.

              Don't forget to escape < or > from interpretation by the
              shell.

              If --columns is specified, only the requested columns are
              listed, in the specified order.  Otherwise all columns are
              listed, in alphabetical order by column name.

              The UUIDs shown for rows created in the same vtep-ctl
              invocation will be wrong.

       [--if-exists] [--id=@name] get table record [column[:key]]...
              Prints the value of each specified column in the given
              record in table.  For map columns, a key may optionally be
              specified, in which case the value associated with key in
              the column is printed, instead of the entire map.

              Without --if-exists, it is an error if record does not
              exist or key is specified, if key does not exist in
              record.  With --if-exists, a missing record yields no
              output and a missing key prints a blank line.

              If @name is specified, then the UUID for record may be
              referred to by that name later in the same vtep-ctl
              invocation in contexts where a UUID is expected.

              Both --id and the column arguments are optional, but
              usually at least one or the other should be specified.  If
              both are omitted, then get has no effect except to verify
              that record exists in table.

              --id and --if-exists cannot be used together.

       [--if-exists] set table record column[:key]=value...
              Sets the value of each specified column in the given
              record in table to value.  For map columns, a key may
              optionally be specified, in which case the value
              associated with key in that column is changed (or added,
              if none exists), instead of the entire map.

              Without --if-exists, it is an error if record does not
              exist.  With --if-exists, this command does nothing if
              record does not exist.

       [--if-exists] add table record column [key=]value...
              Adds the specified value or key-value pair to column in
              record in table.  If column is a map, then key is
              required, otherwise it is prohibited.  If key already
              exists in a map column, then the current value is not
              replaced (use the set command to replace an existing
              value).

              Without --if-exists, it is an error if record does not
              exist.  With --if-exists, this command does nothing if
              record does not exist.

       [--if-exists] remove table record column value...
       [--if-exists] remove table record column key...
       [--if-exists] remove table record column key=value...
              Removes the specified values or key-value pairs from
              column in record in table.  The first form applies to
              columns that are not maps: each specified value is removed
              from the column.  The second and third forms apply to map
              columns: if only a key is specified, then any key-value
              pair with the given key is removed, regardless of its
              value; if a value is given then a pair is removed only if
              both key and value match.

              It is not an error if the column does not contain the
              specified key or value or pair.

              Without --if-exists, it is an error if record does not
              exist.  With --if-exists, this command does nothing if
              record does not exist.

       [--if-exists] clear table record column...
              Sets each column in record in table to the empty set or
              empty map, as appropriate.  This command applies only to
              columns that are allowed to be empty.

              Without --if-exists, it is an error if record does not
              exist.  With --if-exists, this command does nothing if
              record does not exist.

       [--id=(@name | uuid] create table column[:key]=value...
              Creates a new record in table and sets the initial values
              of each column.  Columns not explicitly set will receive
              their default values.  Outputs the UUID of the new row.

              If @name is specified, then the UUID for the new row may
              be referred to by that name elsewhere in the same vtep-ctl
              invocation in contexts where a UUID is expected.  Such
              references may precede or follow the create command.

              If a valid uuid is specified, then it is used as the UUID
              of the new row.

              Caution (ovs-vsctl as example)
                     Records in the Open vSwitch database are
                     significant only when they can be reached directly
                     or indirectly from the Open_vSwitch table.  Except
                     for records in the QoS or Queue tables, records
                     that are not reachable from the Open_vSwitch table
                     are automatically deleted from the database.  This
                     deletion happens immediately, without waiting for
                     additional ovs-vsctl commands or other database
                     activity.  Thus, a create command must generally be
                     accompanied by additional commands within the same
                     ovs-vsctl invocation to add a chain of references
                     to the newly created record from the top-level
                     Open_vSwitch record.  The EXAMPLES section gives
                     some examples that show how to do this.

       [--if-exists] destroy table record...
              Deletes each specified record from table.  Unless
              --if-exists is specified, each records must exist.

       --all destroy table
              Deletes all records from the table.

              Caution (ovs-vsctl as example)
                     The destroy command is only useful for records in
                     the QoS or Queue tables.  Records in other tables
                     are automatically deleted from the database when
                     they become unreachable from the Open_vSwitch
                     table.  This means that deleting the last reference
                     to a record is sufficient for deleting the record
                     itself.  For records in these tables, destroy is
                     silently ignored.  See the EXAMPLES section below
                     for more information.

       wait-until table record [column[:key]=value]...
              Waits until table contains a record named record whose
              column equals value or, if key is specified, whose column
              contains a key with the specified value.  This command
              supports the same operators and semantics described for
              the find command above.

              If no column[:key]=value arguments are given, this command
              waits only until record exists.  If more than one such
              argument is given, the command waits until all of them are
              satisfied.

              Caution (ovs-vsctl as example)
                     Usually wait-until should be placed at the
                     beginning of a set of ovs-vsctl commands.  For
                     example, wait-until bridge br0 -- get bridge br0
                     datapath_id waits until a bridge named br0 is
                     created, then prints its datapath_id column,
                     whereas get bridge br0 datapath_id -- wait-until
                     bridge br0 will abort if no bridge named br0 exists
                     when ovs-vsctl initially connects to the database.

              Consider specifying --timeout=0 along with --wait-until,
              to prevent vtep-ctl from terminating after waiting only at
              most 5 seconds.

       comment [arg]...
              This command has no effect on behavior, but any database
              log record created by the command will include the command
              and its arguments.

EXIT STATUS         top

       0      Successful program execution.

       1      Usage, syntax, or configuration file error.

       2      The switch argument to ps-exists specified the name of a
              physical switch that does not exist.

SEE ALSO         top

       ovsdb-server(1), vtep(5).

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