openvswitch set-manager to ODL doesn't work

[Vu Nguyen Duy (CBR09)]

Hi,
I've installed OpenStack newton with kolla, everything work fine, but I want to integrate neutron with opendaylight, so I had to set openvswitch's manager to ODL controller, I had to docker exec into openvswitch-vswitchd or openvswitch-db-server and ran "ovs-vsctl set-manager tcp:x.x.x.x:6640" (x.x.x.x is IP of ODL controller), but nothing happen, no log. I've just have (is_connected: false):
(openvswitch-db)[root@abc /]# ovs-vsctl list manager
_uuid : c0c22173-18af-4fac-8237-8c2c6be06db9
connection_mode : []
external_ids : {}
inactivity_probe : []
is_connected : false
max_backoff : []
other_config : {}
status : {}
target : "tcp:x.x.x.x:6640"

Someone told me due to selinux but I don't know how to turn off selinux in kolla openvswitch container (update: selinux on host turned off). Beside I tried to run another ubuntu 16.04 container, installed openvswitch and ran set-manager, it worked. I wonder how can I set-manager to ODL controller in kolla openvswitch container?. How can I debug?
Thanks

[Jeffrey Zhang (jeffrey4l)]

no idea about ODL.
But you can disable selinux on host OS direct, then you can run a test.

# setenforce 0

[Vu Nguyen Duy (CBR09) (nguyenduyvu099)]

Hi,
I turned off selinux on host OS, but I still can't set manager in kolla openvswitch containers

[Jeffrey Zhang (jeffrey4l)]

could u check the log
* docker logs openvswitch_db
* docker logs openvsiwtch_vswitch
* /var/lib/docker/volumes/kolla_logs/_data/

if there any error raise during run `ovs-vsctl set-manager`

normally it should work the same on different host OS. if it not, there should be some mis-configure in host OS i think.

[Vu Nguyen Duy (CBR09) (nguyenduyvu099)]

There are nothing in logs during run `ovs-vsctl set-manager` :(
root@abc:~# docker logs -f openvswitch_db
INFO:__main__:Kolla config strategy set to: COPY_ALWAYS
INFO:__main__:Loading config file at /var/lib/kolla/config_files/config.json
INFO:__main__:Validating config file
INFO:__main__:Copying service configuration files
INFO:__main__:Writing out command to execute
Running command: 'start-ovsdb-server x.x.x.x '

root@abc:~# tail -f /var/lib/docker/volumes/kolla_logs/_data/openvswitch/*
==> /var/lib/docker/volumes/kolla_logs/_data/openvswitch/ovsdb-server.log <==
2016-11-03T06:45:03.273Z|00001|vlog|INFO|opened log file /var/log/kolla/openvswitch/ovsdb-server.log
2016-11-03T06:45:03.314Z|00002|ovsdb_server|INFO|ovsdb-server (Open vSwitch) 2.6.0
2016-11-03T06:45:13.317Z|00003|memory|INFO|4776 kB peak resident set size after 10.0 seconds
2016-11-03T06:45:13.317Z|00004|memory|INFO|cells:595 json-caches:1 monitors:2 sessions:2

==> /var/lib/docker/volumes/kolla_logs/_data/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.log <==
2016-11-03T06:45:12.251Z|00037|connmgr|INFO|br-tun: added primary controller "tcp:127.0.0.1:6633"
2016-11-03T06:45:12.251Z|00038|rconn|INFO|br-tun<->tcp:127.0.0.1:6633: connecting...
2016-11-03T06:45:12.261Z|00039|rconn|INFO|br-tun<->tcp:127.0.0.1:6633: connected
2016-11-03T06:45:12.476Z|00040|bridge|INFO|bridge br-int: added interface patch-tun on port 2
2016-11-03T06:45:12.598Z|00041|bridge|INFO|bridge br-tun: added interface patch-int on port 1
2016-11-03T06:45:15.157Z|00042|memory|INFO|50724 kB peak resident set size after 10.1 seconds
2016-11-03T06:45:15.157Z|00043|memory|INFO|handlers:2 ofconns:3 ports:8 revalidators:2 rules:30 udpif keys:1
2016-11-03T06:45:20.963Z|00044|connmgr|INFO|br-int<->tcp:127.0.0.1:6633: 4 flow_mods 10 s ago (4 adds)
2016-11-03T06:45:21.528Z|00045|connmgr|INFO|br-ex<->tcp:127.0.0.1:6633: 2 flow_mods 10 s ago (2 adds)
2016-11-03T06:45:22.718Z|00046|connmgr|INFO|br-tun<->tcp:127.0.0.1:6633: 12 flow_mods 10 s ago (12 adds)

root@abc:~# docker logs -f openvswitch_db
INFO:__main__:Kolla config strategy set to: COPY_ALWAYS
INFO:__main__:Loading config file at /var/lib/kolla/config_files/config.json
INFO:__main__:Validating config file
INFO:__main__:Copying service configuration files
INFO:__main__:Writing out command to execute
Running command: 'start-ovsdb-server x.x.x.x '

[Khawar Munir Abbasi (ekhawmu)]

Which ODL release are you using? If you are using Boron, have you tried it with odl-netvirt-openstack plugin rather than odl-ovsdb-openstack?

[Vu Nguyen Duy (CBR09) (nguyenduyvu099)]

Sorry for my late response, I'm using ODL boron and carbon, mean use new netvirt project: odl-netvirt-openstack. I don't know why kolla openvswitch container didn't work, but my workaround is stopped and removed all kolla openvswitch containers, and starting own openvswitch container, hope it useful to you.