ovn-nb(5)                     Open vSwitch Manual                    ovn-nb(5)



NAME
       ovn-nb - OVN_Northbound database schema

       This  database  is  the  interface between OVN and the cloud management
       system (CMS), such as OpenStack, running above  it.  The  CMS  produces
       almost all of the contents of the database. The ovn-northd program mon‐
       itors the database contents, transforms it,  and  stores  it  into  the
       OVN_Southbound database.

       We  generally  speak  of  ``the’’ CMS, but one can imagine scenarios in
       which multiple CMSes manage different parts of an OVN deployment.

   External IDs
       Each of the tables in this database contains a  special  column,  named
       external_ids.  This  column has the same form and purpose each place it
       appears.

              external_ids: map of string-string pairs
                     Key-value pairs for use by the CMS.  The  CMS  might  use
                     certain  pairs,  for example, to identify entities in its
                     own configuration that correspond to those in this  data‐
                     base.

TABLE SUMMARY
       The  following list summarizes the purpose of each of the tables in the
       OVN_Northbound database.  Each table is described in more detail  on  a
       later page.

       Table     Purpose
       NB_Global Northbound configuration
       Copp      Control plane protection
       Logical_Switch
                 L2 logical switch
       Logical_Switch_Port
                 L2 logical switch port
       Forwarding_Group
                 forwarding group
       Address_Set
                 Address Sets
       Port_Group
                 Port Groups
       Load_Balancer
                 load balancer
       Load_Balancer_Group
                 load balancer group
       Load_Balancer_Health_Check
                 load balancer
       ACL       Access Control List (ACL) rule
       Logical_Router
                 L3 logical router
       QoS       QoS rule
       Meter     Meter entry
       Meter_Band
                 Band for meter entries
       Logical_Router_Port
                 L3 logical router port
       Logical_Router_Static_Route
                 Logical router static routes
       Logical_Router_Policy
                 Logical router policies
       NAT       NAT rules
       DHCP_Options
                 DHCP options
       Connection
                 OVSDB client connections.
       DNS       Native DNS resolution
       SSL       SSL configuration.
       Gateway_Chassis
                 Gateway_Chassis configuration.
       HA_Chassis_Group
                 HA_Chassis_Group configuration.
       HA_Chassis
                 HA_Chassis configuration.
       BFD       BFD configuration.
       Static_MAC_Binding
                 Static_MAC_Binding configuration.

NB_Global TABLE
       Northbound  configuration  for  an  OVN  system.  This  table must have
       exactly one row.

   Summary:
       Identity:
         name                        string
       Status:
         nb_cfg                      integer
         nb_cfg_timestamp            integer
         sb_cfg                      integer
         sb_cfg_timestamp            integer
         hv_cfg                      integer
         hv_cfg_timestamp            integer
       Common Columns:
         external_ids                map of string-string pairs
       Common options:
         options                     map of string-string pairs
         Options for configuring OVS BFD:
            options : bfd-min-rx     optional string
            options : bfd-decay-min-rx
                                     optional string
            options : bfd-min-tx     optional string
            options : bfd-mult       optional string
         options : mac_prefix        optional string
         options : controller_event  optional string, either true or false
         options : northd_probe_interval
                                     optional string
         options : use_logical_dp_groups
                                     optional string
         options : use_parallel_build
                                     optional string
         options : ignore_lsp_down   optional string
         options : use_ct_inv_match  optional string
         options : default_acl_drop  optional string
         Options for configuring interconnection route advertisement:
            options : ic-route-adv   optional string
            options : ic-route-learn optional string
            options : ic-route-adv-default
                                     optional string
            options : ic-route-learn-default
                                     optional string
            options : ic-route-blacklist
                                     optional string
       Connection Options:
         connections                 set of Connections
         ssl                         optional SSL
       Security Configurations:
         ipsec                       boolean
       Read-only Options:
         options : max_tunid         optional string

   Details:
     Identity:

       name: string
              The name of the OVN cluster, which uniquely identifies  the  OVN
              cluster  throughout  all  OVN  clusters supposed to interconnect
              with each other.

     Status:

       These columns allow a client to track the overall  configuration  state
       of the system.

       nb_cfg: integer
              Sequence  number for client to increment. When a client modifies
              any part of the northbound database configuration and wishes  to
              wait  for ovn-northd and possibly all of the hypervisors to fin‐
              ish applying the changes, it may increment this sequence number.

       nb_cfg_timestamp: integer
              The timestamp, in milliseconds since the epoch, when  ovn-northd
              sees the latest nb_cfg and starts processing.

              To print the timestamp as a human-readable date:

                        date -d "@$(ovn-nbctl get NB_Global . nb_cfg_timestamp | sed s/...$//)"


       sb_cfg: integer
              Sequence  number  that  ovn-northd  sets  to the value of nb_cfg
              after  it  finishes  applying  the  corresponding  configuration
              changes to the OVN_Southbound database.

       sb_cfg_timestamp: integer
              The  timestamp, in milliseconds since the epoch, when ovn-northd
              finishes applying the corresponding configuration changes to the
              OVN_Southbound database successfully.

       hv_cfg: integer
              Sequence  number  that  ovn-northd sets to the smallest sequence
              number of all the chassis in the  system,  as  reported  in  the
              Chassis_Private  table  in the southbound database. Thus, hv_cfg
              equals nb_cfg if all chassis are caught up with  the  northbound
              configuration  (which may never happen, if any chassis is down).
              This value can regress, if a chassis was removed from the system
              and rejoins before catching up.

              If  there  are  no  chassis,  then  ovn-northd  copies nb_cfg to
              hv_cfg. Thus, in this case, the  (nonexistent)  hypervisors  are
              always  considered  to be caught up. This means that hypervisors
              can be "caught up" even in cases where sb_cfg  would  show  that
              the southbound database is not. To detect when both the hypervi‐
              sors and the southbound database are caught up, a client  should
              take the smaller of sb_cfg and hv_cfg.

       hv_cfg_timestamp: integer
              The  largest  timestamp, in milliseconds since the epoch, of the
              smallest sequence number of all the chassis in  the  system,  as
              reported  in  the  Chassis_Private table in the southbound data‐
              base. In other words, this timestamp reflects the time when  the
              slowest  chassis  catches  up with the northbound configuration,
              which is useful for end-to-end control  plane  latency  measure‐
              ment.

     Common Columns:

       external_ids: map of string-string pairs
              See External IDs at the beginning of this document.

     Common options:

       options: map of string-string pairs
              This  column  provides general key/value settings. The supported
              options are described individually below.

     Options for configuring OVS BFD:

       These options apply when ovn-controller configures OVS BFD  on  tunnels
       interfaces. Please note these parameters refer to legacy OVS BFD imple‐
       mentation and not to OVN BFD one.

       options : bfd-min-rx: optional string
              BFD option min-rx value to use when configuring  BFD  on  tunnel
              interfaces.

       options : bfd-decay-min-rx: optional string
              BFD  option  decay-min-rx  value  to use when configuring BFD on
              tunnel interfaces.

       options : bfd-min-tx: optional string
              BFD option min-tx value to use when configuring  BFD  on  tunnel
              interfaces.

       options : bfd-mult: optional string
              BFD  option  mult  value  to  use when configuring BFD on tunnel
              interfaces.

       options : mac_prefix: optional string
              Configure a given OUI to be used as prefix when  L2  address  is
              dynamically assigned, e.g. 00:11:22

       options : controller_event: optional string, either true or false
              Value  set  by  the  CMS  to enable/disable ovn-controller event
              reporting. Traffic into OVS can raise a ’controller’ event  that
              results   in  a  Controller_Event  being  written  to  the  Con
              troller_Event table in SBDB. When the CMS has seen the event and
              taken  appropriate action, it can remove the correponding row in
              Controller_Event table. The intention is for a CMS  to  see  the
              events  and  take  some  sort  of  action.  Please  see the Con
              troller_Event table in SBDB. It is possible to associate a meter
              to each controller event type in order to not overload the pinc‐
              trl thread under heavy load. Each event type relies on  a  meter
              with a defined name:

              ·      empty_lb_backends: event-elb

       options : northd_probe_interval: optional string
              The  inactivity  probe  interval  of  the  connection to the OVN
              Northbound and Southbound databases  from  ovn-northd,  in  mil‐
              liseconds.  If  the  value  is  zero, it disables the connection
              keepalive feature.

              If the value is nonzero, then it will be forced to a value of at
              least 1000 ms.

       options : use_logical_dp_groups: optional string
              If  set to true, ovn-northd will combine logical flows that dif‐
              fers only by logical datapath into a single  logical  flow  with
              logical datapath group attached.

              While  this  should significantly reduce number of logical flows
              stored in Southbound database this could also increase  process‐
              ing  complexity on the ovn-controller side, e.g., ovn-controller
              will re-consider logical flow for all  logical  datapaths  in  a
              group.  If the option set to false, there will be separate logi‐
              cal flow per logical datapath and only this flow will be re-con‐
              sidered.

              The default value is false.

       options : use_parallel_build: optional string
              If set to true, ovn-northd will attempt to compute logical flows
              in parallel.

              Parallel computation is enabled only if the system has 4 or more
              cores/threads available to be used by ovn-northd.

              The default value is false.

       options : ignore_lsp_down: optional string
              If  set  to  false,  ARP/ND reply flows for logical switch ports
              will be installed only if the port is  up,  i.e.  claimed  by  a
              Chassis. If set to true, these flows are installed regardless of
              the status of the port, which can result in a situation that ARP
              request  to  an  IP is resolved even before the relevant VM/con‐
              tainer is running. For environments where this is not an  issue,
              setting  it  to true can reduce the load and latency of the con‐
              trol plane. The default value is true.

       options : use_ct_inv_match: optional string
              If set to false, ovn-northd will not use the ct.inv field in any
              of  the  logical flow matches. The default value is true. If the
              NIC supports offloading OVS datapath flows but  doesn’t  support
              offloading  ct_state  inv flag, then the datapath flows matching
              on this flag (either +inv or -inv) will not  be  offloaded.  CMS
              should consider setting use_ct_inv_match to false in such cases.
              This results in a side effect of  the  invalid  packets  getting
              delivered  to  the  destination  VIF, which otherwise would have
              been dropped by OVN.

       options : default_acl_drop: optional string
              If set to true., ovn-northd will generate a logical flow to drop
              all  traffic in the ACL stages. By default this option is set to
              false.

     Options for configuring interconnection route advertisement:

       These options control how routes are advertised between OVN deployments
       for  interconnection. If enabled, ovn-ic from different OVN deployments
       exchanges routes between each other through  the  global  OVN_IC_South
       bound  database.  Only  routers with ports connected to interconnection
       transit switches participate in route advertisement. For each of  these
       routers, there are two types of routes to be advertised:

       Firstly, the static routes configured in the router are advertised.

       Secondly,  the networks configured in the logical router ports that are
       not on the transit switches are advertised.  These  are  considered  as
       directly connected subnets on the router.

       Link  local prefixes (IPv4 169.254.0.0/16 and IPv6 FE80::/10) are never
       advertised.

       The learned routes are added to the static_routes column of  the  Logi
       cal_Router table, with external_ids:ic-learned-route set to the uuid of
       the row in Route table of the OVN_IC_Southbound database.

       options : ic-route-adv: optional string
              A boolean value that enables route advertisement to  the  global
              OVN_IC_Southbound database. Default is false.

       options : ic-route-learn: optional string
              A  boolean  value  that  enables  route learning from the global
              OVN_IC_Southbound database. Default is false.

       options : ic-route-adv-default: optional string
              A boolean value that enables advertising default  route  to  the
              global OVN_IC_Southbound database. Default is false. This option
              takes effect only when option ic-route-adv is true.

       options : ic-route-learn-default: optional string
              A boolean value that enables learning  default  route  from  the
              global OVN_IC_Southbound database. Default is false. This option
              takes effect only when option ic-route-learn is true.

       options : ic-route-blacklist: optional string
              A string value contains a list of  CIDRs  delimited  by  ",".  A
              route  will  not  be advertised or learned if the route’s prefix
              belongs to any of the CIDRs listed.

     Connection Options:

       connections: set of Connections
              Database clients to  which  the  Open  vSwitch  database  server
              should  connect or on which it should listen, along with options
              for how these connections should be configured. See the  Connec
              tion table for more information.

       ssl: optional SSL
              Global SSL configuration.

     Security Configurations:

       ipsec: boolean
              Tunnel  encryption  configuration.  If  this column is set to be
              true, all OVN tunnels will be encrypted with IPsec.

     Read-only Options:

       options : max_tunid: optional string
              The maximum supported tunnel ID. Depends on types of  encapsula‐
              tion enabled in the cluster.

Copp TABLE
       This  table  is used to define control plane protection policies, i.e.,
       associate entries from table Meter to control protocol names.

   Summary:
       name                          string (must be unique within table)
       meters : arp                  optional string
       meters : arp-resolve          optional string
       meters : dhcpv4-opts          optional string
       meters : dhcpv6-opts          optional string
       meters : dns                  optional string
       meters : event-elb            optional string
       meters : icmp4-error          optional string
       meters : icmp6-error          optional string
       meters : igmp                 optional string
       meters : nd-na                optional string
       meters : nd-ns                optional string
       meters : nd-ns-resolve        optional string
       meters : nd-ra-opts           optional string
       meters : tcp-reset            optional string
       meters : bfd                  optional string
       meters : reject               optional string
       external_ids                  map of string-string pairs

   Details:
       name: string (must be unique within table)
              CoPP name.

       meters : arp: optional string
              Rate limiting meter for ARP  packets  (request/reply)  used  for
              learning neighbors.

       meters : arp-resolve: optional string
              Rate limiting meter for packets that require resolving the next-
              hop (through ARP).

       meters : dhcpv4-opts: optional string
              Rate limiting meter  for  packets  that  require  adding  DHCPv4
              options.

       meters : dhcpv6-opts: optional string
              Rate  limiting  meter  for  packets  that  require adding DHCPv6
              options.

       meters : dns: optional string
              Rate limiting meter for  DNS  query  packets  that  need  to  be
              replied to.

       meters : event-elb: optional string
              Rate limiting meter for empty load balancer events.

       meters : icmp4-error: optional string
              Rate  limiting  meter  for packets that require replying with an
              ICMP error.

       meters : icmp6-error: optional string
              Rate limiting meter for packets that require  replying  with  an
              ICMPv6 error.

       meters : igmp: optional string
              Rate limiting meter for IGMP packets.

       meters : nd-na: optional string
              Rate  limiting  meter for ND neighbor advertisement packets used
              for learning neighbors.

       meters : nd-ns: optional string
              Rate limiting meter for ND neighbor  solicitation  packets  used
              for learning neighbors.

       meters : nd-ns-resolve: optional string
              Rate limiting meter for packets that require resolving the next-
              hop (through ND).

       meters : nd-ra-opts: optional string
              Rate limiting meter for packets that require  adding  ND  router
              advertisement options.

       meters : tcp-reset: optional string
              Rate  limiting  meter for packets that require replying with TCP
              RST packet.

       meters : bfd: optional string
              Rate limiting meter for BFD packets.

       meters : reject: optional string
              Rate limiting meter for packets that trigger a reject action

       external_ids: map of string-string pairs
              See External IDs at the beginning of this document.

Logical_Switch TABLE
       Each row represents one L2 logical switch.

       There are two kinds of logical switches, that is, ones that fully  vir‐
       tualize  the  network  (overlay logical switches) and ones that provide
       simple connectivity to physical networks  (bridged  logical  switches).
       They  work  in the same way when providing connectivity between logical
       ports on same chassis, but differently when connecting  remote  logical
       ports.  Overlay  logical  switches connect remote logical ports by tun‐
       nels, while bridged logical switches  provide  connectivity  to  remote
       ports  by  bridging  the packets to directly connected physical L2 seg‐
       ments with the help of localnet ports. Each bridged logical switch  has
       one  or  more  localnet  ports,  which  have  only  one special address
       unknown.

   Summary:
       ports                         set of Logical_Switch_Ports
       load_balancer                 set of weak reference to Load_Balancers
       load_balancer_group           set of Load_Balancer_Groups
       acls                          set of ACLs
       qos_rules                     set of QoSes
       dns_records                   set of weak reference to DNSes
       forwarding_groups             set of Forwarding_Groups
       Naming:
         name                        string
         external_ids : neutron:network_name
                                     optional string
       IP Address Assignment:
         other_config : subnet       optional string
         other_config : exclude_ips  optional string
         other_config : ipv6_prefix  optional string
         other_config : mac_only     optional string, either true or false
       IP Multicast Snooping Options:
         other_config : mcast_snoop  optional string, either true or false
         other_config : mcast_querier
                                     optional string, either true or false
         other_config : mcast_flood_unregistered
                                     optional string, either true or false
         other_config : mcast_table_size
                                     optional string, containing  an  integer,
                                     in range 1 to 32,766
         other_config : mcast_idle_timeout
                                     optional  string,  containing an integer,
                                     in range 15 to 3,600
         other_config : mcast_query_interval
                                     optional string, containing  an  integer,
                                     in range 1 to 3,600
         other_config : mcast_query_max_response
                                     optional  string,  containing an integer,
                                     in range 1 to 10
         other_config : mcast_eth_src
                                     optional string
         other_config : mcast_ip4_src
                                     optional string
         other_config : mcast_ip6_src
                                     optional string
       Interconnection:
         other_config : interconn-ts
                                     optional string
       Tunnel Key:
         other_config : requested-tnl-key
                                     optional string, containing  an  integer,
                                     in range 1 to 16,777,215
       copp                          optional weak reference to Copp
       Other options:
         other_config : vlan-passthru
                                     optional string, either true or false
       Common Columns:
         external_ids                map of string-string pairs

   Details:
       ports: set of Logical_Switch_Ports
              The logical ports connected to the logical switch.

              It is an error for multiple logical switches to include the same
              logical port.

       load_balancer: set of weak reference to Load_Balancers
              Set of load balancers associated to this logical switch.

       load_balancer_group: set of Load_Balancer_Groups
              Set of load balancers groups associated to this logical switch.

       acls: set of ACLs
              Access control rules that apply to packets  within  the  logical
              switch.

       qos_rules: set of QoSes
              QoS  marking and metering rules that apply to packets within the
              logical switch.

       dns_records: set of weak reference to DNSes
              This column defines the DNS records to  be  used  for  resolving
              internal DNS queries within the logical switch by the native DNS
              resolver. Please see the DNS table.

       forwarding_groups: set of Forwarding_Groups
              Groups a set of logical port endpoints for traffic going out  of
              the logical switch.

     Naming:

       These columns provide names for the logical switch. From OVN’s perspec‐
       tive, these names have no special meaning or purpose other than to pro‐
       vide  convenience  for human interaction with the database. There is no
       requirement for the name to be unique. (For a unique identifier  for  a
       logical switch, use its row UUID.)

       (Originally, name was intended to serve the purpose of a human-friendly
       name, but the Neutron integration used it to uniquely identify its  own
       switch  object,  in  the format neutron-uuid. Later on, Neutron started
       propagating the friendly name of a switch as  external_ids:neutron:net
       work_name. Perhaps this can be cleaned up someday.)

       name: string
              A name for the logical switch.

       external_ids : neutron:network_name: optional string
              Another name for the logical switch.

     IP Address Assignment:

       These  options control automatic IP address management (IPAM) for ports
       attached to the logical switch. To enable IPAM for IPv4, set other_con
       fig:subnet  and optionally other_config:exclude_ips. To enable IPAM for
       IPv6, set  other_config:ipv6_prefix.  IPv4  and  IPv6  may  be  enabled
       together or separately.

       To  request  dynamic  address assignment for a particular port, use the
       dynamic  keyword  in  the  addresses  column  of   the   port’s   Logi
       cal_Switch_Port row. This requests both an IPv4 and an IPv6 address, if
       IPAM for IPv4 and IPv6 are both enabled.

       other_config : subnet: optional string
              Set this to an  IPv4  subnet,  e.g.  192.168.0.0/24,  to  enable
              ovn-northd to automatically assign IP addresses within that sub‐
              net.

       other_config : exclude_ips: optional string
              To exclude some addresses from automatic IP address  management,
              set  this to a list of the IPv4 addresses or ..-delimited ranges
              to exclude. The addresses or ranges should be a subset of  those
              in other_config:subnet.

              Whether  listed or not, ovn-northd will never allocate the first
              or  last  address  in  a  subnet,   such   as   192.168.0.0   or
              192.168.0.255 in 192.168.0.0/24.

              Examples:

              ·      192.168.0.2 192.168.0.10

              ·      192.168.0.4                    192.168.0.30..192.168.0.60
                     192.168.0.110..192.168.0.120

              ·      192.168.0.110..192.168.0.120   192.168.0.25..192.168.0.30
                     192.168.0.144

       other_config : ipv6_prefix: optional string
              Set this to an IPv6 prefix to enable ovn-northd to automatically
              assign IPv6 addresses  using  this  prefix.  The  assigned  IPv6
              address  will  be  generated  using  the IPv6 prefix and the MAC
              address (converted to an IEEE EUI64 identifier) of the port. The
              IPv6  prefix  defined here should be a valid IPv6 address ending
              with ::.

              Examples:

              ·      aef0::

              ·      bef0:1234:a890:5678::

              ·      8230:5678::

       other_config : mac_only: optional string, either true or false
              Value used to request to assign L2 address only if neither  sub‐
              net nor ipv6_prefix are specified

     IP Multicast Snooping Options:

       These  options control IP Multicast Snooping configuration of the logi‐
       cal  switch.  To  enable   IP   Multicast   Snooping   set   other_con
       fig:mcast_snoop  to true. To enable IP Multicast Querier set other_con
       fig:mcast_snoop to true. If IP Multicast Querier is enabled  other_con
       fig:mcast_eth_src and other_config:mcast_ip4_src must be set.

       other_config : mcast_snoop: optional string, either true or false
              Enables/disables IP Multicast Snooping on the logical switch.

       other_config : mcast_querier: optional string, either true or false
              Enables/disables IP Multicast Querier on the logical switch.

       other_config  :  mcast_flood_unregistered: optional string, either true
       or false
              Determines whether  unregistered  multicast  traffic  should  be
              flooded  or  not. Only applicable if other_config:mcast_snoop is
              enabled. Default: false.

       other_config : mcast_table_size: optional string, containing  an  inte‐
       ger, in range 1 to 32,766
              Number of multicast groups to be stored. Default: 2048.

       other_config : mcast_idle_timeout: optional string, containing an inte‐
       ger, in range 15 to 3,600
              Configures the IP Multicast Snooping group idle timeout (in sec‐
              onds). Default: 300 seconds.

       other_config  :  mcast_query_interval:  optional  string, containing an
       integer, in range 1 to 3,600
              Configures the IP Multicast Querier interval between queries (in
              seconds). Default: other_config:mcast_idle_timeout / 2.

       other_config : mcast_query_max_response: optional string, containing an
       integer, in range 1 to 10
              Configures the value of the "max-response" field in  the  multi‐
              cast  queries  originated by the logical switch. Default: 1 sec‐
              ond.

       other_config : mcast_eth_src: optional string
              Configures the source Ethernet address for queries originated by
              the logical switch.

       other_config : mcast_ip4_src: optional string
              Configures the source IPv4 address for queries originated by the
              logical switch.

       other_config : mcast_ip6_src: optional string
              Configures the source IPv6 address for queries originated by the
              logical switch.

     Interconnection:

       other_config : interconn-ts: optional string
              The  name  of  corresponding transit switch in OVN_IC_Northbound
              database. This kind of logical switch is created and  controlled
              by ovn-ic.

     Tunnel Key:

       other_config  : requested-tnl-key: optional string, containing an inte‐
       ger, in range 1 to 16,777,215
              Configures the datapath tunnel key for the logical switch.  Usu‐
              ally this is not needed because ovn-northd will assign an unique
              key for each datapath by itself. However, if it  is  configured,
              ovn-northd  honors the configured value. The typical use case is
              for interconnection: the tunnel keys for transit  switches  need
              to  be  unique  globally,  so  they are maintained in the global
              OVN_IC_Southbound database, and ovn-ic simply  syncs  the  value
              from OVN_IC_Southbound through this config.

       copp: optional weak reference to Copp
              The  control  plane  protection  policy from table Copp used for
              metering packets sent to ovn-controller from ports of this logi‐
              cal switch.

     Other options:

       other_config : vlan-passthru: optional string, either true or false
              Determines  whether  VLAN  tagged  incoming  traffic  should  be
              allowed. Note that this  may  have  security  implications  when
              enabled  for a logical switch with a tag=0 localnet port. If not
              properly isolated from other localnet ports, fabric traffic that
              belongs  to  other  tagged networks may be passed through such a
              port.

     Common Columns:

       external_ids: map of string-string pairs
              See External IDs at the beginning of this document.

Logical_Switch_Port TABLE
       A port within an L2 logical switch.

   Summary:
       Core Features:
         name                        string (must be unique within table)
         type                        string
       Options:
         options                     map of string-string pairs
         Options for router ports:
            options : router-port    optional string
            options : nat-addresses  optional string
            options : exclude-lb-vips-from-garp
                                     optional string
            options : arp_proxy      optional string
         Options for localnet ports:
            options : network_name   optional string
            options : ethtype        optional string
         Options for l2gateway ports:
            options : network_name   optional string
            options : l2gateway-chassis
                                     optional string
         Options for vtep ports:
            options : vtep-physical-switch
                                     optional string
            options : vtep-logical-switch
                                     optional string
         VMI (or VIF) Options:
            options : requested-chassis
                                     optional string
            options : activation-strategy
                                     optional string
            options : iface-id-ver   optional string
            options : qos_min_rate   optional string
            options : qos_max_rate   optional string
            options : qos_burst      optional string
            options : hostname       optional string
            VIF Plugging Options:
              options : vif-plug-type
                                     optional string
              options : vif-plug-mtu-request
                                     optional string
         Virtual port Options:
            options : virtual-ip     optional string
            options : virtual-parents
                                     optional string
         IP Multicast Snooping Options:
            options : mcast_flood    optional string, either true or false
            options : mcast_flood_reports
                                     optional string, either true or false
       Containers:
         parent_name                 optional string
         tag_request                 optional integer, in range 0 to 4,095
         tag                         optional integer, in range 1 to 4,095
       Port State:
         up                          optional boolean
         enabled                     optional boolean
       Addressing:
         addresses                   set of strings
         dynamic_addresses           optional string
         port_security               set of strings
       DHCP:
         dhcpv4_options              optional weak reference to DHCP_Options
         dhcpv6_options              optional weak reference to DHCP_Options
       ha_chassis_group              optional HA_Chassis_Group
       Naming:
         external_ids : neutron:port_name
                                     optional string
       Tunnel Key:
         options : requested-tnl-key
                                     optional string, containing  an  integer,
                                     in range 1 to 32,767
       Common Columns:
         external_ids                map of string-string pairs

   Details:
     Core Features:

       name: string (must be unique within table)
              The logical port name.

              For  entities (VMs or containers) that are spawned in the hyper‐
              visor, the name used here must match those used  in  the  exter
              nal_ids:iface-id in the Open_vSwitch database’s Interface table,
              because hypervisors use external_ids:iface-id as a lookup key to
              identify the network interface of that entity.

              For containers that share a VIF within a VM, the name can be any
              unique identifier. See Containers, below, for more information.

              A logical switch port may not have the same name  as  a  logical
              router port, but the database schema cannot enforce this.

       type: string
              Specify  a type for this logical port. Logical ports can be used
              to model other types of connectivity into an OVN logical switch.
              The following types are defined:

              (empty string)
                     A VM (or VIF) interface.

              router A   connection   to   a  logical  router.  The  value  of
                     options:router-port  specifies  the  name  of  the  Logi
                     cal_Router_Port to which this logical switch port is con‐
                     nected.

              localnet
                     A  connection  to  a  locally  accessible  network   from
                     ovn-controller instances that have a corresponding bridge
                     mapping. A logical  switch  can  have  multiple  localnet
                     ports attached. This type is used to model direct connec‐
                     tivity to existing networks. In this case,  each  chassis
                     should  have  a  mapping for one of the physical networks
                     only. Note: nothing said above  implies  that  a  chassis
                     cannot  be  plugged to multiple physical networks as long
                     as they belong to different switches.

              localport
                     A connection to a local VIF. Traffic that  arrives  on  a
                     localport  is  never  forwarded  over a tunnel to another
                     chassis. These ports are present  on  every  chassis  and
                     have  the  same  address  in all of them. This is used to
                     model connectivity to local services that  run  on  every
                     hypervisor.

              l2gateway
                     A connection to a physical network.

              vtep   A port to a logical switch on a VTEP gateway.

              external
                     Represents  a logical port which is external and not hav‐
                     ing an OVS port in the integration bridge. OVN will never
                     receive any traffic from this port or send any traffic to
                     this  port.  OVN  can  support   native   services   like
                     DHCPv4/DHCPv6/DNS  for  this port. If ha_chassis_group is
                     defined, ovn-controller running in the master chassis  of
                     the HA chassis group will bind this port to provide these
                     native services. It is expected that this port belong  to
                     a bridged logical switch (with a localnet port).

                     It  is  recommended  to use the same HA chassis group for
                     all the external ports of a  logical  switch.  Otherwise,
                     the physical switch might see MAC flap issue when differ‐
                     ent chassis provide the native services. For example when
                     supporting native DHCPv4 service, DHCPv4 server mac (con‐
                     figured   in   options:server_mac   column    in    table
                     DHCP_Options)  originating from different ports can cause
                     MAC flap issue. The MAC of the logical router  IP(s)  can
                     also flap if the same HA chassis group is not set for all
                     the external ports of a logical switch.

                     Below are some of the use cases where external ports  can
                     be used.

                     ·      VMs  connected to SR-IOV nics - Traffic from these
                            VMs by passes the kernel stack and local  ovn-con
                            troller  do  not bind these ports and cannot serve
                            the native services.

                     ·      When CMS supports provisioning baremetal servers.

              virtual
                     Represents a logical port which does not have an OVS port
                     in the integration bridge and has a virtual ip configured
                     in the options:virtual-ip column.  This  virtual  ip  can
                     move  around  between the logical ports configured in the
                     options:virtual-parents column.

                     One of the use case where virtual ports can be used is.

                     ·      The virtual ip represents a load balancer vip  and
                            the  virtual parents provide load balancer service
                            in an active-standby setup with the active virtual
                            parent owning the virtual ip.

              remote A remote port is to model a port that resides remotely on
                     another OVN, which is on the other side of a transit log‐
                     ical  switch  for OVN interconnection. This type of ports
                     are created by ovn-ic instead of by CMS.  Any  change  to
                     the port will be automatically overwritten by ovn-ic.

     Options:

       options: map of string-string pairs
              This  column provides key/value settings specific to the logical
              port type. The type-specific options are described  individually
              below.

     Options for router ports:

       These options apply when type is router.

       options : router-port: optional string
              Required. The name of the Logical_Router_Port to which this log‐
              ical switch port is connected.

       options : nat-addresses: optional string
              This is used to send  gratuitous  ARPs  for  SNAT  and  DNAT  IP
              addresses  via  the  localnet  port that is attached to the same
              logical switch as this type router port. This option  is  speci‐
              fied  on  a  logical  switch port that is connected to a gateway
              router, or a logical switch port that is connected to a distrib‐
              uted gateway port on a logical router.

              This must take one of the following forms:

              router Gratuitous ARPs will be sent for all SNAT and DNAT exter‐
                     nal IP addresses and for all load balancer  IP  addresses
                     defined  on  the  options:router-port’s  logical  router,
                     using the options:router-port’s MAC address.

                     This form of options:nat-addresses is valid  for  logical
                     switch  ports  where options:router-port is the name of a
                     port on a gateway router, or the name  of  a  distributed
                     gateway port.

                     Supported  only  in  OVN  2.8 and later. Earlier versions
                     required NAT addresses to be manually synchronized.

              Ethernet address followed by one or more IPv4 addresses
                     Example:  80:fa:5b:06:72:b7  158.36.44.22   158.36.44.24.
                     This would result in generation of gratuitous ARPs for IP
                     addresses  158.36.44.22  and  158.36.44.24  with  a   MAC
                     address of 80:fa:5b:06:72:b7.

                     This form of options:nat-addresses is only valid for log‐
                     ical switch ports where options:router-port is  the  name
                     of a port on a gateway router.

       options : exclude-lb-vips-from-garp: optional string
              If  options:nat-addresses is set to router, Gratuitous ARPs will
              be sent for all SNAT and DNAT external IP addresses  defined  on
              the    options:router-port’s    logical    router,   using   the
              options:router-port’s MAC  address,  not  cosidering  configured
              load balancers.

       options : arp_proxy: optional string
              Optional.  A  list  of  IPv4  addresses that this logical switch
              router port will reply to ARP requests. Example: 169.254.239.254
              169.254.239.2.  The  options:router-port’s logical router should
              have a route to forward packets sent to configured proxy ARP IPs
              to an appropriate destination.

     Options for localnet ports:

       These options apply when type is localnet.

       options : network_name: optional string
              Required.  The name of the network to which the localnet port is
              connected. Each hypervisor, via ovn-controller, uses  its  local
              configuration  to  determine  exactly  how  to  connect  to this
              locally accessible network, if at all.

       options : ethtype: optional string
              Optional. VLAN EtherType  field  value  for  encapsulating  VLAN
              headers. Supported values: 802.11q (default), 802.11ad.

     Options for l2gateway ports:

       These options apply when type is l2gateway.

       options : network_name: optional string
              Required. The name of the network to which the l2gateway port is
              connected. The L2 gateway, via ovn-controller,  uses  its  local
              configuration  to  determine exactly how to connect to this net‐
              work.

       options : l2gateway-chassis: optional string
              Required. The chassis on which the l2gateway logical port should
              be  bound to. ovn-controller running on the defined chassis will
              connect this logical port to the physical network.

     Options for vtep ports:

       These options apply when type is vtep.

       options : vtep-physical-switch: optional string
              Required. The name of the VTEP gateway.

       options : vtep-logical-switch: optional string
              Required. A logical switch name connected by the VTEP gateway.

     VMI (or VIF) Options:

       These options apply to logical ports with type having (empty string)

       options : requested-chassis: optional string
              If set, identifies a specific chassis (by name or hostname) that
              is  allowed  to  bind  this port. Using this option will prevent
              thrashing between two chassis trying to bind the same port  dur‐
              ing  a live migration. It can also prevent similar thrashing due
              to a mis-configuration, if a port  is  accidentally  created  on
              more than one chassis.

              If set to a comma separated list, the first entry identifies the
              main chassis and the rest are one  or  more  additional  chassis
              that are allowed to bind the same port.

              When  multiple  chassis  are  set  for the port, and the logical
              switch is connected to an external network  through  a  localnet
              port,  tunneling  is enforced for the port to guarantee delivery
              of packets directed to the port to all its locations.  This  has
              MTU  implications  because  the  network used for tunneling must
              have MTU larger than localnet for stable connectivity.

       options : activation-strategy: optional string
              If used with multiple chassis set in  requested-chassis,  speci‐
              fies  an  activation  strategy  for  all  additional chassis. By
              default, no activation strategy is used, meaning additional port
              locations are immediately available for use. When set to "rarp",
              the port is blocked for ingress and egress communication until a
              RARP  packet is sent from a new location. The "rarp" strategy is
              useful in live migration scenarios for virtual machines.

       options : iface-id-ver: optional string
              If set, this port will be bound by ovn-controller only  if  this
              same  key  and value is configured in the external_ids column in
              the Open_vSwitch database’s Interface table.

       options : qos_min_rate: optional string
              If set, indicates the minimum guaranteed rate available for data
              sent from this interface, in bit/s.

       options : qos_max_rate: optional string
              If  set,  indicates  the  maximum  rate  for data sent from this
              interface, in bit/s. The traffic will  be  shaped  according  to
              this limit.

       options : qos_burst: optional string
              If set, indicates the maximum burst size for data sent from this
              interface, in bits.

       options : hostname: optional string
              If set, indicates the DHCPv4 option "Hostname" (option code  12)
              associated  for  this  Logical Switch Port. If DHCPv4 is enabled
              for this Logical Switch  Port,  hostname  dhcp  option  will  be
              included in DHCP reply.

     VIF Plugging Options:

       options : vif-plug-type: optional string
              If  set,  OVN  will  attempt to perform plugging of this VIF. In
              order to get this port plugged by the OVN controller,  OVN  must
              be  built with support for VIF plugging. The default behavior is
              for the CMS to do the VIF plugging. Each VIF plug provider  have
              their own options namespaced by name, for example "vif-plug:rep‐
              resentor:key". Please refer to the VIF plug provider  documenta‐
              tion  located  in  Documentation/topics/vif-plug-providers/  for
              more information.

       options : vif-plug-mtu-request: optional string
              Requested MTU for plugged interfaces.  When  set  the  OVN  con‐
              troller  will  fill  the  mtu_request column of the Open vSwitch
              database’s Interface table. This in turn will make OVS  vswitchd
              update the MTU of the linked interface.

     Virtual port Options:

       These options apply when type is virtual.

       options : virtual-ip: optional string
              This option represents the virtual IPv4 address.

       options : virtual-parents: optional string
              This options represents a set of logical port names (with in the
              same logical switch) which can own the virtual ip configured  in
              the options:virtual-ip. All these virtual parents should add the
              virtual ip in the port_security if port security  addressed  are
              enabled.

     IP Multicast Snooping Options:

       These options apply when the port is part of a logical switch which has
       other_config :mcast_snoop set to true.

       options : mcast_flood: optional string, either true or false
              If set to true, multicast packets (except reports) are  uncondi‐
              tionally forwarded to the specific port. Default: false.

       options : mcast_flood_reports: optional string, either true or false
              If  set to true, multicast reports are unconditionally forwarded
              to the specific port. Default: false.

     Containers:

       When a large number of containers are nested within a VM, it may be too
       expensive to dedicate a VIF to each container. OVN can use VLAN tags to
       support such cases. Each container is  assigned  a  VLAN  ID  and  each
       packet that passes between the hypervisor and the VM is tagged with the
       appropriate ID for the container. Such VLAN IDs never appear on a phys‐
       ical wire, even inside a tunnel, so they need not be unique except rel‐
       ative to a single VM on a hypervisor.

       These columns are used for VIFs that represent nested containers  using
       shared  VIFs. For VMs and for containers that have dedicated VIFs, they
       are empty.

       parent_name: optional string
              The VM interface through which the nested  container  sends  its
              network  traffic. This must match the name column for some other
              Logical_Switch_Port.

       tag_request: optional integer, in range 0 to 4,095
              The VLAN tag in the  network  traffic  associated  with  a  con‐
              tainer’s network interface. The client can request ovn-northd to
              allocate a tag that is unique within the  scope  of  a  specific
              parent  (specified  in  parent_name)  by setting a value of 0 in
              this column. The allocated value is written by ovn-northd in the
              tag  column.  (Note  that  these  tags are allocated and managed
              locally in ovn-northd, so they cannot be  reconstructed  in  the
              event  that the database is lost.) The client can also request a
              specific non-zero tag and ovn-northd will honor it and copy that
              value to the tag column.

              When  type  is  set to localnet or l2gateway, this can be set to
              indicate that the port represents a  connection  to  a  specific
              VLAN  on  a  locally  accessible network. The VLAN ID is used to
              match incoming traffic and is also added to outgoing traffic.

       tag: optional integer, in range 1 to 4,095
              The VLAN tag allocated by ovn-northd based on  the  contents  of
              the tag_request column.

     Port State:

       up: optional boolean
              This  column  is populated by ovn-northd, rather than by the CMS
              plugin as is most of this database. When a logical port is bound
              to  a  physical  location in the OVN Southbound database Binding
              table, ovn-northd sets this column to true; otherwise, or if the
              port  becomes unbound later, it sets it to false. If this column
              is empty, the port is not considered up. This allows the CMS  to
              wait  for  a  VM’s  (or container’s) networking to become active
              before it allows the VM (or container) to start.

              Logical ports of router type are an exception to this rule. They
              are  considered  to  be always up, that is this column is always
              set to true.

       enabled: optional boolean
              This column is used to administratively set port state. If  this
              column  is empty or is set to true, the port is enabled. If this
              column is set to false, the port is disabled.  A  disabled  port
              has all ingress and egress traffic dropped.

     Addressing:

       addresses: set of strings
              Addresses owned by the logical port.

              Each element in the set must take one of the following forms:

              Ethernet address followed by zero or more IPv4 or IPv6 addresses
              (or both)
                     An Ethernet address defined is owned by the logical port.
                     Like  a  physical Ethernet NIC, a logical port ordinarily
                     has a single fixed Ethernet address.

                     When a OVN logical switch processes  a  unicast  Ethernet
                     frame  whose  destination  MAC  address  is  in a logical
                     port’s addresses column, it  delivers  it  only  to  that
                     port,  as  if a MAC learning process had learned that MAC
                     address on the port.

                     If IPv4 or IPv6 address(es) (or  both)  are  defined,  it
                     indicates  that  the  logical  port  owns  the  given  IP
                     addresses.

                     If IPv4 address(es) are defined, the OVN  logical  switch
                     uses  this  information  to  synthesize  responses to ARP
                     requests without traversing the physical network. The OVN
                     logical  router  connected to the logical switch, if any,
                     uses this information to avoid issuing ARP  requests  for
                     logical switch ports.

                     Note  that  the  order  here  is  important. The Ethernet
                     address must be  listed  before  the  IP  address(es)  if
                     defined.

                     Examples:

                     80:fa:5b:06:72:b7
                            This  indicates  that  the  logical  port owns the
                            above mac address.

                     80:fa:5b:06:72:b7 10.0.0.4 20.0.0.4
                            This indicates that the logical port owns the  mac
                            address and two IPv4 addresses.

                     80:fa:5b:06:72:b7 fdaa:15f2:72cf:0:f816:3eff:fe20:3f41
                            This  indicates that the logical port owns the mac
                            address and 1 IPv6 address.

                     80:fa:5b:06:72:b7                                10.0.0.4
                     fdaa:15f2:72cf:0:f816:3eff:fe20:3f41
                            This  indicates that the logical port owns the mac
                            address and 1 IPv4 address and 1 IPv6 address.

              unknown
                     This indicates that the logical port has an  unknown  set
                     of  Ethernet  addresses.  When an OVN logical switch pro‐
                     cesses a unicast Ethernet  frame  whose  destination  MAC
                     address is not in any logical port’s addresses column, it
                     delivers it to the port (or ports) whose  addresses  col‐
                     umns include unknown.

              dynamic
                     Use dynamic to make ovn-northd generate a globally unique
                     MAC address, choose an unused IPv4 address with the logi‐
                     cal  port’s  subnet (if other_config:subnet is set in the
                     port’s Logical_Switch), and generate an IPv6 address from
                     the  MAC  address  (if other_config:ipv6_prefix is set in
                     the port’s Logical_Switch) and store them in  the  port’s
                     dynamic_addresses column.

                     Only   one  element  containing  dynamic  may  appear  in
                     addresses.

              dynamic ip
              dynamic ipv6
              dynamic ip ipv6
                   These act like dynamic alone but specify particular IPv4 or
                   IPv6  addresses  to  use. OVN IPAM will still automatically
                   allocate the other  address  if  configured  appropriately.
                   Example: dynamic 192.168.0.1 2001::1.

              mac dynamic
                   This acts like dynamic alone but specifies a particular MAC
                   address to use. OVN IPAM will still automatically  allocate
                   IPv4  or  IPv6  addresses, or both, if configured appropri‐
                   ately. Example: 80:fa:5b:06:72:b7 dynamic

              router
                   Accepted only when type is router. This indicates that  the
                   Ethernet,  IPv4, and IPv6 addresses for this logical switch
                   port should be obtained from the connected  logical  router
                   port, as specified by router-port in options.

                   The  resulting  addresses  are used to populate the logical
                   switch’s destination  lookup,  and  also  for  the  logical
                   switch to generate ARP and ND replies.

                   If  the  connected  logical  router  port has a distributed
                   gateway port specified and the  logical  router  has  rules
                   specified  in  nat  with external_mac, then those addresses
                   are also used to populate the switch’s destination lookup.

                   Supported only in  OVN  2.7  and  later.  Earlier  versions
                   required router addresses to be manually synchronized.

       dynamic_addresses: optional string
              Addresses assigned to the logical port by ovn-northd, if dynamic
              is specified in addresses. Addresses will be of the same  format
              as  those  that populate the addresses column. Note that dynami‐
              cally assigned addresses are constructed and managed locally  in
              ovn-northd,  so  they  cannot be reconstructed in the event that
              the database is lost.

       port_security: set of strings
              This column controls the addresses from which the host  attached
              to  the  logical  port (``the host’’) is allowed to send packets
              and to which it is allowed to receive packets. If this column is
              empty, all addresses are permitted.

              Each  element  in  the set must begin with one Ethernet address.
              This would restrict the host to sending packets from and receiv‐
              ing  packets  to  the  ethernet addresses defined in the logical
              port’s port_security column. It also restricts the inner  source
              MAC  addresses  that  the host may send in ARP and IPv6 Neighbor
              Discovery packets. The host is always allowed to receive packets
              to multicast and broadcast Ethernet addresses.

              Each  element  in  the  set may additionally contain one or more
              IPv4 or IPv6 addresses (or both), with optional masks. If a mask
              is  given,  it  must be a CIDR mask. In addition to the restric‐
              tions described for Ethernet addresses above,  such  an  element
              restricts  the  IPv4  or  IPv6 addresses from which the host may
              send and to which  it  may  receive  packets  to  the  specified
              addresses. A masked address, if the host part is zero, indicates
              that the host is allowed to use any address in  the  subnet;  if
              the  host part is nonzero, the mask simply indicates the size of
              the subnet. In addition:

              ·      If any IPv4 address is given, the host is also allowed to
                     receive  packets  to  the  IPv4  local  broadcast address
                     255.255.255.255   and   to   IPv4   multicast   addresses
                     (224.0.0.0/4).  If  an IPv4 address with a mask is given,
                     the host is also allowed to receive packets to the broad‐
                     cast address in that specified subnet.

                     If  any  IPv4  address is given, the host is additionally
                     restricted to sending  ARP  packets  with  the  specified
                     source IPv4 address. (RARP is not restricted.)

              ·      If any IPv6 address is given, the host is also allowed to
                     receive packets to IPv6 multicast addresses (ff00::/8).

                     If any IPv6 address is given, the  host  is  additionally
                     restricted  to  sending IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Solicita‐
                     tion or Advertisement packets with the  specified  source
                     address or, for solicitations, the unspecified address.

              If  an  element includes an IPv4 address, but no IPv6 addresses,
              then IPv6 traffic is not allowed. If an element includes an IPv6
              address,  but  no IPv4 address, then IPv4 and ARP traffic is not
              allowed.

              This column uses the same lexical syntax as the match column  in
              the OVN Southbound database’s Pipeline table. Multiple addresses
              within an element may be space or comma separated.

              This column is provided as a  convenience  to  cloud  management
              systems,  but  all  of  the  features  that it implements can be
              implemented as ACLs using the ACL table.

              Examples:

              80:fa:5b:06:72:b7
                     The host may send traffic from and receive traffic to the
                     specified MAC address, and to receive traffic to Ethernet
                     multicast and broadcast addresses, but not otherwise. The
                     host  may not send ARP or IPv6 Neighbor Discovery packets
                     with inner source Ethernet addresses other than  the  one
                     specified.

              80:fa:5b:06:72:b7 192.168.1.10/24
                     This  adds further restrictions to the first example. The
                     host may send IPv4 packets from or receive  IPv4  packets
                     to  only  192.168.1.10,  except  that it may also receive
                     IPv4 packets to 192.168.1.255 (based on the subnet mask),
                     255.255.255.255, and any address in 224.0.0.0/4. The host
                     may not send ARPs with a source  Ethernet  address  other
                     than  80:fa:5b:06:72:b7 or source IPv4 address other than
                     192.168.1.10. The host may not send or receive  any  IPv6
                     (including IPv6 Neighbor Discovery) traffic.

              "80:fa:5b:12:42:ba", "80:fa:5b:06:72:b7 192.168.1.10/24"
                     The host may send traffic from and receive traffic to the
                     specified MAC addresses, and to receive traffic to Ether‐
                     net multicast and broadcast addresses, but not otherwise.
                     With MAC 80:fa:5b:12:42:ba, the  host  may  send  traffic
                     from  and  receive  traffic  to  any L3 address. With MAC
                     80:fa:5b:06:72:b7, the host may send IPv4 packets from or
                     receive IPv4 packets to only 192.168.1.10, except that it
                     may also receive IPv4 packets to 192.168.1.255 (based  on
                     the  subnet  mask),  255.255.255.255,  and any address in
                     224.0.0.0/4. The host may not send or  receive  any  IPv6
                     (including IPv6 Neighbor Discovery) traffic.

     DHCP:

       dhcpv4_options: optional weak reference to DHCP_Options
              This  column  defines  the  DHCPv4 Options to be included by the
              ovn-controller when it replies to the  DHCPv4  requests.  Please
              see the DHCP_Options table.

       dhcpv6_options: optional weak reference to DHCP_Options
              This  column  defines  the  DHCPv6 Options to be included by the
              ovn-controller when it replies to the  DHCPv6  requests.  Please
              see the DHCP_Options table.

       ha_chassis_group: optional HA_Chassis_Group
              References  a  row  in  the  OVN  Northbound database’s HA_Chas
              sis_Group table. It indicates the HA chassis group to use if the
              type is set to external. If type is not external, this column is
              ignored.

     Naming:

       external_ids : neutron:port_name: optional string
              This column gives an optional human-friendly name for the  port.
              This  name  has no special meaning or purpose other than to pro‐
              vide convenience for human interaction with the northbound data‐
              base.

              Neutron  copies  this  from its own port object’s name. (Neutron
              ports do are not assigned human-friendly names by default, so it
              will often be empty.)

     Tunnel Key:

       options : requested-tnl-key: optional string, containing an integer, in
       range 1 to 32,767
              Configures the port binding tunnel key  for  the  port.  Usually
              this  is not needed because ovn-northd will assign an unique key
              for  each  port  by  itself.  However,  if  it  is   configured,
              ovn-northd  honors the configured value. The typical use case is
              for interconnection:  the  tunnel  keys  for  ports  on  transit
              switches  need  to be unique globally, so they are maintained in
              the global OVN_IC_Southbound database, and ovn-ic  simply  syncs
              the value from OVN_IC_Southbound through this config.

     Common Columns:

       external_ids: map of string-string pairs
              See External IDs at the beginning of this document.

              The  ovn-northd  program  copies all these pairs into the exter
              nal_ids column of the Port_Binding table in OVN_Southbound data‐
              base.

Forwarding_Group TABLE
       Each row represents one forwarding group.

   Summary:
       name                          string
       vip                           string
       vmac                          string
       liveness                      boolean
       child_port                    set of 1 or more strings
       Common Columns:
         external_ids                map of string-string pairs

   Details:
       name: string
              A  name for the forwarding group. This name has no special mean‐
              ing or purpose other  than  to  provide  convenience  for  human
              interaction with the ovn-nb database.

       vip: string
              The virtual IP address assigned to the forwarding group. It will
              respond with vmac when an ARP request is sent for vip.

       vmac: string
              The virtual MAC address assigned to the forwarding group.

       liveness: boolean
              If set to true, liveness is enabled for child ports otherwise it
              is disabled.

       child_port: set of 1 or more strings
              List of child ports in the forwarding group.

     Common Columns:

       external_ids: map of string-string pairs
              See External IDs at the beginning of this document.

Address_Set TABLE
       Each  row in this table represents a named set of addresses. An address
       set may contain Ethernet, IPv4, or IPv6 addresses with optional bitwise
       or  CIDR  masks.  Address set may ultimately be used in ACLs to compare
       against fields such as ip4.src or ip6.src. A single  address  set  must
       contain  addresses of the same type. As an example, the following would
       create an address set with three IP addresses:

             ovn-nbctl create Address_Set name=set1 addresses=10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.3


       Address sets may be used in the match column of the ACL table. For syn‐
       tax  information,  see  the details of the expression language used for
       the match column in the Logical_Flow table of the OVN_Southbound  data‐
       base.

   Summary:
       name                          string (must be unique within table)
       addresses                     set of strings
       Common Columns:
         external_ids                map of string-string pairs

   Details:
       name: string (must be unique within table)
              A  name  for  the  address  set.  Names are ASCII and must match
              [a-zA-Z_.][a-zA-Z_.0-9]*.

       addresses: set of strings
              The set of addresses in string form.

     Common Columns:

       external_ids: map of string-string pairs
              See External IDs at the beginning of this document.

Port_Group TABLE
       Each row in this table represents  a  named  group  of  logical  switch
       ports.

       Port  groups may be used in the match column of the ACL table. For syn‐
       tax information, see the details of the expression  language  used  for
       the  match column in the Logical_Flow table of the OVN_Southbound data‐
       base.

       For each port group, there  are  two  address  sets  generated  to  the
       Address_Set  table  of  the  OVN_Southbound database, containing the IP
       addresses of the group of ports, one for IPv4, and the other for  IPv6,
       with  name  being  the name of the Port_Group followed by a suffix _ip4
       for IPv4 and _ip6 for IPv6. The generated address sets can be  used  in
       the same way as regular address sets in the match column of the ACL ta‐
       ble. For syntax information, see the details of the expression language
       used  for  the match column in the Logical_Flow table of the OVN_South
       bound database.

   Summary:
       name                          string (must be unique within table)
       ports                         set   of   weak   reference   to    Logi
                                     cal_Switch_Ports
       acls                          set of ACLs
       Common Columns:
         external_ids                map of string-string pairs

   Details:
       name: string (must be unique within table)
              A  name  for  the  port  group.  Names  are ASCII and must match
              [a-zA-Z_.][a-zA-Z_.0-9]*.

       ports: set of weak reference to Logical_Switch_Ports
              The logical switch ports belonging to the group in uuids.

       acls: set of ACLs
              Access control rules that apply to the port group.  Applying  an
              ACL  to  a port group has the same effect as applying the ACL to
              all logical lswitches that the ports of the  port  group  belong
              to.

     Common Columns:

       external_ids: map of string-string pairs
              See External IDs at the beginning of this document.

Load_Balancer TABLE
       Each row represents one load balancer.

   Summary:
       name                          string
       vips                          map of string-string pairs
       protocol                      optional string, one of sctp, tcp, or udp
       Health Checks:
         health_check                set of Load_Balancer_Health_Checks
         ip_port_mappings            map of string-string pairs
       selection_fields              set  of strings, one of eth_dst, eth_src,
                                     ip_dst, ip_src, tp_dst, or tp_src
       Common Columns:
         external_ids                map of string-string pairs
       Load_Balancer options:
         options : reject            optional string, either true or false
         options : hairpin_snat_ip   optional string
         options : skip_snat         optional string
         options : add_route         optional string
         options : neighbor_responder
                                     optional string

   Details:
       name: string
              A name for the load balancer. This name has no  special  meaning
              or  purpose other than to provide convenience for human interac‐
              tion with the ovn-nb database.

       vips: map of string-string pairs
              A map of virtual IP addresses (and an optional port number  with
              :  as  a separator) associated with this load balancer and their
              corresponding endpoint IP addresses (and optional  port  numbers
              with : as separators) separated by commas. If the destination IP
              address (and port number) of a packet leaving a container  or  a
              VM  matches  the  virtual  IP address (and port number) provided
              here as a key, then OVN will statefully replace the  destination
              IP  address  by one of the provided IP address (and port number)
              in this map as a value. IPv4 and IPv6  addresses  are  supported
              for  load balancing; however a VIP of one address family may not
              be mapped to a destination IP address of a different family.  If
              specifying an IPv6 address with a port, the address portion must
              be  enclosed  in  square  brackets.  Examples   for   keys   are
              "192.168.1.4"  and  "[fd0f::1]:8800".  Examples  for  value  are
              "10.0.0.1, 10.0.0.2" and "20.0.0.10:8800, 20.0.0.11:8800".

              When the Load_Balancer is added to the logical_switch,  the  VIP
              has  to be in a different subnet than the one used for the logi
              cal_switch. Since VIP is in a different subnet, you should  con‐
              nect  your  logical  switch  to either a OVN logical router or a
              real router (this is because the client can now  send  a  packet
              with  VIP as the destination IP address and router’s mac address
              as the destination MAC address).

       protocol: optional string, one of sctp, tcp, or udp
              Valid protocols are tcp, udp, or sctp.  This  column  is  useful
              when  a  port  number is provided as part of the vips column. If
              this column is empty and a port number is provided  as  part  of
              vips column, OVN assumes the protocol to be tcp.

     Health Checks:

       OVN  supports  health checks for load balancer endpoints, for IPv4 load
       balancers only. When health checks are enabled, the load balancer  uses
       only healthy endpoints.

       Suppose      that      vips      contains      a     key-value     pair
       10.0.0.10:80=10.0.0.4:8080,20.0.0.4:8080. To enable health  checks  for
       this  virtual’s endpoints, add two key-value pairs to ip_port_mappings,
       with keys 10.0.0.4 and 20.0.0.4, and add to health_check a reference to
       a Load_Balancer_Health_Check row whose vip is set to 10.0.0.10.

       health_check: set of Load_Balancer_Health_Checks
              Load balancer health checks associated with this load balancer.

       ip_port_mappings: map of string-string pairs
              Maps  from endpoint IP to a colon-separated pair of logical port
              name and source IP, e.g. port_name:sourc_ip. Health  checks  are
              sent to this port with the specified source IP.

              For  example, in the example above, IP to port mappings might be
              defined         as         10.0.0.4=sw0-p1:10.0.0.2          and
              20.0.0.4=sw1-p1:20.0.0.2,  if  the  values  given  were suitable
              ports and IP addresses.

       selection_fields: set of strings,  one  of  eth_dst,  eth_src,  ip_dst,
       ip_src, tp_dst, or tp_src
              OVN  native  load  balancers  are  supported  using the OpenFlow
              groups of type  select.  OVS  supports  two  selection  methods:
              dp_hash  and  hash (with optional fields specified) in selecting
              the buckets of a group. Please see the  OVS  documentation  (man
              ovs-ofctl)  for more details on the selection methods. Each end‐
              point IP (and port if set) is mapped to a bucket  in  the  group
              flow.

              CMS  can  choose the hash selection method by setting the selec‐
              tion fields in this  column.  ovs-vswitchd  uses  the  specified
              fields in generating the hash.

              dp_hash selection method uses the assistance of datapath to cal‐
              culate the hash and it is expected to be faster than hash selec‐
              tion  method.  So CMS should take this into consideration before
              using the hash method. Please consult the OVS documentation  and
              OVS sources for the implementation details.

     Common Columns:

       external_ids: map of string-string pairs
              See External IDs at the beginning of this document.

     Load_Balancer options:

       options : reject: optional string, either true or false
              If  the load balancer is created with --reject option and it has
              no active backends, a TCP reset segment (for  tcp)  or  an  ICMP
              port  unreachable packet (for all other kind of traffic) will be
              sent whenever an incoming packet is received for this  load-bal‐
              ancer.  Please  note using --reject option will disable empty_lb
              SB controller event for this load balancer.

       options : hairpin_snat_ip: optional string
              IP to be used as source IP for  packets  that  have  been  hair-
              pinned  after  load  balancing.  The  default  behavior when the
              option is not set is to use the load balancer VIP as source  IP.
              This option may have exactly one IPv4 and/or one IPv6 address on
              it, separated by a space character.

       options : skip_snat: optional string
              If the load balancing rule is configured with skip_snat  option,
              the  option  lb_force_snat_ip  configured for the logical router
              that references this load balancer will not be applied for  this
              load balancer.

       options : add_route: optional string
              If  set  to  true, then neighbor routers will have logical flows
              added that will allow for routing to the VIP IP.  It  also  will
              have ARP resolution logical flows added. By setting this option,
              it   means   there   is   no   reason   to   create   a    Logi
              cal_Router_Static_Route   from  neighbor  routers  to  this  NAT
              address. It also means that  no  ARP  request  is  required  for
              neighbor  routers  to  learn the IP-MAC mapping for this VIP IP.
              For more information about what flows are added for  IP  routes,
              please see the ovn-northd manpage section on IP Routing.

       options : neighbor_responder: optional string
              If  set  to  all,  then  routers  on  which the load balancer is
              applied reply to ARP/neighbor discovery requests for all VIPs of
              the  load  balancer.  If set to reachable, then routers on which
              the load balancer is applied  reply  to  ARP/neighbor  discovery
              requests  only  for VIPs that are part of a router’s subnet. The
              default value of this option, if not specified, is reachable.

Load_Balancer_Group TABLE
       Each row represents a logical grouping of load balancers. It is  up  to
       the  CMS  to  decide  the  criteria on which load balancers are grouped
       together. To simplify configuration and to optimize its processing load
       balancers  that  must be associated to the same set of logical switches
       and/or logical routers should be grouped together.

   Summary:
       name                          string (must be unique within table)
       load_balancer                 set of weak reference to Load_Balancers

   Details:
       name: string (must be unique within table)
              A name for the load balancer group. This  name  has  no  special
              meaning  or  purpose other than to provide convenience for human
              interaction with the ovn-nb database.

       load_balancer: set of weak reference to Load_Balancers
              A set of load balancers.

Load_Balancer_Health_Check TABLE
       Each row represents one load balancer health check. Health  checks  are
       supported for IPv4 load balancers only.

   Summary:
       vip                           string
       Health check options:
         options : interval          optional string, containing an integer
         options : timeout           optional string, containing an integer
         options : success_count     optional string, containing an integer
         options : failure_count     optional string, containing an integer
       Common Columns:
         external_ids                map of string-string pairs

   Details:
       vip: string
              vip whose endpoints should be monitored for health check.

     Health check options:

       options : interval: optional string, containing an integer
              The interval, in seconds, between health checks.

       options : timeout: optional string, containing an integer
              The time, in seconds, after which a health check times out.

       options : success_count: optional string, containing an integer
              The number of successful checks after which the endpoint is con‐
              sidered online.

       options : failure_count: optional string, containing an integer
              The number of failure checks after which the endpoint is consid‐
              ered offline.

     Common Columns:

       external_ids: map of string-string pairs
              See External IDs at the beginning of this document.

ACL TABLE
       Each  row in this table represents one ACL rule for a logical switch or
       a port group that points to it through its acls column. The action col‐
       umn  for  the  highest-priority matching row in this table determines a
       packet’s treatment. If no row matches, packets are allowed by  default.
       (Default-deny  treatment  is possible: add a rule with priority 0, 1 as
       match, and deny as action.)

   Summary:
       label                         integer, in range 0 to 4,294,967,295
       priority                      integer, in range 0 to 32,767
       direction                     string, either from-lport or to-lport
       match                         string
       action                        string,     one     of     allow-related,
                                     allow-stateless, allow, drop, or reject
       options:
         options : apply-after-lb    optional string
       Logging:
         log                         boolean
         name                        optional  string,  at  most 63 characters
                                     long
         severity                    optional string,  one  of  alert,  debug,
                                     info, notice, or warning
         meter                       optional string
       Common Columns:
         options                     map of string-string pairs
         ACL configuration options:
            options : log-related    optional string
         external_ids                map of string-string pairs

   Details:
       label: integer, in range 0 to 4,294,967,295
              Associates  an  identifier  with the ACL. The same value will be
              written to corresponding connection  tracker  entry.  The  value
              should  be  a valid 32-bit unsigned integer. This value can help
              in debugging from connection tracker side. For example,  through
              this "label" we can backtrack to the ACL rule which is causing a
              "leaked" connection. Connection tracker entries are created only
              for allowed connections so the label is valid only for allow and
              allow-related actions.

       priority: integer, in range 0 to 32,767
              The ACL rule’s priority. Rules with numerically higher  priority
              take precedence over those with lower. If two ACL rules with the
              same priority both match, then the one  actually  applied  to  a
              packet is undefined.

              Return  traffic from an allow-related flow is always allowed and
              cannot be changed through an ACL.

              allow-stateless flows always  take  precedence  before  stateful
              ACLs,   regardless   of   their   priority.   (Both   allow  and
              allow-related ACLs can be stateful.)

       direction: string, either from-lport or to-lport
              Direction of the traffic to which this rule should apply:

              ·      from-lport: Used to implement filters on traffic arriving
                     from a logical port. These rules are applied to the logi‐
                     cal switch’s ingress pipeline.

              ·      to-lport: Used to implement filters on traffic  forwarded
                     to a logical port. These rules are applied to the logical
                     switch’s egress pipeline.

       match: string
              The packets that the ACL should match, in  the  same  expression
              language  used  for the match column in the OVN Southbound data‐
              base’s Logical_Flow table. The  outport  logical  port  is  only
              available  in the to-lport direction (the inport is available in
              both directions).

              By default all traffic is allowed. When writing a more  restric‐
              tive  policy, it is important to remember to allow flows such as
              ARP and IPv6 neighbor discovery packets.

              Note that you can not create an ACL  matching  on  a  port  with
              type=router or type=localnet.

       action:  string, one of allow-related, allow-stateless, allow, drop, or
       reject
              The action to take when the ACL rule matches:

              ·      allow-stateless: Always forward the packet  in  stateless
                     manner,  omitting  connection tracking mechanism, regard‐
                     less of other rules defined for the switch.  May  require
                     defining  additional rules for inbound replies. For exam‐
                     ple, if you define a rule to allow outgoing  TCP  traffic
                     directed to an IP address, then you probably also want to
                     define another rule to allow incoming TCP traffic  coming
                     from this same IP address.

              ·      allow:  Forward the packet. It will also send the packets
                     through  connection  tracking  when  allow-related  rules
                     exist  on  the logical switch. Otherwise, it’s equivalent
                     to allow-stateless.

              ·      allow-related: Forward the  packet  and  related  traffic
                     (e.g. inbound replies to an outbound connection).

              ·      drop: Silently drop the packet.

              ·      reject:  Drop  the packet, replying with a RST for TCP or
                     ICMPv4/ICMPv6    unreachable    message     for     other
                     IPv4/IPv6-based protocols.

     options:

       ACLs options.

       options : apply-after-lb: optional string
              If  set  to  true,  the ACL will be applied after load balancing
              stage. Supported only for from-lport direction.

              The main use case of this option is to support ACLs matching  on
              the  destination IP address of the packet for the backend IPs of
              load balancers.

              OVN will apply the from-lport ACLs in two stages.  ACLs  without
              this  option apply-after-lb set, will be applied before the load
              balancer stage and ACLs with this option  set  will  be  applied
              after  the  load  balancer  stage. The priorities are indepedent
              between these stages and may not be obvious to  the  CMS.  Hence
              CMS  should  be  extra careful when using this option and should
              carefully evaluate the  priorities  of  all  the  ACLs  and  the
              default deny/allow ACLs if any.

     Logging:

       These  columns  control  whether and how OVN logs packets that match an
       ACL.

       log: boolean
              If set to true, packets that match the ACL will  trigger  a  log
              message on the transport node or nodes that perform ACL process‐
              ing. Logging may be combined with any action.

              If set to false, the remaining columns in  this  group  have  no
              significance.

       name: optional string, at most 63 characters long
              This  name,  if  it  is provided, is included in log records. It
              provides the administrator and the cloud management system a way
              to associate a log record with a particular ACL.

       severity:  optional string, one of alert, debug, info, notice, or warn
       ing
              The severity of the ACL. The severity levels match those of sys‐
              log,  in  decreasing  level of severity: alert, warning, notice,
              info, or debug. When the column is empty, the default is info.

       meter: optional string
              The name of a meter to rate-limit log messages for the ACL.  The
              string  must  match the name column of a row in the Meter table.
              By default, log messages  are  not  rate-limited.  In  order  to
              ensure  that  the same Meter rate limits multiple ACL logs sepa‐
              rately, set the fair column.

     Common Columns:

       options: map of string-string pairs
              This column provides general key/value settings.  The  supported
              options are described individually below.

     ACL configuration options:

       options : log-related: optional string
              If set to true, then log when reply or related traffic is admit‐
              ted from a stateful ACL. In order for this option  to  function,
              the  log option must be set to true and a label must be set, and
              it must be unique to the ACL. The label is necessary  as  it  is
              the  only  means  to associate the reply traffic with the ACL to
              which it belongs. It must be unique,  because  otherwise  it  is
              ambiguous  which  ACL  will  be matched. Note: If this option is
              enabled, an extra flow is installed in order to log the  related
              traffic.  Therefore,  if  this  is enabled on all ACLs, then the
              total number of flows necessary to log the ACL traffic  is  dou‐
              bled, compared to if this option is not enabled.

       external_ids: map of string-string pairs
              See External IDs at the beginning of this document.

Logical_Router TABLE
       Each row represents one L3 logical router.

   Summary:
       ports                         set of Logical_Router_Ports
       static_routes                 set of Logical_Router_Static_Routes
       policies                      set of Logical_Router_Policys
       enabled                       optional boolean
       nat                           set of NATs
       load_balancer                 set of weak reference to Load_Balancers
       load_balancer_group           set of Load_Balancer_Groups
       Naming:
         name                        string
         external_ids : neutron:router_name
                                     optional string
       copp                          optional weak reference to Copp
       Options:
         options : chassis           optional string
         options : dnat_force_snat_ip
                                     optional string
         options : lb_force_snat_ip  optional string
         options : mcast_relay       optional string, either true or false
         options : dynamic_neigh_routers
                                     optional string, either true or false
         options : always_learn_from_arp_request
                                     optional string, either true or false
         options : requested-tnl-key
                                     optional  string,  containing an integer,
                                     in range 1 to 16,777,215
         options : snat-ct-zone      optional string, containing  an  integer,
                                     in range 0 to 65,535
       Common Columns:
         external_ids                map of string-string pairs

   Details:
       ports: set of Logical_Router_Ports
              The router’s ports.

       static_routes: set of Logical_Router_Static_Routes
              Zero or more static routes for the router.

       policies: set of Logical_Router_Policys
              Zero or more routing policies for the router.

       enabled: optional boolean
              This  column  is  used  to administratively set router state. If
              this column is empty or is set to true, the router  is  enabled.
              If  this  column is set to false, the router is disabled. A dis‐
              abled router has all ingress and egress traffic dropped.

       nat: set of NATs
              One or more NAT rules for the router. NAT  rules  only  work  on
              Gateway  routers,  and  on distributed routers with one and only
              one distributed gateway port.

       load_balancer: set of weak reference to Load_Balancers
              Set of load balancers associated to this  logical  router.  Load
              balancer Load balancer rules only work on the Gateway routers or
              routers with one and only one distributed gateway port.

       load_balancer_group: set of Load_Balancer_Groups
              Set of load balancers groups associated to this logical router.

     Naming:

       These columns provide names for the logical router. From OVN’s perspec‐
       tive, these names have no special meaning or purpose other than to pro‐
       vide convenience for human interaction with  the  northbound  database.
       There  is no requirement for the name to be unique. (For a unique iden‐
       tifier for a logical router, use its row UUID.)

       (Originally, name was intended to serve the purpose of a human-friendly
       name,  but the Neutron integration used it to uniquely identify its own
       router object, in the format neutron-uuid. Later  on,  Neutron  started
       propagating   the  friendly  name  of  a  router  as  external_ids:neu
       tron:router_name. Perhaps this can be cleaned up someday.)

       name: string
              A name for the logical router.

       external_ids : neutron:router_name: optional string
              Another name for the logical router.

       copp: optional weak reference to Copp
              The control plane protection policy from  table  Copp  used  for
              metering  packets  sent  to ovn-controller from logical ports of
              this router.

     Options:

       Additional options for the logical router.

       options : chassis: optional string
              If set, indicates that the logical router in question is a Gate‐
              way  router  (which is centralized) and resides in the set chas‐
              sis. The same value is also used by ovn-controller  to  uniquely
              identify the chassis in the OVN deployment and comes from exter
              nal_ids:system-id in  the  Open_vSwitch  table  of  Open_vSwitch
              database.

              The Gateway router can only be connected to a distributed router
              via a switch if SNAT and DNAT are to be configured in the  Gate‐
              way router.

       options : dnat_force_snat_ip: optional string
              If  set,  indicates a set of IP addresses to use to force SNAT a
              packet that has already been DNATed in the gateway router.  When
              multiple  gateway  routers  are  configured, a packet can poten‐
              tially enter any of the gateway router, get DNATted and  eventu‐
              ally reach the logical switch port. For the return traffic to go
              back to the same gateway  router  (for  unDNATing),  the  packet
              needs a SNAT in the first place. This can be achieved by setting
              the above option with a gateway specific set  of  IP  addresses.
              This option may have exactly one IPv4 and/or one IPv6 address on
              it, separated by a a space.

       options : lb_force_snat_ip: optional string
              If set, this option can take two possible type of values. Either
              a set of IP addresses or the string value - router_ip.

              If  a set of IP addresses are configured, it indicates to use to
              force SNAT a packet that has already been load-balanced  in  the
              gateway  router. When multiple gateway routers are configured, a
              packet can potentially enter any of  the  gateway  routers,  get
              DNATted  as  part of the load-balancing and eventually reach the
              logical switch port. For the return traffic to go  back  to  the
              same  gateway router (for unDNATing), the packet needs a SNAT in
              the first place. This can  be  achieved  by  setting  the  above
              option  with a gateway specific set of IP addresses. This option
              may have exactly one IPv4 and/or one IPv6 address on  it,  sepa‐
              rated by a space character.

              If it is configured with the value router_ip, then the load bal‐
              anced packet is SNATed with the IP of router port  (attached  to
              the gateway router) selected as the destination after taking the
              routing decision.

       options : mcast_relay: optional string, either true or false
              Enables/disables IP multicast  relay  between  logical  switches
              connected to the logical router. Default: False.

       options : dynamic_neigh_routers: optional string, either true or false
              If  set  to  true, the router will resolve neighbor routers’ MAC
              addresses only  by  dynamic  ARP/ND,  instead  of  prepopulating
              static  mappings  for all neighbor routers in the ARP/ND Resolu‐
              tion stage. This reduces number of flows,  but  requires  ARP/ND
              messages to resolve the IP-MAC bindings when needed. It is false
              by default. It is recommended to set to true when a large number
              of  logical routers are connected to the same logical switch but
              most of them never need to send traffic between each  other.  By
              default,  ovn-northd  does  not  create mappings to NAT and load
              balancer addresess. However, for NAT and load balancer addresses
              that  have  the  add_route  option added, ovn-northd will create
              logical flows that map NAT and load balancer IP addresses to the
              appropriate  MAC  address. Setting dynamic_neigh_routers to true
              will prevent the automatic creation of these logical flows.

       options : always_learn_from_arp_request: optional string,  either  true
       or false
              This  option  controls  the  behavior  when  handling  IPv4  ARP
              requests or IPv6 ND-NS packets - whether a dynamic neighbor (MAC
              binding) entry is added/updated.

              true  -  Always learn the MAC-IP binding, and add/update the MAC
              binding entry.

              false - If there is a MAC binding for that IP  and  the  MAC  is
              different,  or, if TPA of ARP request belongs to any router port
              on this router, then update/add that MAC-IP binding.  Otherwise,
              don’t update/add entries.

              It  is true by default. It is recommended to set to false when a
              large number of logical routers are connected to the same  logi‐
              cal  switch  but most of them never need to send traffic between
              each other, to reduce the size of the MAC binding table.

       options : requested-tnl-key: optional string, containing an integer, in
       range 1 to 16,777,215
              Configures  the datapath tunnel key for the logical router. This
              is not needed because ovn-northd will assign an unique  key  for
              each   datapath   by  itself.  However,  if  it  is  configured,
              ovn-northd honors the configured value.

       options : snat-ct-zone: optional  string,  containing  an  integer,  in
       range 0 to 65,535
              Use the requested conntrack zone for SNAT with this router. This
              can be useful if egress traffic from the host running OVN  comes
              from  both  OVN  and  other sources. This way, OVN and the other
              sources can make use of the same conntrack zone.

     Common Columns:

       external_ids: map of string-string pairs
              See External IDs at the beginning of this document.

QoS TABLE
       Each row in this table represents one QoS rule  for  a  logical  switch
       that  points  to  it through its qos_rules column. Two types of QoS are
       supported: DSCP marking and metering. A match with the highest-priority
       will  have  QoS  applied to it. If the action column is specified, then
       matching packets will have DSCP marking applied. If the bandwidth  col‐
       umn  is  specified,  then  matching packets will have metering applied.
       action and bandwidth are not exclusive, so both marking and metering by
       defined  for  the  same  QoS entry. If no row matches, packets will not
       have any QoS applied.

   Summary:
       priority                      integer, in range 0 to 32,767
       direction                     string, either from-lport or to-lport
       match                         string
       action                        map of string-integer pairs, key must  be
                                     dscp, value in range 0 to 63
       bandwidth                     map  of  string-integer pairs, key either
                                     burst  or  rate,  value  in  range  1  to
                                     4,294,967,295
       external_ids                  map of string-string pairs

   Details:
       priority: integer, in range 0 to 32,767
              The  QoS rule’s priority. Rules with numerically higher priority
              take precedence over those with lower. If two QoS rules with the
              same  priority  both  match,  then the one actually applied to a
              packet is undefined.

       direction: string, either from-lport or to-lport
              The value of this field is similar to  ACL  column  in  the  OVN
              Northbound database’s ACL table.

       match: string
              The packets that the QoS rules should match, in the same expres‐
              sion language used for the match column in  the  OVN  Southbound
              database’s  Logical_Flow table. The outport logical port is only
              available in the to-lport direction (the inport is available  in
              both directions).

       action: map of string-integer pairs, key must be dscp, value in range 0
       to 63
              When specified, matching flows will have DSCP marking applied.

              ·      dscp: The value of this action should be in the range  of
                     0 to 63 (inclusive).

       bandwidth: map of string-integer pairs, key either burst or rate, value
       in range 1 to 4,294,967,295
              When specified, matching packets will  have  bandwidth  metering
              applied. Traffic over the limit will be dropped.

              ·      rate: The value of rate limit in kbps.

              ·      burst: The value of burst rate limit in kilobits. This is
                     optional and needs to specify the rate.

       external_ids: map of string-string pairs
              See External IDs at the beginning of this document.

Meter TABLE
       Each row in this table represents a meter that can be used for  QoS  or
       rate-limiting.

   Summary:
       name                          string (must be unique within table)
       unit                          string, either kbps or pktps
       bands                         set of 1 or more Meter_Bands
       fair                          optional boolean
       external_ids                  map of string-string pairs

   Details:
       name: string (must be unique within table)
              A name for this meter.

              Names  that  begin  with "__" (two underscores) are reserved for
              OVN internal use and should not be added manually.

       unit: string, either kbps or pktps
              The unit for rate and burst_rate parameters in the bands  entry.
              kbps  specifies kilobits per second, and pktps specifies packets
              per second.

       bands: set of 1 or more Meter_Bands
              The bands associated with this meter. Each band specifies a rate
              above  which  the band is to take the action action. If multiple
              bands’ rates are exceeded, then the band with the  highest  rate
              among the exceeded bands is selected.

       fair: optional boolean
              This  column is used to further describe the desired behavior of
              the meter when there are multiple references to it. If this col‐
              umn  is empty or is set to false, the rate will be shared across
              all rows that refer to the same  Meter  name.  Conversely,  when
              this  column is set to true, each user of the same Meter will be
              rate-limited on its own.

       external_ids: map of string-string pairs
              See External IDs at the beginning of this document.

Meter_Band TABLE
       Each row in this table represents a meter band which specifies the rate
       above  which  the  configured action should be applied. These bands are
       referenced by the bands column in the Meter table.

   Summary:
       action                        string, must be drop
       rate                          integer, in range 1 to 4,294,967,295
       burst_size                    integer, in range 0 to 4,294,967,295
       external_ids                  map of string-string pairs

   Details:
       action: string, must be drop
              The action to execute when this band matches. The only supported
              action is drop.

       rate: integer, in range 1 to 4,294,967,295
              The rate limit for this band, in kilobits per second or bits per
              second, depending on whether the parent Meter entry’s unit  col‐
              umn specified kbps or pktps.

       burst_size: integer, in range 0 to 4,294,967,295
              The  maximum  burst allowed for the band in kilobits or packets,
              depending on whether kbps or pktps was selected  in  the  parent
              Meter  entry’s  unit  column. If the size is zero, the switch is
              free to select some reasonable value depending on its configura‐
              tion.

       external_ids: map of string-string pairs
              See External IDs at the beginning of this document.

Logical_Router_Port TABLE
       A port within an L3 logical router.

       Exactly  one  Logical_Router  row must reference a given logical router
       port.

   Summary:
       name                          string (must be unique within table)
       networks                      set of 1 or more strings
       mac                           string
       enabled                       optional boolean
       Distributed Gateway Ports:
         ha_chassis_group            optional HA_Chassis_Group
         gateway_chassis             set of Gateway_Chassises
         Options for Physical VLAN MTU Issues:
            options : reside-on-redirect-chassis
                                     optional string, either true or false
            options : redirect-type  optional string, either bridged or  over
                                     lay
       ipv6_prefix                   set of strings
       ipv6_ra_configs:
         ipv6_ra_configs : address_mode
                                     optional string
         ipv6_ra_configs : router_preference
                                     optional string
         ipv6_ra_configs : route_info
                                     optional string
         ipv6_ra_configs : mtu       optional string
         ipv6_ra_configs : send_periodic
                                     optional string
         ipv6_ra_configs : max_interval
                                     optional string
         ipv6_ra_configs : min_interval
                                     optional string
         ipv6_ra_configs : rdnss     optional string
         ipv6_ra_configs : dnssl     optional string
       Options:
         options : mcast_flood       optional string, either true or false
         options : requested-tnl-key
                                     optional  string,  containing an integer,
                                     in range 1 to 32,767
         options : prefix_delegation
                                     optional string, either true or false
         options : prefix            optional string, either true or false
         options : route_table       optional string
         options : gateway_mtu       optional string, containing  an  integer,
                                     in range 68 to 65,535
         options : gateway_mtu_bypass
                                     optional string
       Attachment:
         peer                        optional string
       Common Columns:
         external_ids                map of string-string pairs

   Details:
       name: string (must be unique within table)
              A name for the logical router port.

              In  addition  to  provide convenience for human interaction with
              the northbound database, this column is used as reference by its
              patch port in Logical_Switch_Port or another logical router port
              in Logical_Router_Port.

              A logical router port may not have the same name  as  a  logical
              switch port, but the database schema cannot enforce this.

       networks: set of 1 or more strings
              The  IP  addresses  and  netmasks  of  the  router. For example,
              192.168.0.1/24  indicates  that  the  router’s  IP  address   is
              192.168.0.1  and  that packets destined to 192.168.0.x should be
              routed to this port.

              A logical router port always  adds  a  link-local  IPv6  address
              (fe80::/64)  automatically  generated  from  the interface’s MAC
              address using the modified EUI-64 format.

       mac: string
              The Ethernet address that belongs to this router port.

       enabled: optional boolean
              This column is used to administratively set port state. If  this
              column  is empty or is set to true, the port is enabled. If this
              column is set to false, the port is disabled.  A  disabled  port
              has all ingress and egress traffic dropped.

     Distributed Gateway Ports:

       Gateways,  as  documented under Gateways in the OVN architecture guide,
       provide limited connectivity  between  logical  networks  and  physical
       ones.  OVN  support multiple kinds of gateways. The Logical_Router_Port
       table can be used two different ways to configure  distributed  gateway
       ports,  which are one kind of gateway. These two forms of configuration
       exist for historical reasons. Both of them produce the same kind of OVN
       southbound records and the same behavior in practice.

       If  either of these are set, this logical router port represents a dis‐
       tributed gateway port that connects this router  to  a  logical  switch
       with a localnet port or a connection to another OVN deployment.

       Also mentioned in the OVN architecture guide, distributed gateway ports
       can also be used for scalability reasons in deployments  where  logical
       switches are dedicated to chassises rather than distributed.

       The preferred way to configure a gateway is ha_chassis_group, but gate
       way_chassis is also supported for backward compatibility. Only  one  of
       these  should be set at a time on a given LRP, since they configure the
       same features.

       Even when a gateway is configured, the logical router port still effec‐
       tively resides on each chassis. However, due to the implications of the
       use of L2 learning in the physical network, as well as the need to sup‐
       port advanced features such as one-to-many NAT (aka IP masquerading), a
       subset of the logical router processing is  handled  in  a  centralized
       manner on the gateway chassis.

       There can be more than one distributed gateway ports configured on each
       logical router, each connecting to different L2 segments.  Load-balanc‐
       ing is not yet supported on logical routers with more than one distrib‐
       uted gateway ports.

       For each distributed gateway port, it may have more  than  one  gateway
       chassises.  When  more  than one gateway chassis is specified, OVN only
       uses one at a time. OVN can rely on OVS BFD implementation  to  monitor
       gateway  connectivity,  preferring the highest-priority gateway that is
       online. Priorities are  specified  in  the  priority  column  of  Gate
       way_Chassis or HA_Chassis.

       ovn-northd  programs  the  external_mac rules specified in the LRP’s LR
       into the peer logical switch’s destination lookup on the chassis  where
       the logical_port resides. In addition, the logical router’s MAC address
       is automatically programmed in the peer  logical  switch’s  destination
       lookup  flow on the gateway chasssis. If it is desired to generate gra‐
       tuitous ARPs for NAT addresses, then set the  peer  LSP’s  options:nat-
       addresses to router.

       OVN  20.03  and  earlier supported a third way to configure distributed
       gateway ports using options:redirect-chassis  to  specify  the  gateway
       chassis. This method is no longer supported. Any remaining users should
       switch to one of the newer methods instead. A  gateway_chassis  may  be
       easily  configured  from the command line, e.g. ovn-nbctl lrp-set-gate
       way-chassis lrp chassis.

       ha_chassis_group: optional HA_Chassis_Group
              Designates an HA_Chassis_Group to provide  gateway  high  avail‐
              ability.

       gateway_chassis: set of Gateway_Chassises
              Designates  one  or  more Gateway_Chassis for the logical router
              port.

     Options for Physical VLAN MTU Issues:

       MTU issues arise in mixing  tunnels  with  logical  networks  that  are
       bridged  to  a physical VLAN. For an explanation of the MTU issues, see
       Physical VLAN MTU Issues in the OVN architecture document. The  follow‐
       ing  options,  which  are alternatives, provide solutions. Both of them
       cause packets to be sent over localnet instead  of  tunnels,  but  they
       differ in whether some or all packets are sent this way. The most prom‐
       inent tradeoff between these options is that reside-on-redirect-chassis
       is easier to configure and that redirect-type performs better for east-
       west traffic.

       options : reside-on-redirect-chassis: optional string, either  true  or
       false
              If  set to true, this option forces all traffic across the logi‐
              cal router port to pass through the gateway chassis using a  hop
              across a localnet port. This changes behavior in two ways:

              ·      Without  this  option,  east-west traffic passes directly
                     between source and destination chassis (or even within  a
                     single  chassis,  for  co-located VMs). With this option,
                     all east-west traffic passes through the gateway chassis.

              ·      Without this option, traffic between the gateway  chassis
                     and  other  chassis is encapsulated in tunnels. With this
                     option, traffic passes over a localnet interface.

              This option may usefully be set only  on  logical  router  ports
              that  connect  a  distributed logical router to a logical switch
              with VIFs. It should not be set on a distributed gateway port.

              OVN honors this option only if the logical router  has  one  and
              only  one  distributed gateway port and if the LRP’s peer switch
              has a localnet port.

       options : redirect-type: optional string, either bridged or overlay
              If set to bridged on a distributed  gateway  port,  this  option
              causes  OVN  to  redirect  packets to the gateway chassis over a
              localnet port instead of a tunnel.  The  relevant  chassis  must
              share a localnet port.

              This  feature requires the administrator or the CMS to configure
              each participating chassis with a unique  Ethernet  address  for
              the  logical  router  by setting ovn-chassis-mac-mappings in the
              Open vSwitch database, for use by ovn-controller.

              Setting this option to  overlay  or  leaving  it  unset  has  no
              effect.  This  option  may usefully be set only on a distributed
              gateway port when there is one and only one distributed  gateway
              port on the logical router. It is otherwise ignored.

       ipv6_prefix: set of strings
              This  column  contains IPv6 prefix obtained by prefix delegation
              router according to RFC 3633

     ipv6_ra_configs:

       This column defines the IPv6 ND RA address mode and ND MTU Option to be
       included by ovn-controller when it replies to the IPv6 Router solicita‐
       tion requests.

       ipv6_ra_configs : address_mode: optional string
              The address mode to be used for IPv6 address configuration.  The
              supported values are:

              ·      slaac:  Address  configuration using Router Advertisement
                     (RA) packet. The  IPv6  prefixes  defined  in  the  Logi
                     cal_Router_Port  table’s networks column will be included
                     in the RA’s ICMPv6 option - Prefix information.

              ·      dhcpv6_stateful: Address configuration using DHCPv6.

              ·      dhcpv6_stateless:  Address  configuration  using   Router
                     Advertisement  (RA)  packet.  Other IPv6 options are pro‐
                     vided by DHCPv6.

       ipv6_ra_configs : router_preference: optional string
              Default Router Preference (PRF) indicates whether to prefer this
              router  over  other  default routers (RFC 4191). Possible values
              are:

              ·      HIGH: mapped to 0x01 in RA PRF field

              ·      MEDIUM: mapped to 0x00 in RA PRF field

              ·      LOW: mapped to 0x11 in RA PRF field

       ipv6_ra_configs : route_info: optional string
              Route Info is used to configure Route Info Option sent in Router
              Advertisment  according to RFC 4191. Route Info is a comma sepa‐
              rated string where each field provides  PRF  and  prefix  for  a
              given route (e.g: HIGH-aef1::11/48,LOW-aef2::11/96) Possible PRF
              values are:

              ·      HIGH: mapped to 0x01 in RA PRF field

              ·      MEDIUM: mapped to 0x00 in RA PRF field

              ·      LOW: mapped to 0x11 in RA PRF field

       ipv6_ra_configs : mtu: optional string
              The recommended MTU for the link. Default is 0, which  means  no
              MTU  Option  will  be  included in RA packet replied by ovn-con‐
              troller. Per RFC 2460, the mtu value is recommended no less than
              1280,  so  any mtu value less than 1280 will be considered as no
              MTU Option.

       ipv6_ra_configs : send_periodic: optional string
              If set to true, then this  router  interface  will  send  router
              advertisements periodically. The default is false.

       ipv6_ra_configs : max_interval: optional string
              The  maximum  number of seconds to wait between sending periodic
              router advertisements. This option has no effect if ipv6_ra_con
              figs:send_periodic is false. The default is 600.

       ipv6_ra_configs : min_interval: optional string
              The  minimum  number of seconds to wait between sending periodic
              router advertisements. This option has no effect if ipv6_ra_con
              figs:send_periodic   is  false.  The  default  is  one-third  of
              ipv6_ra_configs:max_interval, i.e. 200 seconds if  that  key  is
              unset.

       ipv6_ra_configs : rdnss: optional string
              IPv6  address  of  RDNSS  server announced in RA packets. At the
              moment OVN supports just one RDNSS server.

       ipv6_ra_configs : dnssl: optional string
              DNS Search List announced in RA  packets.  Multiple  DNS  Search
              List must be ’comma’ separated (e.g. "a.b.c, d.e.f")

     Options:

       Additional options for the logical router port.

       options : mcast_flood: optional string, either true or false
              If set to true, multicast traffic (including reports) are uncon‐
              ditionally forwarded to the specific port.

              This option applies when the port is part of  a  logical  router
              which has options:mcast_relay set to true.

              Default: false.

       options : requested-tnl-key: optional string, containing an integer, in
       range 1 to 32,767
              Configures the port binding tunnel key  for  the  port.  Usually
              this  is not needed because ovn-northd will assign an unique key
              for  each  port  by  itself.  However,  if  it  is   configured,
              ovn-northd honors the configured value.

       options : prefix_delegation: optional string, either true or false
              If  set  to true, enable IPv6 prefix delegation state machine on
              this logical router port (RFC3633). IPv6  prefix  delegation  is
              available just on a gateway router or on a gateway router port.

       options : prefix: optional string, either true or false
              If  set  to  true,  this  interface  will receive an IPv6 prefix
              according to RFC3663

       options : route_table: optional string
              Designates lookup  Logical_Router_Static_Routes  with  specified
              route_table  value.  Routes  to directly connected networks from
              same Logical Router and routes without  route_table  option  set
              have higher priority than routes with route_table option set.

       options : gateway_mtu: optional string, containing an integer, in range
       68 to 65,535
              If set, logical flows will be added to router pipeline to  check
              packet  length.  If packet length is greater than the value set,
              ICMPv4 type 3 (Destination Unreachable)  code  4  (Fragmentation
              Needed  and Don’t Fragment was Set) or ICMPv6 type 2 (Packet Too
              Big) code 0 (no route to destination) packets will be generated.
              This allows for Path MTU Discovery.

       options : gateway_mtu_bypass: optional string
              When  configured,  represents  a  match  expression, in the same
              expression language used for the match column in the OVN  South‐
              bound  database’s  Logical_Flow  table.  Packets  matching  this
              expression will bypass the length check configured  through  the
              options:gateway_mtu option.

     Attachment:

       A given router port serves one of two purposes:

              ·      To attach a logical switch to a logical router. A logical
                     router port of this type is  referenced  by  exactly  one
                     Logical_Switch_Port  of type router. The value of name is
                     set  as  router-port   in   column   options   of   Logi
                     cal_Switch_Port. In this case peer column is empty.

              ·      To connect one logical router to another. This requires a
                     pair of logical router ports, each connected to a differ‐
                     ent  router.  Each  router port in the pair specifies the
                     other in its peer column. No Logical_Switch refers to the
                     router port.

       peer: optional string
              For  a  router  port  used  to connect two logical routers, this
              identifies the other router port in the pair by name.

              For a router port attached to a logical switch, this  column  is
              empty.

     Common Columns:

       external_ids: map of string-string pairs
              See External IDs at the beginning of this document.

              The  ovn-northd  program  copies all these pairs into the exter
              nal_ids column of the Port_Binding table in OVN_Southbound data‐
              base.
Logical_Router_Static_Route TABLE
       Each record represents a static route.

       When  multiple  routes match a packet, the longest-prefix match is cho‐
       sen. For a given prefix length, a dst-ip  route  is  preferred  over  a
       src-ip route.

       When  there  are ECMP routes, i.e. multiple routes with same prefix and
       policy, one of them will be selected based on the  5-tuple  hashing  of
       the packet header.

   Summary:
       ip_prefix                     string
       policy                        optional string, either dst-ip or src-ip
       nexthop                       string
       output_port                   optional string
       bfd                           optional weak reference to BFD
       route_table                   string
       external_ids : ic-learned-route
                                     optional string
       Common Columns:
         external_ids                map of string-string pairs
       Common options:
         options                     map of string-string pairs
         options : ecmp_symmetric_reply
                                     optional string
         options : origin            optional string

   Details:
       ip_prefix: string
              IP prefix of this route (e.g. 192.168.100.0/24).

       policy: optional string, either dst-ip or src-ip
              If  it  is  specified, this setting describes the policy used to
              make routing decisions. This setting must be one of the  follow‐
              ing strings:

              ·      src-ip:  This policy sends the packet to the nexthop when
                     the packet’s source IP address matches ip_prefix.

              ·      dst-ip: This policy sends the packet to the nexthop  when
                     the packet’s destination IP address matches ip_prefix.

              If not specified, the default is dst-ip.

       nexthop: string
              Nexthop  IP address for this route. Nexthop IP address should be
              the IP address of a connected router port or the IP address of a
              logical port or can be set to discard for dropping packets which
              match the given route.

       output_port: optional string
              The name of the Logical_Router_Port via which the  packet  needs
              to  be  sent  out.  This is optional and when not specified, OVN
              will automatically figure this out based on  the  nexthop.  When
              this  is  specified  and  there are multiple IP addresses on the
              router port and none of them are in the same subnet of  nexthop,
              OVN  chooses  the first IP address as the one via which the nex
              thop is reachable.

       bfd: optional weak reference to BFD
              Reference to BFD row if the route has associated a BFD session

       route_table: string
              Any string to place route to separate routing table. If  Logical
              Router  Port  has  configured value in options:route_table other
              than empty string, OVN performs route  lookup  for  all  packets
              entering  Logical  Router ingress pipeline from this port in the
              following manner:

              ·      1. First lookup among  "global"  routes:  routes  without
                     route_table  value  set  and routes to directly connected
                     networks.

              ·      2. Next lookup among routes with same  route_table  value
                     as specified in LRP’s options:route_table field.

       external_ids : ic-learned-route: optional string
              ovn-ic  populates  this  key  if  the  route is learned from the
              global OVN_IC_Southbound database. In this case the  value  will
              be   set  to  the  uuid  of  the  row  in  Route  table  of  the
              OVN_IC_Southbound database.

     Common Columns:

       external_ids: map of string-string pairs
              See External IDs at the beginning of this document.

     Common options:

       options: map of string-string pairs
              This column provides general key/value settings.  The  supported
              options are described individually below.

       options : ecmp_symmetric_reply: optional string
              If true, then new traffic that arrives over this route will have
              its reply traffic bypass ECMP route selection and will  be  sent
              out  this  route  instead.  Note  that this option overrides any
              rules set in the Logical_Router_policy table. This  option  only
              works  on  gateway  routers  (routers  that have options:chassis
              set).

       options : origin: optional string
              In case ovn-interconnection has been learned this route, it will
              have its origin set: either "connected" or "static". This key is
              supposed to be written only by ovn-ic  daemon.  ovn-northd  then
              checks   this   value   when  generating  Logical  Flows.  Logi
              cal_Router_Static_Route records with same ip_prefix within  same
              Logical  Router  will have next lookup order based on origin key
              value:

              1.  connected

              2.  static

Logical_Router_Policy TABLE
       Each row in this table represents one  routing  policy  for  a  logical
       router that points to it through its policies column. The action column
       for the highest-priority  matching  row  in  this  table  determines  a
       packet’s  treatment. If no row matches, packets are allowed by default.
       (Default-deny treatment is possible: add a rule with priority 0,  1  as
       match, and drop as action.)

   Summary:
       priority                      integer, in range 0 to 32,767
       match                         string
       action                        string, one of allow, drop, or reroute
       nexthop                       optional string
       nexthops                      set of strings
       options : pkt_mark            optional string
       Common Columns:
         external_ids                map of string-string pairs

   Details:
       priority: integer, in range 0 to 32,767
              The  routing  policy’s  priority.  Rules with numerically higher
              priority take precedence  over  those  with  lower.  A  rule  is
              uniquely identified by the priority and match string.

       match: string
              The  packets  that  the routing policy should match, in the same
              expression language used for the match column in the OVN  South‐
              bound database’s Logical_Flow table.

              By  default all traffic is allowed. When writing a more restric‐
              tive policy, it is important to remember to allow flows such  as
              ARP and IPv6 neighbor discovery packets.

       action: string, one of allow, drop, or reroute
              The action to take when the routing policy matches:

              ·      allow: Forward the packet.

              ·      drop: Silently drop the packet.

              ·      reroute: Reroute packet to nexthop or nexthops.

       nexthop: optional string
              Note: This column is deprecated in favor of nexthops.

              Next-hop  IP  address  for  this  route,  which should be the IP
              address of a connected router port or the IP address of a  logi‐
              cal port.

       nexthops: set of strings
              Next-hop  ECMP  IP addresses for this route. Each IP in the list
              should be the IP address of a connected router port  or  the  IP
              address of a logical port.

              One IP from the list is selected as next hop.

       options : pkt_mark: optional string
              Marks the packet with the value specified when the router policy
              is applied. CMS can inspect this packet  marker  and  take  some
              decisions  if  desired.  This  value  is  not preserved when the
              packet goes out on the wire.

     Common Columns:

       external_ids: map of string-string pairs
              See External IDs at the beginning of this document.

NAT TABLE
       Each record represents a NAT rule.

   Summary:
       type                          string, one of  dnat,  dnat_and_snat,  or
                                     snat
       external_ip                   string
       external_mac                  optional string
       external_port_range           string
       logical_ip                    string
       logical_port                  optional string
       allowed_ext_ips               optional Address_Set
       exempted_ext_ips              optional Address_Set
       gateway_port                  optional    weak   reference   to   Logi
                                     cal_Router_Port
       options : stateless           optional string
       options : add_route           optional string
       Common Columns:
         external_ids                map of string-string pairs

   Details:
       type: string, one of dnat, dnat_and_snat, or snat
              Type of the NAT rule.

              ·      When type is dnat,  the  externally  visible  IP  address
                     external_ip  is  DNATted  to the IP address logical_ip in
                     the logical space.

              ·      When type is  snat,  IP  packets  with  their  source  IP
                     address  that either matches the IP address in logical_ip
                     or is in the network provided  by  logical_ip  is  SNATed
                     into the IP address in external_ip.

              ·      When  type  is  dnat_and_snat,  the externally visible IP
                     address external_ip is DNATted to the  IP  address  logi
                     cal_ip in the logical space. In addition, IP packets with
                     the source IP address that matches logical_ip  is  SNATed
                     into the IP address in external_ip.

       external_ip: string
              An IPv4 address.

       external_mac: optional string
              A MAC address.

              This  is  only  used on the gateway port on distributed routers.
              This must be specified in order for the NAT rule to be processed
              in a distributed manner on all chassis. If this is not specified
              for a NAT rule on a distributed router, then this NAT rule  will
              be  processed  in  a  centralized  manner  on  the  gateway port
              instance on the gateway chassis.

              This MAC address must be unique on the logical switch  that  the
              gateway port is attached to. If the MAC address used on the log
              ical_port is globally unique, then that MAC address can be spec‐
              ified as this external_mac.

       external_port_range: string
              L4 source port range

              Range  of  ports,  from  which a port number will be picked that
              will replace the source port of to  be  NATed  packet.  This  is
              basically PAT (port address translation).

              Value of the column is in the format, port_lo-port_hi. For exam‐
              ple: external_port_range : "1-30000"

              Valid range of ports is 1-65535.

       logical_ip: string
              An IPv4 network (e.g 192.168.1.0/24) or an IPv4 address.

       logical_port: optional string
              The name of the logical port where the logical_ip resides.

              This is only used on distributed routers. This must be specified
              in  order for the NAT rule to be processed in a distributed man‐
              ner on all chassis. If this is not specified for a NAT rule on a
              distributed  router,  then  this NAT rule will be processed in a
              centralized manner on the gateway port instance on  the  gateway
              chassis.

       allowed_ext_ips: optional Address_Set
              It  represents  Address  Set  of  external  ips that NAT rule is
              applicable to. For SNAT type NAT rules, this refers to  destina‐
              tion  addresses.  For DNAT type NAT rules, this refers to source
              addresses.

              This configuration overrides the default NAT behavior of  apply‐
              ing  a rule solely based on internal IP. Without this configura‐
              tion, NAT happens  without  considering  the  external  IP  (i.e
              dest/source  for  snat/dnat  type rule). With this configuration
              NAT rule is applied ONLY if external ip is in the input  Address
              Set.

       exempted_ext_ips: optional Address_Set
              It  represents  Address Set of external ips that NAT rule is NOT
              applicable to. For SNAT type NAT rules, this refers to  destina‐
              tion  addresses.  For DNAT type NAT rules, this refers to source
              addresses.

              This configuration overrides the default NAT behavior of  apply‐
              ing  a rule solely based on internal IP. Without this configura‐
              tion, NAT happens  without  considering  the  external  IP  (i.e
              dest/source  for  snat/dnat  type rule). With this configuration
              NAT rule is NOT applied if external ip is in the  input  Address
              Set.

              If  there  are NAT rules in a logical router with overlapping IP
              prefixes (including /32), then usage of exempted_ext_ips  should
              be  avoided  in  following  scenario.  a.  SNAT rule (let us say
              RULE1) with logical_ip PREFIX/MASK (let us say 50.0.0.0/24).  b.
              SNAT  rule (let us say RULE2) with logical_ip PREFIX/MASK+1 (let
              us say 50.0.0.0/25). c. Now, if exempted_ext_ips  is  associated
              with RULE2, then a logical ip which matches both 50.0.0.0/24 and
              50.0.0.0/25 may get the RULE2 applied to it instead of RULE1.

              allowed_ext_ips and exempted_ext_ips are mutually  exclusive  to
              each  other.  If  both Address Sets are set for a rule, then the
              NAT rule is not considered.

       gateway_port: optional weak reference to Logical_Router_Port
              A distributed gateway  port  in  the  Logical_Router_Port  table
              where the NAT rule needs to be applied.

              This  column  needs  to be set when multiple distributed gateway
              ports are configured on a Logical_Router for the NAT rule to  be
              applied.  If  logical  router  has  a single distributed gateway
              port, NAT rule is applied at the distributed gateway  port  even
              if this column is not set.

              When multiple distributed gateway ports are configured on a Log
              ical_Router, applying a NAT rule  at  each  of  the  distributed
              gateway  ports  might  not be desired. Consider the case where a
              logical router has 2 distributed gateway port, one with networks
              50.0.0.10/24  and  the  other with networks 60.0.0.10/24. If the
              logical  router  has  a  NAT  rule  of  type  snat,   logical_ip
              10.1.1.0/24  and  external_ip 50.1.1.20/24, the rule needs to be
              selectively applied on matching packets entering/leaving through
              the distributed gateway port with networks 50.0.0.10/24.

       options : stateless: optional string
              Indicates  if  a  dnat_and_snat  rule  should lead to connection
              tracking state or not.

       options : add_route: optional string
              If set to true, then neighbor routers will  have  logical  flows
              added  that  will  allow for routing to the NAT address. It also
              will have ARP resolution logical flows added.  By  setting  this
              option,   it  means  there  is  no  reason  to  create  a  Logi
              cal_Router_Static_Route  from  neighbor  routers  to  this   NAT
              address.  It  also  means  that  no  ARP request is required for
              neighbor routers to  learn  the  IP-MAC  mapping  for  this  NAT
              address.  This  option  only  applies  to  NATs of type dnat and
              dnat_and_snat. For more information about what flows  are  added
              for  IP  routes, please see the ovn-northd manpage section on IP
              Routing.

     Common Columns:

       external_ids: map of string-string pairs
              See External IDs at the beginning of this document.

DHCP_Options TABLE
       OVN implements native DHCPv4 support which caters  to  the  common  use
       case  of  providing  an IPv4 address to a booting instance by providing
       stateless replies to DHCPv4 requests  based  on  statically  configured
       address  mappings.  To do this it allows a short list of DHCPv4 options
       to be configured and applied at  each  compute  host  running  ovn-con
       troller.

       OVN  also  implements  native  DHCPv6  support which provides stateless
       replies to DHCPv6 requests.

   Summary:
       cidr                          string
       DHCPv4 options:
         Mandatory DHCPv4 options:
            options : server_id      optional string
            options : server_mac     optional string
            options : lease_time     optional string, containing  an  integer,
                                     in range 0 to 4,294,967,295
         IPv4 DHCP Options:
            options : router         optional string
            options : netmask        optional string
            options : dns_server     optional string
            options : log_server     optional string
            options : lpr_server     optional string
            options : swap_server    optional string
            options : policy_filter  optional string
            options : router_solicitation
                                     optional string
            options : nis_server     optional string
            options : ntp_server     optional string
            options : netbios_name_server
                                     optional string
            options : classless_static_route
                                     optional string
            options : ms_classless_static_route
                                     optional string
            options : next_server    optional string
         Boolean DHCP Options:
            options : ip_forward_enable
                                     optional string, either 0 or 1
            options : router_discovery
                                     optional string, either 0 or 1
            options : ethernet_encap optional string, either 0 or 1
         Integer DHCP Options:
            options : default_ttl    optional  string,  containing an integer,
                                     in range 0 to 255
            options : tcp_ttl        optional string, containing  an  integer,
                                     in range 0 to 255
            options : mtu            optional  string,  containing an integer,
                                     in range 68 to 65,535
            options : T1             optional string, containing  an  integer,
                                     in range 68 to 4,294,967,295
            options : T2             optional  string,  containing an integer,
                                     in range 68 to 4,294,967,295
            options : arp_cache_timeout
                                     optional string, containing  an  integer,
                                     in range 0 to 255
            options : tcp_keepalive_interval
                                     optional  string,  containing an integer,
                                     in range 0 to 255
            options : netbios_node_type
                                     optional string, containing  an  integer,
                                     in range 0 to 255
         String DHCP Options:
            options : wpad           optional string
            options : bootfile_name  optional string
            options : path_prefix    optional string
            options : tftp_server_address
                                     optional string
            options : hostname       optional string
            options : domain_name    optional string
            options : bootfile_name_alt
                                     optional string
            options : broadcast_address
                                     optional string
         DHCP Options of type host_id:
            options : tftp_server    optional string
          DHCP Options of type domains:
            options : domain_search_list
                                     optional string
       DHCPv6 options:
         Mandatory DHCPv6 options:
            options : server_id      optional string
         IPv6 DHCPv6 options:
            options : dns_server     optional string
         String DHCPv6 options:
            options : domain_search  optional string
            options : dhcpv6_stateless
                                     optional string
       Common Columns:
         external_ids                map of string-string pairs

   Details:
       cidr: string
              The  DHCPv4/DHCPv6  options will be included if the logical port
              has its IP address in this cidr.

     DHCPv4 options:

       The CMS should define the set of DHCPv4 options as key/value  pairs  in
       the  options  column of this table. For ovn-controller to include these
       DHCPv4 options, the dhcpv4_options of Logical_Switch_Port should  refer
       to an entry in this table.

     Mandatory DHCPv4 options:

       The following options must be defined.

       options : server_id: optional string
              The IP address for the DHCP server to use. This should be in the
              subnet of the offered IP. This is  also  included  in  the  DHCP
              offer as option 54, ``server identifier.’’

       options : server_mac: optional string
              The Ethernet address for the DHCP server to use.

       options  : lease_time: optional string, containing an integer, in range
       0 to 4,294,967,295
              The offered lease time in seconds,

              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 51.

     IPv4 DHCP Options:

       Below are the  supported  DHCPv4  options  whose  values  are  an  IPv4
       address,  e.g. 192.168.1.1. Some options accept multiple IPv4 addresses
       enclosed within curly braces, e.g. {192.168.1.2,  192.168.1.3}.  Please
       refer to RFC 2132 for more details on DHCPv4 options and their codes.

       options : router: optional string
              The  IP  address of a gateway for the client to use. This should
              be in the subnet of the offered IP. The DHCPv4 option  code  for
              this option is 3.

       options : netmask: optional string
              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 1.

       options : dns_server: optional string
              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 6.

       options : log_server: optional string
              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 7.

       options : lpr_server: optional string
              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 9.

       options : swap_server: optional string
              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 16.

       options : policy_filter: optional string
              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 21.

       options : router_solicitation: optional string
              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 32.

       options : nis_server: optional string
              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 41.

       options : ntp_server: optional string
              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 42.

       options : netbios_name_server: optional string
              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 44.

       options : classless_static_route: optional string
              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 121.

              This option can contain one or more static routes, each of which
              consists of a destination descriptor and the IP address  of  the
              router that should be used to reach that destination. Please see
              RFC 3442 for more details.

              Example: {30.0.0.0/24,10.0.0.10, 0.0.0.0/0,10.0.0.1}

       options : ms_classless_static_route: optional string
              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 249.  This  option  is
              similar to classless_static_route supported by Microsoft Windows
              DHCPv4 clients.

       options : next_server: optional string
              The DHCPv4 option code for setting the "Next server IP  address"
              field in the DHCP header.

     Boolean DHCP Options:

       These options accept a Boolean value, expressed as 0 for false or 1 for
       true.

       options : ip_forward_enable: optional string, either 0 or 1
              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 19.

       options : router_discovery: optional string, either 0 or 1
              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 31.

       options : ethernet_encap: optional string, either 0 or 1
              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 36.

     Integer DHCP Options:

       These options accept a nonnegative integer value.

       options : default_ttl: optional string, containing an integer, in range
       0 to 255
              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 23.

       options  :  tcp_ttl: optional string, containing an integer, in range 0
       to 255
              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 37.

       options : mtu: optional string, containing an integer, in range  68  to
       65,535
              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 26.

       options  :  T1:  optional string, containing an integer, in range 68 to
       4,294,967,295
              This specifies the time interval from address  assignment  until
              the client begins trying to renew its address. The DHCPv4 option
              code for this option is 58.

       options : T2: optional string, containing an integer, in  range  68  to
       4,294,967,295
              This  specifies  the time interval from address assignment until
              the client begins trying  to  rebind  its  address.  The  DHCPv4
              option code for this option is 59.

       options : arp_cache_timeout: optional string, containing an integer, in
       range 0 to 255
              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 35. This option speci‐
              fies the timeout in seconds for ARP cache entries.

       options  : tcp_keepalive_interval: optional string, containing an inte‐
       ger, in range 0 to 255
              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 38. This option speci‐
              fies the interval that the client TCP should wait before sending
              a keepalive message on a TCP connection.

       options : netbios_node_type: optional string, containing an integer, in
       range 0 to 255
              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 46.

     String DHCP Options:

       These options accept a string value.

       options : wpad: optional string
              The  DHCPv4  option  code for this option is 252. This option is
              used as part of web proxy auto discovery to provide a URL for  a
              web proxy.

       options : bootfile_name: optional string
              The  DHCPv4  option  code  for this option is 67. This option is
              used to identify a bootfile.

       options : path_prefix: optional string
              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 210. In PXELINUX’ case
              this  option  is  used  to  set a common path prefix, instead of
              deriving it from the bootfile name.

       options : tftp_server_address: optional string
              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 150. The  option  con‐
              tains  one  or more IPv4 addresses that the client MAY use. This
              option is Cisco proprietary, the IEEE standard that matches with
              this requirement is option 66 (tftp_server).

       options : hostname: optional string
              The  DHCPv4 option code for this option is 12. If set, indicates
              the DHCPv4 option "Hostname". Alternatively, this option can  be
              configured   in   options:hostname   column   in   table   Logi
              cal_Switch_Port. If Hostname option value is set  in  both  con‐
              flicting  Logical_Switch_Port  and  DHCP_Options  tables,  Logi
              cal_Switch_Port takes precedence.

       options : domain_name: optional string
              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 15. This option speci‐
              fies the domain name that client should use when resolving host‐
              names via the Domain Name System.

       options : bootfile_name_alt: optional string
              "bootfile_name_alt" option is used to support  iPXE.  When  both
              "bootfile_name" and "bootfile_name_alt" are provided by the CMS,
              "bootfile_name" will be used for option 67 if the  dhcp  request
              contains  etherboot  option (175), otherwise "bootfile_name_alt"
              will be used.

       options : broadcast_address: optional string
              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 28. This option speci‐
              fies the IP address used as a broadcast address.

     DHCP Options of type host_id:

       These options accept either an IPv4 address or a string value.

       options : tftp_server: optional string
              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 66.

      DHCP Options of type domains:

       These  options  accept  string value which is a comma separated list of
       domain names. The domain names are encoded based on RFC 1035.

       options : domain_search_list: optional string
              The DHCPv4 option code for this option is 119.

     DHCPv6 options:

       OVN also implements native DHCPv6 support. The CMS  should  define  the
       set  of  DHCPv6  options  as key/value pairs. The define DHCPv6 options
       will   be   included   in   the   DHCPv6   response   to   the   DHCPv6
       Solicit/Request/Confirm  packet  from the logical ports having the IPv6
       addresses in the cidr.

     Mandatory DHCPv6 options:

       The following options must be defined.

       options : server_id: optional string
              The Ethernet address for the DHCP server to use.  This  is  also
              included  in the DHCPv6 reply as option 2, ``Server Identifier’’
              to carry a DUID identifying a server  between  a  client  and  a
              server.  ovn-controller defines DUID based on Link-layer Address
              [DUID-LL].

     IPv6 DHCPv6 options:

       Below are the  supported  DHCPv6  options  whose  values  are  an  IPv6
       address,  e.g.  aef0::4.  Some  options  accept multiple IPv6 addresses
       enclosed within curly braces, e.g. {aef0::4, aef0::5}. Please refer  to
       RFC 3315 for more details on DHCPv6 options and their codes.

       options : dns_server: optional string
              The DHCPv6 option code for this option is 23. This option speci‐
              fies the DNS servers that the VM should use.

     String DHCPv6 options:

       These options accept string values.

       options : domain_search: optional string
              The DHCPv6 option code for this option is 24. This option speci‐
              fies  the  domain  search  list the client should use to resolve
              hostnames with DNS.

              Example: "ovn.org".

       options : dhcpv6_stateless: optional string
              This option specifies the OVN native DHCPv6 will work in  state‐
              less  mode,  which  means  OVN native DHCPv6 will not offer IPv6
              addresses for VM/VIF ports, but only reply other configurations,
              such  as  DNS  and  domain search list. When setting this option
              with string value "true", VM/VIF will configure  IPv6  addresses
              by stateless way. Default value for this option is false.

     Common Columns:

       external_ids: map of string-string pairs
              See External IDs at the beginning of this document.

Connection TABLE
       Configuration  for  a  database  connection to an Open vSwitch database
       (OVSDB) client.

       This table  primarily  configures  the  Open  vSwitch  database  server
       (ovsdb-server).

       The  Open vSwitch database server can initiate and maintain active con‐
       nections to remote clients. It can also  listen  for  database  connec‐
       tions.

   Summary:
       Core Features:
         target                      string (must be unique within table)
       Client Failure Detection and Handling:
         max_backoff                 optional integer, at least 1,000
         inactivity_probe            optional integer
       Status:
         is_connected                boolean
         status : last_error         optional string
         status : state              optional  string, one of ACTIVE, BACKOFF,
                                     CONNECTING, IDLE, or VOID
         status : sec_since_connect  optional string, containing  an  integer,
                                     at least 0
         status : sec_since_disconnect
                                     optional  string,  containing an integer,
                                     at least 0
         status : locks_held         optional string
         status : locks_waiting      optional string
         status : locks_lost         optional string
         status : n_connections      optional string, containing  an  integer,
                                     at least 2
         status : bound_port         optional string, containing an integer
       Common Columns:
         external_ids                map of string-string pairs
         other_config                map of string-string pairs

   Details:
     Core Features:

       target: string (must be unique within table)
              Connection methods for clients.

              The following connection methods are currently supported:

              ssl:host[:port]
                     The  specified  SSL  port  on the host at the given host,
                     which can either be a DNS name  (if  built  with  unbound
                     library) or an IP address. A valid SSL configuration must
                     be provided when this form is  used,  this  configuration
                     can  be specified via command-line options or the SSL ta‐
                     ble.

                     If port is not specified, it defaults to 6640.

                     SSL support is an optional feature  that  is  not  always
                     built as part of Open vSwitch.

              tcp:host[:port]
                     The  specified  TCP  port  on the host at the given host,
                     which can either be a DNS name  (if  built  with  unbound
                     library)  or  an  IP address. If host is an IPv6 address,
                     wrap it in square brackets, e.g. tcp:[::1]:6640.

                     If port is not specified, it defaults to 6640.

              pssl:[port][:host]
                     Listens for SSL connections on the  specified  TCP  port.
                     Specify  0  for  port  to  have  the kernel automatically
                     choose an available port. If host, which can either be  a
                     DNS  name  (if  built  with  unbound  library)  or  an IP
                     address, is specified, then connections are restricted to
                     the resolved or specified local IPaddress (either IPv4 or
                     IPv6 address). If host is an IPv6 address, wrap in square
                     brackets,  e.g. pssl:6640:[::1]. If host is not specified
                     then it listens only on IPv4 (but not IPv6) addresses.  A
                     valid  SSL  configuration must be provided when this form
                     is used, this can be specified  either  via  command-line
                     options or the SSL table.

                     If port is not specified, it defaults to 6640.

                     SSL  support  is  an  optional feature that is not always
                     built as part of Open vSwitch.

              ptcp:[port][:host]
                     Listens for connections on the specified TCP port.  Spec‐
                     ify 0 for port to have the kernel automatically choose an
                     available port. If host, which can either be a  DNS  name
                     (if  built  with  unbound  library)  or an IP address, is
                     specified,  then  connections  are  restricted   to   the
                     resolved  or  specified  local IP address (either IPv4 or
                     IPv6 address). If host is an IPv6  address,  wrap  it  in
                     square  brackets,  e.g.  ptcp:6640:[::1].  If host is not
                     specified then it listens only on IPv4 addresses.

                     If port is not specified, it defaults to 6640.

              When multiple clients are configured, the target values must  be
              unique. Duplicate target values yield unspecified results.

     Client Failure Detection and Handling:

       max_backoff: optional integer, at least 1,000
              Maximum  number  of  milliseconds  to  wait  between  connection
              attempts. Default is implementation-specific.

       inactivity_probe: optional integer
              Maximum number of milliseconds of idle time on connection to the
              client  before  sending  an  inactivity  probe  message. If Open
              vSwitch does not communicate with the client for  the  specified
              number  of  seconds,  it will send a probe. If a response is not
              received for the same additional amount of  time,  Open  vSwitch
              assumes  the  connection  has been broken and attempts to recon‐
              nect. Default is implementation-specific. A value of 0  disables
              inactivity probes.

     Status:

       Key-value pair of is_connected is always updated. Other key-value pairs
       in the status columns may be updated depends on the target type.

       When target specifies a connection method that listens for inbound con‐
       nections  (e.g.  ptcp:  or punix:), both n_connections and is_connected
       may also be updated while the remaining key-value pairs are omitted.

       On the other hand, when target specifies an  outbound  connection,  all
       key-value  pairs  may  be  updated, except the above-mentioned two key-
       value pairs associated with inbound connection targets. They are  omit‐
       ted.

       is_connected: boolean
              true if currently connected to this client, false otherwise.

       status : last_error: optional string
              A human-readable description of the last error on the connection
              to the manager; i.e. strerror(errno). This key will  exist  only
              if an error has occurred.

       status  :  state:  optional string, one of ACTIVE, BACKOFF, CONNECTING,
       IDLE, or VOID
              The state of the connection to the manager:

              VOID   Connection is disabled.

              BACKOFF
                     Attempting to reconnect at an increasing period.

              CONNECTING
                     Attempting to connect.

              ACTIVE Connected, remote host responsive.

              IDLE   Connection is idle. Waiting for response to keep-alive.

              These values may change in the future. They  are  provided  only
              for human consumption.

       status  : sec_since_connect: optional string, containing an integer, at
       least 0
              The amount of time since this client last successfully connected
              to the database (in seconds). Value is empty if client has never
              successfully been connected.

       status : sec_since_disconnect: optional string, containing an  integer,
       at least 0
              The  amount of time since this client last disconnected from the
              database (in seconds). Value is empty if client has  never  dis‐
              connected.

       status : locks_held: optional string
              Space-separated  list  of the names of OVSDB locks that the con‐
              nection holds. Omitted if  the  connection  does  not  hold  any
              locks.

       status : locks_waiting: optional string
              Space-separated  list  of the names of OVSDB locks that the con‐
              nection is currently waiting to acquire. Omitted if the  connec‐
              tion is not waiting for any locks.

       status : locks_lost: optional string
              Space-separated  list  of the names of OVSDB locks that the con‐
              nection has had stolen by another OVSDB client.  Omitted  if  no
              locks have been stolen from this connection.

       status  :  n_connections:  optional  string,  containing an integer, at
       least 2
              When target specifies  a  connection  method  that  listens  for
              inbound connections (e.g. ptcp: or pssl:) and more than one con‐
              nection is actually active, the value is the  number  of  active
              connections. Otherwise, this key-value pair is omitted.

       status : bound_port: optional string, containing an integer
              When target is ptcp: or pssl:, this is the TCP port on which the
              OVSDB server is listening. (This  is  particularly  useful  when
              target  specifies a port of 0, allowing the kernel to choose any
              available port.)

     Common Columns:

       The overall purpose of these columns is described under Common  Columns
       at the beginning of this document.

       external_ids: map of string-string pairs

       other_config: map of string-string pairs

DNS TABLE
       Each  row  in this table stores the DNS records. The Logical_Switch ta‐
       ble’s dns_records references these records.

   Summary:
       records                       map of string-string pairs
       external_ids                  map of string-string pairs

   Details:
       records: map of string-string pairs
              Key-value pair of DNS records with DNS query name as the key and
              value as a string of IP address(es) separated by comma or space.
              For PTR  requests,  the  key-value  pair  can  be  Reverse  IPv4
              address.in-addr.arpa  and  the  value  DNS domain name. For IPv6
              addresses, the key has to be Reverse IPv6 address.ip6.arpa.

              Example:  "vm1.ovn.org" = "10.0.0.4 aef0::4"

              Example:  "4.0.0.10.in-addr.arpa" = "vm1.ovn.org"

       external_ids: map of string-string pairs
              See External IDs at the beginning of this document.

SSL TABLE
       SSL configuration for ovn-nb database access.

   Summary:
       private_key                   string
       certificate                   string
       ca_cert                       string
       bootstrap_ca_cert             boolean
       ssl_protocols                 string
       ssl_ciphers                   string
       Common Columns:
         external_ids                map of string-string pairs

   Details:
       private_key: string
              Name of a PEM file  containing  the  private  key  used  as  the
              switch’s identity for SSL connections to the controller.

       certificate: string
              Name  of a PEM file containing a certificate, signed by the cer‐
              tificate authority (CA) used by the controller and manager, that
              certifies  the  switch’s  private key, identifying a trustworthy
              switch.

       ca_cert: string
              Name of a PEM file containing the CA certificate used to  verify
              that the switch is connected to a trustworthy controller.

       bootstrap_ca_cert: boolean
              If  set to true, then Open vSwitch will attempt to obtain the CA
              certificate from the controller 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. It may still be  useful  for  bootstrap‐
              ping.

       ssl_protocols: string
              List  of  SSL  protocols  to be enabled for SSL connections. The
              default when this option is omitted is TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2.

       ssl_ciphers: string
              List of ciphers (in OpenSSL cipher string  format)  to  be  sup‐
              ported  for  SSL  connections.  The  default when this option is
              omitted is HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5.

     Common Columns:

       The overall purpose of these columns is described under Common  Columns
       at the beginning of this document.

       external_ids: map of string-string pairs

Gateway_Chassis TABLE
       Association  of  a  chassis to a logical router port. The traffic going
       out through an specific router port will be redirected to a chassis, or
       a set of them in high availability configurations.

   Summary:
       name                          string (must be unique within table)
       chassis_name                  string
       priority                      integer, in range 0 to 32,767
       options                       map of string-string pairs
       Common Columns:
         external_ids                map of string-string pairs

   Details:
       name: string (must be unique within table)
              Name of the Gateway_Chassis.

              A   suggested,   but   not   required   naming   convention   is
              ${port_name}_${chassis_name}.

       chassis_name: string
              Name of the chassis that we want to redirect traffic through for
              the  associated  logical  router  port. The value must match the
              name column of the Chassis table in the OVN_Southbound database.

       priority: integer, in range 0 to 32,767
              This is the priority of  a  chassis  among  all  Gateway_Chassis
              belonging to the same logical router port.

       options: map of string-string pairs
              Reserved for future use.

     Common Columns:

       external_ids: map of string-string pairs
              See External IDs at the beginning of this document.

HA_Chassis_Group TABLE
       Table representing a group of chassis which can provide high availabil‐
       ity services. Each chassis in the group is  represented  by  the  table
       HA_Chassis.  The HA chassis with highest priority will be the master of
       this group. If the master chassis failover is detected, the HA  chassis
       with  the next higher priority takes over the responsibility of provid‐
       ing the HA. If a distributed gateway router port references  a  row  in
       this table, then the master HA chassis in this group provides the gate‐
       way functionality.

   Summary:
       name                          string (must be unique within table)
       ha_chassis                    set of HA_Chassises
       Common Columns:
         external_ids                map of string-string pairs

   Details:
       name: string (must be unique within table)
              Name of the HA_Chassis_Group. Name should be unique.

       ha_chassis: set of HA_Chassises
              A list of HA chassis which belongs to this group.

     Common Columns:

       external_ids: map of string-string pairs
              See External IDs at the beginning of this document.

HA_Chassis TABLE
   Summary:
       chassis_name                  string
       priority                      integer, in range 0 to 32,767
       Common Columns:
         external_ids                map of string-string pairs

   Details:
       chassis_name: string
              Name of the chassis which is part of the HA chassis  group.  The
              value  must  match  the  name column of the Chassis table in the
              OVN_Southbound database.

       priority: integer, in range 0 to 32,767
              Priority of the chassis. Chassis with highest priority  will  be
              the master.

     Common Columns:

       external_ids: map of string-string pairs
              See External IDs at the beginning of this document.

BFD TABLE
       Contains  BFD  parameter  for ovn-controller BFD configuration. OVN BFD
       implementation is used to provide detection of  failures  in  the  path
       between  adjacent forwarding engines, including the OVN interfaces. OVN
       BFD provides link status info to OVN northd in order to update  logical
       flows  according  to the status of BFD endpoints. In the current imple‐
       mentation OVN BFD is used to check next-hop  status  for  ECMP  routes.
       Please  note  BFD table refers to OVN BFD implementation and not to OVS
       legacy one.

   Summary:
       Configuration:
         logical_port                string
         dst_ip                      string
         min_tx                      optional integer, at least 1
         min_rx                      optional integer
         detect_mult                 optional integer, at least 1
         options                     map of string-string pairs
         external_ids                map of string-string pairs
       Status Reporting:
         status                      optional string, one of admin_down, down,
                                     init, or up

   Details:
     Configuration:

       ovn-northd reads configuration from these columns.

       logical_port: string
              OVN logical port when BFD engine is running.

       dst_ip: string
              BFD peer IP address.

       min_tx: optional integer, at least 1
              This  is  the  minimum interval, in milliseconds, that the local
              system would like to use when transmitting BFD Control  packets,
              less  any  jitter  applied.  The value zero is reserved. Default
              value is 1000 ms.

       min_rx: optional integer
              This is the minimum interval, in milliseconds, between  received
              BFD  Control  packets that this system is capable of supporting,
              less any jitter applied by the sender. If this  value  is  zero,
              the  transmitting system does not want the remote system to send
              any periodic BFD Control packets.

       detect_mult: optional integer, at least 1
              Detection time multiplier.  The  negotiated  transmit  interval,
              multiplied  by  this  value, provides the Detection Time for the
              receiving system in Asynchronous mode. Default value is 5.

       options: map of string-string pairs
              Reserved for future use.

       external_ids: map of string-string pairs
              See External IDs at the beginning of this document.

     Status Reporting:

       ovn-northd writes BFD status into these columns.

       status: optional string, one of admin_down, down, init, or up
              BFD port logical states. Possible values are:

              ·      admin_down

              ·      down

              ·      init

              ·      up

Static_MAC_Binding TABLE
       Each record represents a Static_MAC_Binding entry for a logical router.

   Summary:
       Configuration:
         logical_port                string
         ip                          string
         mac                         string
         override_dynamic_mac        boolean

   Details:
     Configuration:

       ovn-northd reads configuration from these columns  and  propagates  the
       value to SBDB.

       logical_port: string
              The logical router port for the binding.

       ip: string
              The bound IP address.

       mac: string
              The Ethernet address to which the IP is bound.

       override_dynamic_mac: boolean
              Override dynamically learnt MACs.



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