@@ -33,24 +33,20 @@ architectures.
The packaged version available with distributions may not be latest
Open vSwitch release.
-Debian
--------
+Debian / Ubuntu
+---------------
You can use ``apt-get`` or ``aptitude`` to install the .deb packages and must
be superuser.
-1. Debian has ``openvswitch-switch`` and ``openvswitch-common`` .deb packages
-that includes the core userspace components of the switch.
-
-2. For kernel datapath, ``openvswitch-datapath-dkms`` can be installed to
-automatically build and install Open vSwitch kernel module for your running
-kernel. This package is only available when the .deb packages are built from
-the Open vSwitch repository; it is not downstream in Debian or Ubuntu releases.
+1. Debian and Ubuntu has ``openvswitch-switch`` and ``openvswitch-common``
+packages that includes the core userspace components of the switch. Extra
+packages for documentation, ipsec, pki, VTEP and Python support are also
+available. The Open vSwitch kernel datapath is maintained as part of the
+upstream kernel available in the distribution.
-3. For fast userspace switching, Open vSwitch with DPDK support is
-bundled in the package ``openvswitch-switch-dpdk``. This package is only
-available in the Ubuntu distribution; it is not upstream in the Open vSwitch
-repository or downstream in Debian.
+2. For fast userspace switching, Open vSwitch with DPDK support is
+bundled in the package ``openvswitch-switch-dpdk``.
Fedora
------
@@ -42,28 +42,15 @@ Installing OVS and IPsec Packages
---------------------------------
OVS IPsec has .deb and .rpm packages. You should use the right package
-based on your Linux distribution. This tutorial uses Ubuntu 16.04 and Fedora 32
+based on your Linux distribution. This tutorial uses Ubuntu 22.04 and Fedora 32
as examples.
Ubuntu
~~~~~~
-1. Follow :doc:`/intro/install/debian` to build debian packages.
+1. Install the related packages::
- .. note::
-
- If you have already installed OVS, then you only need to install
- openvswitch-pki_*.deb and openvswitch-ipsec_*.deb in the following step.
- If your kernel version is below v4.13.0, update your kernel to v4.13.0 or
- above.
-
-2. Install the related packages::
-
- # apt-get install dkms strongswan
- # dpkg -i libopenvswitch_*.deb openvswitch-common_*.deb \
- openvswitch-switch_*.deb openvswitch-datapath-dkms_*.deb \
- python-openvswitch_*.deb openvswitch-pki_*.deb \
- openvswitch-ipsec_*.deb
+ # apt-get install openvswitch-ipsec
If the installation is successful, you should be able to see the
ovs-monitor-ipsec daemon is running in your system.
On the back of changing the debian/ubuntu packaging, update the docs to refer to existing packages. Signed-off-by: Frode Nordahl <frode.nordahl@canonical.com> --- Documentation/intro/install/distributions.rst | 22 ++++++++----------- Documentation/tutorials/ipsec.rst | 19 +++------------- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)