Configuration Reference

This section provides a list of all configuration options for OVN Octavia provider. These are auto-generated from OVN Octavia provider code when this documentation is built.

Configuration filenames used below are filenames usually used, but there is no restriction on configuration filename and you can use arbitrary file names.

ovn

ovn_nb_connection
Type

string

Default

tcp:127.0.0.1:6641

The connection string for the OVN_Northbound OVSDB. Use tcp:IP:PORT for TCP connection. Use ssl:IP:PORT for SSL connection. The ovn_nb_private_key, ovn_nb_certificate and ovn_nb_ca_cert are mandatory. Use unix:FILE for unix domain socket connection.

ovn_nb_private_key
Type

string

Default

''

The PEM file with private key for SSL connection to OVN-NB-DB

ovn_nb_certificate
Type

string

Default

''

The PEM file with certificate that certifies the private key specified in ovn_nb_private_key

ovn_nb_ca_cert
Type

string

Default

''

The PEM file with CA certificate that OVN should use to verify certificates presented to it by SSL peers

ovsdb_connection_timeout
Type

integer

Default

180

Timeout in seconds for the OVSDB connection transaction

ovsdb_retry_max_interval
Type

integer

Default

180

Max interval in seconds between each retry to get the OVN NB and SB IDLs

ovsdb_probe_interval
Type

integer

Default

60000

Minimum Value

0

The probe interval in for the OVSDB session in milliseconds. If this is zero, it disables the connection keepalive feature. If non-zero the value will be forced to at least 1000 milliseconds. Defaults to 60 seconds.