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===========================================
Fedora, RHEL 7.x Packaging for Open vSwitch
===========================================

This document provides instructions for building and installing Open vSwitch
RPM packages on a Fedora Linux host. Instructions for the installation of Open
vSwitch on a Fedora Linux host without using RPM packages can be found in the
:doc:`general`.

These instructions have been tested with Fedora 23, and are also applicable for
RHEL 7.x and its derivatives, including CentOS 7.x and Scientific Linux 7.x.

Build Requirements
------------------

You will need to install all required packages to build the RPMs.
Fedora 41 and newer version use ``dnf5`` by default.
Other distributions typically use ``dnf``.
If neither ``dnf5`` nor ``dnf`` is available, then use ``yum`` instructions.

The command below will install RPM tools and generic build dependencies.
And (optionally) include these packages: libcap-ng libcap-ng-devel dpdk-devel.

DNF5:
::

    $ dnf5 install @development-tools rpm-build dnf-plugins-core

DNF:
::

    $ dnf install @'Development Tools' rpm-build dnf-plugins-core

YUM:
::

    $ yum install @'Development Tools' rpm-build yum-utils

Then it is necessary to install Open vSwitch specific build dependencies.
The dependencies are listed in the SPEC file, but first it is necessary
to replace the VERSION tag to be a valid SPEC.

The command below will create a temporary SPEC file::

    $ sed -e 's/@VERSION@/0.0.1/' rhel/openvswitch-fedora.spec.in \
      > /tmp/ovs.spec

And to install specific dependencies, use the corresponding tool below.
For some of the dependencies on RHEL you may need to add two additional
repositories to help yum-builddep, e.g.::

    $ subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-extras-rpms
    $ subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-optional-rpms

or for RHEL 8::

    $ subscription-manager repos \
      --enable=codeready-builder-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms

DNF::

    $ dnf builddep /tmp/ovs.spec

YUM::

    $ yum-builddep /tmp/ovs.spec

Once that is completed, remove the file ``/tmp/ovs.spec``.

Bootstrapping
-------------

Refer to :ref:`general-bootstrapping`.

Configuring
-----------

Refer to :ref:`general-configuring`.

Building
--------

User Space RPMs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To build Open vSwitch user-space RPMs, execute the following from the directory
in which `./configure` was executed:

::

    $ make rpm-fedora

This will create the RPMs `openvswitch`, `python3-openvswitch`,
`openvswitch-test`, `openvswitch-devel` and `openvswitch-debuginfo`.

To enable DPDK support in the openvswitch package, the ``--with dpdk`` option
can be added:

::

    $ make rpm-fedora RPMBUILD_OPT="--with dpdk --without check"

To enable AF_XDP support in the openvswitch package, the ``--with afxdp``
option can be added:

::

    $ make rpm-fedora RPMBUILD_OPT="--with afxdp --without check"

You can also have the above commands automatically run the Open vSwitch unit
tests.  This can take several minutes.

::

    $ make rpm-fedora RPMBUILD_OPT="--with check"


Installing
----------

RPM packages can be installed by using the command ``rpm -i``. Package
installation requires superuser privileges.

In most cases only the `openvswitch` RPM will need to be installed. The
`python3-openvswitch`, `openvswitch-test`, `openvswitch-devel`, and
`openvswitch-debuginfo` RPMs are optional unless required for a specific
purpose.

Refer to the `RHEL README`__ for additional usage and configuration
information.

__ https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/blob/main/rhel/README.RHEL.rst

Reporting Bugs
--------------

Report problems to bugs@openvswitch.org.
