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NAME

       ovsdb-client - command-line interface to ovsdb-server(1)

SYNOPSIS

       Server-Level Commands:
              ovsdb-client [options] list-dbs [server]

       Database Schema Commands:
              ovsdb-client [options] get-schema [server] [database]
              ovsdb-client [options] list-tables [server] [database]
              ovsdb-client [options] list-columns [server] [database] [table]

       Database Version Management Commands:
              ovsdb-client [options] convert [server] schema
              ovsdb-client [options] needs-conversion [server] schema
              ovsdb-client [options] get-schema-version [server] [database]

       Data Management Commands:
              ovsdb-client [options] transact [server] transaction
              ovsdb-client [options] query [server] transaction
              ovsdb-client [options] dump [server] [database] [table [column...]]
              ovsdb-client [options] backup [server] [database] > snapshot
              ovsdb-client [options] [--force] restore [server] [database] < snapshot
              ovsdb-client [options] monitor [server] [database] table [column[,column]...]...
              ovsdb-client [options] monitor [server] [database] ALL
              ovsdb-client   [options]   monitor-cond   [server]   [database]   conditions  table
              [column[,column]...]...
              ovsdb-client [options] monitor-cond-since [server] [database] [last-id]  conditions
              table [column[,column]...]...
              ovsdb-client [options] wait [server] database state

       Testing Commands:
              ovsdb-client [options] lock [server] lock
              ovsdb-client [options] steal [server] lock
              ovsdb-client [options] unlock [server] lock

       Other Commands:
              ovsdb-client help

       Cluster Options:
              [--no-leader-only]

       Output formatting options:
              [--format=format] [--data=format] [--no-headings] [--pretty] [--bare] [--timestamp]

       Daemon options:
              [--pidfile[=pidfile]]       [--overwrite-pidfile]      [--detach]      [--no-chdir]
              [--no-self-confinement]

       Logging options:
              [-v[module[:destination[:level]]]]...
              [--verbose[=module[:destination[:level]]]]...
              [--log-file[=file]]

       Public key infrastructure options:
              [--private-key=privkey.pem]
              [--certificate=cert.pem]
              [--ca-cert=cacert.pem]
              [--bootstrap-ca-cert=cacert.pem]

       SSL connection options:
              [--ssl-protocols=protocols]
              [--ssl-ciphers=ciphers]

       Replay options:
              [--record[=directory]] [--replay[=directory]]

       Common options:
              [-h | --help] [-V | --version]

DESCRIPTION

       The ovsdb-client  program  is  a  command-line  client  for  interacting  with  a  running
       ovsdb-server  process.   Each command connects to the specified OVSDB server, which may be
       an OVSDB active or passive connection method,  as  described  in  ovsdb(7).   The  default
       server is unix:/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock and the default database is Open_vSwitch.

       ovsdb-client  supports  the  method1,method2,...,methodN  syntax described in ovsdb(7) for
       connecting to a cluster.  When this syntax is used, ovsdb-client tries the cluster members
       in random order until it finds the cluster leader.  Specify the --no-leader-only option to
       instead accept any server that is connected to the cluster.

       For an introduction to OVSDB and its implementation in Open vSwitch, see ovsdb(7).

       The following sections describe the commands that ovsdb-client supports.

   Server-Level Commands
       Most ovsdb-client commands work with an individual database, but these commands  apply  to
       an entire database server.

       list-dbs [server]
              Connects  to server, retrieves the list of known databases, and prints them one per
              line.  These database names are the ones that other commands may use for database.

   Database Schema Commands
       These commands obtain the schema from a database and print it or part of it.

       get-schema [server] [database]
              Connects to server, retrieves the schema  for  database,  and  prints  it  in  JSON
              format.

       list-tables [server] [database]
              Connects  to  server, retrieves the schema for database, and prints a table listing
              the name of each table within the database.

       list-columns [server] [database] table
              Connects to server, retrieves the schema for database, and prints a  table  listing
              the  name  and  type  of  each column.  If table is specified, only columns in that
              table are listed; otherwise, the tables include columns in all tables.

   Database Version Management Commands
       An OVSDB schema has a schema version number, and an OVSDB  database  embeds  a  particular
       version  of  an OVSDB schema.  These version numbers take the form x.y.z, e.g. 1.2.3.  The
       OVSDB implementation does not enforce a particular version numbering scheme,  but  schemas
       managed within the Open vSwitch project use the following approach.  Whenever the database
       schema is changed in a non-backward compatible way (e.g. deleting a column or a table),  x
       is  incremented  (and  y  and z are reset to 0).  When the database schema is changed in a
       backward compatible way (e.g. adding a new column), y is incremented (and z  is  reset  to
       0).   When the database schema is changed cosmetically (e.g. reindenting its syntax), z is
       incremented.

       Some OVSDB databases and schemas, especially very old ones, do not have a version number.

       Schema version numbers and Open vSwitch version numbers are independent.

       These commands work with different versions of OVSDB schemas and databases.

       convert [server] schema
              Reads an OVSDB schema in JSON format, as specified in the OVSDB specification, from
              schema,  then  connects  to  server and requests the server to convert the database
              whose name is specified in schema to the schema also specified in schema.

              The conversion is atomic, consistent, isolated, and durable.  Following the  schema
              change, the server notifies clients that use the set_db_change_aware RPC introduced
              in Open vSwitch 2.9 and cancels their outstanding transactions and  monitors.   The
              server  disconnects  other  clients,  enabling  them to notice the change when they
              reconnect.

              This command can do simple ``upgrades'' and ``downgrades'' on a database's  schema.
              The data in the database must be valid when interpreted under schema, with only one
              exception: data for tables and columns that do not exist  in  schema  are  ignored.
              Columns  that  exist  in  schema  but  not in the database are set to their default
              values.  All of schema's constraints apply in full.

              Some uses of  this  command  can  cause  unrecoverable  data  loss.   For  example,
              converting  a  database  from a schema that has a given column or table to one that
              does not will delete all data in that column or table.  Back up critical  databases
              before converting them.

              This  command  works with clustered and standalone databases.  Standalone databases
              may also be converted (offline) with ovsdb-tool's convert command.

       needs-conversion [server] schema
              Reads the schema from schema, then connects to server and requests the schema  from
              the  database  whose name is specified in schema.  If the two schemas are the same,
              prints no on stdout; if they differ, prints yes.

       get-schema-version [server] [database]
              Connects to server, retrieves the schema  for  database,  and  prints  its  version
              number on stdout.  If database was created before schema versioning was introduced,
              then it will not have a version number and this command will print a blank line.

       get-schema-cksum [server] [database]
              Connects to server, retrieves the schema for database, and prints its  checksum  on
              stdout.  If database does not include a checksum, prints a blank line.

   Data Management Commands
       These commands read or modify the data in a database.

       transact [server] transaction
              Connects  to server, sends it the specified transaction, which must be a JSON array
              appropriate for use as the params to a JSON-RPC transact request,  and  prints  the
              received reply on stdout.

       query [server] transaction
              This  commands  acts  like a read-only version of transact.  It connects to server,
              sends it the specified transaction, which must be a JSON array appropriate for  use
              as  the  params  to  a  JSON-RPC transact request, and prints the received reply on
              stdout.  To ensure that the transaction does not modify the database, this  command
              appends  an abort operation to the set of operations included in transaction before
              sending it to the database, and then removes the abort result from the reply (if it
              is present).

       dump [server] [database] [table [column...]]
              Connects  to server, retrieves all of the data in database, and prints it on stdout
              as a series of tables. If table is specified, only that table is retrieved.  If  at
              least one column is specified, only those columns are retrieved.

       backup [server] [database] > snapshot
              Connects  to  server,  retrieves a snapshot of the schema and data in database, and
              prints it on stdout in the format  used  for  OVSDB  standalone  and  active-backup
              databases.   This  is  an  appropriate  way  to  back  up any remote database.  The
              database snapshot that  it  outputs  is  suitable  to  be  served  up  directly  by
              ovsdb-server or used as the input to ovsdb-client restore.

              Another  way  to  back  up  a  standalone  or active-backup database is to copy its
              database file, e.g. with cp.  This is safe even if the database is in use.

              The output does not include ephemeral columns,  which  by  design  do  not  survive
              across restarts of ovsdb-server.

       [--force] restore [server] [database] < snapshot
              Reads  snapshot,  which  must  be  a  OVSDB  standalone  or  active-backup database
              (possibly but not necessarily created by ovsdb-client backup).  Then,  connects  to
              server,  verifies that database and snapshot have the same schema, then deletes all
              of the data in database and replaces  it  by  snapshot.   The  replacement  happens
              atomically, in a single transaction.

              UUIDs for rows in the restored database will differ from those in snapshot, because
              the OVSDB protocol does not allow clients to specify row  UUIDs.   Another  way  to
              restore  a standalone or active-backup database, which does also restore row UUIDs,
              is to stop the server or servers, replace the database file by the  snapshot,  then
              restart  the  database.   Either  way, ephemeral columns are not restored, since by
              design they do not survive across restarts of ovsdb-server.

              Normally restore exits with a failure if snapshot and the  server's  database  have
              different  schemas.   In  such a case, it is a good idea to convert the database to
              the new schema before restoring, e.g. with ovsdb-client convert.   Use  --force  to
              proceed regardless of schema differences even though the restore might fail with an
              error or succeed with surprising results.

       monitor [server] [database] table [column[,column]...]...
       monitor-cond [server] [database] conditions table [column[,column]...]...
       monitor-cond-since [server] [database] [last-id] conditions table [column[,column]...]...
              Connects to server and monitors the contents of rows that match conditions in table
              in  database.  By  default,  the initial contents of table are printed, followed by
              each change as it occurs.  If conditions empty, all rows will be monitored.  If  at
              least  one  column  is  specified, only those columns are monitored.  The following
              column names have special meanings:

              !initial
                     Do not print the initial contents of the specified columns.

              !insert
                     Do not print newly inserted rows.

              !delete
                     Do not print deleted rows.

              !modify
                     Do not print modifications to existing rows.

              Multiple [column[,column]...] groups may be specified as separate  arguments,  e.g.
              to  apply different reporting parameters to each group.  Whether multiple groups or
              only a single group is specified, any given column may only be  mentioned  once  on
              the command line.

              conditions  is  a  JSON  array  of  <condition> as defined in RFC 7047 5.1 with the
              following change: A condition can be either a 3-element JSON array as described  in
              the RFC or a boolean value.

              If  --detach  is  used  with  monitor,  monitor-cond  or  monitor-cond-since,  then
              ovsdb-client detaches after it has successfully received and  printed  the  initial
              contents of table.

              The  monitor  command uses RFC 7047 "monitor" method to open a monitor session with
              the server.  The  monitor-cond  and  monitor-cond-since  commandls  uses  RFC  7047
              extension  "monitor_cond" and "monitor_cond_since" methods. See ovsdb-server(1) for
              details.

       monitor [server] [database] ALL
              Connects to server and monitors the contents of all  tables  in  database.   Prints
              initial  values  and  all  kinds  of  changes  to all columns in the database.  The
              --detach option causes ovsdb-client to detach after it  successfully  receives  and
              prints the initial database contents.

              The  monitor  command uses RFC 7047 "monitor" method to open a monitor session with
              the server.

       wait [server] database state
              Waits for database on server to enter a desired state, which may be one of:

              added  Waits until a database with the given name has been added to server.

              connected
                     Waits until a database with the given name has been added to server.   Then,
                     if  database  is  clustered,  additionally  waits  until  it  has joined and
                     connected to its cluster.

              removed
                     Waits until database has been removed from the database  server.   This  can
                     also be used to wait for a database to complete leaving its cluster, because
                     ovsdb-server removes a database at that point.

              database is mandatory for this command because  it  is  often  used  to  check  for
              databases  that  have  not  yet  been added to the server, so that the ovsdb-client
              semantics of acting on a default database do not work.

              This command acts on a particular database server, not on a cluster, so server must
              name a single server, not a comma-delimited list of servers.

   Testing commands
       These commands are mostly of interest for testing the correctness of the OVSDB server.

       lock [server] lock
       steal [server] lock
       unlock [server] lock
              Connects  to  server  and  issues  corresponding  RFC 7047 lock operations on lock.
              Prints json reply or  subsequent  update  messages.   The  --detach  option  causes
              ovsdb-client to detach after it successfully receives and prints the initial reply.

              When running with the --detach option, lock, steal, unlock and exit commands can be
              issued by using ovs-appctl. exit command  causes  the  ovsdb-client  to  close  its
              ovsdb-server  connection  before  exit.  The lock, steal and unlock commands can be
              used to issue additional lock operations over the same ovsdb-server connection. All
              above  commands  take a single lock argument, which does not have to be the same as
              the lock that ovsdb-client started with.

OPTIONS

   Output Formatting Options
       Much of the output from ovsdb-client is in the form  of  tables.   The  following  options
       controlling output formatting:

       -f format
       --format=format
              Sets the type of table formatting.  The following types of format are available:

              table (default)
                     2-D text tables with aligned columns.

              list   A list with one column per line and rows separated by a blank line.

              html   HTML tables.

              csv    Comma-separated values as defined in RFC 4180.

              json   JSON  format  as  defined  in  RFC  4627.   The output is a sequence of JSON
                     objects, each of which corresponds to one table.  Each JSON object  has  the
                     following members with the noted values:

                     caption
                            The  table's  caption.   This  member  is omitted if the table has no
                            caption.

                     headings
                            An array with one element per table column.  Each array element is  a
                            string giving the corresponding column's heading.

                     data   An  array  with  one  element per table row.  Each element is also an
                            array with one element  per  table  column.   The  elements  of  this
                            second-level  array  are  the cells that constitute the table.  Cells
                            that represent OVSDB data or data types are expressed in  the  format
                            described   in  the  OVSDB  specification;  other  cells  are  simply
                            expressed as text strings.

       -d format
       --data=format
              Sets the formatting for cells within output tables unless the table format  is  set
              to  json,  in which case json formatting is always used when formatting cells.  The
              following types of format are available:

              string (default)
                     The simple format described in the Database Values section of ovs-vsctl(8).

              bare   The simple format with punctuation stripped  off:  []  and  {}  are  omitted
                     around  sets, maps, and empty columns, items within sets and maps are space-
                     separated, and strings are never quoted.  This  format  may  be  easier  for
                     scripts to parse.

              json   The RFC 4627 JSON format as described above.

       --no-headings
              This  option  suppresses the heading row that otherwise appears in the first row of
              table output.

       --pretty
              By default, JSON in output is printed as compactly as possible.  This option causes
              JSON  in  output  to be printed in a more readable fashion.  Members of objects and
              elements of arrays are printed one per line, with indentation.

              This option does not affect JSON in tables, which is always printed compactly.

       --bare Equivalent to --format=list --data=bare --no-headings.

       --max-column-width=n
              For table output only, limits the width of any column in the output to  n  columns.
              Longer cell data is truncated to fit, as necessary.  Columns are always wide enough
              to display the column names, if the heading row is printed.

       --timestamp
              For the monitor, monitor-cond and monitor-cond-since commands, add a  timestamp  to
              each table update.  Most output formats add the timestamp on a line of its own just
              above the table.  The JSON output format puts the timestamp in a member of the top-
              level JSON object named time.

       -t
       --timeout=secs
              Limits ovsdb-client runtime to approximately secs seconds.  If the timeout expires,
              ovsdb-client will exit with a SIGALRM signal.

   Daemon Options
       The daemon  options  apply  only  to  the  monitor,  monitor-cond  and  monitor-cond-since
       commands.  With any other command, they have no effect.

       The following options are valid on POSIX based platforms.

       --pidfile[=pidfile]
              Causes  a  file  (by default, ovsdb-client.pid) to be created indicating the PID of
              the running process.  If the pidfile argument is not specified, or if it  does  not
              begin with /, then it is created in /var/run/openvswitch.

              If --pidfile is not specified, no pidfile is created.

       --overwrite-pidfile
              By  default,  when  --pidfile is specified and the specified pidfile already exists
              and is locked by  a  running  process,  ovsdb-client  refuses  to  start.   Specify
              --overwrite-pidfile to cause it to instead overwrite the pidfile.

              When --pidfile is not specified, this option has no effect.

       --detach
              Runs  ovsdb-client as a background process.  The process forks, and in the child it
              starts a new session, closes the standard file  descriptors  (which  has  the  side
              effect  of  disabling logging to the console), and changes its current directory to
              the  root  (unless  --no-chdir  is  specified).   After  the  child  completes  its
              initialization, the parent exits.

       --monitor
              Creates  an  additional  process to monitor the ovsdb-client daemon.  If the daemon
              dies due to a signal that indicates a programming error (SIGABRT, SIGALRM,  SIGBUS,
              SIGFPE,  SIGILL,  SIGPIPE,  SIGSEGV,  SIGXCPU, or SIGXFSZ) then the monitor process
              starts a new copy of it.  If the daemon dies  or  exits  for  another  reason,  the
              monitor process exits.

              This option is normally used with --detach, but it also functions without it.

       --no-chdir
              By  default,  when  --detach is specified, ovsdb-client changes its current working
              directory  to  the  root  directory  after  it   detaches.    Otherwise,   invoking
              ovsdb-client  from  a  carelessly  chosen directory would prevent the administrator
              from unmounting the file system that holds that directory.

              Specifying  --no-chdir  suppresses  this  behavior,  preventing  ovsdb-client  from
              changing  its  current  working  directory.  This may be useful for collecting core
              files, since it is common behavior to write core dumps  into  the  current  working
              directory and the root directory is not a good directory to use.

              This option has no effect when --detach is not specified.

       --no-self-confinement
              By  default  daemon  will try to self-confine itself to work with files under well-
              known directories determined during build.  It is better to stick with this default
              behavior  and  not  to  use  this  flag unless some other Access Control is used to
              confine daemon.  Note that in contrast to other access control implementations that
              are  typically  enforced  from  kernel-space (e.g. DAC or MAC), self-confinement is
              imposed from the user-space daemon itself and hence should not be considered  as  a
              full  confinement  strategy, but instead should be viewed as an additional layer of
              security.

       --user Causes ovsdb-client to run as a different  user  specified  in  "user:group",  thus
              dropping  most  of  the  root  privileges. Short forms "user" and ":group" are also
              allowed, with current user or group are assumed respectively. Only daemons  started
              by the root user accepts this argument.

              On  Linux,  daemons  will  be granted CAP_IPC_LOCK and CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICES before
              dropping  root  privileges.  Daemons  that  interact  with  a  datapath,  such   as
              ovs-vswitchd,  will be granted three additional capabilities, namely CAP_NET_ADMIN,
              CAP_NET_BROADCAST and CAP_NET_RAW.  The capability change will apply  even  if  the
              new user is root.

              On  Windows,  this  option  is  not  currently  supported.  For  security  reasons,
              specifying this option will cause the daemon process not to start.

   Logging Options
       -v[spec]
       --verbose=[spec]
              Sets logging levels.  Without any spec, sets the log level  for  every  module  and
              destination  to  dbg.   Otherwise,  spec  is a list of words separated by spaces or
              commas or colons, up to one from each category below:

              •      A valid module name, as displayed by the vlog/list command on ovs-appctl(8),
                     limits the log level change to the specified module.

              •      syslog,  console,  or  file,  to  limit  the log level change to only to the
                     system log, to the console, or to a file,  respectively.   (If  --detach  is
                     specified,  ovsdb-client closes its standard file descriptors, so logging to
                     the console will have no effect.)

                     On Windows platform, syslog is accepted as a word and is only  useful  along
                     with the --syslog-target option (the word has no effect otherwise).

              •      off,  emer,  err, warn, info, or dbg, to control the log level.  Messages of
                     the given severity or higher will be logged, and messages of lower  severity
                     will  be filtered out.  off filters out all messages.  See ovs-appctl(8) for
                     a definition of each log level.

              Case is not significant within spec.

              Regardless of the log levels set for file, logging to a file will  not  take  place
              unless --log-file is also specified (see below).

              For  compatibility with older versions of OVS, any is accepted as a word but has no
              effect.

       -v
       --verbose
              Sets the maximum logging verbosity level, equivalent to --verbose=dbg.

       -vPATTERN:destination:pattern
       --verbose=PATTERN:destination:pattern
              Sets the log pattern for destination to pattern.   Refer  to  ovs-appctl(8)  for  a
              description of the valid syntax for pattern.

       -vFACILITY:facility
       --verbose=FACILITY:facility
              Sets  the  RFC5424  facility of the log message. facility can be one of kern, user,
              mail, daemon, auth, syslog, lpr, news, uucp, clock, ftp, ntp, audit, alert, clock2,
              local0, local1, local2, local3, local4, local5, local6 or local7. If this option is
              not specified, daemon is used as the default for the local system syslog and local0
              is  used  while  sending  a  message to the target provided via the --syslog-target
              option.

       --log-file[=file]
              Enables logging to a file.  If file is specified, then it is used as the exact name
              for  the  log  file.   The  default  log  file  name  used  if  file  is omitted is
              /var/log/openvswitch/ovsdb-client.log.

       --syslog-target=host:port
              Send syslog messages to UDP port on host, in addition to the  system  syslog.   The
              host must be a numerical IP address, not a hostname.

       --syslog-method=method
              Specify  method  how  syslog  messages  should be sent to syslog daemon.  Following
              forms are supported:

              •      libc, use libc syslog() function.  Downside of using this  options  is  that
                     libc  adds  fixed  prefix to every message before it is actually sent to the
                     syslog daemon over /dev/log UNIX domain socket.

              •      unix:file, use UNIX domain socket  directly.   It  is  possible  to  specify
                     arbitrary  message format with this option.  However, rsyslogd 8.9 and older
                     versions use hard coded parser  function  anyway  that  limits  UNIX  domain
                     socket use.  If you want to use arbitrary message format with older rsyslogd
                     versions, then use UDP socket to localhost IP address instead.

              •      udp:ip:port, use UDP socket.   With  this  method  it  is  possible  to  use
                     arbitrary  message  format  also  with  older rsyslogd.  When sending syslog
                     messages over UDP socket extra precaution needs to be  taken  into  account,
                     for example, syslog daemon needs to be configured to listen on the specified
                     UDP port, accidental iptables rules could be interfering with  local  syslog
                     traffic  and  there  are  some  security  considerations  that  apply to UDP
                     sockets, but do not apply to UNIX domain sockets.

              •      null, discards all messages logged to syslog.

              The default is taken from the OVS_SYSLOG_METHOD  environment  variable;  if  it  is
              unset, the default is libc.

   Public Key Infrastructure Options
       -p privkey.pem
       --private-key=privkey.pem
              Specifies a PEM file containing the private key used as ovsdb-client's identity for
              outgoing SSL connections.

       -c cert.pem
       --certificate=cert.pem
              Specifies a PEM file containing  a  certificate  that  certifies  the  private  key
              specified on -p or --private-key to be trustworthy.  The certificate must be signed
              by the certificate authority (CA) that the peer in  SSL  connections  will  use  to
              verify it.

       -C cacert.pem
       --ca-cert=cacert.pem
              Specifies  a PEM file containing the CA certificate that ovsdb-client should use to
              verify certificates  presented  to  it  by  SSL  peers.   (This  may  be  the  same
              certificate  that  SSL  peers  use  to  verify  the  certificate specified on -c or
              --certificate, or it may be a different one, depending on the PKI design in use.)

       -C none
       --ca-cert=none
              Disables verification of certificates presented by SSL peers.   This  introduces  a
              security risk, because it means that certificates cannot be verified to be those of
              known trusted hosts.

       --bootstrap-ca-cert=cacert.pem
              When cacert.pem exists, this option has the same effect as -C or --ca-cert.  If  it
              does  not  exist,  then ovsdb-client will attempt to obtain the CA certificate from
              the SSL peer 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, but it may be useful for bootstrapping.

              This option is only useful if the SSL peer sends its CA certificate as part of  the
              SSL certificate chain.  The SSL protocol does not require the server to send the CA
              certificate.

              This option is mutually exclusive with -C and --ca-cert.

   SSL Connection Options
       --ssl-protocols=protocols
              Specifies, in a comma- or space-delimited list, the SSL protocols ovsdb-client will
              enable  for  SSL  connections.   Supported  protocols  include  TLSv1, TLSv1.1, and
              TLSv1.2.  Regardless of order, the highest protocol supported by both sides will be
              chosen  when  making  the  connection.   The default when this option is omitted is
              TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2.

       --ssl-ciphers=ciphers
              Specifies, in OpenSSL cipher string format, the ciphers ovsdb-client  will  support
              for SSL connections.  The default when this option is omitted is HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5.

   Other Options
       --record[=directory]
              Sets  the process in "recording" mode, in which it will record all the connections,
              data from streams (Unix domain  and  network  sockets)  and  some  other  important
              necessary bits, so they could be replayed later.  Recorded data is stored in replay
              files in  specified  directory.   If  directory  does  not  begin  with  /,  it  is
              interpreted  as  relative  to /var/run/openvswitch.  If directory is not specified,
              /var/run/openvswitch will be used.

       --replay[=directory]
              Sets the process in  "replay"  mode,  in  which  it  will  read  information  about
              connections,  data  from  streams  (Unix domain and network sockets) and some other
              necessary bits directly from replay files instead of using  real  sockets.   Replay
              files  from  the directory will be used.  If directory does not begin with /, it is
              interpreted as relative to /var/run/openvswitch.  If directory  is  not  specified,
              /var/run/openvswitch will be used.

       -h
       --help Prints a brief help message to the console.

       -V
       --version
              Prints version information to the console.

SEE ALSO

       ovsdb(7), ovsdb-server(1), ovsdb-client(1).