Distributions packaging Open vSwitch

This document lists various popular distributions packaging Open vSwitch. Open vSwitch is packaged by various distributions for multiple platforms and architectures.

Note

The packaged version available with distributions may not be latest Open vSwitch release.

Debian

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.

3. For DPDK datapath, Open vSwitch with DPDK support is bundled in the package openvswitch-switch-dpdk.

Fedora

Fedora provides openvswitch, openvswitch-devel, openvswitch-test and openvswitch-debuginfo rpm packages. You can install openvswitch package in minimum installation. Use yum or dnf to install the rpm packages and must be superuser.

Red Hat

RHEL distributes openvswitch rpm package that supports kernel datapath. DPDK accelerated Open vSwitch can be installed using openvswitch-dpdk package.

OpenSuSE

OpenSUSE provides openvswitch, openvswitch-switch rpm packages. Also openvswitch-dpdk and openvswitch-dpdk-switch can be installed for Open vSwitch using DPDK accelerated datapath.