How to Port OpenvSwitch(OVS) into FitPC2i Running Ubuntu 12.04/14.04/14.10 Server Linux ?

Porting OpenvSwitch to FitPC2i is not a quite easy job.

FitPC2i Spec:

• Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU Z530 @ 1.60GHz
• 1 GB RAM
• 500GB HDD
• 2 NIC(RealTek)

step0
Install Ubuntu 12.04-5 Server Linux on FitPC2i from here

step0.1
#Make sure you are connected to Internet. In my case connected eth1(eth0) to Internet
sudo dhclient eth0

setp0.2
#Ping thamizha.org
ping thamizha.org
64 bytes from pages.github.com (xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa): icmp_req=1 ttl=56 time=268 ms

step1
sudo apt-get install -y automake autoconf uml-utilities git libtool python-simplejson pkg-config build-essential

step2
wget http://openvswitch.org/releases/openvswitch-2.3.0.tar.gz
tar zxvf openvswitch-2.3.0.tar.gz
cd openvswitch-2.3.0

step3
./boot.sh
./configure –with-linux=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build

step4
#It might take 8-10 minutes to compile.
make

step5
#If you want to install to system follow next step
make install

step6
#Load the OVS Kernel Module
insmod datapath/linux/openvswitch.ko

Now you are ready to create vSwitch on FitPC2i

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