-== OVSDB Openstack Installation Guide
-TBD
+== OVSDB OpenStack Installation Guide
=== Overview
-TBD
+This guide is geared towards installing OpenDaylight to use the OVSDB project to provide Neutron support for OpenStack.
-=== Pre Requisites for Installing OVSDB Openstack
-TBD
+Open vSwitch (OVS) is generally accepted as the unofficial standard for Virtual Switching in the Open hypervisor based solutions.
+For information on OVS, see http://openvswitch.org/[Open vSwitch].
-=== Preparing for Installation
-TBD
+With OpenStack within the SDN context, controllers and applications interact using two channels: OpenFlow and OVSDB. OpenFlow addresses the forwarding-side of the OVS functionality. OVSDB, on the other hand, addresses the management-plane.
+A simple and concise overview of Open Virtual Switch Database (OVSDB) is available at: http://networkstatic.net/getting-started-ovsdb/
-=== Installing OVSDB Openstack
-TBD
+=== Preparing for Installation
+Follow the instructions in <<_getting_and_installing_opendaylight,Getting and Installing OpenDaylight>>.
+
+=== Installing OVSDB OpenStack
+Install the required features with the following command:
+-----
+feature:install odl-ovsdb-openstack
+-----
+
+==== Sample output from the Karaf console
+----
+opendaylight-user@root>feature:list -i | grep ovsdb
+odl-ovsdb-southbound-api | 1.1.0-SNAPSHOT | x | odl-ovsdb-southbound-1.1.0-SNAPSHOT
+OpenDaylight :: southbound :: api
+odl-ovsdb-southbound-impl | 1.1.0-SNAPSHOT | x | odl-ovsdb-southbound-1.1.0-SNAPSHOT
+OpenDaylight :: southbound :: impl
+odl-ovsdb-southbound-impl-rest | 1.1.0-SNAPSHOT | x | odl-ovsdb-southbound-1.1.0-SNAPSHOT
+OpenDaylight :: southbound :: impl :: REST
+odl-ovsdb-southbound-impl-ui | 1.1.0-SNAPSHOT | x | odl-ovsdb-southbound-1.1.0-SNAPSHOT
+OpenDaylight :: southbound :: impl :: UI
+odl-ovsdb-openstack | 1.1.0-SNAPSHOT | x | ovsdb-1.1.0-SNAPSHOT
+OpenDaylight :: OVSDB :: OpenStack Network Virtual
+----
=== Verifying your Installation
-TBD
+To verify that the installation was successful, use the following command in karaf and check that there are no errors
+logs relating to odl-ovsdb-openstack.
+-----
+log:display
+-----
==== Troubleshooting
-TBD
-
-=== Post Installation Configuration
-TBD
-
-=== Upgrading From a Previous Release
-TBD
-
-=== Uninstalling OVSDB Openstack
-TBD
+There is no easy way to troubleshoot an installation of odl-ovsdb-openstack. Perhaps a combination of
+log:display | grep -i ovsdb in karaf, Open vSwitch commands (ovs-vsctl) and OpenStack logs will be useful but will not
+explain everything.
+
+=== Uninstalling OVSDB OpenStack
+. Shutdown the karaf instance:
++
+-----
+system:shutdown
+-----
+. Remove what is in the /data folder of the OpenDaylight Distribution.