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authorAntony Messerli <antony@mes.ser.li>2026-02-20 11:31:21 -0600
committerAntony Messerli <antony@mes.ser.li>2026-03-04 15:34:11 +0000
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ovn-db: add support for ovn-northd extra command-line arguments
Adds the ovn_northd_cmdline_extras variable to allow operators to pass additional command-line arguments to the ovn-northd daemon. This enables customization of performance-related parameters such as thread count (--n-threads), parallel build (--use-parallel-build), and inactivity probe timeout (--inactivity-probe). The implementation follows the established cmdline_extras pattern used throughout kolla-ansible for services like Prometheus exporters. Closes-Bug: #2142316 Change-Id: I870034da10f80ff2208bbad529fa7de9a2548c06 Signed-off-by: Antony Messerli <antony@mes.ser.li>
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@@ -286,6 +286,15 @@ convenient to run them from ``ovn_northd`` container:
docker exec ovn_northd ovn-nbctl show
+Additional command-line arguments can be passed to the ``ovn-northd`` daemon
+using the ``ovn_northd_cmdline_extras`` variable. This can be useful for
+tuning performance parameters:
+
+.. path /etc/kolla/globals.yml
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+ ovn_northd_cmdline_extras: "--n-threads=8 --use-parallel-build --inactivity-probe=10000"
+
Mellanox Infiniband (ml2/mlnx)
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