ovsdbapp

library2.17.0pypypi✓ verified 85d ago

A library for creating OVSDB applications. Current version 2.17.0, released as part of OpenStack zed cycle. Follows OpenStack release cadence (approximately 6 months).

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pip install ovsdbapp

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INSTALL

IMPORT

SIG · OVSDBAPP

ovsdbapp

devopspythonv2.17.0

harness data pending

Install & Compatibility

Where this runs

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Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

Transaction

✓ from ovsdbapp import api

✗ from ovsdbapp import Transaction

Transaction is accessed via api.Transaction

VswitchdInterface

✓ from ovsdbapp.backend.ovs_idl import vswitch

✗ from ovsdbapp.vswitch import VswitchdInterface

vswitch module moved to backend.ovs_idl

Initialize OVSDB connection and transaction.

import os from ovsdbapp.backend.ovs_idl import connection from ovsdbapp import api remote = os.environ.get('OVSDB_REMOTE', 'tcp:127.0.0.1:6640') conn = connection.Connection(remote=remote) idl = conn.start() txn = api.Transaction(idl) # Use txn for operations print('OVSDB connection established')

Debug

Known issues

breakingTop-level api and schema imports moved to backend.ovs_idl. Importing from ovsdbapp directly may fail.

fix

Use from ovsdbapp.backend.ovs_idl import ...

affects: >=2.0.0

deprecatedThe ovsdbapp.api module is deprecated; use ovsdbapp.backend.ovs_idl.api instead.

fix

Update imports to backend.ovs_idl.api

affects: >=1.7.0

gotchaConnection.start() must be called before creating a transaction, otherwise IDL is None.

fix

Always call connection.start() to initialize the IDL.

affects: all

Errors

Common errors & fixes

ImportError: cannot import name 'Transaction' from 'ovsdbapp'

Wrong import path; Transaction is inside ovsdbapp.api.

fix

Use from ovsdbapp import api and then api.Transaction

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'tables'

IDL not started before accessing transaction.

fix

Call connection.start() before creating transaction.

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Version history

2.17.0latest on PyPI · released Apr 20, 2026

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Resources

packagehttps://pypi.org/project/ovsdbapp/ ↗

homepagehttps://docs.openstack.org/ovsdbapp/latest/ ↗