[Unit] Description=Open vSwitch Daemon Documentation=man:ovs-vswitchd Wants=network.target Before=network.target Requires=ovsdb-server.service After=ovsdb-server.service [Service] # --pidfile options is needed for create file used # by ovs-appctl command. ExecStart=/usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd --mlockall --monitor unix:/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock --pidfile [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target