Description of ML2 OpenDaylight mechanism driver configuration options

Configuration option = Default value	Description
[DEFAULT]
backdoor_port = None	(StrOpt) Enable eventlet backdoor. Acceptable values are 0, <port>, and <start>:<end>, where 0 results in listening on a random tcp port number; <port> results in listening on the specified port number (and not enabling backdoor if that port is in use); and <start>:<end> results in listening on the smallest unused port number within the specified range of port numbers. The chosen port is displayed in the service's log file.
policy_default_rule = default	(StrOpt) Default rule. Enforced when a requested rule is not found.
policy_dirs = ['policy.d']	(MultiStrOpt) Directories where policy configuration files are stored. They can be relative to any directory in the search path defined by the config_dir option, or absolute paths. The file defined by policy_file must exist for these directories to be searched. Missing or empty directories are ignored.
policy_file = policy.json	(StrOpt) The JSON file that defines policies.
run_external_periodic_tasks = True	(BoolOpt) Some periodic tasks can be run in a separate process. Should we run them here?
[ml2_odl]
password = None	(StrOpt) HTTP password for authentication
session_timeout = 30	(IntOpt) Tomcat session timeout in minutes.
timeout = 10	(IntOpt) HTTP timeout in seconds.
url = None	(StrOpt) HTTP URL of OpenDaylight REST interface.
username = None	(StrOpt) HTTP username for authentication