Bug 1792952

Description of problem:

The ovsdb-server fail to start:
● ovsdb-server.service - Open vSwitch Database Unit
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/ovsdb-server.service; static; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2020-01-20 05:34:29 EST; 20s ago
  Process: 4525 ExecStart=/usr/share/openvswitch/scripts/ovs-ctl --no-ovs-vswitchd --no-monitor --system-id=random ${OVSUSER} start $OPTIONS (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
  Process: 4521 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c rm -f /run/openvswitch/useropts; if [ "$${OVS_USER_ID/:*/}" != "root" ]; then /usr/bin/echo "OVSUSER=--ovs-user=${OVS_USER_ID}" > /run/openvswitch/useropts; fi (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 4519 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/chown ${OVS_USER_ID} /var/run/openvswitch /var/log/openvswitch (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Jan 20 05:34:29 dell-r210ii-01.rhev.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com systemd[1]: ovsdb-server.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart.
Jan 20 05:34:29 dell-r210ii-01.rhev.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com systemd[1]: ovsdb-server.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Jan 20 05:34:29 dell-r210ii-01.rhev.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com systemd[1]: Stopped Open vSwitch Database Unit.
Jan 20 05:34:29 dell-r210ii-01.rhev.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com systemd[1]: ovsdb-server.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Jan 20 05:34:29 dell-r210ii-01.rhev.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com systemd[1]: ovsdb-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jan 20 05:34:29 dell-r210ii-01.rhev.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com systemd[1]: Failed to start Open vSwitch Database Unit.

[root@dell-r210ii-01 run]# journalctl | grep openvswitch
Jan 19 09:20:53 dell-r210ii-01.rhev.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com groupadd[5254]: group added to /etc/group: name=openvswitch, GID=980
Jan 19 09:20:53 dell-r210ii-01.rhev.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com groupadd[5254]: group added to /etc/gshadow: name=openvswitch
Jan 19 09:20:54 dell-r210ii-01.rhev.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com groupadd[5254]: new group: name=openvswitch, GID=980
Jan 19 09:20:54 dell-r210ii-01.rhev.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com useradd[5261]: new user: name=openvswitch, UID=981, GID=980, home=/, shell=/sbin/nologin
Jan 19 09:20:55 dell-r210ii-01.rhev.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com usermod[5275]: add 'openvswitch' to group 'hugetlbfs'
Jan 19 09:20:55 dell-r210ii-01.rhev.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com usermod[5275]: add 'openvswitch' to shadow group 'hugetlbfs'
Jan 19 10:29:29 dell-r210ii-01.rhev.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com ovs-ctl[10335]: /etc/openvswitch/conf.db does not exist ... (warning).
Jan 19 10:29:29 dell-r210ii-01.rhev.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com ovs-ctl[10335]: Creating empty database /etc/openvswitch/conf.db [  OK  ]
Jan 19 10:29:29 dell-r210ii-01.rhev.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com ovsdb-server[10384]: ovs|00002|daemon_unix|EMER|/var/run/openvswitch/ovsdb-server.pid.tmp: create failed (Permission denied)
Jan 19 10:29:29 dell-r210ii-01.rhev.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com ovs-ctl[10335]: Starting ovsdb-server ovsdb-server: /var/run/openvswitch/ovsdb-server.pid.tmp: create failed (Permission denied)
Jan 19 10:29:29 dell-r210ii-01.rhev.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com ovsdb-server[10444]: ovs|00002|daemon_unix|EMER|/var/run/openvswitch/ovsdb-server.pid.tmp: create failed (Permission denied)

The path /var/run/openvswitch does not exists.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

openvswitch2.11-2.11.0-26.el8fdp.x86_64
RHV 4.4.0-15
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="8.2 Beta"

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install openvswitch
2. try to start ovsdb-server service


Actual results:
ovsdb-server service is not running

Expected results:
ovsdb-server service is running

Additional info: