[2.16.1 on FreeBSD] Automatic RPKI reload not active...

Job Snijders job at sobornost.net
Wed May 21 14:15:32 CEST 2025


On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 01:48:20PM +0200, Jana Babovakova via Bird-users wrote:
> import or export table is a command to note, that the routes will be
> locally stored in a table for import or export. So you do not need to
> write it down, it's just a switch.
> 
> Check the documentation for BGP > https://bird.nic.cz/doc/bird-2.16.2.html#bgp
> and tag "import table switch".

Of note - it is good practise to keep the table: it's 'more neighborly'!

Keeping the import table can help reduce the sending of BGP
ROUTE-REFRESH messages (which are costly for your peers).

Some commercial BGP vendors refer to this concept as
"soft-reconfiguration inbound always".

Kind regards,

Job


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