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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Hello, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Thanks & Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Saifullah<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Maria Matejka <maria.matejka@nic.cz> <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, April 8, 2023 10:18 PM<br><b>To:</b> saifullah@fiberathome.net; bird-users@network.cz; 'Budiwijaya' <bbuuddiiww@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: How to prohibit resetting bgp neighborship after any bgp config change in bird.conf<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hello! <br><br>Well, of course all BGP sessions get reset when you restart BIRD itself. All the TCP sockets must be reconnected when the BIRD process starts anew.<br><br>Or you may use the graceful restart feature to alleviate some of the restarting pain, anyway BIRD is supposed to run long-term so restart is needed only if you upgrade BIRD itself. The standard way to update the config is to reload it, not to restart BIRD.<br><br>Maria<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 8 April 2023 17:11:32 CEST, <a href="mailto:saifullah@fiberathome.net">saifullah@fiberathome.net</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Hello, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Right, thank you for your feedback. Actually if we modify (add/ delete/ change) any address-family then it will reset the corresponding BGP sessions with </span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>“birc> configure” or “service bird reload”. But if you restart the service by “service bird restart”, then it will restart all sessions. Seems it is normal behavior. <span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Saifullah <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Maria Matejka <<a href="mailto:maria.matejka@nic.cz">maria.matejka@nic.cz</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 7, 2023 6:48 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:bird-users@network.cz">bird-users@network.cz</a>; <a href="mailto:saifullah@fiberathome.net">saifullah@fiberathome.net</a>; 'Budiwijaya' <<a href="mailto:bbuuddiiww@gmail.com">bbuuddiiww@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: How to prohibit resetting bgp neighborship after any bgp config change in bird.conf<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hello!<br><br>If you change bgp protocol parameters or rename your config blocks, it will restart the sessions, no matter what. Most of the knobs need restarting the session anyway, even by RFC.<br><br>The "configure soft" works only for filter changes and you should't run BIRD for a long time before actually reloading the affected channels.<br><br>We may suggest better if you disclose what you are actually changing.<br><br>Maria<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 7 April 2023 14:00:34 CEST, <a href="mailto:saifullah@fiberathome.net">saifullah@fiberathome.net</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Hi, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>This is not working. Any other way? Pls suggest. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Thanks & Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Saifullah<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Budiwijaya <<a href="mailto:bbuuddiiww@gmail.com">bbuuddiiww@gmail.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 7, 2023 3:47 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:saifullah@fiberathome.net">saifullah@fiberathome.net</a><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:bird-users@network.cz">bird-users@network.cz</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: How to prohibit resetting bgp neighborship after any bgp config change in bird.conf<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Using command '#birdc configure soft' from linux command line should not reset any peers.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Budiwijaya<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, 7 Apr 2023 at 01:03, <<a href="mailto:saifullah@fiberathome.net">saifullah@fiberathome.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Forum, <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I am new in bird. I am getting a problem. When I am doing "service bird restart or reload" or "bird > configure" to affect any bgp config change, add, modification etc., then bgp neighborships are being reset. Is there any way to affect any configure change in bird.conf without resetting bgp neighborships? <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards // Saifullah <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=199 height=70 style='width:2.075in;height:.7333in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://www.fiberathome.net/img/logo_main.jpg"><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br><i><span style='color:darkblue'>The content of this email is confidential and intended for the recipient specified in message only. 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