December 2017 - Bird-users

Bird - hardware, vm.
by Mike Neo 10 Dec '17

10 Dec '17

Hi, I think about migration from old cisco 6500 to Bird for bgp (2 feeds, traffic 400Mb) Could you tell me, is possible to find the best practices doc? Which linux distro do you prefer for stability, security etc.? Is it good choice to install Bird as vmware vm? BR, Mike

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Need help for BIRD installation
by Pardeep Sharma 06 Dec '17

06 Dec '17

Hi Bird Experts, We are new in BIRD software installation and want to install in our ubuntu server machine. If someone guide us about the installation process of BIRD in ubuntu.. would be appreciated. Please mention the installation link, If you have.. Help would be appreciated@@@@@@ Thanks Pardeep

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Bird and ensuring preference of one route over another via OSPF.
by Anubis 04 Dec '17

04 Dec '17

Hi All, I have a network wherein there are two routers connected to a network and both participate in an OSPF area on the public side. I'm needing to ensure that only one router is maintained as the priority route and the other is excluded. I've tried setting the costs of the routes, but the 2nd router is still becoming priority. How can I achieve this to ensure R1 is priority and R2 isn't use as a valid route. Configs below. Thanks. Anubis. Simplified Diagram: (Internet) -R0----+-------(eth0)- R1 (10.1.0.253) -----------+ (Lan 10.1.0.0/16) | | | | +-------(eth0)- R2 (10.1.0.252) -----------+ R0 is showing R2 as the priority route for 10.1.0.0/16 If I shut down Bird on R2, R1 correctly becomes the main route. R1 Config: ============================================= protocol device { scan time 10; } protocol kernel { export all; scan time 15; } protocol static { import all; } protocol ospf { import all; export filter { ospf_metric1 = 1000; if source = RTS_STATIC then accept; else reject; }; area 0 { interface "eth0" { cost 5; type broadcast; hello 10; retransmit 2; wait 10; dead 40; }; interface "*" { cost 1000; stub; }; }; } R2 Config: ============================================= protocol device { scan time 10; } protocol kernel { export all; scan time 15; } protocol static { import all; } protocol ospf { import all; export filter { ospf_metric1 = 1500; if ( source = RTS_STATIC ) then if (net = 10.1.0.0/16 || net = 10.2.0.0/16 ) then reject "rejected route"; else { accept "accepted route"; } else { reject "not static route"; } }; area 0 { interface "eth0" { cost 15; type broadcast; hello 10; retransmit 2; wait 10; dead 40; }; interface "*" { cost 1500; stub; }; }; }

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Could bgp password include double quotation character "?
by Eugene Qian 01 Dec '17

01 Dec '17

Hi All, How could I include double quotation in bgp password? in my config file protocol bgp AS_64496 from ABC { description "BIRD BGP instance AS_64496"; multihop; neighbor x.y.z.3 as 65002; source address a.b.c.29; # What local address we use for the TCP connect password "a1s@"xyz"; import all; export where proto = "static_bgp"; } password "a1s@"xyz"; I tried to use \ to escape or use single quotation for password, the bird will give me this error /opt/bird/etc/bird.conf, line 30: syntax error What is the restriction on password? Thanks -Eugene

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