Re: Does Bird accept configuration changes using the command line?

On 22 Oct 2012, at 17:45, Ondrej Filip wrote:

Not really. There is currently only one item, that can be changed directly from CLI and that is ROA table. If you want to change configuration in general, you have to amend a configuration file. However do not forget BIRD has a smart reconfiguration, it reconfigures only affected protocols and you can also use "include" statement. So for example all static routes can be in (a) separate configuration file(s), so the reconfiguration can be almost as easy as using CLI directly.

Or you could put said routes in a separate kernel routing table, and get bird to redistribute that IIRC. That way no reconfiguring of bird is needed at all. -- Alex Bligh