I tried this but " reload " in birdc shell , Reload config just for current running config file , there is no option for reconfig / Reload different file Regards From: Bird-users [mailto:bird-users-bounces@network.cz] On Behalf Of Andrew Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 4:30 PM To: bird-users@network.cz Subject: Re: BIRD Error ... or just to reload config using birdc shell... On 13.12.2017 16:07, Damien Clabaut wrote: Hello, You can add the -d option to launch bird in the foreground with extra debugging. Then you can just kill it with Ctrl + c. Regards, On 2017-12-13 08:57 AM, k.abdalla@q-ab.com <mailto:k.abdalla@q-ab.com> wrote: Thank you ! , It worked .. Just another question please , I'm working on test environment and testing different config. files , So do I need to do this every time I want to change the configuration file ? How to change my config files without need to kill the process and start again .? Thanks From: Bird-users [mailto:bird-users-bounces@network.cz] On Behalf Of Damien Clabaut Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 3:40 PM To: bird-users@network.cz <mailto:bird-users@network.cz> Subject: Re: BIRD Error Hello, Can you confirm with the following command that Bird is indeed already running ? # ps ax | grep bird If so you can try to kill it and launch bird -c myfile.conf. Regards, On 2017-12-13 08:31 AM, k.abdalla@q-ab.com <mailto:k.abdalla@q-ab.com> wrote: Hi all , It's my first time running BIRD instance and when I tried to run bird -c myfile.conf it gave below error : "bird: I found another BIRD running" Your help is much appreciated Thanks -- Damien Clabaut R&D vRouter ovh.qc.ca -- Damien Clabaut R&D vRouter ovh.qc.ca