Multiple BIRD instances on the same machine
Dear all, is it possible to "split" BIRD and use the same physical machine as a route server on two separate LANs? If yes, how can I do it? If feasible, is it something that is discouraged? Thanks, Simone. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
I guess it should be possible by defining the bind-address accordingly: listen bgp address w.x.y.z; and of course splitting the config-files and starting the daemons accordingly, and yes, you might need to change the communication socket on the second bird. I guess this is something that doesn't make much sense, as you could do whatever you want to do with multiple RIBs in one BIRD instance (if we are talking about BGP here). Wolfgang On 05/18/2010 02:51 PM, Simone Morandini wrote:
Dear all,
is it possible to "split" BIRD and use the same physical machine as a route server on two separate LANs? If yes, how can I do it? If feasible, is it something that is discouraged?
Thanks, Simone.
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Yes, it is possible to do it. We have a testbed which runs tens of bird instances on the same machine talking BGP to each other. However, we had to disable protocol direct to make it work. Marco Canini, Ph.D. EPFL, Networked Systems Laboratory
-----Original Message----- From: owner-bird-users@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz [mailto:owner-bird- users@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz] On Behalf Of Simone Morandini Sent: 18 May, 2010 2:52 PM To: bird-users@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz Subject: Multiple BIRD instances on the same machine
Dear all,
is it possible to "split" BIRD and use the same physical machine as a route server on two separate LANs? If yes, how can I do it? If feasible, is it something that is discouraged?
Thanks, Simone.
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Wolfgang Hennerbichler