Great thank you! I have upgraded to BIRD2 and now have BIRD2 Active as per root@0rcan0mic etc]# systemctl status bird.service ● bird.service - BIRD Internet Routing Daemon Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/bird.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (running) since Sat 2023-03-18 17:25:54 CDT; 6min ago Process: 9683 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/bird -p (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 9684 (bird) CGroup: /system.slice/bird.service └─9684 /usr/sbin/bird -f -u bird -g bird Mar 18 17:31:17 0rcan0mic bird[9684]: vultr: Socket error: bind: Cannot assign requested address Mar 18 17:31:24 0rcan0mic bird[9684]: vultr: Socket error: bind: Cannot assign requested address Mar 18 17:31:32 0rcan0mic bird[9684]: vultr: Socket error: bind: Cannot assign requested address Mar 18 17:31:39 0rcan0mic bird[9684]: vultr: Socket error: bind: Cannot assign requested address Mar 18 17:31:46 0rcan0mic bird[9684]: vultr: Socket error: bind: Cannot assign requested address Mar 18 17:31:53 0rcan0mic bird[9684]: vultr: Socket error: bind: Cannot assign requested address Mar 18 17:31:54 0rcan0mic bird[9684]: KRT: Received route 0.0.0.0/0 with strange next-hop 155.138.210.1 Mar 18 17:31:58 0rcan0mic bird[9684]: vultr: Socket error: bind: Cannot assign requested address Mar 18 17:32:06 0rcan0mic bird[9684]: vultr: Socket error: bind: Cannot assign requested address Mar 18 17:32:13 0rcan0mic bird[9684]: vultr: Socket error: bind: Cannot assign requested address Do I have to announce a route now?

Hello!

If you're setting up BIRD 1.6.x, please consider running BIRD 2 as the version 1.6.x isn't getting any updates besides proven security bugs.

If you're setting up BIRD 2 from package, the SystemD unit file should be distributed with it as well. If not, it is probably a packaging bug. What package are you installing from?

If you're setting up BIRD 2 from source, then you have to create a unit file yourself.

In both BIRD 2 cases, your config file default name is /etc/bird.conf, not /etc/bird6.conf as BIRD 2 runs one daemon for both IPv6 and legacy IPv4.

And as Kevin suggested, the `systemctl status bird` and `journalctl -eu bird` command outputs are what we probably need to check to move on.

BTW if you were into some more targeted and individualized support, please let us know at bird-support@network.cz with your specific use case to get a quote.

Maria

On 3/18/23 03:04, Jesse Mac Dougall via Bird-users wrote:

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Hello, I am setting up bird daemon for the first time. I have built a BGP Neighborship in /etc/bird6.conf and now attempting to start the bird daemon but unsuccessful and do not know why.

When I "systemctl start bird" I get failed start. | I am uncertain if I am supposed to have a file in /usr/lib/systemd/system/ for bird. The guidance I've been given so far says no file in /usr/lib/systemd/system/.

I have /etc/bird.conf6 file created