Transition from BIRD 1 to 2

[Robert Sander]

On 10/13/23 16:58, Nico Schottelius wrote:
> 
> Hello Robert,
> 
> Robert Sander <r.sander at heinlein-support.de> writes:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> please help me understand the configuration logic for BIRD2.
>>
>> In BIRD 1 we have a config file common.conf that gets included from
>> bird.conf and bird6.conf. It holds common configuration applicable to
>> both IPv4 and IPv6 like this:
> 
> I believe you might be using a side effect of the include (i.e. a config
> snippet being usable in both contexts), that now with only one config
> will not help you anymore.

Yes. For example with the OSPF configuration we only had to define the 
interfaces with their weights once and could include that in both 
protocol configurations.

Now I have to double that which makes maintenance harder.

Maybe I have to play a little bit more with the include option.

Regards
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