ExaBGP and BIRD clue in the house?

Randy amps at djlab.com
Thu Jul 2 16:40:59 UTC 2015


FYI, if the static is moved up within the neighbor definition, it works. 
   So this is an Exa related issue/feature and not a problem with BIRD.

I'll move the noise to the Exa list if needed.

~Randy

On 07/02/2015 9:13 am, Randy wrote:
> Really, it's got to be something dead stupid.   Hoping to borrow 5
> minutes of someone's time.   Replies on or off list are fine.
> 
> I've reduced it to a simple config:
> 
> BIRD:
> protocol bgp {
>  description "ExaBGP-local";
>  local as 12345;
>  allow local as 1;
>  neighbor 10.0.0.2 as 12345;
>  next hop keep;
>  start delay time 5;
>  import all;
>  export all;
> }
> 
> EXABGP:
> group gixlg {
>     hold-time 180;
>     local-as 12345;
>     router-id 10.0.0.2;
>     family {
>        ipv4 unicast;
>     }
>     neighbor 10.0.0.1 {
>        router-id 10.0.0.2;
>        local-address 10.0.0.2;
>        peer-as 12345;
>        description "Bird-local";
>        group-updates;
>     }
>     static {
>        route 1.2.3.4/32 next-hop 4.3.2.1;
>     }
> }
> 
> Everything comes up.   But bird has no routes.
> bird> sh protocols
> name     proto    table    state  since       info
> bgp1     BGP      master   up     12:06:00    Established
> 
> bird> show route all
> bird>



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