bgpd
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Name
bgpd - routing engine for use with
Quagga routing software
Synopsis
bgpd [ -dhrv ] [ -f config-file ] [ -i pid-file ] [ -p bgp-
port-number ] [ -P port-number ] [ -A vty-address ] [ -u
user ] [ -g group ]
Description
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NAME
bgpd - a BGPv4, BGPv4+, BGPv4- routing engine for use with
Quagga routing software
SYNOPSIS
bgpd [ -dhrv ] [ -f config-file ] [ -i pid-file ] [ -p bgp-
port-number ] [ -P port-number ] [ -A vty-address ] [ -u
user ] [ -g group ]
DESCRIPTION
bgpd is a routing component that works with the Quagga rout-
ing engine.
OPTIONS
Options available for the bgpd command:
-d, --daemon
Runs in daemon mode, forking and exiting from tty.
-f, --config-file config-file
Specifies the config file to use for startup. If not
specified this option will likely default to
/usr/local/etc/bgpd.conf.
-g, --group group
Specify the group to run as. Default is quagga.
-h, --help
A brief message.
-i, --pid_file pid-file
When bgpd starts its process identifier is written to
pid-file. The init system uses the recorded PID to
stop or restart bgpd. The likely default is
/var/run/bgpd.pid.
-p, --bgp_port bgp-port-number
Set the port that bgpd will listen to for bgp data.
-P, --vty_port port-number
Specify the port that the bgpd VTY will listen on. This
defaults to 2605, as specified in /etc/services.
-A, --vty_addr vty-address
Specify the address that the bgpd VTY will listen on.
Default is all interfaces.
-u, --user user
Specify the user to run as. Default is quagga.
-r, --retain
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When the program terminates, retain routes added by
bgpd.
-v, --version
Print the version and exit.
FILES
/usr/local/sbin/bgpd
The default location of the bgpd binary.
/usr/local/etc/bgpd.conf
The default location of the bgpd config file.
$(PWD)/bgpd.log
If the bgpd process is config'd to output logs to a
file, then you will find this file in the directory
where you started bgpd.
WARNING
This man page is intended to be a quick reference for com-
mand line options. The definitive document is the Info file
Quagga.
DIAGNOSTICS
The bgpd process may log to standard output, to a VTY, to a
log file, or through syslog to the system logs. bgpd sup-
ports many debugging options, see the Info file, or the
source for details.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
+---------------+-------------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+-------------------------------+
|Availability | system/network/routing/quagga |
+---------------+-------------------------------+
|Stability | Volatile |
+---------------+-------------------------------+
SEE ALSO
ripd(8), ripngd(8), ospfd(8), ospf6d(8), isisd(8), zebra(8),
vtysh(1)
BUGS
bgpd eats bugs for breakfast. If you have food for the main-
tainers try http://bugzilla.quagga.net
AUTHORS
See http://www.zebra.org and http://www.quagga.net or the
Info file for an accurate list of authors.
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NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original
community source was downloaded from
http://www.quagga.net/download/quagga-0.99.19.tar.gz
Further information about this software can be found on the
open source community website at http://www.quagga.net/.
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