zebra (1m)

Name

zebra - a routing manager for use with associated Quagga components.

Synopsis

zebra [ -bdhklrv ] [ -f config-file ] [ -i pid-file ]  [  -P
port-number ] [ -A vty-address ] [ -u user ] [ -g group ]

Description

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NAME
     zebra  -  a  routing  manager for use with associated Quagga
     components.

SYNOPSIS
     zebra [ -bdhklrv ] [ -f config-file ] [ -i pid-file ]  [  -P
     port-number ] [ -A vty-address ] [ -u user ] [ -g group ]

DESCRIPTION
     zebra  is  a routing manager that implements the zebra route
     engine.  zebra supports RIPv1, RIPv2,  RIPng,  OSPF,  OSPF6,
     IS-IS, BGP4+, and BGP4-.

OPTIONS
     Options available for the zebra command:

     -b, --batch
          Runs  in batch mode, zebra parses its config and exits.

     -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/zebra.conf.

     -g, --group group
          Specify the group to run as. Default is quagga.

     -h, --help
          A brief message.

     -i, --pid_file pid-file
          When zebra starts its process identifier is written  to
          pid-file.   The  init  system  uses the recorded PID to
          stop  or  restart  zebra.   The   likely   default   is
          /var/run/zebra.pid.

     -k, --keep_kernel
          On startup, don't delete self inserted routes.

     -P, --vty_port port-number
          Specify  the  port  that  the zebra VTY will listen on.
          This defaults to 2601, as specified in /etc/services.

     -A, --vty_addr vty-address
          Specify the address that the zebra VTY will listen  on.
          Default is all interfaces.

     -u, --user user
          Specify the user to run as. Default is quagga.



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     -r, --retain
          When  the  program  terminates,  retain routes added by
          zebra.

     -s, --nl-bufsize netlink-buffer-size
          Set netlink receive buffer size. There are cases  where
          zebra  daemon  can't  handle  flood of netlink messages
          from kernel. If you ever see "recvmsg overrun" messages
          in zebra log, you are in trouble.

          Solution  is  to  increase  receive  buffer  of netlink
          socket. Note that kernel doesn't allow to  increase  it
          over        maximum        value       defined       in
          /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max. If you want to do it,  you
          have to increase maximum before starting zebra.

          Note that this affects Linux only.

     -v, --version
          Print the version and exit.

FILES
     /usr/local/sbin/zebra
          The default location of the zebra binary.

     /usr/local/etc/zebra.conf
          The default location of the zebra config file.

     $(PWD)/zebra.log
          If  the  zebra  process is config'd to output logs to a
          file, then you will find this  file  in  the  directory
          where you started zebra.

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 zebra process may log to standard output, to a VTY, to a
     log file, or through syslog to the system logs.  zebra  sup-
     ports  many  debugging  options,  see  the Info file, or the
     source for details.


ATTRIBUTES
     See  attributes(5)  for  descriptions   of   the   following
     attributes:







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     +---------------+-------------------------------+
     |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE         |
     +---------------+-------------------------------+
     |Availability   | system/network/routing/quagga |
     +---------------+-------------------------------+
     |Stability      | Volatile                      |
     +---------------+-------------------------------+
SEE ALSO
     bgpd(8),  ripd(8), ripngd(8), ospfd(8), ospf6d(8), isisd(8),
     vtysh(1)

BUGS
     zebra eats bugs for breakfast. If  you  have  food  for  the
     maintainers 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.




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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