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| BGPD(8) |
Version 1.1.1 |
BGPD(8) |
NAME¶
bgpd - a BGPv4, BGPv4+, BGPv4- routing engine for use with Quagga routing
software
SYNOPSIS¶
bgpd [ -dhrSv ] [ -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 routing
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
- When the program terminates, retain routes added by bgpd.
- -S, --skip_runas
- Skip setting the process effective user and group.
- -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 command 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 supports many debugging options, see
the Info file, or the source for details.
