BGPDSection: Version 0.96.5 (8)Updated: 10 August 2004 |
NAME
bgpd - a BGPv4, BGPv4+, BGPv4- routing engine for use with Quagga routing softwareSYNOPSIS
bgpd [ -dhrv ] [ -f config-file ] [ -i pid-file ] [ -p bgp-port-number ] [ --bgp_port= port-number ] [ -P port-number ] [ -A vty-address ] [ -u user ]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.
- -h, --help
- A brief message.
- -i, --pid_file pid-file
- When bgpd starts its process idenifier 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=port
- 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 intrefaces.
- -u, --user user
- Specify the user and group to run as. User and group have to have same name at the moment. Default is quagga.
- -r, --retain
- 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 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.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 maintainers try http://bugzilla.quagga.netAUTHORS
See http://www.zebra.org and http://www.quagga.org or the Info file for an accurate list of authors.