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.
-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.