[ixpmanager] ixp manager

[Nikhil Rathi]

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On 28/11/14 1:14 pm, "Barry O'Donovan" <barry.odonovan at inex.ie> wrote:

>
>Nikhil,
>
>As per yesterday's request:
>
>
>Could you send the complete generated config file to us with the actual
>resultant configuration?
>
>If you want to keep it offlist, please send to operations at inex.ie.
>
>Can you also tell us what version of Bird you are running?
>
>  - Barry
>
>On 27/11/2014 20:57, Nikhil Rathi wrote:
>> I haven't used IRRDB filtering . I noticed whaterver was advertised to
>>the
>> route server (BIRD) was stored in the master table but not advertised to
>> the peer
>> As a test case we setup 2 peers advertised a dummy range on each side.
>> Eg Peer A advertises 1 and Peer B advertises 2.   Now A should see 2
>>and B
>> should see 1 in their routing tables.
>> This was not happening .
>> Although the routes were received by bird they were not sent to other
>> peer.
>>
>> This made me change it to "export all" and that made 1 go to B and 2 to
>>A
>>
>> On 27/11/14 7:19 pm, "Nick Hilliard" <nick at inex.ie> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Nikhil,
>>>
>>> Are you sure that this isn't related to irrdb filtering?  Did you
>>>follow
>>> the guide here:
>>>
>>> https://github.com/inex/IXP-Manager/wiki/IRRDB-Prefixes
>>>
>>> You can see whether this is working by enabling the Route Server Prefix
>>> Analysis Tool, periodically running compare-route-server-prefixes.pl on
>>> the
>>> route servers themselves and checking in the Web UI that the prefix set
>>> looks correct for each IXP participant.
>>>
>>> Nick
>>>
>>>
>>> On 26/11/2014 19:59, Nikhil Rathi wrote:
>>>> Posting to the group
>>>>
>>>> If theres mistake please point out. It works for the Bird peers and
>>>> sends
>>>> and receives everything it learns
>>>>
>>>>> This is what I changed to get the routes advertised by each peer to
>>>>>go
>>>>> through
>>>>>
>>>>> In application/views/router-cli/server/bird/neighbor.cfg
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> protocol pipe pp_{$int.fvliid}_as{$int.autsys} {
>>>>>         description "Pipe for AS{$int.autsys} - {$int.cname} - VLAN
>>>>> Interface {$int.vliid}";
>>>>>         table master;
>>>>>         mode transparent;
>>>>>         peer table t_{$int.fvliid}_as{$int.autsys};
>>>>>         import filter f_import_{$int.fvliid}_as{$int.autsys};
>>>>>         #export where ixp_community_filter({$int.autsys}); -- THIS IS
>>>>> COMMENTED OUT
>>>>>         export all; ------ THIS IS THE CHANGE
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> If we leave it as is then bird does not advertise anything to the
>>>>> neighbor
>>>>> although it does have the routes from each neighbour in its master
>>>>> table.
>>>>> What we wanted was unilater peering executed. Everybody connects to a
>>>>> single route server and receives all the routes by the other peer
>>>>>
>>>>> RGDS
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 24/11/14 8:56 pm, "Nick Hilliard" <nick at netability.ie> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Nikhil,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Your issue sounds very much it's related to IRRDB filtering.  If you
>>>>>> follow
>>>>>> up on ixpmanager at inex.ie, we can help you out with the issue there.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nick
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 23/11/2014 20:27, Nikhil Rathi wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We used bird and the config generated created separate tables for
>>>>>>> each
>>>>>>> peer. So although the router server received routes until I did not
>>>>>>> hard
>>>>>>> code export all instead of export ixp+peerŠ.(ASN) it did not
>>>>>>> advertise
>>>>>>> all
>>>>>>> routes learned from 1 to the other
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 22/11/14 7:15 pm, "Nick Hilliard" <nick at netability.ie> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Nikhil,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you subscribe to ixpmanager at inex.ie, maybe we could answer the
>>>>>>>> question
>>>>>>>> there?  Probably it's something relatively straightforward.  We
>>>>>>>>can
>>>>>>>> provide
>>>>>>>> commercial support if you want, though.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Nick
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 21/11/2014 19:33, Nikhil Rathi wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>>> We are a new open IX in India and not for profit. Having trouble
>>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>> bird
>>>>>>>>> not exporting to the route server clients based on the
>>>>>>>>> configuration
>>>>>>>>> file
>>>>>>>>> from the IXPManager
>>>>>>>>> Is this something you could help us fix ?
>>>>>>>>> If you charge for this can you please let us know your hourly
>>>>>>>>>fees
>>>>>>>>> ?
>>>>>>>>> RGDS
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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