[ixpmanager] Birdseye documentation

[Kyle Spencer]

Even after matching the bird socket to the config file, we're still dead ;(

On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 3:59 PM, Kyle Spencer <kyle at stormzero.com> wrote:
> Does the .ctl in the line:
>
> BIRDC="/usr/bin/sudo /srv/birdseye/bin/birdc -4 -s
> /var/run/bird/rs1-kla1-ipv4.ctl"
>
> Need to reference an existing ctl file from one of my bird daemons? Or
> should it be new and unique?
>
> # ls /var/run/bird/
> bird6.ctl  bird.ctl
>
> On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 3:30 PM, Kyle Spencer <kyle at stormzero.com> wrote:
>> Note that I did not create the v6 .env file yet -- I have only
>> attempted to get v4 working (without success).
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 3:29 PM, Kyle Spencer <kyle at stormzero.com> wrote:
>>> Still not having any joy. Attempting to integrate v4 and v6 looking
>>> glass functionality for RS1:
>>>
>>> I previously had a single daemon running on the box (v4) so only used
>>> .env and this was working fine.
>>>
>>> I have now renamed the /srv/birdseye/.env file to
>>> /srv/birdseye/birdseye-rs1-kla1-ipv4.env as instructed by the docs and
>>> ensured the following line was set appropriately: BIRDC="/usr/bin/sudo
>>> /srv/birdseye/bin/birdc -4 -s /var/run/bird/rs1-kla1-ipv4.ctl"
>>>
>>> I created two CNAME entries in our DNS system as suggested by the
>>> docs. Both return seemingly correct results on the RS1 box when
>>> queried with dig:
>>>
>>> dig +short CNAME rs1-kla1-ipv4.uixp.co.ug
>>> rs1.uixp.co.ug.
>>> dig +short CNAME rs1-kla1-ipv6.uixp.co.ug
>>> rs1.uixp.co.ug.
>>>
>>> However, attempts to view the LG from IXP Manager return a "Whoops,
>>> looks like something went wrong." error with the big red banner on top
>>> :(
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 2:25 PM, Kyle Spencer <kyle at stormzero.com> wrote:
>>>> Noted. Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Cell/WhatsApp/Signal: +256790884905
>>>>
>>>> On 20 Jan 2018 14:24, "Barry O'Donovan" <barry.odonovan at inex.ie> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Kyle Spencer wrote:
>>>>> > Hi all,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Working through this: https://github.com/inex/birdseye
>>>>> >
>>>>> > It isn't exactly clear is where the DNS CNAME entries are made in the
>>>>> > first part of the "Configuration" section. Is that in /etc/hosts?
>>>>>
>>>>> No, your DNS server / DNS provider.
>>>>>
>>>>> E.g.
>>>>>
>>>>> dig +short CNAME rs1-lan1-ipv4.mgmt.inex.ie
>>>>>
>>>>>  - Barry
>>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cell/WhatsApp/Signal: +256790884905
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cell/WhatsApp/Signal: +256790884905
>
>
>
> --
> Cell/WhatsApp/Signal: +256790884905



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