[ixpmanager] Peering through customer portal possible?

[Nick Hilliard (INEX)]

Haider Ali wrote on 08/08/2019 11:29:
> anyone. But I have a question. Suppose a case that if ISP A wants to 
> peer with ISP B, then it will email the ISP B that I want peering (let 
> say bilateral). Suppose Both are agreed upon peering. Now what steps 
> should both take to peer?

Then they set up a BGP session between their two routers on the IXP 
peering LAN.  The IXP probably won't even know they did it.

> If the customer/ISP cannot configure BGP configurations or peer solely 
> through IXP manager then peering in IXP manager is just an information 
> portal or mailing portal for an ISP to work independently. Correct me 
> please if I am wrong.

It's an information portal with lots of features but it doesn't 
configure ISP interconnections.

There are plenty of presentations about IXP Manager online, which 
include a good deal of information about what it does and doesn't do. 
You should take a look at some of these, particularly the Introduction 
modules (e.g. Barry's preso at APRICOT 2019 or mine at APRICOT 2018):

https://www.ixpmanager.org/presentations

Nick