[ixpmanager] IXP Manager Route Server with Bird2 sync/api reconfigure script error.

[Douglas Fischer]

Shouldn't this (ASN needs to be 16bits) to be exposed as a requirement of
IXP Manager?

Em qua., 17 de mai. de 2023 às 13:28, Barry O'Donovan (INEX) via ixpmanager
<ixpmanager at inex.ie> escreveu:

>
> Thanks Earl.
>
> Best to proceed with a 16-bit asn then for now. We'll have to talk a
> harder look at supporting 32-bit asns as the route server asn.
>
> NB: for anyone stumbling upon this, clients with 32-bit asns are not an
> issue. We are speaking only about the route server's own asn.
>
>  - Barry
>
>
> Earl Tan <earl.tan at aftechph.com>
> 17 May 2023 at 17:10
> Thanks Everyone!, I have notified the Network Team about the findings and
> they'll coordinate with APNIC about the 16-bit ASN.
>
> I tried the conditional changes and applied it as a skin file. I
> encountered a new error on line 384 "bird:
> /usr/local/etc/bird/bird-rcbc-rs2-ipv4.conf.284028:381:48 Value 150786 out
> of range (0-65535)". line 381 referred to ->
> https://github.com/inex/IXP-Manager/blob/master/resources/views/api/v4/router/server/bird2/neighbors.foil.php Line
> 249 of that file. I added the same conditional used on
> "community-filter.foil.php" onto Line 249 of neighbors.foil.php ( skin ).
>
> ( After above ) It still produced the initial error msg of "ERROR:
> non-zero return from /usr/sbin/bird when parsing
> /usr/local/etc/bird/bird-rcbc-rs2-ipv4.conf.284427" after running
> "./api-reconfigure-example-birdv2.sh -h rcbc-rs2-ipv4"
>
> I tried running "bird -p -c
> /usr/local/etc/bird/bird-rcbc-rs2-ipv4.conf.284427" and now the echo's
> empty.
>
> Thanks!
> Earl Tan
> AF Tech
>
> Barry O'Donovan (INEX) <barry.odonovan at inex.ie>
> 17 May 2023 at 12:20
>
> I think Frank has hit the jackpot here.
>
> We have traditionally recommended people use a 16-bit ASN with route
> servers - although I'm not sure how sustainable or valid that advice is in
> 2023.
>
> Try editing
> resources/views/api/v4/router/server/bird2/community-filter.foil.php with
> the following new if statement:
>
> https://gist.github.com/barryo/ded53053ddf9ab86b5bb3a9698f9219a/revisions
>
> Let us know how this works?
>
>  - Barry
>
>
> Frank Habicht via ixpmanager <ixpmanager at inex.ie>
> 17 May 2023 at 10:37
> Hi,
>
> with
>    routeserverasn     = 150786
> this will not fit into standard communities with (16-bit,16-bit) values
> :-(
>
> Frank
>
>
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> Earl Tan <earl.tan at aftechph.com>
> 17 May 2023 at 10:03
> Here is the paste of the config file, I also added a Comment saying "#
> Below is Line 184".
>
>
> https://pastebin.ibn.ie/?600512ea01b54324#9a1xgftAU54QokXZoMzQ5PixCt64LZBm9w5qxJ6acyyb
>
>
> Barry O'Donovan (INEX) <barry.odonovan at inex.ie>
> 17 May 2023 at 09:00
> Earl,
>
> could you share the config at line 184 plus sufficient contact before and
> after that line so we can see what's happening there?
>
> You can use https://pastebin.ibn.ie/ or other similar. Please don't send
> a screenshot.
>
> Also can you make sure you clearly mark which line is 184 on the paste?
>
> Thanks!
>  - Barry
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Kind regards,
> Barry O'Donovan
> INEX Operations
>
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