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

[Barry O'Donovan (INEX)]

Hi Deri,

Deri Yusep Apriyadi via ixpmanager wrote on 02/04/2024 04:25:
> in this email and the notification in the ixp manager "router" section 
> is not recommended to use 32 bit AS. is this still a big issue?
> I am in the process of building IXP Manager and RS with Bird2, and I got 
> a 32 bit ASN (AS-123456).

With a 32bit ASN, you will be unable to support the well known 
communities for route server filtering using standard (16bit) communities:

https://docs.ixpmanager.org/features/route-servers/#well-known-filtering-communities

How big an issue this is really depends on your prospective members and 
their routers' support for large communities. Most modern NOS' now 
support these:

http://largebgpcommunities.net/implementations/

Also, the next release of IXP Manager will enable UI based filtering 
which means there will be a mechanism for those that have older kit.


> I successfully installed IXP Manager and RS but getting error "_ERROR: 
> less than 2 BGP protocol definitions in configuration file 
> /usr/local/etc/bird/bird-rs1-ipv4.conf.203917 - something went 
> wrong..._" I have added IXP Member details,
> but the peer is still not established.

This is just a dotting-i's crossing-t's check in the script:

https://github.com/inex/IXP-Manager/blob/master/tools/runtime/route-servers/api-reconfigure-example-birdv2.sh#L83

You can comment out those lines or add another member. A route server is 
not much use without at least two members...

  - Barry


> 
> here is the link for the configuration :
> https://pastebin.ibn.ie/?317d8ab504433e10#Bq3o6DgHm3DUE24xzBm2H21KudToPFZZPCUaw3swjMPd
> 
> thank you very much for your response.
> 
> Best Regards,
> deri
> 
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Kind regards,
Barry O'Donovan
INEX Operations

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