bird/doc/bird.conf.example

# This is a basic configuration file, which contains boilerplate options and
# some basic examples. It allows the BIRD daemon to start but will not cause
# anything else to happen.
#
# Please refer to the BIRD User's Guide documentation, which is also available
# online at http://bird.network.cz/ in HTML format, for more information on
# configuring BIRD and adding routing protocols.

# Configure logging
log syslog all;
# log "/var/log/bird.log" { debug, trace, info, remote, warning, error, auth, fatal, bug };

# Set router ID. It is a unique identification of your router, usually one of
# IPv4 addresses of the router. It is recommended to configure it explicitly.
# router id 198.51.100.1;

# Turn on global debugging of all protocols (all messages or just selected classes)
# debug protocols all;
# debug protocols { events, states };

# Turn on internal watchdog
# watchdog warning 5 s;
# watchdog timeout 30 s;

# You can define your own constants
# define my_asn = 65000;
# define my_addr = 198.51.100.1;

# Tables master4 and master6 are defined by default
# ipv4 table master4;
# ipv6 table master6;

# Define more tables, e.g. for policy routing or as MRIB
# ipv4 table mrib4;
# ipv6 table mrib6;

# The Device protocol is not a real routing protocol. It does not generate any
# routes and it only serves as a module for getting information about network
# interfaces from the kernel. It is necessary in almost any configuration.
protocol device {
}

# The direct protocol is not a real routing protocol. It automatically generates
# direct routes to all network interfaces. Can exist in as many instances as you
# wish if you want to populate multiple routing tables with direct routes.
protocol direct {
	disabled;		# Disable by default
	ipv4;			# Connect to default IPv4 table
	ipv6;			# ... and to default IPv6 table
}

# The Kernel protocol is not a real routing protocol. Instead of communicating
# with other routers in the network, it performs synchronization of BIRD
# routing tables with the OS kernel. One instance per table.
protocol kernel {
	ipv4 {			# Connect protocol to IPv4 table by channel
#	      table master4;	# Default IPv4 table is master4
#	      import all;	# Import to table, default is import all
	      export all;	# Export to protocol. default is export none
	};
#	learn;			# Learn alien routes from the kernel
#	kernel table 10;	# Kernel table to synchronize with (default: main)
}

# Another instance for IPv6, skipping default options
protocol kernel {
	ipv6 { export all; };
}

# Static routes (Again, there can be multiple instances, for different address
# families and to disable/enable various groups of static routes on the fly).
protocol static {
	ipv4;			# Again, IPv4 channel with default options

#	route 0.0.0.0/0 via 198.51.100.10;
#	route 192.0.2.0/24 blackhole;
#	route 10.0.0.0/8 unreachable;
#	route 10.2.0.0/24 via "eth0";
#	# Static routes can be defined with optional attributes
#	route 10.1.1.0/24 via 198.51.100.3 { rip_metric = 3; };
#	route 10.1.2.0/24 via 198.51.100.3 { ospf_metric1 = 100; };
#	route 10.1.3.0/24 via 198.51.100.4 { ospf_metric2 = 100; };
}

# Pipe protocol connects two routing tables. Beware of loops.
# protocol pipe {
#	table master4;		# No ipv4/ipv6 channel definition like in other protocols
#	peer table mrib4;
#	import all;		# Direction peer table -> table
#	export all;		# Direction table -> peer table
# }

# RIP example, both RIP and RIPng are supported
# protocol rip {
#	ipv4 {
#		# Export direct, static routes and ones from RIP itself
#		import all;
#		export where source ~ [ RTS_DEVICE, RTS_STATIC, RTS_RIP ];
#	};
#	interface "eth*" {
#	  	update time 10;			# Default period is 30
#		timeout time 60;		# Default timeout is 180
#		authentication cryptographic;	# No authentication by default
#		password "hello" { algorithm hmac sha256; }; # Default is MD5
#	};
# }

# OSPF example, both OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 are supported
# protocol ospf v3 {
#  	ipv6 {
#		import all;
#		export where source = RTS_STATIC;
#	};
#	area 0 {
#		interface "eth*" {
#			type broadcast;		# Detected by default
#			cost 10;		# Interface metric
#			hello 5;		# Default hello perid 10 is too long
#		};
#		interface "tun*" {
#			type ptp;		# PtP mode, avoids DR selection
#			cost 100;		# Interface metric
#			hello 5;		# Default hello perid 10 is too long
#		};
#		interface "dummy0" {
#			stub;			# Stub interface, just propagate it
#		};
#	};
#}

# Define simple filter as an example for BGP import filter
# See https://gitlab.labs.nic.cz/labs/bird/wikis/BGP_filtering for more examples
# filter rt_import
# {
#	if bgp_path.first != 64496 then accept;
#	if bgp_path.len > 64 then accept;
#	if bgp_next_hop != from then accept;
#	reject;
# }

# BGP example, explicit name 'uplink1' is used instead of default 'bgp1'
# protocol bgp uplink1 {
#	description "My BGP uplink";
#	local 198.51.100.1 as 65000;
#	neighbor 198.51.100.10 as 64496;
#	hold time 90;		# Default is 240
#	password "secret";	# Password used for MD5 authentication
#
#	ipv4 {			# regular IPv4 unicast (1/1)
#		import filter rt_import;
#		export where source ~ [ RTS_STATIC, RTS_BGP ];
#	};
#
#	ipv6 {			# regular IPv6 unicast (2/1)
#		import filter rt_import;
#		export filter {	# The same as 'where' expression above
#			if source ~ [ RTS_STATIC, RTS_BGP ]
#			then accept;
#			else reject;
#		};
#	};
#
#	ipv4 multicast {	# IPv4 multicast topology (1/2)
#		table mrib4;	# explicit IPv4 table
#		import filter rt_import;
#		export all;
#	};
#
#	ipv6 multicast {	# IPv6 multicast topology (2/2)
#		table mrib6;	# explicit IPv6 table
#		import filter rt_import;
#		export all;
#	};
#}

# Template example. Using templates to define IBGP route reflector clients.
# template bgp rr_clients {
#	local 10.0.0.1 as 65000;
#	neighbor as 65000;
#	rr client;
#	rr cluster id 1.0.0.1;
#
#	ipv4 {
#		import all;
#		export where source = RTS_BGP;
#	};
#
#	ipv6 {
#		import all;
#		export where source = RTS_BGP;
#	};
# }
#
# protocol bgp client1 from rr_clients {
#	neighbor 10.0.1.1;
# }
#
# protocol bgp client2 from rr_clients {
#	neighbor 10.0.2.1;
# }
#
# protocol bgp client3 from rr_clients {
#	neighbor 10.0.3.1;
# }