This page explains how to run GoBGP. This example sets up GoBGP to connect with two eBGP peers for IPv4 routes. Even if you are interested in other GoBGP use cases (such as IPv6 routes, EVPN, and Route Server), this example gives you the basics of GoBGP usage.
GoBGP can be configured via a configuration file or gRPC API. This example
uses the following very simple configuration. All keys are case-insensitive.
Default configuration format of GoBGP is toml.
If you don't like toml
, you can use json
, yaml
and hcl
instead.
[global.config]
as = 64512
router-id = "192.168.255.1"
[[neighbors]]
[neighbors.config]
neighbor-address = "10.0.255.1"
peer-as = 65001
[[neighbors]]
[neighbors.config]
neighbor-address = "10.0.255.2"
peer-as = 65002
See Configuration Example for more complicated configuration.
Save the configuration above as gobgpd.conf and start gobgpd:
$ sudo -E gobgpd -f gobgpd.conf
{"level":"info","msg":"Peer 10.0.255.1 is added","time":"2015-04-06T20:32:28+09:00"}
{"level":"info","msg":"Peer 10.0.255.2 is added","time":"2015-04-06T20:32:28+09:00"}
If you use a configuration format other than toml
, you must specify the format
by -t
option.
equivalent yaml configuration.
global:
config:
as: 64512
router-id: 192.168.255.1
neighbors:
- config:
neighbor-address: 10.0.255.1
peer-as: 65001
- config:
neighbor-address: 10.0.255.2
peer-as: 65002
$ sudo -E gobgpd -t yaml -f gobgpd.yml
{"level":"info","msg":"Peer 10.0.255.1 is added","time":"2015-04-06T20:32:28+09:00"}
{"level":"info","msg":"Peer 10.0.255.2 is added","time":"2015-04-06T20:32:28+09:00"}
Let's show the information of all the peers.
$ gobgp neighbor
Peer AS Up/Down State |#Advertised Received Accepted
10.0.255.1 65001 00:00:14 Establ | 1 5 5
10.0.255.2 65002 00:00:14 Establ | 5 2 2
Want to see the details of a particular peer?
$ gobgp neighbor 10.0.255.1
BGP neighbor is 10.0.255.1, remote AS 65001
BGP version 4, remote router ID 192.168.0.1
BGP state = BGP_FSM_ESTABLISHED, up for 00:01:49
BGP OutQ = 0, Flops = 0
Neighbor capabilities:
MULTIPROTOCOL: advertised and received
ROUTE_REFRESH: advertised and received
FOUR_OCTET_AS_NUMBER: advertised and received
ROUTE_REFRESH_CISCO: received
Message statistics:
Sent Rcvd
Opens: 2 1
Notifications: 0 0
Updates: 1 1
Keepalives: 4 5
Route Refresh: 0 0
Discarded: 0 0
Total: 7 7
Check out the global table.
$ gobgp global rib
Network Next Hop AS_PATH Age Attrs
*> 10.3.0.0/16 10.0.255.1 [65001] 00:05:41 [{Origin: 0} {Med: 0}]
*> 10.3.0.0/24 10.0.255.1 [65001] 00:05:41 [{Origin: 0} {Med: 0}]
* 10.3.0.0/24 10.0.255.2 [65002] 00:05:41 [{Origin: 0} {Med: 111} {Community: [65001:65002 NO_EXPORT]}]
*> 10.3.0.0/32 10.0.255.1 [65001] 00:05:41 [{Origin: 0} {Med: 0}]
*> 10.3.0.1/32 10.0.255.1 [65001] 00:05:41 [{Origin: 0} {Med: 0}]
*> 10.33.0.0/16 10.0.255.1 [65001] 00:05:41 [{Origin: 0} {Med: 0}]
*> 192.168.2.0/24 10.0.255.2 [65002] 00:05:41 [{Origin: 0} {Med: 111} {Community: [65001:65002 NO_EXPORT]}]
You also can look at adjacent rib-in and rib-out:
$ gobgp neighbor 10.0.255.1 adj-in
Network Next Hop AS_PATH Age Attrs
10.3.0.0/16 10.0.255.1 [65001] 00:06:55 [{Origin: 0} {Med: 0}]
10.3.0.0/24 10.0.255.1 [65001] 00:06:55 [{Origin: 0} {Med: 0}]
10.3.0.0/32 10.0.255.1 [65001] 00:06:55 [{Origin: 0} {Med: 0}]
10.3.0.1/32 10.0.255.1 [65001] 00:06:55 [{Origin: 0} {Med: 0}]
10.33.0.0/16 10.0.255.1 [65001] 00:06:55 [{Origin: 0} {Med: 0}]
$ gobgp neighbor 10.0.255.1 adj-out
Network Next Hop AS_PATH Attrs
192.168.2.0/24 10.0.255.254 [64512 65002] [{Origin: 0} {Community: [65001:65002 NO_EXPORT]}]