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a07169b1 1.TH BGPD 8 "25 November 2004" "@PACKAGE_FULLNAME@ BGPD daemon" "Version @PACKAGE_VERSION@"
718e3744 2.SH NAME
a07169b1 3bgpd \- a BGPv4, BGPv4\+, BGPv4\- routing engine for use with @PACKAGE_FULLNAME@.
718e3744 4
5.SH SYNOPSIS
6.B bgpd
7[
a008f49a 8.B \-dhrSv
246c135e 9] [
10.B \-f
11.I config-file
12] [
13.B \-i
14.I pid-file
15] [
16.B \-p
17.I bgp-port-number
18] [
246c135e 19.B \-P
20.I port-number
21] [
22.B \-A
23.I vty-address
24] [
25.B \-u
26.I user
c065230a 27] [
28.B \-g
29.I group
718e3744 30]
718e3744 31.SH DESCRIPTION
32.B bgpd
33is a routing component that works with the
a07169b1 34.B @PACKAGE_FULLNAME@
718e3744 35routing engine.
718e3744 36.SH OPTIONS
246c135e 37Options available for the
38.B bgpd
39command:
718e3744 40.TP
41\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-daemon\fR
42Runs in daemon mode, forking and exiting from tty.
718e3744 43.TP
44\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-config-file \fR\fIconfig-file\fR
45Specifies the config file to use for startup. If not specified this
a07169b1 46option will default to \fB\fI@CFG_SYSCONF@/bgpd.conf\fR.
718e3744 47.TP
c065230a 48\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-group \fR\fIgroup\fR
a07169b1 49Specify the group to run as. Default is \fI@enable_group@\fR.
c065230a 50.TP
718e3744 51\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
52A brief message.
718e3744 53.TP
54\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-pid_file \fR\fIpid-file\fR
a0e64a63 55When bgpd starts its process identifier is written to
718e3744 56\fB\fIpid-file\fR. The init system uses the recorded PID to stop or
a07169b1 57restart bgpd. The default is \fB\fI@CFG_STATE@/bgpd.pid\fR.
718e3744 58.TP
c065230a 59\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-bgp_port \fR\fIbgp-port-number\fR
718e3744 60Set the port that bgpd will listen to for bgp data.
718e3744 61.TP
62\fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-vty_port \fR\fIport-number\fR
63Specify the port that the bgpd VTY will listen on. This defaults to
642605, as specified in \fI/etc/services\fR.
6c110e70 65.TP
66\fB\-A\fR, \fB\-\-vty_addr \fR\fIvty-address\fR
67Specify the address that the bgpd VTY will listen on. Default is all
151fe8a4 68interfaces.
6c110e70 69.TP
70\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-user \fR\fIuser\fR
a07169b1 71Specify the user to run as. Default is \fI@enable_user@\fR.
718e3744 72.TP
73\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-retain\fR
74When the program terminates, retain routes added by \fBbgpd\fR.
718e3744 75.TP
a008f49a
LB
76\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-skip_runas\fR
77Skip setting the process effective user and group.
78.TP
718e3744 79\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
80Print the version and exit.
718e3744 81.SH FILES
718e3744 82.TP
a07169b1 83.BI @CFG_SBIN@/bgpd
718e3744 84The default location of the
85.B bgpd
86binary.
718e3744 87.TP
a07169b1 88.BI @CFG_SYSCONF@/bgpd.conf
718e3744 89The default location of the
90.B bgpd
91config file.
718e3744 92.TP
93.BI $(PWD)/bgpd.log
94If the
95.B bgpd
96process is config'd to output logs to a file, then you will find this
97file in the directory where you started \fBbgpd\fR.
718e3744 98.SH WARNING
246c135e 99This man page is intended to be a quick reference for command line
a07169b1 100options. The definitive document is the Info file \fB@PACKAGE_NAME@\fR.
718e3744 101.SH DIAGNOSTICS
102The bgpd process may log to standard output, to a VTY, to a log
103file, or through syslog to the system logs. \fBbgpd\fR supports many
104debugging options, see the Info file, or the source for details.
718e3744 105.SH "SEE ALSO"
246c135e 106.BR ripd (8),
107.BR ripngd (8),
108.BR ospfd (8),
109.BR ospf6d (8),
110.BR isisd (8),
111.BR zebra (8),
112.BR vtysh (1)
718e3744 113.SH BUGS
114.B bgpd
115eats bugs for breakfast. If you have food for the maintainers try
a07169b1 116.BI @PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@
246c135e 117.SH AUTHORS
118See
119.BI http://www.zebra.org
120and
a07169b1 121.BI @PACKAGE_URL@
246c135e 122or the Info file for an accurate list of authors.
718e3744 123