1 .TH BGPD 8 "25 November 2004" "@PACKAGE_FULLNAME@ BGPD daemon" "Version @PACKAGE_VERSION@"
3 bgpd \- a BGPv4, BGPv4\+, BGPv4\- routing engine for use with @PACKAGE_FULLNAME@.
36 is a routing component that works with the
40 Options available for the
44 \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-daemon\fR
45 Runs in daemon mode, forking and exiting from tty.
47 \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-config-file \fR\fIconfig-file\fR
48 Specifies the config file to use for startup. If not specified this
49 option will default to \fB\fI@CFG_SYSCONF@/bgpd.conf\fR.
51 \fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-group \fR\fIgroup\fR
52 Specify the group to run as. Default is \fI@enable_group@\fR.
54 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
57 \fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-pid_file \fR\fIpid-file\fR
58 When bgpd starts its process identifier is written to
59 \fB\fIpid-file\fR. The init system uses the recorded PID to stop or
60 restart bgpd. The default is \fB\fI@CFG_STATE@/bgpd.pid\fR.
62 \fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-bgp_port \fR\fIbgp-port-number\fR
63 Set the port that bgpd will listen to for bgp data.
65 \fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-vty_port \fR\fIport-number\fR
66 Specify the port that the bgpd VTY will listen on. This defaults to
67 2605, as specified in \fI/etc/services\fR.
69 \fB\-A\fR, \fB\-\-vty_addr \fR\fIvty-address\fR
70 Specify the address that the bgpd VTY will listen on. Default is all
73 \fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-user \fR\fIuser\fR
74 Specify the user to run as. Default is \fI@enable_user@\fR.
76 \fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-retain\fR
77 When the program terminates, retain routes added by \fBbgpd\fR.
79 \fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-skip_runas\fR
80 Skip setting the process effective user and group.
82 \fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-module \fR\fImodule:options\fR
83 Load a module at startup. May be specified more than once.
84 The \fBsnmp\fR module may be available for
85 \fBbgpd\fR, if the package was built with SNMP support.
87 \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
88 Print the version and exit.
92 The default location of the
96 .BI @CFG_SYSCONF@/bgpd.conf
97 The default location of the
104 process is config'd to output logs to a file, then you will find this
105 file in the directory where you started \fBbgpd\fR.
107 This man page is intended to be a quick reference for command line
108 options. The definitive document is the Info file \fB@PACKAGE_NAME@\fR.
110 The bgpd process may log to standard output, to a VTY, to a log
111 file, or through syslog to the system logs. \fBbgpd\fR supports many
112 debugging options, see the Info file, or the source for details.
124 eats bugs for breakfast. If you have food for the maintainers try
125 .BI @PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@
128 .BI http://www.zebra.org
131 or the Info file for an accurate list of authors.