doc/zebra.8

   1 .TH ZEBRA 8 "July 2000" "Zebra" "Version 0.88"
   2
   3 .SH NAME
   4 zebra \- a routing manager for use with associated components
   5
   6 .SH SYNOPSIS
   7 .B zebra
   8 [
   9 .B \-bdhklrv
  10 ]
  11 [
  12 .B \-f config-file
  13 ]
  14 [
  15 .B \-i pid-file
  16 ]
  17 [
  18 .B \-P port-number
  19 ]
  20
  21 .SH DESCRIPTION
  22 .B zebra
  23 is a routing manager that implements the
  24 .B zebra
  25 route engine.
  26 .B zebra
  27 supports RIPv1, RIPv2, RIPng, OSPF, OSPF6, BGP4+, and BGP4-.
  28
  29
  30 .SH OPTIONS
  31
  32 .TP
  33 \fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-batch\fR
  34 Runs in batch mode, \fBzebra\fR parses its config and exits.
  35
  36 .TP
  37 \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-daemon\fR
  38 Runs in daemon mode, forking and exiting from tty.
  39
  40 .TP
  41 \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-config-file \fR\fIconfig-file\fR
  42 Specifies the config file to use for startup. If not specified this option will likely default to \fB\fI/usr/local/etc/zebra.conf\fR.
  43
  44 .TP
  45 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
  46 A brief message.
  47
  48 .TP
  49 \fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-pid_file \fR\fIpid-file\fR
  50 When zebra starts its process idenifier is written to
  51 \fB\fIpid-file\fR.  The init system uses the recorded PID to stop or
  52 restart zebra.  The likely default is \fB\fI/var/run/zebra.pid\fR.
  53
  54 .TP
  55 \fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-keep_kernel\fR
  56 On startup, don't delete self inserted routes.
  57
  58 .TP
  59 \fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-log_mode\fR
  60 Turn verbose logging on.
  61
  62 .TP
  63 \fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-vty_port \fR\fIport-number\fR
  64 Specify the port that the zebra VTY will listen on. This defaults to
  65 2602, as specified in \fB\fI/etc/services\fR.
  66
  67 .TP
  68 \fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-retain\fR
  69 When the program terminates, retain routes added by \fBzebra\fR.
  70
  71 .TP
  72 \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
  73 Print the version and exit.
  74
  75
  76 .SH COMMANDS
  77
  78 \fB table [TABLENO] \fR -- for use with multi-table kernels
  79
  80 \fB ip route [NETWORK] [GATEWAY] \fR
  81 \fB ipv6 route [NETWORK] [GATEWAY] \fR
  82
  83 \fB show ip route \fR
  84 \fB show ipv6 route \fR
  85 \fB show interface \fR
  86 \fB show ipforward \fR
  87 \fB show ipv6forward \fR
  88
  89 .TP
  90 \fB interface [IFNAME] \fR
  91 \fB shutdown \fR
  92 \fB no shutdown \fR
  93 \fB ip address [IP-ADDRESS] \fR
  94 \fB description [DESCRIPTION] \fR
  95 \fB multicast \fR
  96 \fB no multicast \fR
  97
  98
  99 .SH FILES
 100
 101 .TP
 102 .BI /usr/local/sbin/zebra
 103 The default location of the
 104 .B zebra
 105 binary.
 106
 107 .TP
 108 .BI /usr/local/etc/zebra.conf
 109 The default location of the
 110 .B zebra
 111 config file.
 112
 113 .TP
 114 .BI $(PWD)/zebra.log
 115 If the
 116 .B zebra
 117 process is config'd to output logs to a file, then you will find this
 118 file in the directory where you started \fBzebra\fR.
 119
 120
 121 .SH WARNING
 122 This man page is intended as a quick reference for command line options, and for config file commands. The definitive document is the Info file \fBzebra\fR.
 123
 124
 125 .SH DIAGNOSTICS
 126 The zebra process may log to standard output, to a VTY, to a log file, or through syslog to the system logs.
 127 .B zebra
 128 supports many debugging options, see the Info file, or the source for details.
 129
 130
 131 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 132 References to other related man pages:
 133
 134 ripngd(8), ospfd(8), ospf6d(8), bgpd(8), zebra(8), vtysh(1)
 135
 136
 137
 138 .SH BUGS
 139 .B zebra
 140 eats bugs for breakfast. If you have food for the maintainers try
 141 .BI <bug-zebra@gnu.org>
 142
 143
 144 .SH AUTHOR[S]
 145 See <\fBwww.zebra.org\fR>, or the Info file for an accurate list of authors.
 146