NAME

       bgpd - a BGPv4, BGPv4+, BGPv4- routing engine for use with Quagga routing software

SYNOPSIS

       bgpd  [  -dhrSv  ] [ -f config-file ] [ -i pid-file ] [ -p bgp-port-number ] [ -P port-number ] [ -A vty-
       address ] [ -u user ] [ -g group ]

DESCRIPTION

       bgpd is a routing component that works with the Quagga routing engine.

OPTIONS

       Options available for the bgpd command:

       -d, --daemon
              Runs in daemon mode, forking and exiting from tty.

       -f, --config-file config-file
              Specifies the config file to use for startup. If not specified this option will likely default  to
              /usr/local/etc/bgpd.conf.

       -g, --group group
              Specify the group to run as. Default is quagga.

       -h, --help
              A brief message.

       -i, --pid_file pid-file
              When bgpd starts its process identifier is written to pid-file.  The init system uses the recorded
              PID to stop or restart bgpd.  The likely default is /var/run/bgpd.pid.

       -p, --bgp_port bgp-port-number
              Set the port that bgpd will listen to for bgp data.

       -P, --vty_port port-number
              Specify  the  port  that  the  bgpd  VTY  will  listen  on. This defaults to 2605, as specified in
              /etc/services.

       -A, --vty_addr vty-address
              Specify the address that the bgpd VTY will listen on. Default is all interfaces.

       -u, --user user
              Specify the user to run as. Default is quagga.

       -r, --retain
              When the program terminates, retain routes added by bgpd.

       -S, --skip_runas
              Skip setting the process effective user and group.

       -v, --version
              Print the version and exit.

FILES

       /usr/local/sbin/bgpd
              The default location of the bgpd binary.

       /usr/local/etc/bgpd.conf
              The default location of the bgpd config file.

       $(PWD)/bgpd.log
              If the bgpd process is config'd to output logs to a file, then you will  find  this  file  in  the
              directory where you started bgpd.

WARNING

       This  man  page  is intended to be a quick reference for command line options. The definitive document is
       the Info file Quagga.

DIAGNOSTICS

       The bgpd process may log to standard output, to a VTY, to a log file, or through  syslog  to  the  system
       logs. bgpd supports many debugging options, see the Info file, or the source for details.

SEE ALSO

       ripd(8), ripngd(8), ospfd(8), ospf6d(8), isisd(8), nhrpd(8), zebra(8), vtysh(1)

BUGS

       bgpd eats bugs for breakfast. If you have food for the maintainers try http://bugzilla.quagga.net

AUTHORS

       See http://www.zebra.org and http://www.quagga.net or the Info file for an accurate list of authors.

Quagga BGPD daemon                              25 November 2004                                         BGPD(8)