1BGPD.CONF(5)                BSD File Formats Manual               BGPD.CONF(5)
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NAME

4     bgpd.conf — Border Gateway Protocol daemon configuration file
5

DESCRIPTION

7     The bgpd(8) daemon implements the Border Gateway Protocol version 4 as
8     described in RFC 4271.
9
10     The bgpd.conf config file is divided into the following main sections:
11
12     MACROS
13           User-defined variables may be defined and used later, simplifying
14           the configuration file.
15
16     GLOBAL CONFIGURATION
17           Global settings for bgpd(8).
18
19     SET CONFIGURATION
20           Various lookup tables are defined in this section.
21
22     NETWORK ANNOUNCEMENTS
23           Networks which should be announced by bgpd(8) are set in this sec‐
24           tion.
25
26     MPLS VPN CONFIGURATION
27           The definition and properties for BGP MPLS VPNs are set in this
28           section.
29
30     NEIGHBORS AND GROUPS
31           bgpd(8) establishes sessions with neighbors.  The neighbor defini‐
32           tion and properties are set in this section, as well as grouping
33           neighbors for the ease of configuration.
34
35     FILTER
36           Filter rules for incoming and outgoing UPDATES.
37
38     With the exception of macros, the sections should be grouped and appear
39     in bgpd.conf in the order shown above.
40
41     The current line can be extended over multiple lines using a backslash
42     (‘\’).  Comments can be put anywhere in the file using a hash mark (‘#’),
43     and extend to the end of the current line.  Care should be taken when
44     commenting out multi-line text: the comment is effective until the end of
45     the entire block.
46
47     Argument names not beginning with a letter, digit, or underscore must be
48     quoted.
49
50     Additional configuration files can be included with the include keyword,
51     for example:
52
53           include "/etc/bgpd/bgpd-10.0.0.1.filter"
54

MACROS

56     Macros can be defined that will later be expanded in context.  Macro
57     names must start with a letter, digit, or underscore, and may contain any
58     of those characters.  Macro names may not be reserved words (for example,
59     AS, neighbor, or group).  Macros are not expanded inside quotes.
60
61     For example:
62
63           peer1="1.2.3.4"
64           neighbor $peer1 {
65                   remote-as 65001
66           }
67

GLOBAL CONFIGURATION

69     These settings affect the operation of the bgpd(8) daemon as a whole.
70
71     AS as-number [as-number]
72             Set the local autonomous system number to as-number.  A fallback
73             2-byte AS number may follow a 4-byte AS number for neighbors that
74             do not support 4-byte AS numbers.  The standard and default fall‐
75             back AS number is 23456.
76
77             The AS numbers are assigned by local RIRs, such as:
78
79             AfriNIC   for Africa
80             APNIC     for Asia Pacific
81             ARIN      for North America and parts of the Caribbean
82             LACNIC    for Latin America and the Caribbean
83             RIPE NCC  for Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Asia
84
85             The AS numbers 64512 – 65534 are designated for private use.  The
86             AS number 23456 is reserved and should not be used.  4-byte AS
87             numbers may be specified in either the ASPLAIN format:
88
89                   AS 196618
90
91             or in the older ASDOT format:
92
93                   AS 3.10
94
95     connect-retry seconds
96             Set the number of seconds to wait before attempting to re-open a
97             connection.  This timer should be sufficiently large in EBGP con‐
98             figurations.  The default is 120 seconds.
99
100     dump [rib name] (table|table-mp|table-v2) file [interval]
101     dump (all|updates) (in|out) file [interval]
102             Dump the RIB, a.k.a. the routing information base, or dump ongo‐
103             ing BGP activity, in Multi-threaded Routing Toolkit (MRT) format.
104             The file is subject to strftime(3)-expansion.
105
106             The table-v2 and table-mp RIB formats store multi-protocol RIBs
107             correctly, but the table format does not.  The latter two are
108             provided only to support third-party tools lacking support for
109             the recommended table-v2 format.  Dump an alternative RIB by
110             specifying name.  Specify an interval in seconds for periodic RIB
111             dumps.
112
113             The following will dump the entire RIB table, at startup and ev‐
114             ery 5 minutes thereafter, to a new file:
115
116                   dump table-v2 "/tmp/rib-dump-%H%M" 300
117
118             Dumps of ongoing BGP activity include all BGP state transitions,
119             and all BGP messages in the specified direction.  Use updates to
120             dump only BGP UPDATE messages, without state transitions.  Spec‐
121             ify an interval in seconds to restart periodically with a new
122             file:
123
124                   dump all in "/tmp/all-in-%H%M" 300
125
126     fib-priority prio
127             Set the routing priority to prio.  The default is 48.
128
129     fib-update (yes|no)
130             If set to no, do not update the Forwarding Information Base,
131             a.k.a. the kernel routing table.  The default is yes.
132
133     holdtime seconds
134             Set the announced holdtime in seconds.  This is exchanged with a
135             neighbor upon connection establishment, in the OPEN message, and
136             the shortest holdtime governs the session.
137
138             The neighbor session is dropped if the session holdtime passes
139             without receipt of a KEEPALIVE or an UPDATE message from the
140             neighbor.  The default is 90 seconds.
141
142     holdtime min seconds
143             The minimum acceptable holdtime in seconds.  This value must be
144             at least 3.
145
146     listen on address
147             Specify the local IP address for bgpd(8) to listen on.  The de‐
148             fault is to listen on all local addresses on the current default
149             routing domain.
150
151     log updates
152             Log sent and received BGP update messages.
153
154     nexthop qualify via (bgp|default)
155             If set to bgp, bgpd(8) may verify nexthops using BGP routes.  If
156             set to default, bgpd(8) may verify nexthops using the default
157             route.  By default bgpd(8) uses only static routes or routes
158             added by other routing daemons, such as ospfd(8).
159
160     rde evaluate (default|all)
161             If set to all keep evaluating alternative paths in case the se‐
162             lected path is filtered out.  By default if a path is filtered by
163             the output filters then no alternative path is sent to this peer.
164
165     rde med compare (always|strict)
166             If set to always, the MULTI_EXIT_DISC attributes will always be
167             compared.  The default is strict, where the metric is only com‐
168             pared between peers belonging to the same AS.
169
170     rde rib name [no evaluate]
171     rde rib name [rtable number]
172             Create an additional RIB named name.  The degree to which its
173             routes may be utilized is configurable.  They may be excluded
174             from the decision process that selects usable routes with the no
175             evaluate flag, and this precludes their export to any kernel
176             routing table.  By default its routes will be evaluated, but not
177             exported to the kernel.  They may be both evaluated and exported
178             if associated with a given rtable number, which must belong to
179             the routing domain that bgpd(8) was started in.  This table will
180             not be consulted during nexthop verification unless it is the one
181             that bgpd(8) was started in.  It is unnecessary to create
182             Adj-RIB-In and Loc-RIB, which are created automatically and used
183             by default.
184
185     rde route-age (ignore|evaluate)
186             If set to evaluate, the route decision process will also consider
187             the age of the route in addition to its path attributes, giving
188             preference to the older, typically more stable, route.  This ren‐
189             ders the decision process nondeterministic.  The default is
190             ignore.
191
192     reject as-set (yes|no)
193             If set to yes, AS paths attributes containing AS_SET path seg‐
194             ments will be rejected and all prefixes will be treated as with‐
195             draws.  The default is no.
196
197     router-id dotted-quad
198             Set the BGP router ID, which must be non-zero and should be
199             unique within the AS.  By default, the router ID is the highest
200             IPv4 address assigned to the local machine.
201
202                   router-id 10.0.0.1
203
204     rtable number
205             Work with the given kernel routing table instead of the default
206             table, which is the one bgpd(8) was started in.  For nexthop ver‐
207             ification, bgpd(8) will always consult the default table.  This
208             is the same as using the following syntax:
209
210                   rde rib Loc-RIB rtable number
211
212     socket "path" [restricted]
213             Create a control socket at path.  If restricted is specified a
214             restricted control socket will be created.  By default
215             /run/bgpd/bgpd.sock.<rdomain> is used where <rdomain> is the
216             routing domain in which bgpd(8) has been started.  By default, no
217             restricted socket is created.
218
219     transparent-as (yes|no)
220             If set to yes, AS paths to EBGP neighbors are not prepended with
221             the local AS.  The default is no.
222

SET CONFIGURATION

224     bgpd(8) supports the efficient lookup of data within named sets.  An
225     as-set, a prefix-set, and an origin-set store AS numbers, prefixes, and
226     prefixes/source-as pairs, respectively.  Such sets may be referenced by
227     filter rules; see the FILTER section for details.  It is more efficient
228     to evaluate a set than a long series of rules for filtering each of its
229     members.
230
231     One single roa-set may be defined, against which bgpd(8) will validate
232     the origin of each prefix.
233
234     A set definition can span multiple lines, and an optional comma is al‐
235     lowed between elements.
236
237     as-set name { as-number ... }
238             An as-set stores AS numbers, and can be used with the AS specific
239             parameter in FILTER rules.
240
241     origin-set name { address/len maxlen mlen source-as asn ... }
242             An origin-set stores prefix/source-as pairs, and can be used to
243             filter on the combination by using the origin-set parameter in
244             FILTER rules.
245
246                   origin-set private { 10.0.0.0/8 maxlen 24 source-as 64511
247                                        203.0.113.0/24 source-as 64496 }
248
249     prefix-set name { address/len ... }
250             A prefix-set stores network prefixes and can be used in place of
251             the prefix parameter in FILTER rules, and in network statements.
252             A prefix can be followed by the prefixlen operators listed for
253             the prefix parameter in the PARAMETERS section.
254
255             The first example below creates a set of prefixes called
256             “private”, to hold a number of RFC 1918 private network blocks.
257             The second example shows the use of prefixlen operators.
258
259                   prefix-set private { 10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12,
260                                        192.168.0.0/16, fc00::/7 }
261                   prefix-set as64496set { 192.0.2.0/24 prefixlen >= 26,
262                                           2001:db8::/32 or-longer }
263
264     roa-set { address/len maxlen mlen source-as asn ... }
265             The roa-set holds a collection of Validated Route Origin
266             Authorization Payloads (VRP).  Each received prefix is checked
267             against the roa-set, and the Origin Validation State (OVS) is
268             set.
269
270                   roa-set { 192.0.2.0/24 maxlen 24 source-as 64511
271                             203.0.113.0/24 source-as 64496 }
272
273     rtr address { ... }
274             The rtr block specifies a RPKI to Router Protocol session.  The
275             rtr session properties are as follows:
276
277             descr description
278                     Add a description.  The description is used in logging
279                     and status reports, but has no further meaning for
280                     bgpd(8).
281
282             local-address address
283                     Bind to the specific IP address before opening the TCP
284                     connection to the rtr server.
285
286             port number
287                     Specify the TCP destination port for the rtr session.  If
288                     not specified the default port is 323.
289

NETWORK ANNOUNCEMENTS

291     network statements specify the networks that bgpd(8) will announce as its
292     own.  An announcement must also be permitted by the FILTER rules.  By de‐
293     fault bgpd(8) announces no networks.
294
295     network address/prefix [set ...]
296             Announce the specified prefix as belonging to our AS.
297
298     network (inet|inet6) connected [set ...]
299             Announce routes to directly attached networks.
300
301     network prefix-set name [set ...]
302             Announce all networks in the prefix-set name.
303
304     network (inet|inet6) priority number [set ...]
305             Announce routes having the specified priority.
306
307     network (inet|inet6) rtlabel label [set ...]
308             Announce routes having the specified label.
309
310     network (inet|inet6) static [set ...]
311             Announce all static routes.
312
313     Each network statement may set default AS path attributes:
314
315           network 192.168.7.0/24 set localpref 220
316
317     See also the ATTRIBUTE SET section.
318

MPLS VPN CONFIGURATION

320     A vpn section configures a router to participate in an MPLS Virtual Pri‐
321     vate Network.  It specifies an mpe(4) interface to use, a description,
322     and various properties of the VPN:
323
324           vpn "description" on mpe1 {
325                   rd 65002:1
326                   import-target rt 65002:42
327                   export-target rt 65002:42
328                   network 192.168.1/24
329           }
330
331     bgpd(8) will not exchange VPN routes with a neighbor by default, see the
332     NEIGHBORS AND GROUPS section.  The description is used when logging but
333     has no further meaning to bgpd(8).
334
335     The mpe(4) interface will be used as the outgoing interface for routes to
336     the VPN, and local networks will be announced with the MPLS label speci‐
337     fied on the interface.  The interface can provide VPN connectivity for
338     another rdomain by being configured in that rdomain.  The required rdo‐
339     main must be configured on the interface before bgpd(8) uses it.  Multi‐
340     ple VPNs may be connected to a single rdomain, including the rdomain that
341     bgpd(8) is running in.
342
343     An example hostname.if(5) configuration for an mpe(4) interface providing
344     connectivity to rdomain 1:
345
346           rdomain 1
347           mplslabel 2000
348           inet 192.198.0.1 255.255.255.255
349           up
350
351     The VPN properties are as follows:
352
353     export-target subtype as-number:local
354     export-target subtype IP:local
355             Classify announced networks by tagging them with an extended
356             community of the given arguments.  The community subtype should
357             be a route target, rt, to ensure interoperability.  The arguments
358             are further detailed in the ATTRIBUTE SET section.  More than one
359             export-target can be specified.
360
361     fib-update (yes|no)
362             If set to no, do not update the Forwarding Information Base,
363             a.k.a. the kernel routing table.  The default is yes.
364
365     import-target subtype as-number:local
366     import-target subtype IP:local
367             The rdomain imports only those prefixes tagged with an extended
368             community matching an import-target.  The community subtype
369             should be a route target, rt, to ensure interoperability.  The
370             arguments are further detailed in the ATTRIBUTE SET section.
371             More than one import-target can be specified.
372
373     network arguments ...
374             Announce the given networks within this VPN; see the NETWORK
375             ANNOUNCEMENTS section.
376
377     rd as-number:local
378     rd IP:local
379             The Route Distinguisher rd supplies BGP with namespaces to disam‐
380             biguate VPN prefixes, as these needn't be globally unique.  Un‐
381             like route targets, the rd neither identifies the origin of the
382             prefix nor controls into which VPNs the prefix is distributed.
383             The as-number or IP of a rd should be set to a number or IP that
384             was assigned by an appropriate authority, whereas local can be
385             chosen by the local operator.
386

NEIGHBORS AND GROUPS

388     bgpd(8) establishes TCP connections to other BGP speakers called
389     neighbors.  A neighbor and its properties are specified by a neighbor
390     section:
391
392           neighbor 10.0.0.2 {
393                   remote-as 65002
394                   descr "a neighbor"
395           }
396
397     Neighbors placed within a group section inherit the properties common to
398     that group:
399
400           group "peering AS65002" {
401                   remote-as 65002
402                   neighbor 10.0.0.2 {
403                           descr "AS65002-p1"
404                   }
405                   neighbor 10.0.0.3 {
406                           descr "AS65002-p2"
407                   }
408           }
409
410     An entire network of neighbors may be accommodated by specifying an ad‐
411     dress/netmask pair:
412
413           neighbor 10.0.0.0/8
414
415     This is a template that recognises as a neighbor any connection from
416     within the given network.  Such neighbors inherit their template's prop‐
417     erties, except for their IP address.  A template may omit remote-as;
418     bgpd(8) then accepts any AS presented by the neighbor in the OPEN mes‐
419     sage.
420
421     The neighbor properties are as follows:
422
423     announce (IPv4|IPv6) (none|unicast|vpn)
424             For the given address family, control which subsequent address
425             families are announced during the capabilities negotiation.  Only
426             routes for that address family and subsequent address families
427             will be announced and processed.
428
429             At the moment, only none, which disables the announcement of that
430             address family, unicast, and vpn, which allows the distribution
431             of BGP MPLS VPNs, are supported.
432
433             The default is unicast for the same address family of the ses‐
434             sion.
435
436     announce as-4byte (yes|no)
437             If set to no, the 4-byte AS capability is not announced and so
438             native 4-byte AS support is disabled.  The default is yes.
439
440     announce capabilities (yes|no)
441             If set to no, capability negotiation is disabled during the es‐
442             tablishment of the session.  This can be helpful to connect to
443             old or broken BGP implementations.  The default is yes.
444
445     announce refresh (yes|no)
446             If set to no, the route refresh capability is not announced.  The
447             default is yes.
448
449     announce restart (yes|no)
450             If set to no, the graceful restart capability is not announced.
451             Currently only the End-of-RIB marker is supported and announced
452             by the restart capability.  The default is yes.
453
454     as-override (yes|no)
455             If set to yes, all occurrences of the neighbor AS in the AS path
456             will be replaced with the local AS before running the filters.
457             The Adj-RIB-In still holds the unmodified AS path.  The default
458             value is no.
459
460     demote group
461             Increase the carp(4) demotion counter on the given interface
462             group, usually carp, when the session is not in state
463             ESTABLISHED.  The demotion counter will be increased as soon as
464             bgpd(8) starts and decreased 60 seconds after the session went to
465             state ESTABLISHED.  For neighbors added at runtime, the demotion
466             counter is only increased after the session has been ESTABLISHED
467             at least once before dropping.
468
469             For more information on interface groups, see the group keyword
470             in ifconfig(8).
471
472     depend on interface
473             The neighbor session will be kept in state IDLE as long as
474             interface reports no link.  For carp(4) interfaces, no link means
475             that the interface is currently backup.  This is primarily in‐
476             tended to be used with carp(4) to reduce failover times.
477
478             The state of the network interfaces on the system can be viewed
479             using the show interfaces command to bgpctl(8).
480
481     descr description
482             Add a description.  The description is used when logging neighbor
483             events, in status reports, for specifying neighbors, etc., but
484             has no further meaning to bgpd(8).
485
486     down [reason]
487             Do not start the session when bgpd(8) comes up but stay in IDLE.
488             If the session is cleared at runtime, after a down reason was
489             configured at runtime, the reason is sent as Administrative Shut‐
490             down Communication.  The reason cannot exceed 255 octets.
491
492     dump (all|updates) (in|out) file [interval]
493             Dump ongoing BGP activity for a particular neighbor.  See also
494             the dump setting in GLOBAL CONFIGURATION.
495
496     enforce local-as (yes|no)
497             If set to no, AS paths will not be checked for AS loop detection.
498             This feature is similar to allowas-in in some other BGP implemen‐
499             tations.  Since there is no AS path loop check, this feature is
500             dangerous, and requires you to add filters to prevent receiving
501             your own prefixes.  The default value is yes.
502
503     enforce neighbor-as (yes|no)
504             If set to yes, AS paths whose leftmost AS is not equal to the
505             remote AS of the neighbor are rejected and a NOTIFICATION is sent
506             back.  The default value for IBGP peers is no otherwise the de‐
507             fault is yes.
508
509     export (none|default-route)
510             If set to none, no UPDATE messages will be sent to the neighbor.
511             If set to default-route, only the default route will be announced
512             to the neighbor.  When export is modified the neighbor session
513             needs to be reset to become active.
514
515     holdtime seconds
516             Set the holdtime in seconds.  Inherited from the global configu‐
517             ration if not given.
518
519     holdtime min seconds
520             Set the minimal acceptable holdtime.  Inherited from the global
521             configuration if not given.
522
523     ipsec (ah|esp) (in|out) spi spi-number authspec [encspec]
524             Enable IPsec with static keying.  There must be at least two
525             ipsec statements per peer with manual keying, one per direction.
526             authspec specifies the authentication algorithm and key.  It can
527             be
528
529                   sha1 <key>
530                   md5 <key>
531
532             encspec specifies the encryption algorithm and key.  ah does not
533             support encryption.  With esp, encryption is optional.  encspec
534             can be
535
536                   3des <key>
537                   3des-cbc <key>
538                   aes <key>
539                   aes-128-cbc <key>
540
541             Keys must be given in hexadecimal format.  After changing set‐
542             tings a session needs to be reset to use the new keys.
543
544     ipsec (ah|esp) ike
545             Enable IPsec with dynamic keying.  In this mode, bgpd(8) sets up
546             the flows, and a key management daemon such as isakmpd(8) is re‐
547             sponsible for managing the session keys.  With isakmpd(8), it is
548             sufficient to copy the peer's public key, found in
549             /etc/isakmpd/local.pub, to the local machine.  It must be stored
550             in a file named after the peer's IP address and must be stored in
551             /etc/isakmpd/pubkeys/ipv4/.  The local public key must be copied
552             to the peer in the same way.  As bgpd(8) manages the flows on its
553             own, it is sufficient to restrict isakmpd(8) to only take care of
554             keying by specifying the flags -Ka.  This can be done in
555             rc.conf.local(8).  After starting the isakmpd(8) and bgpd(8) dae‐
556             mons on both sides, the session should be established.  After
557             changing settings a session needs to be reset to use the new
558             keys.
559
560     local-address address
561     no local-address
562             When bgpd(8) initiates the TCP connection to the neighbor system,
563             it normally does not bind to a specific IP address.  If a
564             local-address is given, bgpd(8) binds to this address first.  no
565             local-address reverts back to the default.
566
567     local-as as-number [as-number]
568             Set the AS number sent to the remote system.  Used as described
569             above under GLOBAL CONFIGURATION option AS.
570
571             Since there is no AS path loop check, this option is dangerous,
572             and requires you to add filters to prevent receiving your ASNs.
573             Intended to be used temporarily, for migrations to another AS.
574
575     log no  Disable neighbor specific logging.
576
577     log updates
578             Log received and sent updates for this neighbor.
579
580     max-prefix number [restart number]
581             Terminate the session when the maximum number of prefixes re‐
582             ceived is exceeded (no such limit is imposed by default).  If
583             restart is specified, the session will be restarted after number
584             minutes.
585
586     max-prefix number out [restart number]
587             Terminate the session when the maximum number of prefixes sent is
588             exceeded (no such limit is imposed by default).  If restart is
589             specified, the session will be restarted after number minutes.
590
591     multihop hops
592             Neighbors not in the same AS as the local bgpd(8) normally have
593             to be directly connected to the local machine.  If this is not
594             the case, the multihop statement defines the maximum hops the
595             neighbor may be away.
596
597     passive
598             Do not attempt to actively open a TCP connection to the neighbor
599             system.
600
601     reject as-set (yes|no)
602             If set to yes, AS paths attributes containing AS_SET path seg‐
603             ments will be rejected and all prefixes will be treated as with‐
604             draws.  The default is inherited from the global reject as-set
605             setting.
606
607     remote-as as-number
608             Set the AS number of the remote system.
609
610     rde evaluate (default|all)
611             If set to all keep evaluating alternative paths in case the se‐
612             lected path is filtered out.  By default if a path is filtered by
613             the output filters then no alternative path is sent to this peer.
614             The default is inherited from the global rde evaluate setting.
615
616     rib name
617             Bind the neighbor to the specified RIB.
618
619     route-reflector [address]
620             Act as an RFC 4456 route-reflector for this neighbor.  An op‐
621             tional cluster ID can be specified; otherwise the BGP ID will be
622             used.
623
624     set attribute ...
625             Set the AS path attributes to some default per neighbor or group
626             block:
627
628                   set localpref 300
629
630             See also the ATTRIBUTE SET section.  Set parameters are applied
631             to the received prefixes; the only exceptions are prepend-self,
632             nexthop no-modify and nexthop self.  These sets are rewritten
633             into filter rules and can be viewed with “bgpd -nv”.
634
635     tcp md5sig password secret
636     tcp md5sig key secret
637             Enable TCP MD5 signatures per RFC 2385.  The shared secret can
638             either be given as a password or hexadecimal key.
639
640                   tcp md5sig password mekmitasdigoat
641                   tcp md5sig key deadbeef
642             After changing keys a session needs to be reset to use the new
643             keys.
644
645     transparent-as (yes|no)
646             If set to yes, AS paths to EBGP neighbors are not prepended with
647             the local AS.  The default is inherited from the global
648             transparent-as setting.
649
650     ttl-security (yes|no)
651             Enable or disable ttl-security.  When enabled, outgoing packets
652             are sent using a TTL of 255 and a check is made against an incom‐
653             ing packet's TTL.  For directly connected peers, incoming packets
654             are required to have a TTL of 255, ensuring they have not been
655             routed.  For multihop peers, incoming packets are required to
656             have a TTL of 256 minus multihop distance, ensuring they have not
657             passed through more than the expected number of hops.  The de‐
658             fault is no.
659

FILTER

661     bgpd(8) filters all BGP UPDATE messages, including its own announcements,
662     and blocks them by default.  Filter rules may match on neighbor, direc‐
663     tion, prefix or AS path attributes.  Filter rules may also modify AS path
664     attributes.
665
666     For each UPDATE processed by the filter, the filter rules are evaluated
667     in sequential order, from first to last.  The last matching allow or deny
668     rule decides what action is taken.  The default action is to deny.
669
670     The following actions can be used in the filter:
671
672     allow     The UPDATE is passed.
673
674     deny      The UPDATE is blocked.
675
676     match     Apply the filter attribute set without influencing the filter
677               decision.
678

PARAMETERS

680     The rule parameters specify the UPDATES to which a rule applies.  An
681     UPDATE always comes from, or goes to, one neighbor.  Most parameters are
682     optional, but each can appear at most once per rule.  If a parameter is
683     specified, the rule only applies to packets with matching attributes.
684
685     as-type [operator] as-number
686     as-type as-set name
687             This rule applies only to UPDATES where the AS path matches.  The
688             part of the AS path specified by the as-type is matched against
689             the as-number or the as-set name:
690
691             AS           (any part)
692             peer-as      (leftmost AS number)
693             source-as    (rightmost AS number)
694             transit-as   (all but the rightmost AS number)
695
696             as-number is an AS number as explained above under GLOBAL
697             CONFIGURATION.  It may be set to neighbor-as, which is expanded
698             to the current neighbor remote AS number, or local-as, which is
699             expanded to the locally assigned AS number.
700
701             When specifying an as-set name the AS path will instead be
702             matched against all the AS numbers in the set.
703
704             The operator can be unspecified (this case is identical to the
705             equality operator), or one of the numerical operators
706
707                   =       (equal)
708                   !=      (unequal)
709                   -       (range including boundaries)
710                   ><      (except range)
711
712             >< and - are binary operators (they take two arguments); with
713             these, as-number cannot be set to neighbor-as.
714
715             Multiple as-number entries for a given type or as-type as-number
716             entries may also be specified, separated by commas or whitespace,
717             if enclosed in curly brackets:
718
719                   deny from any AS { 1, 2, 3 }
720                   deny from any { AS 1, source-as 2, transit-as 3 }
721                   deny from any { AS { 1, 2, 3 }, source-as 4, transit-as 5 }
722
723     community as-number:local
724     community name
725             This rule applies only to UPDATES where the community path attri‐
726             bute is present and matches.  Communities are specified as
727             as-number:local, where as-number is an AS number and local is a
728             locally significant number between zero and 65535.  Both
729             as-number and local may be set to ‘*’ to do wildcard matching.
730             Alternatively, well-known communities may be given by name in‐
731             stead and include BLACKHOLE, GRACEFUL_SHUTDOWN, NO_EXPORT,
732             NO_ADVERTISE, NO_EXPORT_SUBCONFED, and NO_PEER.  Both as-number
733             and local may be set to neighbor-as, which is expanded to the
734             current neighbor remote AS number, or local-as, which is expanded
735             to the locally assigned AS number.
736
737     large-community as-number:local:local
738             This rule applies only to UPDATES where the Large community path
739             attribute is present and matches.  Communities are specified as
740             as-number:local:local, where as-number is an AS number and local
741             is a locally significant number between zero and 4294967295.
742             Both as-number and local may be set to ‘*’ to do wildcard match‐
743             ing, neighbor-as, which is expanded to the current neighbor re‐
744             mote AS number, or local-as, which is expanded to the locally as‐
745             signed AS number.
746
747     ext-community subtype as-number:local
748     ext-community subtype IP:local
749     ext-community subtype numvalue
750     ext-community ovs (valid | not-found | invalid)
751             This rule applies only to UPDATES where the extended community
752             path attribute is present and matches.  Extended Communities are
753             specified by a subtype and normally two values, a globally unique
754             part (e.g. the AS number) and a local part.  Both as-number and
755             local may be set to neighbor-as, which is expanded to the current
756             neighbor remote AS number, or local-as, which is expanded to the
757             locally assigned AS number.  Wildcard matching is supported for
758             local, numvalue and subtype.  If wildcard matching is used on the
759             subtype then numvalue also needs to be set to ‘*’.  See also the
760             ATTRIBUTE SET section for further information about the encoding.
761
762     (from|to) peer
763             This rule applies only to UPDATES coming from, or going to, this
764             particular neighbor.  This parameter must be specified.  peer is
765             one of the following:
766
767             any          Any neighbor will be matched.
768             ibgp         All IBGP neighbors will be matched.
769             ebgp         All EBGP neighbors will be matched.
770             address      Neighbors with this address will be matched.
771             group descr  Neighbors in this group will be matched.
772             AS as-number
773                          Neighbors with this AS will be matched.
774
775             Multiple peer entries may also be specified, separated by commas
776             or whitespace, if enclosed in curly brackets:
777
778                   deny from { 128.251.16.1, 251.128.16.2, group hojo }
779
780     (inet|inet6)
781             Match only routes in the IPv4 or IPv6 address families, respec‐
782             tively.  inet is an alias for "prefix 0.0.0.0/0 prefixlen >= 0";
783             inet6 is an alias for "prefix ::/0 prefixlen >= 0".
784
785     max-as-len len
786             This rule applies only to UPDATES where the AS path has more than
787             len elements.
788
789     max-as-seq len
790             This rule applies only to UPDATES where a single AS number is re‐
791             peated more than len times.
792
793     nexthop address
794             This rule applies only to UPDATES where the nexthop is equal to
795             address.  The address can be set to neighbor in which case the
796             nexthop is compared against the address of the neighbor.  Nexthop
797             filtering is not supported on locally announced networks and one
798             must take into consideration previous rules overwriting nexthops.
799
800     origin-set name
801             This rule applies only to UPDATES that match the given origin-set
802             name.
803
804     ovs (valid | not-found | invalid)
805             This rule applies only to UPDATES where the Origin Validation
806             State (OVS) matches.
807
808     prefix address/len
809     prefix address/len prefixlen range
810     prefix address/len or-longer
811     prefix address/len maxlen mlen
812             This rule applies only to UPDATES for the specified prefix.
813
814             Multiple entries may be specified, separated by commas or white‐
815             space, if enclosed in curly brackets:
816
817                   deny from any prefix { 192.168.0.0/16, 10.0.0.0/8 or-longer }
818
819             Multiple lists can also be specified, which is useful for macro
820             expansion:
821
822                   good="{ 192.168.0.0/16, 172.16.0.0/12, 10.0.0.0/8 }"
823                   bad="{ 224.0.0.0/4 prefixlen >= 4, 240.0.0.0/4 prefixlen >= 4 }"
824                   ugly="{ 127.0.0.1/8, 169.254.0.0/16 }"
825
826                   deny from any prefix { $good $bad $ugly }
827
828             Prefix length ranges are specified by using these operators:
829
830                   =       (equal)
831                   !=      (unequal)
832                   <       (less than)
833                   <=      (less than or equal)
834                   >       (greater than)
835                   >=      (greater than or equal)
836                   -       (range including boundaries)
837                   ><      (except range)
838
839             >< and - are binary operators (they take two arguments).  For in‐
840             stance, to match all prefix lengths >= 8 and <= 12, and hence the
841             CIDR netmasks 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12:
842
843                   prefixlen 8-12
844
845             Or, to match all prefix lengths < 8 or > 12, and hence the CIDR
846             netmasks 0–7 and 13–32:
847
848                   prefixlen 8><12
849
850             This will match all prefixes in the 10.0.0.0/8 netblock with net‐
851             masks longer than 16:
852
853                   prefix 10.0.0.0/8 prefixlen > 16
854
855             or-longer is a shorthand for:
856
857                   prefix address/len prefixlen >= len
858
859             maxlen mlen is a shorthand for:
860
861                   prefix address/len prefixlen <= mlen
862
863     prefix-set name [or-longer]
864             This rule applies only to UPDATES that match the given prefix-set
865             name.  With or-longer, the UPDATES will match any prefix in the
866             prefix-set where
867
868                   address/len prefixlen >= len
869
870     quick   If an UPDATE matches a rule which has the quick option set, this
871             rule is considered the last matching rule, and evaluation of sub‐
872             sequent rules is skipped.
873
874     rib name
875             Apply rule only to the specified RIB.  This only applies for re‐
876             ceived updates, so not for rules using the to peer parameter.
877
878     set attribute ...
879             All matching rules can set the AS path attributes to some de‐
880             fault.  The set of every matching rule is applied, not only the
881             last matching one.  See also the following section.
882

ATTRIBUTE SET

884     AS path attributes can be modified with set.
885
886     set can be used on network statements, in neighbor or group blocks, and
887     on filter rules.  Attribute sets can be expressed as lists.
888
889     The following attributes can be modified:
890
891     community [delete] as-number:local
892     community [delete] name
893             Set or delete the COMMUNITIES AS path attribute.  Communities are
894             specified as as-number:local, where as-number is an AS number and
895             local is a locally significant number between zero and 65535.
896             Alternately, well-known communities may be specified by name:
897             GRACEFUL_SHUTDOWN, NO_EXPORT, NO_ADVERTISE, NO_EXPORT_SUBCONFED,
898             or NO_PEER.  For delete, both as-number and local may be set to
899             ‘*’ to do wildcard matching.
900
901     large-community [delete] as-number:local:local
902     large-community [delete] name
903             Set or delete the Large Communities path attribute.  Communities
904             are specified as as-number:local:local, where as-number is an AS
905             number and local is a locally significant number between zero and
906             4294967295.  For delete, both as-number and local may be set to
907             ‘*’ to do wildcard matching.
908
909     ext-community [delete] subtype as-number:local
910     ext-community [delete] subtype IP:local
911     ext-community [delete] subtype numvalue
912     ext-community [delete] ovs (valid | not-found | invalid)
913             Set or delete the Extended Community AS path attribute.  Extended
914             Communities are specified by a subtype and normally two values, a
915             globally unique part (e.g. the AS number) and a local part.  The
916             type is selected depending on the encoding of the global part.
917             Two-octet AS Specific Extended Communities and Four-octet AS Spe‐
918             cific Extended Communities are encoded as as-number:local.  Four-
919             octet encoding is used if the as-number is bigger than 65535 or
920             if the AS_DOT encoding is used.  IPv4 Address Specific Extended
921             Communities are encoded as IP:local.  Opaque Extended Communities
922             are encoded with a single numeric value.  The ovs subtype can
923             only be set to valid, not-found, or invalid.  Currently the fol‐
924             lowing subtypes are supported:
925
926                   bdc      BGP Data Collection
927                   defgw    Default Gateway
928                   esi-lab  ESI Label
929                   esi-rt   ES-Import Route Target
930                   l2vid    L2VPN Identifier
931                   mac-mob  MAC Mobility
932                   odi      OSPF Domain Identifier
933                   ort      OSPF Route Type
934                   ori      OSPF Router ID
935                   ovs      BGP Origin Validation State
936                   rt       Route Target
937                   soo      Route Origin / Source of Origin
938                   srcas    Source AS
939                   vrfri    VRF Route Import
940
941             Not all type and subtype value pairs are allowed by IANA and the
942             parser will ensure that no invalid combination is created.
943
944             For delete, subtype, numvalue, or local, may be set to ‘*’ to do
945             wildcard matching.  If wildcard matching is used on the subtype
946             then numvalue also needs to be set to ‘*’.
947
948     localpref number
949             Set the LOCAL_PREF AS path attribute.  If number starts with a
950             plus or minus sign, LOCAL_PREF will be adjusted by adding or sub‐
951             tracting number; otherwise it will be set to number.  The default
952             is 100.
953
954     med number
955     metric number
956             Set the MULTI_EXIT_DISC AS path attribute.  If number starts with
957             a plus or minus sign, MULTI_EXIT_DISC will be adjusted by adding
958             or subtracting number; otherwise it will be set to number.
959
960     origin (igp|egp|incomplete)
961             Set the ORIGIN AS path attribute to mark the source of this route
962             as being injected from an igp protocol, an egp protocol or being
963             an aggregated route.
964
965     nexthop (address|blackhole|reject|self|no-modify)
966             Set the NEXTHOP AS path attribute to a different nexthop address
967             or use blackhole or reject routes.  blackhole and reject only af‐
968             fect the FIB and will not alter the nexthop address.  self forces
969             the nexthop to be set to the local interface address.  If set to
970             no-modify, the nexthop attribute is not modified for EBGP multi‐
971             hop sessions.  By default EBGP multihop sessions use the local
972             interface address.  On other IBGP and directly connected EBGP
973             sessions no-modify is ignored.  The set address is used on IBGP
974             session and on directly connected EBGP session if the address is
975             part of the connected network.  On EBGP multihop session
976             no-modify has to be set to force the nexthop to address.
977
978                   set nexthop 192.168.0.1
979                   set nexthop blackhole
980                   set nexthop reject
981                   set nexthop no-modify
982                   set nexthop self
983
984     pftable table
985             Add the prefix in the update to the specified pf(4) table, re‐
986             gardless of whether or not the path was selected for routing.
987             This option may be useful in building realtime blacklists.
988
989     prepend-neighbor number
990             Prepend the neighbor's AS number times to the AS path.
991
992     prepend-self number
993             Prepend the local AS number times to the AS path.
994
995     rtlabel label
996             Add the prefix to the kernel routing table with the specified
997             label.
998
999     weight number
1000             The weight is used to tip prefixes with equally long AS paths in
1001             one or the other direction.  A prefix is weighed at a very late
1002             stage in the decision process.  If number starts with a plus or
1003             minus sign, the weight will be adjusted by adding or subtracting
1004             number; otherwise it will be set to number.  Weight is a local
1005             non-transitive attribute, and is a bgpd(8)-specific extension.
1006             For prefixes with equally long paths, the prefix with the larger
1007             weight is selected.
1008

FILES

1010     /etc/bgpd.conf  bgpd(8) configuration file.
1011

SEE ALSO

1013     strftime(3), ipsec(4), pf(4), rdomain(4), tcp(4), bgpctl(8), bgpd(8),
1014     ipsecctl(8), isakmpd(8), rc.conf.local(8)
1015

HISTORY

1017     The bgpd.conf file format first appeared in OpenBSD 3.5.
1018
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