zebra(8)

1ZEBRA(8)                        Version 0.97.3                        ZEBRA(8)
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NAME

6       zebra - a routing manager for use with associated Quagga components.
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SYNOPSIS

9       zebra  [ -bdhklrv ] [ -f config-file ] [ -i pid-file ] [ -P port-number
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DESCRIPTION

13       zebra is a routing manager that  implements  the  zebra  route  engine.
14       zebra  supports  RIPv1,  RIPv2,  RIPng,  OSPF, OSPF6, IS-IS, BGP4+, and
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OPTIONS

18       Options available for the zebra command:
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20       -b, --batch
21              Runs in batch mode, zebra parses its config and exits.
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23       -d, --daemon
24              Runs in daemon mode, forking and exiting from tty.
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26       -f, --config-file config-file
27              Specifies the config file to use for startup. If  not  specified
28              this option will likely default to /usr/local/etc/zebra.conf.
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30       -g, --group group
31              Specify the group to run as. Default is quagga.
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33       -h, --help
34              A brief message.
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36       -i, --pid_file pid-file
37              When zebra starts its process identifier is written to pid-file.
38              The init system uses the recorded PID to stop or restart  zebra.
39              The likely default is /var/run/zebra.pid.
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41       -k, --keep_kernel
42              On startup, don't delete self inserted routes.
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44       -l, --log_mode
45              Turn verbose logging on.
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47       -P, --vty_port port-number
48              Specify  the  port  that  the  zebra  VTY  will  listen on. This
49              defaults to 2602, as specified in /etc/services.
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51       -A, --vty_addr vty-address
52              Specify the address that the zebra VTY will listen  on.  Default
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56              Specify the user to run as. Default is quagga.
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58       -r, --retain
59              When the program terminates, retain routes added by zebra.
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61       -s, --nl-bufsize netlink-buffer-size
62              Set  netlink  receive  buffer  size. There are cases where zebra
63              daemon can't handle flood of netlink messages  from  kernel.  If
64              you ever see "recvmsg overrun" messages in zebra log, you are in
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67              Solution is to increase receive buffer of netlink  socket.  Note
68              that  kernel  doesn't  allow  to  increase it over maximum value
69              defined in /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max. If you want  to  do  it,
70              you have to increase maximum before starting zebra.
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74       -v, --version
75              Print the version and exit.
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FILES

78       /usr/local/sbin/zebra
79              The default location of the zebra binary.
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82              The default location of the zebra config file.
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84       $(PWD)/zebra.log
85              If  the zebra process is config'd to output logs to a file, then
86              you will find this file  in  the  directory  where  you  started
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WARNING

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

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

102       zebra eats bugs for breakfast. If you have food for the maintainers try
103       http://bugzilla.quagga.net
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AUTHORS

106       See http://www.zebra.org and http://www.quagga.org or the Info file for
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112Zebra daemon                   25 November 2004                       ZEBRA(8)