BGPD(8) 							  Version 0.97.3							   BGPD(8)

NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

       bgpd [ -dhrv ] [ -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.

       -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), 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.org or the Info file for an accurate list of authors.

Quagga BGPD daemon						 25 November 2004							   BGPD(8)