ZEBRA(8)							  Version 0.97.3							  ZEBRA(8)

NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

       zebra [ -bdhklrv ] [ -f config-file ] [ -i pid-file ] [ -P port-number ] [ -A vty-address ] [ -u user ] [ -g group ]

DESCRIPTION

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

OPTIONS

       Options available for the zebra command:

       -b, --batch
	      Runs in batch mode, zebra parses its config and exits.

       -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/zebra.conf.

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

       -h, --help
	      A brief message.

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

       -k, --keep_kernel
	      On startup, don't delete self inserted routes.

       -P, --vty_port port-number
	      Specify the port that the zebra VTY will listen on. This defaults to 2601, as specified in /etc/services.

       -A, --vty_addr vty-address
	      Specify the address that the zebra 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 zebra.

       -s, --nl-bufsize netlink-buffer-size
	      Set  netlink receive buffer size. There are cases where zebra daemon can't handle flood of netlink messages from kernel. If you ever
	      see "recvmsg overrun" messages in zebra log, you are in trouble.

	      Solution is to increase receive buffer of netlink socket. Note that kernel doesn't allow to increase it over maximum  value  defined
	      in /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max. If you want to do it, you have to increase maximum before starting zebra.

	      Note that this affects Linux only.

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

FILES

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

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

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

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

SEE ALSO

       bgpd(8), ripd(8), ripngd(8), ospfd(8), ospf6d(8), isisd(8), vtysh(1)

BUGS

       zebra 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.

Zebra daemon							 25 November 2004							  ZEBRA(8)