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17.Dd $Mdocdate: December 6 2008 $
18.Dt BGPCTL 8
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm bgpctl
22.Nd control the Border Gateway Protocol daemon
23.Sh SYNOPSIS
24.Nm bgpctl
25.Op Fl n
26.Op Fl s Ar socket
27.Ar command
28.Op Ar argument ...
29.Sh DESCRIPTION
30The
31.Nm
32program controls the
33.Xr bgpd 8
34daemon.
35Commands to switch between displays may be abbreviated to the
36minimum unambiguous prefix; for example,
37.Cm s s
38for
39.Cm show summary .
40.Pp
41The options are as follows:
42.Bl -tag -width Ds
43.It Fl n
44Show neighbors' IP addresses instead of their description.
45.It Fl s Ar socket
46Use
47.Ar socket
48instead of the default
49.Pa /var/run/bgpd.sock
50to communicate with
51.Xr bgpd 8 .
52.El
53.Pp
54The commands are as follows:
55.Bl -tag -width xxxxxx
56.It Cm fib couple
57Insert the learned routes into the Forwarding Information Base
58a.k.a. the kernel routing table.
59.It Cm fib decouple
60Remove the learned routes from the Forwarding Information Base
61a.k.a. the kernel routing table.
62.It Xo
63.Cm irrfilter
64.Op Ar options
65.Ar as
66.Op Ar arguments
67.Xc
68Get the
69.Em aut-num
70object from the
71.Em Internet Routing Registry
72and generate bgpd filters from the policy specified therein.
73The aut-num object as well as the associated as-set and route objects
74have to be in RPSL format.
75.Pp
76The options are as follows:
77.Bl -tag -width Ds
78.It Fl o Ar directory
79Use
80.Ar directory
81to write the filter files to.
82.El
83.It Cm neighbor Ar peer Cm up
84Take the BGP session to the specified neighbor up.
85.Ar peer
86may be the neighbor's address or description.
87.It Cm neighbor Ar peer Cm down
88Take the BGP session to the specified neighbor down.
89.Ar peer
90may be the neighbor's address or description.
91.It Cm neighbor Ar peer Cm clear
92Stop and restart the BGP session to the specified neighbor.
93.Ar peer
94may be the neighbor's address or description.
95.It Cm neighbor Ar peer Cm refresh
96Request the neighbor to re-send all routes.
97Note that the neighbor is not obliged to re-send all routes, or any routes at
98all, even if it announced the route refresh capability.
99.Ar peer
100may be the neighbor's address or description.
101.It Cm network add Ar prefix
102Add the specified prefix to the list of announced networks.
103.It Cm network delete Ar prefix
104Remove the specified prefix from the list of announced networks.
105.It Cm network flush
106Remove all dynamically added prefixes from the list of announced networks.
107.It Cm network show Ar family
108Show all announced networks.
109.Ar family ,
110if given, limits the output to the given address family.
111The supported families are
112.Em inet
113and
114.Em inet6 .
115.It Cm reload
116Reload the configuration file.
117.It Cm show fib Ar filter
118Show routes from
119.Xr bgpd 8 Ns 's
120view of the Forwarding Information Base.
121.Ar filter
122can be an IP address, in which case the route to this address is shown,
123or a flag:
124.Pp
125.Bl -tag -width connected -compact
126.It Cm connected
127Show only connected routes.
128.It Cm static
129Show only static routes.
130.It Cm bgp
131Show only routes originating from
132.Xr bgpd 8
133itself.
134.It Cm nexthop
135Show only routes required to reach a BGP nexthop.
136.El
137.It Cm show interfaces
138Show the interface states.
139.It Cm show neighbor Ar peer modifier
140Show detailed information about the neighbor identified by
141.Ar peer ,
142which may be the neighbor's address or description,
143according to the given
144.Ar modifier :
145.Pp
146.Bl -tag -width messages -compact
147.It Cm messages
148Show statistics about sent and received BGP messages.
149.It Cm terse
150Show statistics in an easily parseable terse format.
151The printed numbers are the sent and received open, sent and received
152notifications, sent and received updates, sent and received keepalives, and
153sent and received route refresh messages plus the current and maximum
154prefix count, the number of sent and received updates, and withdraws.
155.It Cm timers
156Show the BGP timers.
157.El
158.It Cm show nexthop
159Show the list of BGP nexthops and the result of their validity check.
160.It Xo
161.Cm show rib
162.Op Ar options
163.Ar filter
164.Xc
165Show routes from the
166.Xr bgpd 8
167Routing Information Base.
168.Ar filter
169can be an IP address, a CIDR prefix, an AS filter or nothing:
170.Pp
171.Bl -tag -width "address/len all" -compact
172.It Ar address
173Show best matching route for address.
174.It Ar address Ns Li / Ns Ar len
175Show RIB entry for this CIDR prefix.
176.It Xo
177.Ar address Ns Li / Ns Ar len
178.Cm all
179.Xc
180Show all entries in the specified range.
181.\".It Ar address/len Cm longer-prefixes
182.It Cm as Ar as
183Show all entries with
184.Ar as
185anywhere in the AS path.
186.It Cm source-as Ar as
187Show all entries with
188.Ar as
189as rightmost AS.
190.It Cm transit-as Ar as
191Show all entries with
192.Ar as
193anywhere but rightmost.
194.It Cm peer-as Ar as
195Show all entries with
196.Ar as
197as leftmost AS.
198.It Cm empty-as
199Show all entries that are internal routes with no AS's in the AS path.
200.It Cm community Ar community
201Show all entries with community
202.Ar community .
203.It Cm neighbor Ar peer
204Show only entries from the specified peer.
205.It Cm summary
206This is the same as the
207.Ic show summary
208command.
209.It Cm memory
210Show RIB memory statistics.
211.El
212.Pp
213Additionally, the following
214.Ar options
215are defined:
216.Pp
217.Bl -tag -width "detail" -compact
218.It Cm detail
219Show more detailed output for matched routes.
220.It Ar family
221Limit the output to the given address family.
222.It Cm in
223Show routes from the unfiltered Adj-RIB-In.
224This is only possible if
225.Em softreconfig in
226is enabled for the neighbor.
227.It Cm out
228Show the filtered routes sent to a neighbor also known as Adj-RIB-Out.
229.El
230.Pp
231Options are silently ignored when used together with
232.Ar summary
233or
234.Ar memory .
235Multiple options can be used at the same time and the
236.Ar neighbor
237filter can be combined with other filters.
238.It Cm show summary
239Show a list of all neighbors, including information about the session state
240and message counters.
241.It Cm show summary terse
242Show a list of all neighbors, including information about the session state,
243in a terse format.
244.El
245.Sh FILES
246.Bl -tag -width "/var/run/bgpd.sockXXX" -compact
247.It Pa /etc/bgpd.conf
248default
249.Xr bgpd 8
250configuration file
251.It Pa /var/run/bgpd.sock
252default
253.Xr bgpd 8
254control socket
255.El
256.Sh SEE ALSO
257.Xr bgpd.conf 5 ,
258.Xr bgpd 8 ,
259.Xr bgplg 8 ,
260.Xr bgplgsh 8
261.Rs
262.%R RFC 2622
263.%T "Routing Policy Specification Language (RPSL)"
264.%D June 1999
265.Re
266.Sh HISTORY
267The
268.Nm
269program first appeared in
270.Ox 3.5 .
271irrfilter mode was added in
272.Ox 4.1 .
273