Matthias Merkel <matth...@boltn-hosting.com> writes: > We're trying to integrate BIRD with our automated DDoS detection and > mitigation system. For this we need a way to have our software create > static routes (to be more exact blackholes) and add BGP communities to > announcements. > > Is there any way to do using CLI or control socket or would we have to > make the software modify the config file and reload BIRD?
You cannot modify individual configuration parameters from the cli/control socket, you'll have to reload the config file. The model I use for this (in my case to dynamically update BGP filters using bgpq3) is to include additional configuration files from the main config. These additional files contain configuration snippets; mainly variable definitions with lists of networks. These are then used in filters (defined in the main config) to implement the desired policy. -Toke
