It's sad how hostile this mailing list is that you need to beg forgiveness for using a different email client because you may have triggered some of these people. 🙄
On Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 12:51 AM BSD user, <fleshisat...@bsdmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > My apologies for sending this email multiple times. > > I was so mortified by Tutanota's awful text formatting that I created a > new mail account that supported IMAP so that I could load it up in > Thunderbird with text only mode enabled. > > Once again, my apologies for my rookie mistake choosing Tutanota for use > on an international mailing list such as this one. I hope you guys will > give me one more chance. > > My (hopefully) unmangled message is below. > > > ---------------------------------- > > > Hello, > > > I’m having some trouble configuring OpenBGPD to replace my Bird deployment. > > I’m trying to set up redundant web infrastructure for a few websites I > host with Vultr. To do so, I followed this guide: > > > https://www.vultr.com/docs/high-availability-on-vultr-with-floating-ip-and-bgp > > It works flawlessly with Bird running on OpenBSD, but I obviously prefer > to run utilities from the base system wherever possible. I’ve spent more > time than I’d like to admit trying to get this setup working on OpenBGPD. > > The only thing I did different from the above guide was use lo1 rather > than a dummy interface, as dummy interfaces appear to be a linuxism as > per this mailing list thread I found: > > > http://openbsd-archive.7691.n7.nabble.com/Dummy-Interface-In-OpenBGPd-td34009.html > > Basically, all I’m trying to do is port my Bird config over to OpenBGPD. > At this point I’m just banging my head against a wall. I’ve spent > several days googling, reading man pages and trying different configs. I > must be missing something basic, and it’s likely something obvious I’m > missing, as I am by no means a BGP expert. > > My bird config looks like this: > > > log "/var/log/bird" all; > > router id xxx.xxx.224.9; > > protocol device > { > scan time 60; > } > > protocol direct > { > interface "lo1"; > } > > protocol bgp vultr > { > local as 65xxx; > source address xxx.xxx.224.9; > import none; > export all; > graceful restart on; > next hop self; > multihop 2; > neighbor 169.254.169.254 as 64515; > password "xxxxxx"; > } > > > My attempt at a bgpd.conf looks like this: > > > # Global Configuration > > AS 65xxx > router-id xxx.xxx.224.9 > > # Our Address Space > network xxx.xxx.0.141/32 > network inet connected > > # IPv4 Peers > > neighbor 169.254.169.254 { > remote-as 64515 > tcp md5sig password xxxxxx > set nexthop self > multihop 2 > descr Vultr > local-address xxx.xxx.224.9 > announce IPv4 unicast > } > > > > Any assistance you fine folks could provide to help me get this working > would be hugely appreciated. > > I've also attached my config files to eliminate any chance of them being > mangled. > > Thanks so much for your time. > >
