info on bmpreceiver below.. On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 12:24 PM, chip <chip.g...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all, > > I have an application that needs to gather BGP RIB data from the routers > that connect to all of our upstream providers. Basically I need to know > all the routes available from a particular provider. Currently I'm > gathering this data via SNMP. While this works it has its draw backs, it > takes approximately 20 minutes per view, its nowhere near real-time, and > I'm unable to gather information for IPv6. SNMP, however, is faster than > screen scraping. All of the XML based access methods seem to take about > the same time as well. > > I've been watching, with keen interest, the i2rs ietf workings, but the > project is still in its infancy. BMP seems to be a good solution but I've > not found a working client implementation yet. I see that you can actually > configure this on some Juniper gear but I can't seem to locate a client to > ingest the data the router produces. https://code.google.com/p/bmpreceiver/ and then it can be dumped where ever you want.. iirc, splunk can parse the data. --Heather > The BGP Add Paths implementation > seems to be the best choice at the moment and exabgp has a working > implementation. > > Are there any other technologies or methods of accessing this data that > I've missed or that you've found useful? > > Thanks! > > --chip > > -- > Just my $.02, your mileage may vary, batteries not included, etc.... >
