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diff --git a/doc/developer/building-frr-for-debian12.rst b/doc/developer/building-frr-for-debian12.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ca882eedb --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/developer/building-frr-for-debian12.rst @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@ +Debian 12 +========= + +Install required packages +------------------------- + +Add packages: + +:: + + sudo apt-get install git autoconf automake libtool make \ + libprotobuf-c-dev protobuf-c-compiler build-essential \ + python3-dev python3-pytest python3-sphinx libjson-c-dev \ + libelf-dev libreadline-dev cmake libcap-dev bison flex \ + pkg-config texinfo gdb libgrpc-dev python3-grpc-tools + +.. include:: building-libunwind-note.rst + +.. include:: building-libyang.rst + +Get FRR, compile it and install it (from Git) +--------------------------------------------- + +**This assumes you want to build and install FRR from source and not +using any packages** + +Add frr groups and user +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +:: + + sudo addgroup --system --gid 92 frr + sudo addgroup --system --gid 85 frrvty + sudo adduser --system --ingroup frr --home /var/opt/frr/ \ + --gecos "FRR suite" --shell /bin/false frr + sudo usermod -a -G frrvty frr + +Download Source, configure and compile it +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +(You may prefer different options on configure statement. These are just +an example.) + +:: + + git clone https://github.com/frrouting/frr.git frr + cd frr + ./bootstrap.sh + ./configure \ + --localstatedir=/var/opt/frr \ + --sbindir=/usr/lib/frr \ + --sysconfdir=/etc/frr \ + --enable-multipath=64 \ + --enable-user=frr \ + --enable-group=frr \ + --enable-vty-group=frrvty \ + --enable-configfile-mask=0640 \ + --enable-logfile-mask=0640 \ + --enable-fpm \ + --with-pkg-git-version \ + --with-pkg-extra-version=-MyOwnFRRVersion + make + make check + sudo make install + +For more compile options, see ``./configure --help`` + +Create empty FRR configuration files +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +:: + + sudo install -m 640 -o frr -g frr /dev/null /etc/frr/frr.conf + sudo install -m 640 -o frr -g frr tools/etc/frr/daemons /etc/frr/daemons + +Edit ``/etc/frr/daemons`` and enable the FRR daemons for the protocols you need + +Enable IP & IPv6 forwarding +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Edit ``/etc/sysctl.conf`` and uncomment the following values (ignore the +other settings) + +:: + + # Uncomment the next line to enable packet forwarding for IPv4 + net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 + + # Uncomment the next line to enable packet forwarding for IPv6 + # Enabling this option disables Stateless Address Autoconfiguration + # based on Router Advertisements for this host + net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1 + +**Reboot** or use ``sysctl -p`` to apply the same config to the running +system + +Troubleshooting +--------------- + +Shared library error +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +If you try and start any of the frrouting daemons you may see the below +error due to the frrouting shared library directory not being found: + +:: + + ./zebra: error while loading shared libraries: libfrr.so.0: cannot open + shared object file: No such file or directory + +The fix is to add the following line to /etc/ld.so.conf which will +continue to reference the library directory after the system reboots. To +load the library directory path immediately run the ldconfig command +after adding the line to the file eg: + +:: + + echo include /usr/local/lib >> /etc/ld.so.conf + ldconfig diff --git a/doc/developer/subdir.am b/doc/developer/subdir.am index f052956c5..0deb0f5da 100644 --- a/doc/developer/subdir.am +++ b/doc/developer/subdir.am @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ dev_RSTFILES = \ doc/developer/building-frr-for-centos7.rst \ doc/developer/building-frr-for-debian8.rst \ doc/developer/building-frr-for-debian9.rst \ + doc/developer/building-frr-for-debian12.rst \ doc/developer/building-frr-for-fedora.rst \ doc/developer/building-frr-for-freebsd10.rst \ doc/developer/building-frr-for-freebsd11.rst \ |