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diff --git a/doc/accords/frr-service-is-watchfrr b/doc/accords/frr-service-is-watchfrr new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2301c83b1 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/accords/frr-service-is-watchfrr @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +The "FRR" service unit is watchfrr +================================== + + +"FRR" on the distribution/OS level is one service (generally called "frr"). +Exposing individual daemons (zebra, staticd, bgpd, ...) as service units does +not match FRR's internal expectations. + +At some future point, watchfrr will add functionality to receive "router bgp", +"router ospf" etc. commands (or their YANG variants) and automatically start +the required daemons. In particular with multi-instance setups, this will +simplify config (no more mucking around /etc/frr/daemons - if watchfrr +understands which daemons are needed by a given config, the daemons file is +pointless.) + +This to some degree assumes an "integrated-config world". |