.TH BGPD 8 "25 November 2004" "@PACKAGE_FULLNAME@ BGPD daemon" "Version @PACKAGE_VERSION@" .SH NAME bgpd \- a BGPv4, BGPv4\+, BGPv4\- routing engine for use with @PACKAGE_FULLNAME@. .SH SYNOPSIS .B bgpd [ .B \-dhrSv ] [ .B \-f .I config-file ] [ .B \-i .I pid-file ] [ .B \-p .I bgp-port-number ] [ .B \-P .I port-number ] [ .B \-A .I vty-address ] [ .B \-u .I user ] [ .B \-g .I group ] .SH DESCRIPTION .B bgpd is a routing component that works with the .B @PACKAGE_FULLNAME@ routing engine. .SH OPTIONS Options available for the .B bgpd command: .TP \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-daemon\fR Runs in daemon mode, forking and exiting from tty. .TP \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-config-file \fR\fIconfig-file\fR Specifies the config file to use for startup. If not specified this option will default to \fB\fI@CFG_SYSCONF@/bgpd.conf\fR. .TP \fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-group \fR\fIgroup\fR Specify the group to run as. Default is \fI@enable_group@\fR. .TP \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR A brief message. .TP \fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-pid_file \fR\fIpid-file\fR When bgpd starts its process identifier is written to \fB\fIpid-file\fR. The init system uses the recorded PID to stop or restart bgpd. The default is \fB\fI@CFG_STATE@/bgpd.pid\fR. .TP \fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-bgp_port \fR\fIbgp-port-number\fR Set the port that bgpd will listen to for bgp data. .TP \fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-vty_port \fR\fIport-number\fR Specify the port that the bgpd VTY will listen on. This defaults to 2605, as specified in \fI/etc/services\fR. .TP \fB\-A\fR, \fB\-\-vty_addr \fR\fIvty-address\fR Specify the address that the bgpd VTY will listen on. Default is all interfaces. .TP \fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-user \fR\fIuser\fR Specify the user to run as. Default is \fI@enable_user@\fR. .TP \fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-retain\fR When the program terminates, retain routes added by \fBbgpd\fR. .TP \fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-skip_runas\fR Skip setting the process effective user and group. .TP \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR Print the version and exit. .SH FILES .TP .BI @CFG_SBIN@/bgpd The default location of the .B bgpd binary. .TP .BI @CFG_SYSCONF@/bgpd.conf The default location of the .B bgpd config file. .TP .BI $(PWD)/bgpd.log If the .B bgpd process is config'd to output logs to a file, then you will find this file in the directory where you started \fBbgpd\fR. .SH WARNING This man page is intended to be a quick reference for command line options. The definitive document is the Info file \fB@PACKAGE_NAME@\fR. .SH DIAGNOSTICS The bgpd process may log to standard output, to a VTY, to a log file, or through syslog to the system logs. \fBbgpd\fR supports many debugging options, see the Info file, or the source for details. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR ripd (8), .BR ripngd (8), .BR ospfd (8), .BR ospf6d (8), .BR isisd (8), .BR nhrpd (8), .BR zebra (8), .BR vtysh (1) .SH BUGS .B bgpd eats bugs for breakfast. If you have food for the maintainers try .BI @PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@ .SH AUTHORS See .BI http://www.zebra.org and .BI @PACKAGE_URL@ or the Info file for an accurate list of authors.