conf/bgpneighbors

The conf/bgpneighbors directory contains configuration files for BGP neighbors. The name of a file is the name of the neighbor configuration that it defines. BGP neighbors can be managed under the System > Fault Tolerance > BGP Neighbors section of the Admin UI, or by using functions under the BGPNeighbors section of the SOAP API and CLI.

Key

Description

address

The IP address of the BGP neighbor

Value type: string

Default value: <none>

advertisement_interval

The minimum interval between the sending of BGP routing updates to neighbors. Note that as a result of jitter, as defined for BGP, the interval during which no advertisements are sent will be between 75% and 100% of this value.

Value type: seconds

Default value: "5"

as_number

The AS number for the BGP neighbor

Value type: unsigned integer

Default value: "65534"

authentication_password

The password to be used for authentication of sessions with neighbors

Value type: string

Default value: <none>

holdtime

The period after which the BGP session with the neighbor is deemed to have become idle - and requires re-establishment - if the neighbor falls silent.

Value type: seconds

Default value: "90"

keepalive

The interval at which messages are sent to the BGP neighbor to keep the mutual BGP session established.

Value type: seconds

Default value: "30"

machines

The traffic managers that are to use this neighbor

Value type: list

Default value: <none>