How do I configure BIRD to support multiple Linux kernel routing tables?

[Alexander Zubkov]

Hello,

You need to use "kernel table" option in the kernel protocol to tell bird
which table it should look into.

On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 5:03 AM, Grant Taylor <gtaylor at tnetconsulting.net>
wrote:

> Pre Script:  I'm a BIRD n00b
>
> How do I configure BIRD to support multiple Linux kernel routing tables?
>
> I have found and tried a few different things on the web, but none seem to
> be doing what I want.
>
> I want to export routes from my "main" routing table (254) and an
> additional routing table "default" (253).
>
> Aside:  I have multiple ip rules to cascade across multiple routing tables
> (local, main, reject, bogons, …, and finally default) looking for a match.
> I do this so that I can have Linux's routing stack handle various filtering
> for me.
>
> BIRD is successfully exporting routes from the main (254) routing table.
> I'd like to also export route(s) from the default (253) routing table.
>
> # cat /etc/bird.conf
> protocol kernel main {
>         learn;
>         export all;
>         import all;
>         persist no;
> }
>
> protocol device {
> }
>
> protocol direct {
>         interface "*";
> }
>
> protocol rip {
>         export all;
>         import all;
>         interface "eth0", "eth1", "eth2", "eth3" {
>                 version 2;
>         };
> }
>
> I have tried adding additional kernel protocols, including various
> incarnations of (kernel) table # entries and have had: syntax errors,
> references to required additional lines, and other unhappy things.
>
> So, will someone point me at a document that talks about how to work with
> multiple Linux routing tables?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
>
>
> --
> Grant. . . .
> unix || die
>
>
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