Bird pipe/filter change on "external" conditions

[Alexander Zubkov]

Hello,

I do almost the same, but do not rewrite the config. I have an include
in the place I want to change to a symlinked file. I change the
symlink and reload the config. So I have my configs static, I change
only symlinks.

On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 2:44 AM ico <ico at petrzalka.net> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Is there some way to change bird's configuration on some external event?
> I would use it like this:
>
> There are 2 routers, active and passive. Active router exports default
> route for the rest of network. Passive router has exactly the same
> configuration, but filters out default route. When active/passive switch
> function, the new active somehow removes default route filter, the new
> passive adds default route filter.
>
> Another usage would be to change interface cost in OSPF at run-time and
> thus redirecting traffic from that particular interface.
>
> Currently I am doing it with rewritting bird's config file and reloading
> configuration. Is there some better way? Like setting some variable,
> which causes changes some filter conditions?
>
> Thanks
>
> ico