One bird VM (HA cluster) or two bird VMs (iBGP).

[Alarig Le Lay]

I completely agree. I wouldn’t try to rely on something as shady as
virtualisation “HA” when something as simple as iBGP and VRRP is
available. I would even try to put my routers outside of any VM.

On Wed 26 Feb 2025 19:23:27 GMT, Volodymyr Pidgornyi wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> You would not install single bird instance on vmware HA cluster since 
> you'll get sessions flaps when instance restart on falures. Right way is 
> to run two different instances on different cluster nodes with HA 
> deactivated for these instances and setup sessions from each bird instance.
> 
> 26.02.2025 19:11, Mike Neo:
> > Hi,
> > I have one global operator and one IX via BGP and I'm wondering 
> > whether to set up one bird VM based on vmware HA cluster or two bird 
> > VMs without vmware HA cluster but located on separate nodes and 
> > connected via iBGP.
> >
> > Of course, the iBGP connection allows for easy bird/VM updates but may 
> > generate potential problems with iBGP and VRRP. However, if there is 
> > one bird VM based on the vmware HA cluster, then in the event of a 
> > node failure, it is necessary to wait until the machine is restarted 
> > on the second node and until the prefixes from peers are loaded.
> >
> > What are your experiences with this?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Mike
> 
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