Setting BGP Aggregator Attribute in Filters

David Petera david.petera at nic.cz
Tue Apr 14 16:00:41 CEST 2026


Hi Pavel,

sadly, BIRD does not currently support setting the BGP aggregator 
attribute. (You can only unset it in the filters using `unset` function)

Neither is there a plan to add support for it in the near future.

However we offer commercial feature request contracts, in case your 
organization would be able to provide funds for such development.
You can find more info about it on our website: 
https://bird.nic.cz/commercial-services/#deployments-feature-request

Hope this helps,
David

David Petera (he/him) | BIRD Tech Support | CZ.NIC, z.s.p.o.

On 4/14/26 14:31, Pavel Trefný wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a question regarding BIRD. Is it possible to set the BGP 
> aggregator attribute for a prefix using filters?
>
> This would be useful in our anycast setup, where it can be difficult 
> to determine the origin of a prefix. Using communities is 
> unfortunately not a viable option for us — some of our hardware does 
> not support extended communities, and upstream networks often filter them.
>
> To clarify, I am not looking for route aggregation itself, but 
> specifically a way to set the aggregator attribute.
>
> Thank you for any insights.
>
> Best regards,
> Pavel Trefny
>
>
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