exabgp cookbook
Installs and configures ExaBGP
the swiss-army knife of networking.
DEPRECATION NOTICE
After careful consideration, we are making this the last release of the ExaBGP cookbook as we found implementing implementing simple package, service, and template resources in our internal cookbooks easier and less time consuming than building a complex set of wrappers around ExaBGP's configuration. Supporting pip and source installations is also a lot more maintenance cost than value for very special use cases.
We are leaving this cookbook up for adoption; If anyone wishes to continue supporting it email support@dnsimple.com.
For a basic example of installing and setting up a package based ExaBGP, here is one:
The Chef recipe
package 'exabgp'
template '/etc/exabgp/exabgp.conf' do
user 'exabgp'
group 'exabgp'
variables(my_as: node['mycorp']['as_number'])
notifies :reload, 'service[exabgp]'
end
cookbook_file '/etc/exabgp/watchdog.sh' do
user 'exabgp'
group 'exabgp'
mode '755'
notifies :reload, 'service[exabgp]'
end
service 'exabgp' do
supports reload: true, status: true
action :nothing
end
The exabgp.conf template
process announce-routes {
run ./watchdog.sh;
}
neighbor 127.0.0.1 {
router-id 1.2.3.4;
local-address 127.0.0.1;
local-as <%= @my_as %>;
peer-as 1;
group-updates false;
capability {
graceful-restart;
}
api {
processes [ announce-routes ];
}
}
The watchdog.sh script:
#!/bin/sh
# ignore Control C
# if the user ^C exabgp we will get that signal too, ignore it and let exabgp send us a SIGTERM
trap '' SIGINT
# command and watchdog name are case sensitive
while `true`;
do
# Let give exabgp the time to setup the BGP session :)
# But we do not have too, exabgp will record the changes and update the routes once up otherwise
sleep 10
# without name exabgp will use the name of the service as watchdog name
echo "withdraw watchdog"
sleep 5
# specify a watchdog name (which may be the same or different each time)
echo "withdraw watchdog watchdog-one"
sleep 5
echo "announce watchdog"
sleep 5
echo "announce watchdog watchdog-one"
sleep 5
# we have no route with that watchdog but it does not matter, we could have after a configuration reload
echo "announce watchdog watchdog-two"
echo "withdraw watchdog watchdog-two"
done
Supported Chef and Platforms
-
Chef 12.6 and newer
-
Ubuntu 14.04 and newer
Dependencies
- poise-python (for package installation)
- git (for source installation)
Attributes
| Attribute | Description | Default Value |
|---|---|---|
node['exabgp']['package_version'] |
Version of the python package to install | 3.4.19 |
node['exabgp']['bin_path'] |
Location of the ExaBGP binary, only set on source installations | /usr/sec/exabgp/sbin/exabgp |
node['exabgp']['config_path'] |
Location of the ExaBGP configuration file, only set when a resource with instance set to false is configured | /etc/exabgp/exabgp.conf |
node['exabgp']['source_url'] |
URL to the git repository for source installtions | https://github.com/Exa-Networks/exabgp.git |
node['exabgp']['source_version'] |
git ref of the version to install | master |
Recipes
exabgp::default- Intentionally left blank, see resource usage below
Resources
exabgp
The exabgp resource installs and configures ExaBGP. It does not create
an ExaBGP service. You will need to handle this separately via your service
resource of choice. If you want an example of such a service setup, look at
the test/cookbooks folder for some example recipes.
Actions
:install– Install and configure ExaBGP. (default)
Parameters
instance– Name of the ExaBGP installation. If different than the name parameter of the resource. If it is set to false, it will not use the name parameter when naming the instance. This is for backward compatibility with the older version of this cookbook where you may be running an install from/etc/exabgp.package_version– Which version of the python package to install, defaults to thenode['exabgp']['package_version']attribute.cookbook– Which cookbook to look for the exabgp.conf.erb templatevariables– Pass template variables in much like a template resourceinstall_type– Supports three type :package (distribution package), :pip (python package) and :source installations. Defaults to :package . If you'd like to support more installation options, send in a pull request. :heart:
Examples
# Installs into /etc/exabgp-anycast
exabgp 'anycast'
# Backward compatible with the previous exabgp cookbook
# Installs to /etc/exabgp
exabgp 'anycast' do
instance false
end
# Use your own template from templates/default/exabgp.conf.erb
exabgp 'anycast' do
cookbook 'mycorp-exabgp'
end
# Setup a service
service 'exabgp'
License and Authors
- Author:: Aaron Kalin
- Author:: Jacobo Garcia
- Author:: Joseph Caudle
Copyright:: 2013-2018 DNSimple Corp.
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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