[ixpmanager] Additional Virtual Interfaces Not Included In Auto-generated RS Configs

[Barry O'Donovan]

Just as a cautionary note: the fact that the 'workarounds' below work is
more by accident than design :-/



Andreas Polyrakis wrote:
> Kyle,
> 
> if you decide to keep two IP addresses for this customer, instead of
> creating two connections for this customer, try to create a second VLAN
> within the same connection. Assign the same VLAN ID, and the second IP.
> 
> This workaround works for us for years now. We use IXPmanager to
> configure bird, and we also use birdeye, without problems. We also use
> ansible to produce our switches configuration, this works great as well
> (I mention this because ansible retrieves data through the API; adding
> the same vlan twice on the same connection does not break the modeling).
> 
> Obviously this is a just a workaround, not an optimum solution. But we
> have not run into any problems.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> 
> On 12/09/17 18:20, Kyle Spencer wrote:
>> I have a peer using two IP addresses on a single physical interface. I
>> have configured the first port/interface and that works as expected
>> (i.e. stats work, auto-generated BIRD configs include this ASN/IP).
>>
>> However, when I add a second virtual interface (with the second IP
>> address), that does not show up in the auto-generated BIRD configs.
>> See attached screenshots.
>>
>> Any clue? This problem is preventing me from using the auto-generated
>> configs from IXP Manager.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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