[ixpmanager] some questions re: IXP 5

[Athanasios Douitsis]

On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 08:50:15AM +0000, Barry O'Donovan wrote:

> Hi,

Hi,

> 
> Athanasios Douitsis wrote on 29/10/2019 12:48:
> > - We have setup the latest BirdsEye in our route servers and have
> >    successfully integrated with a test 5.2 installation. The looking
> >    glass in our 5.2 installation detects prefixes that are being
> >    filtered, by examining their BGP large community. All good as far as
> >    we can tell. However, when we look at the "filtered prefixes" tab in
> >    any member's page, we see no filtered prefixes. Can we inquire as to
> >    which exactly is the interdependency between what is seen in the
> >    looking glass and what is seen in the per-member "filtered prefixes"
> >    tab? How do we get to see (if possible) the filtered prefixes in the
> >    tab?
> 
> Have a look at the documentation here:
> 
> https://docs.ixpmanager.org/features/route-servers/#displaying-filtered-prefixes
> 
> 
> and this issue:
> 
> https://github.com/inex/IXP-Manager/issues/575
> 
> and let us know if that doesn't answer your question. I'll revisit the
> documentation to try and incorporate the additional information in the
> issue.

Yes, thank you.

> 
> > - Does the update-l2database.pl script still stand as the way to fill in
> >    the dynamic mac addresses in the macaddresses table?  The
> >    https://docs.ixpmanager.org/usage/switches/#automated-polling-snmp-updates
> > 
> >    and the https://docs.ixpmanager.org/features/cronjobs/ pages do not
> >    mention it, but https://docs.ixpmanager.org/features/layer2-addresses/
> >    does mention it. Running it periodically certainly does not cause
> >    trouble.
> 
> Yes, it still stands.

Lovely, many thanks.

> 
> > - Going from 4.8 to 5.2 using the artisan subcommands to bring the
> >    database up to date, does not create the telescope-related tables.
> >    What is the recommended way to create them?
> 
> I'll have to look at that and get back to you.

Thank you.

> 
> > - Likewise, how is the cache table (if one chooses to use a database
> >    cache instead of files or memcached) supposed to be created and
> >    initialized?
> 
> It's not supported right now. We've never used or tried it.

Indeed? I enabled the database driver yesterday and it seems to be
working. Are you saying we shouldn't use that driver? Which drivers are
supported?


> 
> > - This is a trifling matter, but the field last_updated in the routers
> >    table will be left NULL if going from 4.8 to 5.2, which will cause a
> >    5xx error in the application. We are not sure this is mentioned
> >    explicitly in any documentation page.
> 
> I'll also check this and get back to you.

Thank you.

Kind regards,
Athanasios

> 
>    - Barry
> 
> 
> > 
> > If any of the above has been asked again, my apologies for the
> > duplicate. Any help with any item will be highly appreciated.
> > 
> > Kind regards,
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Kind regards,
> Barry O'Donovan
> INEX Operations
> 
> https://www.inex.ie/support/
> +353 1 531 3339
> 
> 

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