[ixpmanager] Route Server Installation

[Sam Malyon]

Hey Barry,

I have tried to run the RS scrip a few times now and consistently get permission denied, but if I run as sudo, I get this error.

ERROR: non-zero return from curl when generating /usr/local/etc/bird/bird-<handle>.conf.11180

What should I do here?

Kind Regards,

Sam


-----Original Message-----
From: Barry O'Donovan <barry.odonovan at inex.ie> 
Sent: Friday, 3 April 2020 12:41 AM
To: Sam Malyon <Sam at commsphere.com.au>
Cc: INEX IXP Manager Users Mailing List <ixpmanager at inex.ie>
Subject: Re: [ixpmanager] Route Server Installation

Hi Sam,

Sam Malyon wrote on 02/04/2020 15:12:
> I just re read and realised it's a SH file.  So, I'm assuming we would 
> need to create a cron task every say 30min to keep it updating or does 
> it somehow take care of itself

Yes, exactly - a cron job. But we tend to only do it ~2-4 times a day - and offset v4/v6:

17 09,13,17,21     * * *   root 
/usr/local/sbin/inex-reconfigure-rs1.sh -h rs1-lan1-ipv4 -q
17 10,14,18,22     * * *   root 
/usr/local/sbin/inex-reconfigure-rs1.sh -h rs1-lan1-ipv6 -q

There's no issue running it more frequently - our cron scheduling predates the latest script and the latest script will only actually have Bird reconfigure itself if the conf changed.


> and where should it be
> placed? (anywhere fine?) (just for sanities sake.)

We're not prescriptive on that but /usr/local/sbin is where we put it.

  - Barry