NAME
zebra - a routing manager for use with associated Quagga components.
SYNOPSIS
zebra
[
-bdhklrv
] [
-f
config-file
] [
-i
pid-file
] [
-P
port-number
] [
-A
vty-address
] [
-u
user
] [
-g
group
]
DESCRIPTION
zebra
is a routing manager that implements the
zebra
route engine.
zebra
supports RIPv1, RIPv2, RIPng, OSPF, OSPF6, IS-IS, BGP4+, and BGP4-.
OPTIONS
Options available for the
zebra
command:
-b, --batch
Runs in batch mode, zebra parses its config and exits.
-d, --daemon
Runs in daemon mode, forking and exiting from tty.
-f, --config-file config-file
Specifies the config file to use for startup. If not specified this
option will likely default to /usr/local/etc/zebra.conf.
-g, --group group
Specify the group to run as. Default is quagga.
-h, --help
A brief message.
-i, --pid_file pid-file
When zebra starts its process identifier is written to
pid-file. The init system uses the recorded PID to stop or
restart zebra. The likely default is /var/run/zebra.pid.
-k, --keep_kernel
On startup, don't delete self inserted routes.
-l, --log_mode
Turn verbose logging on.
-P, --vty_port port-number
Specify the port that the zebra VTY will listen on. This defaults to
2602, as specified in /etc/services.
-A, --vty_addr vty-address
Specify the address that the zebra VTY will listen on. Default is all
interfaces.
-u, --user user
Specify the user to run as. Default is quagga.
-r, --retain
When the program terminates, retain routes added by zebra.
-s, --nl-bufsize netlink-buffer-size
Set netlink receive buffer size. There are cases where zebra daemon can't
handle flood of netlink messages from kernel. If you ever see "recvmsg overrun"
messages in zebra log, you are in trouble.
Solution is to increase receive buffer of netlink socket. Note that kernel
doesn't allow to increase it over maximum value defined in
/proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max. If you want to do it, you have to increase
maximum before starting zebra.
Note that this affects Linux only.
-v, --version
Print the version and exit.
FILES
I /usr/local/sbin/zebra
The default location of the
zebra
binary.
I /usr/local/etc/zebra.conf
The default location of the
zebra
config file.
I $(PWD)/zebra.log
If the
zebra
process is config'd to output logs to a file, then you will find this
file in the directory where you started zebra.
WARNING
This man page is intended to be a quick reference for command line
options. The definitive document is the Info file Quagga.
DIAGNOSTICS
The zebra process may log to standard output, to a VTY, to a log
file, or through syslog to the system logs. zebra supports many
debugging options, see the Info file, or the source for details.
SEE ALSO
BUGS
zebra
eats bugs for breakfast. If you have food for the maintainers try
I http://bugzilla.quagga.net
AUTHORS
See
I http://www.zebra.org
and
I http://www.quagga.org
or the Info file for an accurate list of authors.
