Hello,

I'm trying to to export some routes from our internal OSPF to BGP , both running in the same bird instance. I am able to filter those routes via BGP just fine (some tables connected via pipe). The problem is that all exported routes have private gw addresses (10.x.x.x). I am unable to configure bird to change gw of routes before then get sent to neighbors. Neighbors see original gateways from 10.0.0.0/8 range which is invalid/unreachable from outside of course.

Here is also some simplyfied example, not showing OSPF setup etc. In this example I also don't show the pipes between tables. All of those doesn't seem to be important in this case.

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router id 1.1.1.2;

protocol kernel krnl4 {
    ipv4 {
        export all;
        import all; # route 2.2.2.0/24 gets into bird here
    };
    learn;
}
protocol device {
}

protocol bgp {
    local 1.1.1.2 as 65000;
    neighbor 1.1.1.1 as 65000;
    strict bind;
    ipv4 {
        import none;
        export filter {
            # here I want to export routes with changed gateways
            bgp_next_hop = 1.1.1.5; # sets next hop but not gw
            gw = 1.1.1.5; # <ERR> filters, line XY: Invalid gw address
            print "export bgp ", net, " gw ", gw, " bnh ", bgp_next_hop;
            # <INFO> export bgp 2.2.2.0/24 gw 1.1.1.5 bnh 1.1.1.5
            accept;
        };
    };
}
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With similar setup in a lab I was able to change those gw attributes on RECEIVING side in import filter to any arbitrary value I wanted. In real life I don't manage those BGP routers so I need to make sure to send correct routes.

The example config prints changed gw but BGP peer sees the original gw. In some tests I got error "Invalid gw address" but now I don't have that config. Here it just ignores changed gw.

Is there a configuration to achieve this?

Thanks

ico

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