Hi Sander, The error indicates that you are missing the neighbor's address in your configuration.
Regards, Alexander On Mon, Sep 9, 2024 at 4:54 PM Sander P <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm on Bird 2.0.8 > The background is that I'm trying to configure link local BGP sessions > towards Juniper switches. > I'm trying to follow the the documentation that indicates that it should be > possible to define a interface. > > https://bird.network.cz/?get_doc&v=20&f=bird-6.html#ss6.4 > interface string > > Define interface we should use for link-local BGP IPv6 sessions. Interface > can also be specified as a part of neighbor address (e.g., neighbor > fe80::1234%eth0 as 65000;). The option may also be used for non link-local > sessions when it is necessary to explicitly specify an interface, but only > for direct (not multihop) sessions > > Here is my config: > > template bgp ebgp_client_v6 { > local as system_as_number; > ipv6 { > import all; > export filter export_bgp; > }; > bfd graceful; > connect delay time 1; > connect retry time 5; > error wait time 1,5; > error forget time 10; > }; > > protocol bgp auto_disc_2 from ebgp_client_v6 { > interface "enp67s0f0np0"; > }; > > and from my understanding it should be enough with just that. But I do get > the error: > /etc/bird/peers.conf:53:1 Neighbor must be configured > > I've also tried to add "neighbor as asn_of_neighbor;" To the config with the > same results. > > Any help would be much appreciated! > > Br, > Sander
