I completely agree. I wouldn’t try to rely on something as shady as virtualisation “HA” when something as simple as iBGP and VRRP is available. I would even try to put my routers outside of any VM.
On Wed 26 Feb 2025 19:23:27 GMT, Volodymyr Pidgornyi wrote: > Hi. > > You would not install single bird instance on vmware HA cluster since > you'll get sessions flaps when instance restart on falures. Right way is > to run two different instances on different cluster nodes with HA > deactivated for these instances and setup sessions from each bird instance. > > 26.02.2025 19:11, Mike Neo: > > Hi, > > I have one global operator and one IX via BGP and I'm wondering > > whether to set up one bird VM based on vmware HA cluster or two bird > > VMs without vmware HA cluster but located on separate nodes and > > connected via iBGP. > > > > Of course, the iBGP connection allows for easy bird/VM updates but may > > generate potential problems with iBGP and VRRP. However, if there is > > one bird VM based on the vmware HA cluster, then in the event of a > > node failure, it is necessary to wait until the machine is restarted > > on the second node and until the prefixes from peers are loaded. > > > > What are your experiences with this? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Mike > > -- > Volodymyr Pidgornyi > Digital Telecom-IX LLC > Mob.: +380(68)3344222 > URL: https://dtel-ix.net >
