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birdc — BIRD remote control. Retrieve information like routes from bird and perform configurations during ru

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Problem

How to use the birdc command: BIRD remote control. Retrieve information like routes from bird and perform configurations during runtime. More information: <https://bird.network.cz/?get_doc&v=30&f=bird-4.html>.

Solution

birdc — BIRD remote control. Retrieve information like routes from bird and perform configurations during runtime. More information: <https://bird.network.cz/?get_doc&v=30&f=bird-4.html>.

Open the remote control console:
birdc


Reload the configuration without restarting BIRD:
birdc configure


Show the current status of BIRD:
birdc show status


Show all configured protocols:
birdc show protocols


Show all details about a protocol:
birdc show protocols {{upstream1}} all


Show all routes that contain a specific AS number:
birdc "show route where bgp_path ~ [{{4242120045}}]"


Show all best routes:
birdc show route primary


Show all details of all routes from a given prefix:
birdc show route for {{fd00:/8}} all

Code Snippets

Open the remote control console

birdc

Reload the configuration without restarting BIRD

birdc configure

Show the current status of BIRD

birdc show status

Show all configured protocols

birdc show protocols

Show all details about a protocol

birdc show protocols {{upstream1}} all

Context

tldr-pages: common/birdc

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