ferrix/crates/server/proto/config.proto

syntax = "proto3";

package bgp.server;

// Top level BGP Server configuration.
message BgpConfig {
  // The router ID, written as a dotted-quad IPv4 address (e.g. "192.0.2.1").
  // Required even on IPv6-only routers per RFC 4271.
  string router_id = 1;

  // The local 4-byte AS number (RFC 6793).
  uint32 local_asn = 2;

  // Endpoints to accept incoming BGP connections on.
  // Defaults to 0.0.0.0:179 and [::]:179 when empty.
  repeated TcpEndpoint listen_endpoints = 3;

  // Peers configured on this server.
  repeated Peer peers = 4;

  // Routes this router originates and announces to every peer.
  repeated OriginatedRoute originate = 5;

  // Where to serve the HTTP API, status page and metrics. The port is
  // required. Unset disables the HTTP server.
  TcpEndpoint http_endpoint = 6;

  // Initial delay between attempts to connect to a configured peer, in
  // seconds. Doubles after each failure up to two minutes. Defaults to 5.
  uint32 connect_retry_seconds = 7;

  // Connection collisions (RFC 4271 §6.8) against a session that is already
  // Established are, by default, resolved by closing the new connection.
  // When true they are resolved like any other collision: the connection
  // initiated by the higher BGP Identifier survives, and a second connection
  // opened by the same side replaces the first. This lets a peer that
  // restarted take over from a session we have not yet noticed is dead,
  // instead of being refused until the hold timer expires.
  bool collision_detect_established_state = 8;

  // Connections are accepted only from the addresses of configured peers;
  // from anywhere else they are closed before a byte is read. When true,
  // any host that can reach a listening endpoint may open a session, as
  // any AS it cares to name, and have its routes taken. That is for
  // testing on a closed network and nothing else.
  bool accept_unconfigured_peers = 9;
}

// A route originated by this router. It is announced with an AS_PATH of the
// local AS and, on each session, that session's local address as next hop.
message OriginatedRoute {
  // The prefix in CIDR notation, e.g. "192.0.2.0/24" or "2001:db8::/32".
  string prefix = 1;

  // ORIGIN attribute: "IGP" (the default), "EGP" or "INCOMPLETE".
  string origin = 2;

  // Extra copies of the local AS to prepend to the AS_PATH. At most 16.
  uint32 as_path_prepend = 3;

  // MULTI_EXIT_DISC. Left out of the announcement when unset.
  optional uint32 med = 4;

  // Standard communities (RFC 1997): "ASN:VALUE", or a well-known name such
  // as "NO_EXPORT".
  repeated string communities = 5;

  // Large communities (RFC 8092): "GLOBAL:LOCAL1:LOCAL2".
  repeated string large_communities = 6;
}

// An IP address and port pair.
message TcpEndpoint {
  // IP address (V4 or V6).
  string address = 1;
  // TCP port. Defaults to 179 for BGP when unset.
  uint32 port = 2;
}

// Configuration of a BGP peer.
message Peer {
  // Human-readable name for logging and diagnostics.
  string name = 1;

  // Address and port to connect to for this peer.
  TcpEndpoint endpoint = 2;

  // The peer's 4-byte AS number (RFC 6793).
  uint32 remote_asn = 3;

  // Hold time to advertise in the OPEN message, in seconds (RFC 4271 §4.2).
  // Must be 0 or >= 3. Defaults to 90 when unset.
  uint32 hold_time_seconds = 4;

  // Source IP address for connections we open to this peer. It is also the
  // next hop of the routes we send it. Required when the peer identifies us
  // by address and the host has several, e.g. when both speakers run on the
  // same machine. Must be the same address family as the endpoint. Unset
  // lets the operating system choose.
  string local_address = 5;

  // The address families to exchange with this peer. Each is offered to the
  // peer in our OPEN, and is in use on the session only if the peer offers
  // it too (RFC 4760). Defaults to all of them when empty. A session with
  // no family in common is refused.
  repeated AddressFamily address_families = 6;

  // ADD-PATH (RFC 7911): whether to take several routes for one prefix
  // from this peer, to send it several, or both. It is in use, for each
  // direction and address family, only if the peer agrees. Defaults to
  // off: one route for each prefix, as in plain BGP.
  AddPath add_path = 7;

  // Which of the peer's routes are taken. Left out, the general checks
  // apply and there is no limit and no list.
  ImportPolicy import = 8;
}

// What is taken from a peer. Every route is judged before it goes into
// the routing table. One that is refused is dropped, and so is the route
// it would have replaced.
//
// A route whose AS path holds our own AS number is always refused.
message ImportPolicy {
  // The most routes the peer may have at a time. One more ends the session
  // with Cease / Maximum Number of Prefixes Reached, and the peer is kept
  // down for hold_down_seconds. Set it somewhat above what the peer is
  // expected to send. Zero is no limit.
  uint32 max_prefixes = 1;

  // How long the peer is kept down after going over max_prefixes. Neither
  // side's connections are taken meanwhile. Defaults to 600.
  uint32 hold_down_seconds = 2;

  // By default, prefixes that are not routed on the Internet are refused
  // (private, loopback, link-local, documentation, multicast and reserved
  // space), and so are routes with a reserved, private or documentation AS
  // number anywhere in their path. True takes them.
  bool accept_bogons = 3;

  // By default a default route (0.0.0.0/0 or ::/0) is refused. True takes
  // one, as from an upstream that is asked to send it.
  bool accept_default_route = 4;

  // The longest prefixes taken. Default to 24 and 48, the longest that are
  // routed between networks.
  uint32 max_ipv4_prefix_length = 5;
  uint32 max_ipv6_prefix_length = 6;

  // By default the AS path of a route has to begin with the peer's own AS
  // number. True takes any, as is needed for an Internet exchange's route
  // server, which does not put its AS on the path.
  bool accept_any_first_as = 7;

  // The longest AS path taken, counted in AS numbers. Defaults to 64.
  uint32 max_as_path_length = 8;

  // The prefixes the peer may announce. Empty allows any. This is the
  // list generated for a peer from the routing registries (with bgpq4,
  // say).
  repeated PrefixRange prefixes = 9;

  // The AS numbers the peer's routes may originate from: the last AS of
  // the path. Empty allows any.
  repeated uint32 origin_asns = 10;
}

// A prefix, and optionally the more specific prefixes inside it.
message PrefixRange {
  // In CIDR notation, e.g. "193.0.0.0/21".
  string prefix = 1;
  // The longest prefix inside it that is also allowed. Left out, only the
  // prefix itself is.
  uint32 max_length = 2;
}

// The directions ADD-PATH can be offered for.
enum AddPath {
  ADD_PATH_OFF = 0;
  // Accept several routes for a prefix from the peer.
  ADD_PATH_RECEIVE = 1;
  // Send the peer several routes for a prefix.
  ADD_PATH_SEND = 2;
  ADD_PATH_BOTH = 3;
}

// An address family routes can be exchanged for.
enum AddressFamily {
  ADDRESS_FAMILY_UNSPECIFIED = 0;
  IPV4_UNICAST = 1;
  IPV6_UNICAST = 2;
}