ospfd(8)
an OSPFv2 routing engine for use with Quagga routing software.
SYNOPSIS
ospfd
[
-dhlv
] [
-f
config-file
] [
-i
pid-file
] [
-P
port-number
] [
-A
vty-address
] [
-u
user
] [
-g
group
]
DESCRIPTION
ospfd
is a routing component that works with the
Quagga
routing engine.
OPTIONS
Options available for the
ospfd
command:
- -d, --daemon
-
Runs in daemon mode, forking and exiting from tty.
- -f, --config-file config-file
-
Specifies the config file to use for startup. If not specified this
option will likely default to /usr/local/etc/ospfd.conf.
- -g, --group group
-
Specify the group to run as. Default is quagga.
- -h, --help
-
A brief message.
- -i, --pid_file pid-file
-
When ospfd starts its process identifier is written to
pid-file. The init system uses the recorded PID to stop or
restart ospfd. The likely default is /var/run/ospfd.pid.
- -P, --vty_port port-number
-
Specify the port that the ospfd VTY will listen on. This defaults to
2604, as specified in /etc/services.
- -A, --vty_addr vty-address
-
Specify the address that the ospfd VTY will listen on. Default is all
interfaces.
- -u, --user user
-
Specify the user to run as. Default is quagga.
- -a, --apiserver
-
Enable OSPF apiserver. Default is disabled.
- -v, --version
-
Print the version and exit.
FILES
- /usr/local/sbin/ospfd
-
The default location of the
ospfd
binary.
- /usr/local/etc/ospfd.conf
-
The default location of the
ospfd
config file.
- $(PWD)/ospfd.log
-
If the
ospfd
process is config'd to output logs to a file, then you will find this
file in the directory where you started ospfd.
WARNING
This man page is intended to be a quick reference for command line
options. The definitive document is the Info file Quagga.
DIAGNOSTICS
The ospfd process may log to standard output, to a VTY, to a log
file, or through syslog to the system logs. ospfd supports many
debugging options, see the Info file, or the source for details.
