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BIRD: Explained the two configuration files we will be editing

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Tristan B. Velloza Kildaire 2022-12-05 17:55:03 +02:00
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## Configuration
TODO: Mention what configuration files we will be editing
In this section we will be configuring two files:
1. `bird.conf`
* For general BIRD configuration e.g. _router IDs_, _device protocol_ and _includes_
2. `crxn.conf`
* For CRXN-specific details
### Basics
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These router IDs are required to be unique as they are used in the various protocols that BIRD supports in order to determine where a route advertisement came from - see them as a unique identifier of your BIRD router. Failing to do so will cause issues when routing on CRXN **and** a banning (TODO: see how we can enforce this).
### CRXN-specific setup
TODO: Do this
### Tables
We need to define the routing tables that BIRD will use in its process to store the routes that we want to learn from other routers and also advertise. Such a definition looks as follows: