How To Install openbgpd on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openbgpd on Rocky Linux 8.
What is openbgpd
OpenBGPD is a free implementation of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Version 4. It allows ordinary machines to be used as routers exchanging routes with other systems speaking the BGP protocol. This is the portable version and it does not have the means to influence kernel routing tables. It is only suitable for route servers/collectors.
We can use yum or dnf to install openbgpd on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openbgpd.
Install openbgpd on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install openbgpd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install openbgpd
Install openbgpd on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install openbgpd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install openbgpd
How To Uninstall openbgpd on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the openbgpd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove openbgpd
openbgpd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/bgpd
/etc/bgpd.conf
/run/bgpd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/4bc94f374a68253a30a4bb2bddca30bd3892ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a/fa1b9bad8d5e9bf8181f8ddb5a13a7fcfa1293
/usr/lib/systemd/system/bgpd.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/openbgpd.conf
/usr/sbin/bgpctl
/usr/sbin/bgpd
/usr/share/doc/openbgpd
/usr/share/doc/openbgpd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/openbgpd/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/openbgpd
/usr/share/licenses/openbgpd/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man5/bgpd.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bgpctl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bgpd.8.gz
/var/empty/bgpd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openbgpd on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
