How To Install exabgp on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install exabgp in Fedora 36. exabgp is The BGP swiss army knife of networking

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install exabgp on Fedora 36.

What is exabgp

The BGP swiss army knife of networking (exabgp systemd unit)

We can use yum or dnf to install exabgp on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install exabgp.

Install exabgp on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install exabgp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install exabgp

Install exabgp on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install exabgp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install exabgp

How To Uninstall exabgp on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the exabgp package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove exabgp

exabgp Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/exabgp
/usr/bin/exabgpcli
/usr/lib/exabgp
/usr/lib/systemd/system/exabgp.service
/usr/sbin/exabgp
/usr/sbin/exabgp-healthcheck
/usr/share/exabgp
/usr/share/exabgp/processes
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/api-add-remove.run
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/api-announce.run
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/api-announcement.run
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/api-api.nothing.run
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/api-api.receive.run
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/api-attributes-vpn.run
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/api-attributes.run
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/api-broken-flow.run
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/api-check.run
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/api-eor.run
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/api-fast.run
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/api-flow.run
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/api-manual-eor.run
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/api-multi-neighbor.run
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/api-multisession.run
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/api-nexthop-self.run
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/api-nexthop.run
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/api-notification.run
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/api-open.run
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/api-reload.run
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/api-teardown.run
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/api-vpls.run
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/api-vpnv4.run
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/dynamic-1.pl
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/dynamic-1.sh
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/stderr-1.py
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/syslog-1.py
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/watchdog-1.pl
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/watchdog-1.sh
/usr/share/exabgp/processes/watchdog.run
/usr/share/man/man1/exabgp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/exabgp.conf.5.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install exabgp on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).