IS-IS(8)

💜 IS-IS(8) — the isisd glow-up

okay so real talk, this is the manual page for isisd, bestie, and it's sitting at Version 0.97.3, which like… we'll get to that. it's the IS-IS routing engine for Quagga. yes THAT Quagga. come on, let's go ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

isisd — an IS-IS routing engine for use with Quagga routing software. that's the whole vibe, she routes, she's IS-IS, she works with Quagga. iconic behavior honestly 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

isisd [ -dhv ] [ -f config-file ] [ -i pid-file ] [ -P port-number ] [
-A vty-address ] [ -u user ] [ -g group ]

like, that's the whole invocation. brackets everywhere because everything's optional-ish, no cap 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so isisd is a routing component that works with the Quagga routing engine. that's it, that's the description. she's a team player, she shows up, she does her job 🫶

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

here are all the options available for the isisd command, and yes i'm giving you every single one because we don't gatekeep here 💖

• -d, --daemon — runs in daemon mode, forking and exiting from tty. she leaves the chat so she can go be mysterious in the background 😭
• -f, --config-file config-file — specifies the config file to use for startup. if you don't specify it, this option will likely default to /usr/local/etc/isisd.conf. likely!! because defaults are a vibe not a promise 🙈
• -g, --group group — specify the group to run as. default is quagga.
• -h, --help — a brief message. that's it. a little snack of a message 🍓
• -i, --pid_file pid-file — when isisd starts, its process identifier is written to pid-file. the init system uses the recorded PID to stop or restart isisd. the likely default is /var/run/isisd.pid. so like, that file is her little name tag, and init is the bouncer who checks it 👑
• -P, --vty_port port-number — specify the port that the isisd VTY will listen on. this defaults to 2608, as specified in /etc/services. memorized. periodt.
• -A, --vty_addr vty-address — specify the address that the isisd VTY will listen on. default is all interfaces. she's not picky, she listens everywhere, main character energy 🌈
• -u, --user user — specify the user to run as. default is quagga.
• -v, --version — print the version and exit. short, sweet, slays, leaves 💅

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🎀 FILES 🎀

the places things live. know them, love them 🧚

• /usr/local/sbin/isisd — the default location of the isisd binary. that's where the girl herself lives.
• /usr/local/etc/isisd.conf — the default location of the isisd config file.
• $(PWD)/isisd.log — if the isisd process is config'd to output logs to a file, then you will find this file in the directory where you started isisd. so like, where you launched her from, that's where the receipts are 🔥

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⭐ WARNING ⭐

this man page is intended to be a quick reference for command line options. the definitive document is the Info file Quagga. so like, this is the little summary card, the Info file is the full syllabus, iykyk 📚

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🔥 DIAGNOSTICS 🔥

the isisd process may log to standard output, to a VTY, to a log file, or through syslog to the system logs. she has OPTIONS for where to spill the tea. isisd supports many debugging options — see the Info file, or the source for details. go look, we believe in you 💖

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

bgpd(8), ripd(8), ripngd(8), ospfd(8), ospf6d(8), zebra(8), vtysh(1) — the whole friend group, go say hi 🫶

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💀 BUGS 💀

okay so this is the part where we're honest: isisd is ALPHA quality at the moment and hasn't any way ready for production use. like, not production ready, and i need you to hear that, that's real, don't put her on prod 🙈

isisd eats bugs for breakfast. if you have food for the maintainers try http://bugzilla.quagga.net. she's hungry, feed her 🍓

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🧚 AUTHORS 🧚

see http://isisd.sourceforge.net or the Info file for an accurate list of authors. it's a whole crew, we don't know them all by name here 💜

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✿ and that's the whole page bestie ✿ this was the Quagga IS-IS daemon page, dated 25 November 2004, Version 0.97.3 — yeah she's vintage, she's retro, she's still serving 💅🎀✨