OSPF6D(8)

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🌸 OSPF6D(8) — ospf6d, bestie edition 🌸

okay so this is ospf6d, from Quagga, version 0.97.3 — yes the manual name is right there in the title, i'm being efficient, don't come for me 💅

✨ NAME ✨

ospf6d — an OSPFv3 routing engine for use with Quagga routing software. that's it, that's the whole vibe. an actual routing engine. main character energy fr.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

ospf6d [ -dhv ] [ -f config-file ] [ -i pid-file ] [ -P port-number ] [
-A vty-address ] [ -u user ] [ -g group ]

like, that's the whole invocation. look at it. gorgeous. the line break in the brackets is literally printed that way, so i kept it exactly as-is, no cap 🫶

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

ospf6d is a routing component that works with the Quagga routing engine. it's a team player, it pulls its weight, it does not do solo projects. 🌈

✨ OPTIONS ✨

Options available for the ospf6d command:

🎀 OPTIONS (the actual list, she's here) 🎀

  • -d, --daemon — runs in daemon mode, meaning it forks and then exits from the tty. it's leaving the group chat to go be productive. iconic behavior honestly 💅
  • -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/ospf6d.conf. like, "likely" — that's what the page says, i'm not gonna pretend it's a guarantee 😭
  • -g, --group group — specify the group to run as. the default is quagga. slay, stay in your lane bestie 🎀
  • -h, --help — a brief message. that's literally all it says and honestly? sometimes brief is the moment.
  • -i, --pid_file pid-file — when ospf6d starts, its process identifier gets written to pid-file. the init system uses that recorded PID to stop or restart ospf6d. the likely default is /var/run/ospf6d.pid. so that's the paper trail, keep track of it 🦋
  • -P, --vty_port port-number — specify the port that the ospf6d VTY will listen on. this defaults to 2606, as specified in /etc/services. she's got an assigned seat and she's sitting in it 💺
  • -A, --vty_addr vty-address — specify the address that the ospf6d VTY will listen on. the default is all interfaces. all of them. she's everywhere. main character energy 🔥
  • -u, --user user — specify the user to run as. the default is quagga. consistent. love that for her ✨
  • -v, --version — print the version and exit. literally just vibes then leaving, respect 🌸

🧚 FILES 🧚

  • /usr/local/sbin/ospf6d — the default location of the ospf6d binary. that's where she lives 💖
  • /usr/local/etc/ospf6d.conf — the default location of the ospf6d config file. her little diary of settings 🎀
  • $(PWD)/ospf6d.log — if the ospf6d process is config'd to output logs to a file, then you will find this file in the directory where you started ospf6d. note the $(PWD) — it's wherever you launched from, so like, be aware of where you're standing when you start her, okay? 🙈

⚠️ 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 sparknotes, not the whole novel, bestie. don't come at me if you needed more, go read the Info file 💀

🔍 DIAGNOSTICS 🔍

the ospf6d process may log to standard output, to a VTY, to a log file, or through syslog to the system logs. so many destinations, so little time. ospf6d supports many debugging options — see the Info file, or the source for details. i'm not making up extra ones, that's literally the tea ☕

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

bgpd(8), ripd(8), ripngd(8), ospfd(8), isisd(8), zebra(8), vtysh(1)

the whole friend group. the squad. read all of them. iykyk 🌈

💀 BUGS 💀

ospf6d eats bugs for breakfast. not metaphorically, apparently. if you have food for the maintainers, try http://bugzilla.quagga.net 🍓

🌟 AUTHORS 🌟

see http://www.zebra.org and http://www.quagga.net or the Info file for an accurate list of authors. it's a group project and honestly the credit list lives elsewhere, i'm just the messenger 🫶

🏁 and that's the page! brought to you by the Quagga OSPFv3 daemon, dated 25 November 2004 — yes she's vintage, she's been iconic since '04, periodt 💜✨

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