OSPFD(8)

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💅 OSPFD — the manual page, but make it make sense

okay so before we even start: this is ospfd(8), and the version we're talking about is Version 0.97.3 — like, that's the whole vibe of this page, bestie. it's a man page from the Quagga era and it's lowkey iconic for it. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ospfd — an OSPFv2 routing engine for use with Quagga routing software. that's the whole pitch. it does OSPFv2 routing and it hangs out with Quagga. periodt. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

that's the shape of it. flags, some with values, and you're off. no cap. ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

ospfd is a routing component that works with the Quagga routing engine. that's literally it — it's the OSPFv2 piece of the Quagga puzzle. she's a component, she's a routing engine, she's doing her thing in the stack. 🫶

💖 OPTIONS 💖

these are the options available for the ospfd command, and yes we're going through every single one because none of them are boring, they're all main character:

  • -d, --daemon — runs in daemon mode, forking and exiting from the tty. so she leaves the terminal and lives her own life in the background. very independent. 💅
  • -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/ospfd.conf. (note the "likely" — that's the page being honest with you, not me being vague. 🙈)
  • -g, --group group — specify the group to run as. default is quagga.
  • -h, --help — a brief message. that's the whole description. short king behavior, honestly. 💀
  • -i, --pid_file pid-file — when ospfd starts, its process identifier is written to pid-file. the init system uses the recorded PID to stop or restart ospfd. the likely default is /var/run/ospfd.pid. so like, this is how the system remembers her name later. cute. 🎀
  • -P, --vty_port port-number — specify the port that the ospfd VTY will listen on. this defaults to 2604, as specified in /etc/services. yes, that's a specific number, don't lose it. ⭐
  • -A, --vty_addr vty-address — specify the address that the ospfd VTY will listen on. default is all interfaces. she's listening everywhere, your fave extrovert. 🌈
  • -u, --user user — specify the user to run as. default is quagga.
  • -a, --apiserver — enable OSPF apiserver. default is disabled. (yes, it shows up here in OPTIONS but not in the synopsis line — that's just how the page is, don't come for me, I'm just the messenger. 🫶)
  • -v, --version — print the version and exit. quick little check-in, then she's gone. 👋

🍓 FILES 🍓

where everything lives, bestie:

  • /usr/local/sbin/ospfd — the default location of the ospfd binary.
  • /usr/local/etc/ospfd.conf — the default location of the ospfd config file.
  • $(PWD)/ospfd.log — if the ospfd process is config'd to output logs to a file, then you will find this file in the directory where you started ospfd. so like, wherever you launched her from. remember that. 📁

💀 WARNING 💀

this man page is intended to be a quick reference for command line options. the definitive document is the Info file Quagga. so this page is the cute little summary and the Info file is the actual truth-teller. don't @ me, that's literally what it says. 😭

🔥 DIAGNOSTICS 🔥

the ospfd process may log to standard output, to a VTY, to a log file, or through syslog to the system logs. so many destinations, she's multitalented. ospfd supports many debugging options — see the Info file, or the source for details. that's where the real tea is. ☕

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

go read these too, iykyk:

bgpd(8), ripd(8), ripngd(8), ospf6d(8), isisd(8), zebra(8), vtysh(1)

the whole friend group, honestly. 🫶✨

🐛 BUGS 🐛

ospfd eats bugs for breakfast. like, she's THAT girl. if you have food for the maintainers, try http://bugzilla.quagga.net. feed them, they're hungry. 🍓

👑 AUTHORS 👑

see http://www.zebra.org and http://www.quagga.net or the Info file for an accurate list of authors. giving credit where credit is due, as she should. 💜

okay that's the whole page bestie, no notes. and for the sign-off: this gem of a document is from the Quagga OSPFv2 daemon, dated 25 November 2004 — an absolute vintage moment, we respect the classics. 🎀✨🦋

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