RIPNGD(8)

💖 ripngd — the RIPNG routing engine, bestie edition 💖

Okay so literally welcome to the RIPNGD(8) page, from Version 0.97.3 of the Quagga fam. This is the manual for ripngd, and I'm gonna walk you through it like we're texting at 2am. Let's go. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

ripngd — it's a RIPNG routing engine for use with the Quagga routing software. That's the whole vibe. 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So ripngd is a routing component that works with the Quagga routing engine. That's it, that's the description. It's giving "I'm part of a team and I do my job." ✅

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

Options available for the ripngd command:

Yes bestie, the original hits you with an OPTIONS header and then another OPTIONS header. I'm keeping both because I keep every detail. No cap. 💅

💜 OPTIONS (yes, again)

• -d, --daemon — runs in daemon mode, forking and exiting from tty. Classic main character move: show up, fork, exit. ✨
• -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/ripngd.conf.
• -g, --group group — specify the group to run as. Default is quagga.
• -h, --help — a brief message. Just a lil hello. 🫶
• -i, --pid_file pid-file — when ripngd starts, its process identifier is written to pid-file. The init system uses the recorded PID to stop or restart ripngd. The likely default is /var/run/ripngd.pid.
• -P, --vty_port port-number — specify the port that the ripngd VTY will listen on. This defaults to 2603, as specified in /etc/services.
• -A, --vty_addr vty-address — specify the address that the ripngd VTY will listen on. Default is all interfaces.
• -u, --user user — specify the user to run as. Default is quagga.
• -r, --retain — when the program terminates, retain routes added by ripd. Note the original says ripd here, so I'm saying ripd here. I do not make the rules, I just keep the facts. 😭
• -v, --version — print the version and exit.

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🌈 FILES 🌈

• /usr/local/sbin/ripngd — the default location of the ripngd binary.
• /usr/local/etc/ripngd.conf — the default location of the ripngd config file.
• $(PWD)/ripngd.log — if the ripngd process is config'd to output logs to a file, then you will find this file in the directory where you started ripngd.

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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. Periodt. Don't come for me, come for the Info file. 💀

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🔥 DIAGNOSTICS 🔥

The ripngd process may log to standard output, to a VTY, to a log file, or through syslog to the system logs. ripngd supports many debugging options — see the Info file, or the source for details. She's versatile, she's everywhere, she's logging. 👑

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🍓 SEE ALSO 🍓

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

The whole friend group. 💜

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🙈 BUGS 🙈

ripngd eats bugs for breakfast. If you have food for the maintainers try http://bugzilla.quagga.net.

Not me saying she's built different. She literally is. 💅

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🧚 AUTHORS 🧚

See http://www.zebra.org and http://www.quagga.net or the Info file for an accurate list of authors. (Accurate! List! Of! Authors! Go check it, bestie.) 🌸

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Okay that's the whole page, every last crumb. 💖 Big kiss from the Quagga RIPNG daemon, dated 25 November 2004, Version 0.97.3 — she's iconic, she's vintage, she's still out here routing. Slay. ✨👑