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diff --git a/doc/developer/building-frr-for-ubuntu1404.rst b/doc/developer/building-frr-for-ubuntu1404.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2711e92 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/developer/building-frr-for-ubuntu1404.rst @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +Ubuntu 14.04 LTS +================ + +This document describes installation from source. If you want to build a +``deb``, see :ref:`packaging-debian`. + +Installing Dependencies +----------------------- + +.. code-block:: console + + apt-get update + apt-get install \ + git autoconf automake libtool make libreadline-dev texinfo \ + pkg-config libpam0g-dev libjson-c-dev bison flex python3-pytest \ + libc-ares-dev python3-dev python3-sphinx install-info build-essential \ + libsnmp-dev perl libcap-dev libelf-dev + +.. include:: building-libyang.rst + +Building & Installing FRR +------------------------- + +Add FRR user and groups +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +.. code-block:: console + + sudo groupadd -r -g 92 frr + sudo groupadd -r -g 85 frrvty + sudo adduser --system --ingroup frr --home /var/run/frr/ \ + --gecos "FRR suite" --shell /sbin/nologin frr + sudo usermod -a -G frrvty frr + +Compile +^^^^^^^ + +.. include:: include-compile.rst + +Install FRR configuration files +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +.. code-block:: console + + sudo install -m 775 -o frr -g frr -d /var/log/frr + sudo install -m 775 -o frr -g frrvty -d /etc/frr + sudo install -m 640 -o frr -g frrvty tools/etc/frr/vtysh.conf /etc/frr/vtysh.conf + sudo install -m 640 -o frr -g frr tools/etc/frr/frr.conf /etc/frr/frr.conf + sudo install -m 640 -o frr -g frr tools/etc/frr/daemons.conf /etc/frr/daemons.conf + sudo install -m 640 -o frr -g frr tools/etc/frr/daemons /etc/frr/daemons + +Tweak sysctls +^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Some sysctls need to be changed in order to enable IPv4/IPv6 forwarding and +MPLS (if supported by your platform). If your platform does not support MPLS, +skip the MPLS related configuration in this section. + +Edit :file:`/etc/sysctl.conf` and uncomment the following values (ignore the +other settings): + +:: + + # Uncomment the next line to enable packet forwarding for IPv4 + net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 + + # Uncomment the next line to enable packet forwarding for IPv6 + # Enabling this option disables Stateless Address Autoconfiguration + # based on Router Advertisements for this host + net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1 + +Reboot or use ``sysctl -p`` to apply the same config to the running system. + +Add MPLS kernel modules +""""""""""""""""""""""" + +.. warning:: + + MPLS is not supported on Ubuntu 14.04 with the default kernel. MPLS requires + kernel 4.5 or higher. LDPD can be built, but may have limited use without + MPLS. For an updated Ubuntu Kernel, see + http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ + +Ubuntu 18.04 ships with kernel 4.15. MPLS modules are present by default. To +enable, add the following lines to :file:`/etc/modules-load.d/modules.conf`: + +:: + + # Load MPLS Kernel Modules + mpls_router + mpls_iptunnel + + +And load the kernel modules on the running system: + +.. code-block:: console + + sudo modprobe mpls-router mpls-iptunnel + +Enable MPLS Forwarding +"""""""""""""""""""""" + +Edit :file:`/etc/sysctl.conf` and the following lines. Make sure to add a line +equal to :file:`net.mpls.conf.eth0.input` for each interface used with MPLS. + +:: + + # Enable MPLS Label processing on all interfaces + net.mpls.conf.eth0.input=1 + net.mpls.conf.eth1.input=1 + net.mpls.conf.eth2.input=1 + net.mpls.platform_labels=100000 + +Install the init.d service +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +.. code-block:: console + + sudo install -m 755 tools/frr /etc/init.d/frr + +Enable daemons +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Open :file:`/etc/frr/daemons` with your text editor of choice. Look for the +section with ``watchfrr_enable=...`` and ``zebra=...`` etc. Enable the daemons +as required by changing the value to ``yes``. + +Start the init.d service +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +.. code-block:: console + + /etc/init.d/frr start + +Use ``/etc/init.d/frr status`` to check its status. |