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.. _building-centos6:

CentOS 6
========================================

This document describes installation from source. If you want to build an RPM,
see :ref:`packaging-redhat`.

Instructions are tested with ``CentOS 6.8`` on ``x86_64`` platform

Warning:
--------
``CentOS 6`` is very old and not fully supported by the FRR community
anymore. Building FRR takes multiple manual steps to update the build
system with newer packages than what's available from the archives.
However, the built packages can still be installed afterwards on
a standard ``CentOS 6`` without any special packages.

Support for CentOS 6 is now on a best-effort base by the community.

CentOS 6 restrictions:
----------------------

-  PIMd is not supported on ``CentOS 6``. Upgrade to ``CentOS 7`` if
   PIMd is needed
-  MPLS is not supported on ``CentOS 6``. MPLS requires Linux Kernel 4.5
   or higher (LDP can be built, but may have limited use without MPLS)
-  Zebra is unable to detect what bridge/vrf an interface is associated
   with (IFLA\_INFO\_SLAVE\_KIND does not exist in the kernel headers,
   you can use a newer kernel + headers to get this functionality)
-  frr\_reload.py will not work, as this requires Python 2.7, and CentOS
   6 only has 2.6. You can install Python 2.7 via IUS, but it won't work
   properly unless you compile and install the ipaddr package for it.
-  Building the package requires Sphinx >= 1.1. Only a non-standard
   package provides a newer sphinx and requires manual installation
   (see below)


Install required packages
-------------------------

Add packages:

.. code-block:: shell

   sudo yum install git autoconf automake libtool make \
      readline-devel texinfo net-snmp-devel groff pkgconfig \
      json-c-devel pam-devel flex epel-release c-ares-devel libcap-devel \
      elfutils-libelf-devel protobuf-c-devel

Install newer version of bison (CentOS 6 package source is too old) from CentOS
7:

.. code-block:: shell

   sudo yum install rpm-build
   curl -O http://vault.centos.org/7.0.1406/os/Source/SPackages/bison-2.7-4.el7.src.rpm
   rpmbuild --rebuild ./bison-2.7-4.el7.src.rpm
   sudo yum install ./rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/bison-2.7-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
   rm -rf rpmbuild

Install newer version of autoconf and automake (Package versions are too old):

.. code-block:: shell

   curl -O http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.69.tar.gz
   tar xvf autoconf-2.69.tar.gz
   cd autoconf-2.69
   ./configure --prefix=/usr
   make
   sudo make install
   cd ..

   curl -O http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.15.tar.gz
   tar xvf automake-1.15.tar.gz
   cd automake-1.15
   ./configure --prefix=/usr
   make
   sudo make install
   cd ..

Install ``Python 2.7`` in parallel to default 2.6. Make sure you've install
EPEL (``epel-release`` as above). Then install current ``python27``:
``python27-devel`` and ``pytest``

.. code-block:: shell

   sudo rpm -ivh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
   sudo rpm -ivh https://centos6.iuscommunity.org/ius-release.rpm
   sudo yum install python27 python27-pip python27-devel
   sudo pip2.7 install pytest

Please note that ``CentOS 6`` needs to keep python pointing to version 2.6 for
``yum`` to keep working, so don't create a symlink for python2.7 to python.

Install newer ``Sphinx-Build`` based on ``Python 2.7``.

Create a new repo ``/etc/yum.repos.d/puias6.repo`` with the following contents:

::

   ### Name: RPM Repository for RHEL 6 - PUIAS (used for Sphinx-Build)
   ### URL: http://springdale.math.ias.edu/data/puias/computational
   [puias-computational]
   name = RPM Repository for RHEL 6 - Sphinx-Build
   baseurl = http://springdale.math.ias.edu/data/puias/computational/$releasever/$basearch
   #mirrorlist =
   enabled = 1
   protect = 0
   gpgkey =
   gpgcheck = 0

Update rpm database & Install newer sphinx

.. code-block:: shell

   sudo yum update
   sudo yum install python27-sphinx

Install libyang and its dependencies:

.. code-block:: shell

   sudo yum install pcre-devel doxygen cmake
   git clone https://github.com/CESNET/libyang.git
   cd libyang
   git checkout 090926a89d59a3c4000719505d563aaf6ac60f2
   mkdir build ; cd build
   cmake -DENABLE_LYD_PRIV=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:String="Release" ..
   make build-rpm
   sudo yum install ./rpms/RPMS/x86_64/libyang-0.16.111-0.x86_64.rpm ./rpms/RPMS/x86_64/libyang-devel-0.16.111-0.x86_64.rpm
   cd ../..

Get FRR, compile it and install it (from Git)
---------------------------------------------

**This assumes you want to build and install FRR from source and not using any
packages**

Add frr groups and user
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. code-block:: shell

   sudo groupadd -g 92 frr
   sudo groupadd -r -g 85 frrvty
   sudo useradd -u 92 -g 92 -M -r -G frrvty -s /sbin/nologin \
      -c "FRR FRRouting suite" -d /var/run/frr frr

Download Source, configure and compile it
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

(You may prefer different options on configure statement. These are just
an example.)

.. code-block:: shell

    git clone https://github.com/frrouting/frr.git frr
    cd frr
    ./bootstrap.sh
    ./configure \
        --bindir=/usr/bin \
        --sbindir=/usr/lib/frr \
        --sysconfdir=/etc/frr \
        --libdir=/usr/lib/frr \
        --libexecdir=/usr/lib/frr \
        --localstatedir=/var/run/frr \
        --with-moduledir=/usr/lib/frr/modules \
        --disable-pimd \
        --enable-snmp=agentx \
        --enable-multipath=64 \
        --enable-user=frr \
        --enable-group=frr \
        --enable-vty-group=frrvty \
        --disable-ldpd \
        --enable-fpm \
        --with-pkg-git-version \
        --with-pkg-extra-version=-MyOwnFRRVersion
    make
    make check
    sudo make install

Create empty FRR configuration files
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. code-block:: shell

   sudo mkdir /var/log/frr
   sudo mkdir /etc/frr

For integrated config file:

.. code-block:: shell

   sudo touch /etc/frr/frr.conf

For individual config files:

.. note:: Integrated config is preferred to individual config.

.. code-block:: shell

   sudo touch /etc/frr/babeld.conf
   sudo touch /etc/frr/bfdd.conf
   sudo touch /etc/frr/bgpd.conf
   sudo touch /etc/frr/eigrpd.conf
   sudo touch /etc/frr/isisd.conf
   sudo touch /etc/frr/ldpd.conf
   sudo touch /etc/frr/nhrpd.conf
   sudo touch /etc/frr/ospf6d.conf
   sudo touch /etc/frr/ospfd.conf
   sudo touch /etc/frr/pbrd.conf
   sudo touch /etc/frr/pimd.conf
   sudo touch /etc/frr/ripd.conf
   sudo touch /etc/frr/ripngd.conf
   sudo touch /etc/frr/staticd.conf
   sudo touch /etc/frr/zebra.conf
   sudo chown -R frr:frr /etc/frr/
   sudo touch /etc/frr/vtysh.conf
   sudo chown frr:frrvty /etc/frr/vtysh.conf
   sudo chmod 640 /etc/frr/*.conf

Install daemon config file
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. code-block:: shell

   sudo install -p -m 644 tools/etc/frr/daemons /etc/frr/
   sudo chown frr:frr /etc/frr/daemons

Edit /etc/frr/daemons as needed to select the required daemons
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Look for the section with ``watchfrr_enable=...`` and ``zebra=...`` etc.
Enable the daemons as required by changing the value to ``yes``

Enable IP & IPv6 forwarding
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Edit :file:`/etc/sysctl.conf` and set the following values (ignore the other
settings)::

   # Controls IP packet forwarding
   net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
   net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1

   # Controls source route verification
   net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 0

Load the modified sysctl's on the system:

.. code-block:: shell

   sudo sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.d/90-routing-sysctl.conf

Add init.d startup file
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. code-block:: shell

   sudo install -p -m 755 tools/frr /etc/init.d/frr
   sudo chkconfig --add frr

Enable FRR daemon at startup
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. code-block:: shell

   sudo chkconfig frr on

Start FRR manually (or reboot)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. code-block:: shell

   sudo /etc/init.d/frr start