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diff --git a/docs/routing/mpls.rst b/docs/routing/mpls.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c6d9d0fe --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/routing/mpls.rst @@ -0,0 +1,107 @@ +.. _mpls: + +**** +MPLS +**** + + +Label Distribution Protocol +=========================== + + +.. note:: VyOS' MPLS support is not finished yet, its funcitionality is + limited. Currently it can only be configured as a P router, that is, + an LSR in the core of an MPLS network. + + +The **Multi-Protocol Label Switching** (MPLS) architecture does not +assume a single protocol to create MPLS paths. VyOS supports the Label +Distribution Protocol (LDP) as implemented by FRR, based on `RFC 5036 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5036.html>`__. + +LDT it is an MPLS signaling protocol that distributes labels creating +MPLS paths in a dynamic manner. LDT is not exactly a routing protocol, +as it relies on other routing protocols for forwarding decisions. + + +.. cfgcmd:: set protocols mpls ldp interface <interface> + + Use this command to enable LDP in the interface you define. + + +.. cfgcmd:: set protocols mpls ldp router-id <address> + + Use this command to configure the IP address used as the LDP + router-id of the local device + + +In order to allow the exchange of label advertisements required for LDP, +a TCP session should be established between routers. Routers will need +to learn each other's **transport address** in order to establish the +TCP session. + +You may want to use the same address for both the LDP router-id and the +discovery transport address, but for VyOS MPLS LDP to work both +parameters must be explicitely set in the configuration. + + +.. cfgcmd:: set protocols mpls ldp discovery transport-ipv4-address | transport-ipv6-address <address> + + Use this command to set the IPv4 or IPv6 transport-address used by + LDP. + +.. cfgcmd:: set protocols mpls ldp neighbor <address> password <password> + + Use this command to configure authentication for LDP peers. Set the + IP address of the LDP peer and a password that should be shared in + order to become neighbors. + + +Example +------- + +.. code-block:: none + + set interfaces dummy dum0 address '2.2.2.2/32' + set interfaces ethernet eth1 address '10.0.0.2/24' + set interfaces ethernet eth2 address '10.0.255.1/24' + set protocols mpls ldp discovery transport-ipv4-address '2.2.2.2' + set protocols mpls ldp interface 'eth1' + set protocols mpls ldp interface 'eth2' + set protocols mpls ldp router-id '2.2.2.2' + set protocols ospf area 0 network '0.0.0.0/0' + set protocols ospf parameters router-id '2.2.2.2' + + +show commands +------------- + +When LDP is working, you will be able to see label information in the +outcome of ``show ip route``. Besides that information, there are also +specific *show* commands for LDP: + + +.. opcmd:: show mpls ldp binding + + Use this command to see the Label Information Base. + + +.. opcmd:: show mpls ldp discovery + + Use this command to see Discovery Hello information + + +.. opcmd:: show mpls ldp interface + + Use this command to see LDP interface information + + +.. opcmd:: show mpls ldp neighbor + + Uset this command to see LDP neighbor information + + +.. opcmd:: show mpls ldp neighbor detail + + Uset this command to see detailed LDP neighbor information + + |