.. _routing-ospf: OSPF ---- :abbr:`OSPF (Open Shortest Path First)` is a routing protocol for Internet Protocol (IP) networks. It uses a link state routing (LSR) algorithm and falls into the group of interior gateway protocols (IGPs), operating within a single autonomous system (AS). It is defined as OSPF Version 2 in :rfc:`2328` (1998) for IPv4. Updates for IPv6 are specified as OSPF Version 3 in :rfc:`5340` (2008). OSPF supports the :abbr:`CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing)` addressing model. OSPF is a widely used IGP in large enterprise networks. OSPFv2 (IPv4) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ In order to have a VyOS system exchanging routes with OSPF neighbors, you will at least need to configure an OSPF area and some network. .. code-block:: none set protocols ospf area 0 network 192.168.0.0/24 That is the minimum configuration you will need. It is a good practice to define the router ID too. .. code-block:: none set protocols ospf parameters router-id 10.1.1.1 Below you can see a typical configuration using 2 nodes, redistribute loopback address and the node 1 sending the default route: **Node 1** .. code-block:: none set interfaces loopback lo address 10.1.1.1/32 set protocols ospf area 0 network 192.168.0.0/24 set protocols ospf default-information originate always set protocols ospf default-information originate metric 10 set protocols ospf default-information originate metric-type 2 set protocols ospf log-adjacency-changes set protocols ospf parameters router-id 10.1.1.1 set protocols ospf redistribute connected metric-type 2 set protocols ospf redistribute connected route-map CONNECT set policy route-map CONNECT rule 10 action permit set policy route-map CONNECT rule 10 match interface lo **Node 2** .. code-block:: none set interfaces loopback lo address 10.2.2.2/32 set protocols ospf area 0 network 192.168.0.0/24 set protocols ospf log-adjacency-changes set protocols ospf parameters router-id 10.2.2.2 set protocols ospf redistribute connected metric-type 2 set protocols ospf redistribute connected route-map CONNECT set policy route-map CONNECT rule 10 action permit set policy route-map CONNECT rule 10 match interface lo OSPFv3 (IPv6) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ A typical configuration using 2 nodes. **Node 1:** .. code-block:: none set protocols ospfv3 area 0.0.0.0 interface eth1 set protocols ospfv3 area 0.0.0.0 range 2001:db8:1::/64 set protocols ospfv3 parameters router-id 192.168.1.1 set protocols ospfv3 redistribute connected **Node 2:** .. code-block:: none set protocols ospfv3 area 0.0.0.0 interface eth1 set protocols ospfv3 area 0.0.0.0 range 2001:db8:2::/64 set protocols ospfv3 parameters router-id 192.168.2.1 set protocols ospfv3 redistribute connected .. note:: You can not easily redistribute IPv6 routes via OSPFv3 on a WireGuard interface link. This requires you to configure link-local addresses manually on the WireGuard interfaces, see :vytask:`T1483`. Example configuration for WireGuard interfaces: **Node 1** .. code-block:: none set interfaces wireguard wg01 address 'fe80::216:3eff:fe51:fd8c/64' set interfaces wireguard wg01 address '192.168.0.1/24' set interfaces wireguard wg01 peer ospf02 allowed-ips '::/0' set interfaces wireguard wg01 peer ospf02 allowed-ips '0.0.0.0/0' set interfaces wireguard wg01 peer ospf02 endpoint '10.1.1.101:12345' set interfaces wireguard wg01 peer ospf02 pubkey 'ie3...=' set interfaces wireguard wg01 port '12345' set protocols ospfv3 parameters router-id 192.168.1.1 set protocols ospfv3 area 0.0.0.0 interface 'wg01' set protocols ospfv3 area 0.0.0.0 interface 'lo' **Node 2** .. code-block:: none set interfaces wireguard wg01 address 'fe80::216:3eff:fe0a:7ada/64' set interfaces wireguard wg01 address '192.168.0.2/24' set interfaces wireguard wg01 peer ospf01 allowed-ips '::/0' set interfaces wireguard wg01 peer ospf01 allowed-ips '0.0.0.0/0' set interfaces wireguard wg01 peer ospf01 endpoint '10.1.1.100:12345' set interfaces wireguard wg01 peer ospf01 pubkey 'NHI...=' set interfaces wireguard wg01 port '12345' set protocols ospfv3 parameters router-id 192.168.1.2 set protocols ospfv3 area 0.0.0.0 interface 'wg01' set protocols ospfv3 area 0.0.0.0 interface 'lo' **Status** .. code-block:: none vyos@ospf01:~$ sh ipv6 ospfv3 neighbor Neighbor ID Pri DeadTime State/IfState Duration I/F[State] 192.168.0.2 1 00:00:37 Full/PointToPoint 00:18:03 wg01[PointToPoint] vyos@ospf02# run sh ipv6 ospfv3 neighbor Neighbor ID Pri DeadTime State/IfState Duration I/F[State] 192.168.0.1 1 00:00:39 Full/PointToPoint 00:19:44 wg01[PointToPoint]