# Route Server

This page explains how to set up GoBGP as a [route server](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7947)

## Prerequisites

Assumed that you finished [Getting Started](getting-started.md).

## Configuration

This example uses the following simple configuration file, `gobgpd.conf`. There are three changes from
the configuration file used in [Getting Started](getting-started.md)

- Peers are configured as route server clients (of course!).
- GoBGP doesn't try to connect to peers. It only listens and accepts.
- MD5 passwords are enabled.

```toml
[global.config]
  as = 64512
  router-id = "192.168.255.1"

[[neighbors]]
  [neighbors.config]
    neighbor-address = "10.0.255.1"
    peer-as = 65001
    auth-password = "hoge1"
  [neighbors.transport.config]
    passive-mode = true
  [neighbors.route-server.config]
    route-server-client = true

[[neighbors]]
  [neighbors.config]
    neighbor-address = "10.0.255.2"
    peer-as = 65002
    auth-password = "hoge2"
  [neighbors.transport.config]
    passive-mode = true
  [neighbors.route-server.config]
    route-server-client = true
```

## Starting GoBGP

Let's start gobgpd:

```bash
$ sudo -E gobgpd -f gobgpd.conf
{"level":"info","msg":"Peer 10.0.255.1 is added","time":"2015-04-06T22:55:57+09:00"}
{"level":"info","msg":"Peer 10.0.255.2 is added","time":"2015-04-06T22:55:57+09:00"}
```

GoBGP implements multiple RIBs, that is, each peer has own local
RIB. Let's check respectively.

```bash
$ gobgp neighbor 10.0.255.1 local
   Network            Next Hop        AS_PATH    Age        Attrs
*> 10.3.0.0/24        10.0.255.2      [65002]    00:05:50   [{Origin: 0} {Med: 0}]
*> 192.168.2.0/24     10.0.255.2      [65002]    00:05:50   [{Origin: 0} {Med: 0}]
```

```bash
$ gobgp neighbor 10.0.255.2 local
   Network            Next Hop        AS_PATH    Age        Attrs
*> 10.3.0.0/16        10.0.255.1      [65001]    00:06:12   [{Origin: 0} {Med: 0}]
*> 10.3.0.1/32        10.0.255.1      [65001]    00:06:12   [{Origin: 0} {Med: 0}]
```

Of course, you can also look at the adjacent rib-in and rib-out of each peer as done in [Getting Started](getting-started.md).