Example: Injecting OSPF Routes into the BGP Routing Table

Requirements

Before you begin:

• Configure network interfaces.
• Configure external peer sessions. See Example: Configuring External BGP Point-to-Point Peer Sessions.
• Configure interior gateway protocol (IGP) sessions between peers.

Overview

In this example, you create a routing policy called injectpolicy1 and a routing term called injectterm1. The policy injects OSPF routes into the BGP routing table.

Configuration

• Configuring the Routing Policy
• Configuring Tracing for the Routing Policy

Configuring the Routing Policy

CLI Quick Configuration

To quickly configure this example, copy the following commands, paste them into a text file, remove any line breaks, change any details necessary to match your network configuration, and then copy and paste the commands into the CLI at the [edit] hierarchy level.

Step-by-Step Procedure

1. Create the policy term.

   [edit policy-options policy-statement injectpolicy1]user@host# set term injectterm1

2. Specify OSPF as a match condition.

   [edit policy-options policy-statement injectpolicy1 term injectterm1]user@host# set from protocol ospf

3. Specify the routes from an OSPF area as a match condition.

   [edit policy-options policy-statement injectpolicy1 term injectterm1]user@host# set from area 0.0.0.1

4. Specify that the route is to be accepted if the previous conditions are matched.

   [edit policy-options policy-statement injectpolicy1 term injectterm1]user@host# set then accept

5. Apply the routing policy to BGP.

   [edit]user@host# set protocols bgp export injectpolicy1

Results

Confirm your configuration by entering the show policy-options and show protocols bgp commands from configuration mode. If the output does not display the intended configuration, repeat the instructions in this example to correct the configuration.

If you are done configuring the device, enter commit from configuration mode.

Configuring Tracing for the Routing Policy

CLI Quick Configuration

To quickly configure this example, copy the following commands, paste them into a text file, remove any line breaks, change any details necessary to match your network configuration, and then copy and paste the commands into the CLI at the [edit] hierarchy level.

Step-by-Step Procedure

1. Include a trace action in the policy.

   [edit policy-options policy-statement injectpolicy1 term injectterm1]user@host# then trace

2. Configure the tracing file for the output.

   [edit routing-options traceoptions]user@host# set file ospf-bgp-policy-loguser@host# set file size 5muser@host# set file files 5user@host# set flag policy

Results

Confirm your configuration by entering the show policy-options and show routing-options commands from configuration mode. If the output does not display the intended configuration, repeat the instructions in this example to correct the configuration.

If you are done configuring the device, enter commit from configuration mode.

Verification

Confirm that the configuration is working properly.

Verifying That the Expected BGP Routes Are Present

Purpose

Verify the effect of the export policy.

Action

From operational mode, enter the show route command.

Troubleshooting

• Using the show log Command to Examine the Actions of the Routing Policy

Using the show log Command to Examine the Actions of the Routing Policy

Problem

The routing table contains unexpected routes, or routes are missing from the routing table.

Solution

If you configure policy tracing as shown in this example, you can run the show log ospf-bgp-policy-log command to diagnose problems with the routing policy. The show log ospf-bgp-policy-log command displays information about the routes that the injectpolicy1 policy term analyzes and acts upon.