Technical Documentation

Supported Platforms
EX Series
M Series
T Series

Related Topics
router-id
Enabling BGP

local-address

Syntax

local-address address;

Hierarchy Level

[edit logical-systems logical-system-name protocols bgp],[edit logical-systems logical-system-name protocols bgp group group-name],[edit logical-systems logical-system-name protocols bgp group group-name neighbor address],[edit logical-systems logical-system-name routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols bgp],[edit logical-systems logical-system-name routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols bgp group group-name],[edit logical-systems logical-system-name routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols bgp group group-name neighbor address],[edit protocols bgp],[edit protocols bgp group group-name],[edit protocols bgp group group-name neighbor address],[edit routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols bgp],[edit routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols bgp group group-name],[edit routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols bgp group group-name neighbor address]

Release Information

Statement introduced before Junos OS Release 7.4.

Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 9.0 for EX Series switches.

Description

Specify the address of the local end of a BGP session. This address is used to accept incoming connections to the peer and to establish connections to the remote peer. When none of the operational interfaces are configured with the specified local address, a session with a BGP peer is placed in the idle state.

Default

If you do not configure a local address, BGP uses the routing device’s source address selection rules to set the local address. For more information, see the Junos Network Interfaces Configuration Guide.

Options

address—IPv6 or IPv4 address of the local end of the connection.

Required Privilege Level

routing—To view this statement in the configuration.

routing-control—To add this statement to the configuration.