router-id
Syntax
router-id address;
Hierarchy Level
[edit logical-systems logical-system-name routing-instances routing-instance-name routing-options], [edit logical-systems logical-system-name routing-options], [edit routing-instances routing-instance-name routing-options], [edit routing-options]
Description
Specify the routing device’s IP address.
The router identifier is used by BGP and OSPF to identify the routing device from which a packet originated. The router identifier usually is the IP address of the local routing device. If you do not configure a router identifier, the IP address of the first interface to come online is used. This is usually the loopback interface. Otherwise, the first hardware interface with an IP address is used.
We strongly recommend that you configure the router identifier under the [edit
routing-options] hierarchy level to avoid unpredictable behavior if the
interface address on a loopback interface changes.
You must configure a router-id in order for BGP and OSPF to function in a routing instance.
Use the show route instance detail command to display the router-id
value for a routing instance. If the router-id is 0.0.0.0, then the routing
instance has no router-id.
For more information about the router identifier in OSPF, see Example: Configuring an OSPF Router Identifier.
If you run OSPF3 or IPv6 based BGP peering in a routing instance, you must configure a
router identifier (router-id) in the routing instance itself. In other
words, the router-id used for the main routing instance is not
inherited by other routing instances. Even if you run only OSPF3 or IPv6 BGP
peering in a routing instance, a 32-bit router-id must be configured in
the instance. This is because IPv6 routing protocols use the router-id
for handshaking. The router ID must be configured as a 4 octet (32 bit) unsigned
non-zero integer value.
It's often convenient to use an IPv4 address as the router ID. However, a valid IPv4
address is not required. The RID does not have to be a routable IPv4 address. You can
configure any 32-bit value that is unique within the routing domain. If you do not
configure the router-id in an IPv6 OSPF or BGP routing instance the IPv6
protocols will use an invalid value for the router ID (0.0.0.0) and the
adjacency and connections will fail
When you configure a router ID with an IP address that differs from the BGP local address for EVPN routing instances, you must also configure a policy that exports the local IP address for BGP routes. This ensures that EVPN traffic will be properly routed. For more information on exporting BGP routes, see Basic BGP Routing Policies.
Options
address—IP address of the routing device.
Default: Address of the first interface encountered by Junos OS
Starting in Junos OS Release 20.4R1, you can establish a BGP connection with the BGP identifier that is a 4-octet, unsigned, and non-zero integer and it needs to be unique only within the Autonomous System (AS) per RFC6286, Autonomous-System-Wide Unique BGP Identifier for BGP-4
Required Privilege Level
routing—To view this statement in the configuration.
routing-control—To add this statement to the configuration.
Release Information
Statement introduced before Junos OS Release 7.4.