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Areas are used to group interfaces, simplifying configuration. .El .Pp Argument names not beginning with a letter, digit, or underscore must be quoted. .Pp Additional configuration files can be included with the .Ic include keyword, for example: .Bd -literal -offset indent include "/etc/ospfd.sub.conf" .Ed .Sh MACROS Macros can be defined that will later be expanded in context. Macro names must start with a letter, digit, or underscore, and may contain any of those characters. Macro names may not be reserved words (for example, .Ic area , .Ic interface , or .Ic hello-interval ) . Macros are not expanded inside quotes. .Pp For example: .Bd -literal -offset indent hi="5" area 0.0.0.0 { interface em0 { hello-interval $hi } } .Ed .Pp The same can be accomplished by specifying the hello-interval globally or within the area declaration. .Sh GLOBAL CONFIGURATION All interface related settings can be configured globally, per area and per interface. The only settings that can be set globally and not overruled are listed below. .Pp .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact .It Ic fib-priority Ar prio Set the routing priority to .Ar prio . The default is 32. .Pp .It Xo .Ic fib-update .Pq Ic yes Ns | Ns Ic no .Xc If set to .Ic \&no , do not update the Forwarding Information Base, a.k.a. the kernel routing table. The default is .Ic yes . Setting .Ic fib-update to .Ic \&no will implicitly set the .Ic stub router option to ensure that no traffic tries to transit via this router. .Pp .It Ic rdomain Ar tableid Specifies the routing table .Xr ospfd 8 should modify. Table 0 is the default table. .Pp .It Xo .Op Ic no .Ic redistribute .Sm off .Pq Ic static | connected | default .Sm on .Op Ic set ... .Bk -words .Op Ic depend on Ar interface .Ek .Xc .It Xo .Op Ic no .Ic redistribute Ar prefix .Op Ic set ... .Op Ic depend on Ar interface .Xc .It Xo .Op Ic no .Ic redistribute rtlabel Ar label .Op Ic set ... .Op Ic depend on Ar interface .Xc If set to .Ic connected , routes to directly attached networks will be announced over OSPF. If set to .Ic static , static routes will be announced over OSPF. If set to .Ic default , a default route pointing to this router will be announced over OSPF. It is possible to specify a network range with .Ar prefix ; networks need to be part of that range to be redistributed. Additionally it is possible to redistribute based on route labels using the .Ic rtlabel keyword. By default no additional routes will be announced over OSPF. .Pp .Ic redistribute statements are evaluated in sequential order, from first to last. The first matching rule decides if a route should be redistributed or not. Matching rules starting with .Ic no will force the route to be not announced. The only exception is .Ic default , which will be set no matter what, and additionally .Ic no cannot be used together with it. .Pp With the .Ic depend on option, redistributed routes will have a metric of 65535 if the specified .Ar interface is down or in state backup. This is especially useful on a carp cluster to ensure all traffic goes to the carp master. .Pp It is possible to set the route .Ic metric and .Ic type for each redistribute rule. .Ic type is either 1 or 2. The default value for .Ic type is 1 and for .Ic metric is 100. Setting more than one option needs curly brackets: .Bd -literal -offset indent redistribute static set { metric 300 type 2 } .Ed .Pp The use of .Ic redistribute Ar prefix | rtlabel can result in higher CPU usage, since .Xr ospfd 8 will need to process more route updates. .Pp .It Xo .Ic rfc1583compat .Pq Ic yes Ns | Ns Ic no .Xc If set to .Ic yes , decisions regarding AS-external routes are evaluated according to RFC 2328. The default is .Ic no . .Pp .It Ic router-id Ar address Set the router ID; if not specified, the numerically lowest IP address of the router will be used. .Pp .It Ic rtlabel Ar label Ic external-tag Ar number Map route labels to external route tags and vice versa. The external route tag is a non-negative 32-bit number attached to AS-external OSPF LSAs. .Pp .It Xo .Ic spf-delay .Po Ar seconds Ns | Ns .Ic msec Ar milliseconds Pc .Xc Set the SPF delay. The delay between receiving an update to the link state database and starting the shortest path first calculation. The default value is 1 second; valid range is 10 milliseconds\-10 seconds. .Pp .It Xo .Ic spf-holdtime .Po Ar seconds Ns | Ns .Ic msec Ar milliseconds Pc .Xc Set the SPF holdtime. The minimum time between two consecutive shortest path first calculations. The default value is 5 seconds; the valid range is 10 milliseconds\-5 seconds. .Pp .It Xo .Ic stub router .Pq Ic yes Ns | Ns Ic no .Xc If set to .Ic yes , all interfaces with active neighbors will have a metric of infinity. This ensures that the other routers prefer routes around this router while still being able to reach directly connected IP prefixes. The .Ic stub router option is automatically enabled if either the .Xr sysctl 8 variable .Va net.inet.ip.forwarding is set to a value other than 1 or if the FIB is not coupled. .El .Sh AREAS Areas are used for grouping interfaces. All interface-specific parameters can be configured per area, overruling the global settings. These interface-specific parameters need to be defined before the interfaces. .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Ic area Ar id | address Specify an area section, grouping one or more interfaces. .Bd -literal -offset indent area 0.0.0.0 { hello-interval 3 interface em0 interface em1 { metric 10 } } .Ed .El .Pp Area specific parameters are listed below. .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Ic demote Ar group Op Ar count Increase the .Xr carp 4 demotion counter by .Ar count on the given interface group, usually .Ar carp , when no neighbor in the area is in an active state. The demotion counter will be decreased when one neighbor in that area is in an active state. The default value for .Ar count is 1. .Pp For more information on interface groups, see the .Ic group keyword in .Xr ifconfig 8 . .It Xo .Ic stub .Op Ic redistribute default .Op Ic set ... .Xc Mark the area as .Ar stub . Stub areas will not be flooded by as-ext LSA, resulting in smaller routing tables. Area border routers should redistribute a default network LSA; this can be enabled by specifying the default redistribute option. A default summary LSA will only be redistributed if the router has an active connection to the backbone area 0.0.0.0. .El .Sh INTERFACES Each interface can have several parameters configured individually, otherwise they are inherited. An interface is specified by its name. If multiple networks are configured, an additional IP address can be supplied. By default the first IP address is used. .Bd -literal -offset indent interface em0 { auth-type crypt auth-md 1 "yotVoo_Heypp" auth-md-keyid 1 } interface fxp0:192.168.1.3 .Ed .Pp Interface-specific parameters are listed below. .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Ic auth-key Ar key Set the authentication key for .Ic simple authentication. Up to 8 characters can be specified. .It Ic auth-md Ar key-id key Set the authentication .Ar key-id and .Ar key for .Ic crypt authentication. The valid range for .Ar key-id is 0\-255. Up to 16 characters can be specified for .Ar key . Multiple keys may be specified. .It Ic auth-md-keyid Ar key-id Configure the .Ar key-id to use for .Ic crypt authentication. The valid range for .Ar key-id is 0\-255. The default key-id is 1. While key-id 0 is valid, it is unavailable on various other implementations. .It Xo .Ic auth-type .Po Ic none Ns | Ns .Ic simple Ns | Ns Ic crypt Pc .Xc Set the authentication type. The default is .Ic none . Simple authentication uses a plaintext password, up to 8 characters. Crypt authentication uses an MD5 hash. .It Ic demote Ar group Increase the .Xr carp 4 demotion counter by 1 on the given interface group, usually .Ar carp , when the interface state is going down. The demotion counter will be decreased when the interface state is active again. .It Ic depend on Ar interface A metric of 65535 is used if the specified interface is down or in status backup. .It Ic fast-hello-interval msec Ar milliseconds If the interface is configured to use .Ic router-dead-time minimal , hello packets will be sent using this timer. The default value is 333; valid range is 50\-333 milliseconds. .It Ic hello-interval Ar seconds Set the hello interval. The default value is 10; valid range is 1\-65535 seconds. .It Ic metric Ar cost Set the interface metric a.k.a. cost. The default value is 10; valid range is 1\-65535. A metric of 65535 is used for .Xr carp 4 interfaces with status backup. .It Ic passive Prevent transmission and reception of OSPF packets on this interface. The specified interface will be announced as a stub network. Passive mode is enforced for .Xr carp 4 interfaces. .It Ic retransmit-interval Ar seconds Set retransmit interval. The default value is 5 seconds; valid range is 5\-3600 seconds. .It Xo .Ic router-dead-time .Pq Ar seconds Ns | Ns Ic minimal .Xc Set the router dead time, a.k.a. neighbor inactivity timer. The default value is 40 seconds; valid range is 2\-2147483647 seconds. If the router dead time has been set to .Ic minimal , the timer is set to 1 second and hello packets are sent using the interval specified by .Ic fast-hello-interval . When a neighbor has been inactive for router-dead-time, its state is set to DOWN. Neighbors that have been inactive for more than 24 hours are completely removed. .It Ic router-priority Ar priority Set the router priority. The default value is 1; valid range is 0\-255. If set to 0, the router is not eligible as a Designated Router or Backup Designated Router. .It Ic transmit-delay Ar seconds Set the transmit delay. The default value is 1; valid range is 1\-3600 seconds. .It Ic type p2p Set the interface type to point to point. This disables the election of a DR and BDR for the given interface. .El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /etc/examples/ospfd.conf -compact .It Pa /etc/ospfd.conf .Xr ospfd 8 configuration file. .It Pa /etc/examples/ospfd.conf Example configuration file. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ospfctl 8 , .Xr ospfd 8 , .Xr rc.conf.local 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm file format first appeared in .Ox 3.7 .