NAME

ldpd.conf — ldpd configuration file

SYNOPSIS

ldpd.conf

DESCRIPTION

The ldpd.conf file defines the ldpd(8) initial setup and may contain information about LDP identificator, network, neighbour and interface parameters. Blank lines are allowed and comments lines should start with ‘#’. Non block lines should end with a semicolon.

FILES

/etc/ldpd.conf

The file ldpd.conf resides in /etc.

CONFIGURATION

The following options are accepted:

command-port

Control and command TCP port (default: 2626)

hello-time

Interval in seconds on which hellos are sent out on interfaces (default: 6s)

interface

Interface block commands (see below)

keepalive-time

Keepalive interval in seconds for established peers (default: 4s)

ldp-id

Force using a certain LDP Identificator (default autogenerated, highest INET4 address set on an interface excluding 127/8 range)

min-label

Minimum number used for generated labels (default: 16)

max-label

Maximum number used for generated labels (default: 1048576)

neighbour

Neighbour block subcommands (see below)

no-default-route

If set to 0 ldpd(8) will try to tag also the default route (default: 1)

Interface block supports the following parameters

passive

Don't send hellos on interface

transport-address

Transport INET4 address advertised in hellos sent on the mentioned interface

Neighbour block supports the following parameters

authenticate

Authenticate peer using TCP MD5 signature - needs options TCP_SIGNATURE. Default: off

EXAMPLES

The following is an example /etc/ldpd.conf file:

# Transport address needs to be an alias for this interface 
interface re0 { 
	transport-address 192.168.2.2 
} 
 
# Don't send hellos on en0 
interface en0 { 
	passive 
} 
 
# Force a certain LDP ID 
ldp-id 10.5.1.1; 
 
# Tag also the default route 
no-default-route 0; 
 
neighbour 192.168.2.1 { 
# TCP MD5 authentication - requires options TCP_SIGNATURE 
	authenticate 
}

SEE ALSO

mpls(4), ldpd(8)

HISTORY

Support for ldpd.conf first appeared in NetBSD 6.0.