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diff --git a/doc/developer/building-frr-for-fedora24.rst b/doc/developer/building-frr-for-fedora24.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..208c580b63 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/developer/building-frr-for-fedora24.rst @@ -0,0 +1,177 @@ +Fedora 24 +========================================= + +(As an alternative to this installation, you may prefer to create a FRR +rpm package yourself and install that package instead. See instructions +in redhat/README.rpm\_build.md on how to build a rpm package) + +Install required packages +------------------------- + +Add packages: + +:: + + sudo dnf install git autoconf automake libtool make gawk \ + readline-devel texinfo net-snmp-devel groff pkgconfig \ + json-c-devel pam-devel perl-XML-LibXML pytest bison flex \ + c-ares-devel python3-devel python3-sphinx + +Get FRR, compile it and install it (from Git) +--------------------------------------------- + +**This assumes you want to build and install FRR from source and not +using any packages** + +Add frr groups and user +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +:: + + sudo groupadd -g 92 frr + sudo groupadd -r -g 85 frrvt + sudo useradd -u 92 -g 92 -M -r -G frrvt -s /sbin/nologin \ + -c "FRR FRRouting suite" -d /var/run/frr frr + +Download Source, configure and compile it +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +(You may prefer different options on configure statement. These are just +an example.) + +:: + + git clone https://github.com/frrouting/frr.git frr + cd frr + ./bootstrap.sh + ./configure \ + --bindir=/usr/bin \ + --sbindir=/usr/lib/frr \ + --sysconfdir=/etc/frr \ + --libdir=/usr/lib/frr \ + --libexecdir=/usr/lib/frr \ + --localstatedir=/var/run/frr \ + --with-moduledir=/usr/lib/frr/modules \ + --enable-pimd \ + --enable-snmp=agentx \ + --enable-multipath=64 \ + --enable-ospfclient=yes \ + --enable-ospfapi=yes \ + --enable-user=frr \ + --enable-group=frr \ + --enable-vty-group=frrvt \ + --enable-rtadv \ + --disable-exampledir \ + --enable-watchfrr \ + --enable-ldpd \ + --enable-fpm \ + --enable-nhrpd \ + --enable-eigrpd \ + --enable-babeld \ + --with-pkg-git-version \ + --with-pkg-extra-version=-MyOwnFRRVersion + make + make check + sudo make install + +Create empty FRR configuration files +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +:: + + sudo mkdir /var/log/frr + sudo mkdir /etc/frr + sudo touch /etc/frr/zebra.conf + sudo touch /etc/frr/bgpd.conf + sudo touch /etc/frr/ospfd.conf + sudo touch /etc/frr/ospf6d.conf + sudo touch /etc/frr/isisd.conf + sudo touch /etc/frr/ripd.conf + sudo touch /etc/frr/ripngd.conf + sudo touch /etc/frr/pimd.conf + sudo touch /etc/frr/ldpd.conf + sudo touch /etc/frr/nhrpd.conf + sudo touch /etc/frr/eigrpd.conf + sudo touch /etc/frr/babeld.conf + sudo chown -R frr:frr /etc/frr/ + sudo touch /etc/frr/vtysh.conf + sudo chown frr:frrvt /etc/frr/vtysh.conf + sudo chmod 640 /etc/frr/*.conf + +Install daemon config file +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +:: + + sudo install -p -m 644 redhat/daemons /etc/frr/ + sudo chown frr:frr /etc/frr/daemons + +Edit /etc/frr/daemons as needed to select the required daemons +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Look for the section with ``watchfrr_enable=...`` and ``zebra=...`` etc. +Enable the daemons as required by changing the value to ``yes`` + +Enable IP & IPv6 forwarding (and MPLS) +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Create a new file ``/etc/sysctl.d/90-routing-sysctl.conf`` with the +following content: (Please make sure to list all interfaces with +required MPLS similar to ``net.mpls.conf.eth0.input=1``) + +:: + + # Sysctl for routing + # + # Routing: We need to forward packets + net.ipv4.conf.all.forwarding=1 + net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1 + # + # Enable MPLS Label processing on all interfaces + net.mpls.conf.eth0.input=1 + net.mpls.conf.eth1.input=1 + net.mpls.conf.eth2.input=1 + net.mpls.platform_labels=100000 + +Load the modifed sysctl's on the system: + +:: + + sudo sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.d/90-routing-sysctl.conf + +Create a new file ``/etc/modules-load.d/mpls.conf`` with the following +content: + +:: + + # Load MPLS Kernel Modules + mpls-router + mpls-iptunnel + +And load the kernel modules on the running system: + +:: + + sudo modprobe mpls-router mpls-iptunnel + +Install frr Service and redhat init files +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +:: + + sudo install -p -m 644 redhat/frr.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/frr.service + sudo install -p -m 755 redhat/frr.init /usr/lib/frr/frr + +Enable required frr at startup +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +:: + + sudo systemctl enable frr + +Reboot or start FRR manually +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +:: + + sudo systemctl start frr |