Openbgpd on pfsense 2.3.3_1 fails to start

brendan.jacques

Hi all. I'm trying to setup a new pfsense firewall, and am experiencing a problem where openBGPd just will not start.

I used the package manager to install the package, and put in some basic config. It seems to generate the config file just fine, but when I go to the service's status tab, I see: "bgpctl: connect: /var/run/bgpd.sock: No such file or directory". Indeed if I go out to the shell, the daemon is not running.

Is there some additional step I'm missing here?

dmateos

Hi, can you paste here your Raw Config ?? When service doesn't start something is missing

a4x4kiwi

Hi, I am having the same difficulty.

Was the OP able to resolve?

I am attempting to connect to AWS Direct Connect.

# This file was created by the package manager. Do not edit!

AS 65000
fib-update yes
holdtime 30
listen on 169.254.247.2
router-id 169.254.247.2
network (inet|inet6)connected
neighbor 169.254.247.1 {
	descr "Stream"
	tcp md5sig password 0x2323XXXXXXXXXXXXXfsW4
	remote-as YYYYY 
	local-address 169.254.247.2
}
deny from any
deny to any
allow from 169.254.247.1
allow to 169.254.247.1

TIA for any assistance.

a4x4kiwi

Responding to my own post.

There seems to be an issue saving changes for openBGPD.

After checking the Status tab, each section has the following error : "bgpctl: connect: /var/run/bgpd.sock: No such file or directory"

The solution is to go to the "Raw Config" tab , select all (Ctrl A), Delete, then Save. The file is re-created and the service then starts.

quadrinary

Hi -

If you're still having issues with openbgpd, give the most recent Quagga plugin a try - I wrote in manual support (meaning you have to generate a cisco-like text config or use the "vtysh" front-end for Quagga from the command line). We did away with openbgpd and are now using Quagga for all BGP needs with pfSense.

-Tim