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      Jeffrey_223
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      Hi all
      I've inherited a pfsense firewall and I need to add a 2nd bgp connection to a 2nd cloud provider. (Hybrid-cloud)
      I'm not overly familiar with this process and how to troubleshoot. I'm a bit stuck on getting the 2nd connection to come up.

      Note: the only BGP connection is Cloud_1 and is live, so need to be careful if changing Cloud_1 config.

      Both connections are using the same interface.
      And this is what I've added to get the Cloud_2 connected.

      BGP global settings:
      enabled: Yes
      Default Router IP: 10.10.10.1 (IP for 1st Cloud connection)
      Route Handling: 10.10.10.0/24 Static Route Target: Neighbour1: 10.10.10.2
      Not sure if i should add the 2nd connection here?

      Route Maps
      Cloud1_Route Permit 100
      Cloud2_Router Permit 100

      BGP Settings
      enabled
      local AS: ***** (AS_local)
      Network Distribution:
      Networks to Distribute: My Private subnets added e.g. 10.70.0.0/16

      Neighbors BGP
      10.10.10.2 Cloud_1_Provider AS_Cloud1 (Keyset Bidirectional), Peer Filtering: Cloud1_Route
      169.10.10.2 Cloud_2_Provider AS_Cloud2 (Keyset None), Peer Filtering: Cloud2_Route

      BGP Summary

      Neighbor        V         AS   MsgRcvd   MsgSent   TblVer  InQ OutQ  Up/Down State/PfxRcd   PfxSnt
      10.10.10.2     4      64513    145686    142719        0    0    0 05w1d01h            1        6
      169.10.10.2    4      16550         0         0        0    0    0    never      Active        0
      

      I have created Route Gateways -> Routing, with the destination IP's of each Cloud Provider and assigned a vlan. But need to get the BGP connection first for this part to work.
      And on the interface rules i have opened everything in both directions.

      Not sure what I'm missing?

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