bgpd: add neighbor ip-transparent #18789

vjardin · 2025-05-10T22:33:34Z

Implement a per‑neighbor flag that sets IP_TRANSPARENT for the underlying TCP socket. With this flag bgpd can accept or initiate a session to/from an address that is not present on the host.

Typical use‑cases:

running bgpd inside a container without configuring the router loopback address inside that netns.
hitless switchover of a keepalived/VRRP VIP: the standby bgpd can pre‑bind and come up instantly after takeover.
BGP speakers when the IP address is not set (transparent firewall).

donaldsharp · 2025-05-11T12:12:41Z

can we add a simple topotest that shows that this works?

ton31337

Please add a topotest to check if it works as expected.

bgpd/bgp_vty.c

bgpd/bgp_network.c

vjardin · 2025-05-12T14:45:41Z

next: I'll submit the related topotest

louis-6wind · 2025-05-12T15:28:26Z

hitless switchover of a keepalived/VRRP VIP: the standby bgpd can pre‑bind and come up instantly after takeover.

Interesting, if I understand right, this use case works with neighbor passive

bgpd/bgp_vty.c

vjardin · 2025-05-20T09:45:28Z

ci:rerun

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ton31337 · 2025-05-20T10:19:18Z

@vjardin please fix styling (frrbot).

riw777

looks good ... looks like you've added the topo tests, as well

github-actions · 2025-05-20T13:19:55Z

This pull request has conflicts, please resolve those before we can evaluate the pull request.

vjardin · 2025-05-22T08:44:11Z

@vjardin please fix styling (frrbot).

I have fixed all except for peer_flag_action_list since the report is beyond this related pull request:
https://gist.githubusercontent.com/polychaeta/85e8de8a5a79de3f590f483ef95eb70e/raw/a7528f0462cbf79967bdd84881ea2248bf65ea5e/style.diff

 static const struct peer_flag_action peer_flag_action_list[] = {
-	{PEER_FLAG_PASSIVE, 0, peer_change_reset},
-	{PEER_FLAG_SHUTDOWN, 0, peer_change_reset},
-	{PEER_FLAG_RTT_SHUTDOWN, 0, peer_change_none},
  ...
+	{ PEER_FLAG_PASSIVE, 0, peer_change_reset },
+	{ PEER_FLAG_SHUTDOWN, 0, peer_change_reset },
+	{ PEER_FLAG_RTT_SHUTDOWN, 0, peer_change_none },

donaldsharp · 2025-05-22T14:09:06Z

LGTM once CI finishes....

bgpd/bgpd.h

ton31337

Mixed peer->af_flags with peer->flags for PEER_FLAG_IP_TRANSPARENT.

github-actions · 2025-05-23T16:25:15Z

This pull request has conflicts, please resolve those before we can evaluate the pull request.

vjardin · 2025-05-25T14:11:46Z

ci:rerun

doc/user/bgp.rst

riw777 · 2025-05-27T12:11:56Z

waiting on blocker @ton31337 ... :-)

Add sockopt_ip_transparent(), a thin wrapper around setsockopt(sock, SOL_IP, IP_TRANSPARENT) guarded by #ifdef IP_TRANSPARENT. This lets daemons such as bgpd create transparent sockets when running on kernels that support the option, while keeping the build portable on systems that do not provide it. Signed-off-by: Vincent Jardin <[email protected]>

Implement a per‑neighbor flag that sets IP_TRANSPARENT for the underlying TCP socket. With this flag bgpd can accept or initiate a session to/from an address that is not present on the host. Typical use‑cases: - running bgpd inside a container without configuring the router loopback address inside that netns. - hitless switchover of a keepalived/VRRP VIP: the standby bgpd can pre‑bind and come up instantly after takeover. - BGP speakers when the IP address is not set (transparent firewall). - others... It is safeguarded by a CAP_NET_ADMIN. Signed-off-by: Vincent Jardin <[email protected]>

When a neighbor is established for an ip-transparent and the source address is well known, let's honor that the connection. Signed-off-by: Vincent Jardin <[email protected]>

r1 is a legacy bgp setting r2 is configured using IP transparent 2 steps: - when IP transparent is not set, TCP session should not establish - when IP transparent is set, TCP session should establish Signed-off-by: Vincent Jardin <[email protected]>

vjardin · 2025-05-28T08:20:20Z

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When a neighbor is established for an ip-transparent and the source address is well known, let's honor that the connection. Signed-off-by: Vincent Jardin <[email protected]>

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