NAME

ospfctl — control the Open Shortest Path First daemon

SYNOPSIS

ospfctl [-s socket] command [argument ...]

DESCRIPTION

The ospfctl program controls the ospfd(8) daemon. Commands may be abbreviated to the minimum unambiguous prefix; for example, s s for show summary.

The following options are available:

-s socket: Use socket instead of the default /var/run/ospfd.sock to communicate with ospfd(8).

The following commands are available:

fib couple

Insert the learned routes into the Forwarding Information Base a.k.a. the kernel routing table.

fib decouple

Remove the learned routes from the Forwarding Information Base a.k.a. the kernel routing table. Decoupling the FIB from an OSPF router may create routing loops and could cause major routing issues in the complete OSPF cloud. Only routers with just one link to the OSPF cloud can safely decouple the FIB.

fib reload

Refetches and relearns the routes in the Forwarding Information Base a.k.a. the kernel routing table.

log brief

Disable verbose debug logging.

log verbose

Enable verbose debug logging.

reload

Reload the configuration file.

show database [filter]

Show the link state database. filter can be any one of the following:

area ID: Show only LSAs from the specified area ID.
asbr: Show only ASBR LSAs.
external: Show only AS-External LSAs.
network: Show only Network LSAs.
router: Show only Router LSAs.
self-originated: Show only self-originated LSAs.
summary: Show only Summary LSAs.

show fib [destination | filter]

Show the Forwarding Information Base. destination can be specified to show the route matching a destination IP address. filter can be any of the following:

connected: Show only connected routes.
interface [interface]: Show only interfaces or the specified interface.
ospf: Show only OSPF routes.
static: Show only static routes.