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# BIRD Internet Routing Daemon
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## Overview
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The [BIRD Internet Routing Daemon](https://bird.network.cz/) is a routing
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daemon; i.e., a software responsible for managing kernel packet forwarding
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tables. It aims to develop a dynamic IP routing daemon with full support of
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all modern routing protocols, easy to use configuration interface and powerful
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route filtering language, primarily targeted on (but not limited to) Linux and
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other UNIX-like systems and distributed under the GNU General Public License.
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BIRD has a free implementation of several well known and common routing and
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router-supplemental protocols, namely RIP, RIPng, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, BGP, BFD,
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and NDP/RA. BIRD supports IPv4 and IPv6 address families, Linux kernel and
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several BSD variants (tested on FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD). BIRD consists
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of bird daemon and birdc interactive CLI client used for supervision.
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In order to be able to use the BIRD Internet Routing Protocol, you must first
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install the project on your machine.
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## BIRD Package Install
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```shell
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sudo apt-get install bird
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```
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## BIRD Source Code Install
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You can download BIRD source code from its
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[official repository.](https://gitlab.labs.nic.cz/labs/bird/)
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```shell
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./configure
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make
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su
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make install
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vi /etc/bird/bird.conf
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```
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The installation will place the bird directory inside */etc* where you will
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also find its config file.
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In order to be able to do use the Bird Internet Routing Protocol, you must
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modify *bird.conf* due to the fact that the given configuration file is not
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configured beyond allowing the bird daemon to start, which means that nothing
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else will happen if you run it.
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