tldr/pages/common/birdc.md

birdc

Bird remote control. Command tool to retrieve information like routes from bird and perform configurations during runtime. More information: https://bird.network.cz/.

• Open the remote control console:

birdc

• Reload the configuration without restarting Bird:

birdc configure

• Show the current status of Bird:

birdc show status

• Show all configured protocols:

birdc show protocols

• Show all details about a protocol:

birdc show protocols {{upstream1}} all

• Show all routes that contain a specific AS number:

birdc "show route where bgp_path ~ [{{4242120045}}]"

• Show all best routes:

birdc show route primary

• Show all details of all routes from a given prefix:

birdc show route for {{fd00:/8}} all