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.TH ZEBRA 8 "10 August 2004" "Zebra daemon" "Version 0.96.5"
.SH NAME
zebra \- a routing manager for use with associated Quagga components.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B zebra
[
.B \-bdhklrv
] [
.B \-f
.I config-file
] [
.B \-i
.I pid-file
] [
.B \-P
.I port-number
] [
.B \-A
.I vty-address
] [
.B \-u
.I user
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B zebra 
is a routing manager that implements the 
.B zebra
route engine.
.B zebra 
supports RIPv1, RIPv2, RIPng, OSPF, OSPF6, IS-IS, BGP4+, and BGP4-.
.SH OPTIONS
Options available for the
.B zebra
command:
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-batch\fR
Runs in batch mode, \fBzebra\fR parses its config and exits.
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-daemon\fR
Runs in daemon mode, forking and exiting from tty.
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-config-file \fR\fIconfig-file\fR
Specifies the config file to use for startup. If not specified this option will likely default to \fB\fI/usr/local/etc/zebra.conf\fR.
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
A brief message.
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-pid_file \fR\fIpid-file\fR
When zebra starts its process idenifier is written to
\fB\fIpid-file\fR.  The init system uses the recorded PID to stop or
restart zebra.  The likely default is \fB\fI/var/run/zebra.pid\fR.
.TP
\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-keep_kernel\fR
On startup, don't delete self inserted routes.
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-log_mode\fR
Turn verbose logging on.
.TP
\fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-vty_port \fR\fIport-number\fR 
Specify the port that the zebra VTY will listen on. This defaults to
2602, as specified in \fB\fI/etc/services\fR.
.TP
\fB\-A\fR, \fB\-\-vty_addr \fR\fIvty-address\fR
Specify the address that the zebra VTY will listen on. Default is all
intrefaces.
.TP
\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-user \fR\fIuser\fR
Specify the user and group to run as. User and group have to have same
name at the moment. Default is \fIquagga\fR.
.TP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-retain\fR 
When the program terminates, retain routes added by \fBzebra\fR.
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Print the version and exit.
.SH FILES
.TP
.BI /usr/local/sbin/zebra
The default location of the 
.B zebra
binary.
.TP
.BI /usr/local/etc/zebra.conf
The default location of the 
.B zebra
config file.
.TP
.BI $(PWD)/zebra.log 
If the 
.B zebra
process is config'd to output logs to a file, then you will find this
file in the directory where you started \fBzebra\fR.
.SH WARNING
This man page is intended to be a quick reference for command line
options. The definitive document is the Info file \fBQuagga\fR.
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
The zebra process may log to standard output, to a VTY, to a log
file, or through syslog to the system logs. \fBzebra\fR supports many
debugging options, see the Info file, or the source for details.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR bgpd (8),
.BR ripd (8),
.BR ripngd (8),
.BR ospfd (8),
.BR ospf6d (8),
.BR isisd (8),
.BR vtysh (1)
.SH BUGS
.B zebra
eats bugs for breakfast. If you have food for the maintainers try
.BI http://bugzilla.quagga.net
.SH AUTHORS
See
.BI http://www.zebra.org
and
.BI http://www.quagga.org
or the Info file for an accurate list of authors.