# Original instructions: http://brezular.com/2011/01/20/linux-core-as-router-and-l3-switch-appliance/ set -x tce-load -wi bird # disable automatic interface configuration with dhcp sudo sed -i -e '/label .*core/,/append / s/\(append .*\)/\1 nodhcp/' /mnt/sda1/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf # create seperate directory for bird configuration sudo mkdir /usr/local/etc/bird sudo mv /usr/local/etc/bird.conf /usr/local/etc/bird/bird.conf.example sudo cp -p /usr/local/etc/bird/bird.conf.example /usr/local/etc/bird/bird.conf sudo ln -s bird/bird.conf /usr/local/etc/bird.conf sudo mv /usr/local/etc/bird6.conf /usr/local/etc/bird/bird6.conf.example sudo cp -p /usr/local/etc/bird/bird6.conf.example /usr/local/etc/bird/bird6.conf sudo ln -s bird/bird6.conf /usr/local/etc/bird6.conf sudo sed -i -e 's/^#\( *router *id\)/\1/' /usr/local/etc/bird/bird6.conf sudo chown -R gns3:staff /usr/local/etc/bird # add bird configuration to backup list echo "usr/local/etc/bird" >> /opt/.filetool.lst echo "usr/local/etc/bird.conf" >> /opt/.filetool.lst echo "usr/local/etc/bird6.conf" >> /opt/.filetool.lst # add startup script for bird cat >> /opt/bootlocal.sh <<'EOF' # Boot parameter "nodhcp": network interfaces are configured statically if grep -q -w nodhcp /proc/cmdline; then # This waits until all devices have registered /sbin/udevadm settle --timeout=10 # configure static interface addresses and routes #ifconfig eth0 x.x.x.x netmask 255.255.255.0 up #route add default gw y.y.y.y fi /usr/local/sbin/bird -u gns3 -g staff /usr/local/sbin/bird6 -u gns3 -g staff EOF exit 0