Open Tutorial: BGP Policy Control (0.5 days)
Synopsis
- Extending on our BGP Fundamentals, this 2-part course will take you through what it takes to favourably manipulate your traffic flows.
- We will explore different methods of curating, load balancing and multi-homing.
- This is not an introductory BGP class, and it is assumed that you have an understanding of the BGP protocol and basic operations.
- The Hands on Lab session will expand on our BGP-TE Theory Session. In this instructor-led lab, you will put the theory into practice.
Target Audience
- Technical staff who are building or operating a service provider or enterprise network with international and/or multi-provider connectivity, and considering participation at an Internet Exchange point
Pre-requisites
It is assumed that participants have a basic understanding of:
- network operations, Internet technologies, OSI reference model and TCP/IP.
- Basic command line (CLI) skills.
We recommend the following Academy courses be completed before the start of the tutorial:
- Routing Fundamentals: https://academy.apnic.net/en/course/routing-fundamentals-course/
- Deploying OSPF: https://academy.apnic.net/en/virtual-labs?labId=65520
- Deploying BGP: https://academy.apnic.net/en/virtual-labs?labId=69078
Other Requirements
- Online – Participants are advised to bring their own laptop or desktop computers with high-speed internet access and administrative access to system. It is also recommended that computers have Intel i5 or i7 processor, >=8GB of RAM and 30GB of free hard disk space.
- Face to face – Participants are advised to bring their own laptop computers with high-speed Wi-Fi (802.11a/g/n/ac) and administrative access to system. It is also recommended that laptops have Intel i5 or i7 processor, >=8GB of RAM and 30GB of free hard disk space.
- Software: SSH Client, Telnet Client, VirtualBox/VMware
- Confirm Secure SHell (SSH) is allowed from the office or home network to access the lab infrastructure? Test ssh connectivity, try to connect to route-views.routeviews.org. For example from the CLI type: ssh [email protected]
- Attendees must have an APNIC Academy login account. If you don’t have one already, you can create an account for free at https://academy.apnic.net/
- Please test the speed of your Internet connection to the servers where the Virtual Machines (VMs) are hosted at the Learn on Demand data centres, using the speed test tool at https://www.learnondemandsystems.com/speedtest/
Course Topics
- BGP attributes
- BGP route filtering (policy control)
- BGP traffic engineering