BGP configuration

A BGP configuration resource (BGPConfiguration) represents BGP specific configuration options for the cluster or a specific node.

For kubectl commands, the following case-insensitive aliases may be used to specify the resource type on the CLI: bgpconfiguration.projectcalico.org, bgpconfigurations.projectcalico.org as well as abbreviations such as bgpconfiguration.p and bgpconfigurations.p.

Sample YAML

apiVersion: projectcalico.org/v3
kind: BGPConfiguration
metadata:
  name: default
spec:
  logSeverityScreen: Info
  nodeToNodeMeshEnabled: true
  nodeMeshMaxRestartTime: 120s
  asNumber: 63400
  serviceClusterIPs:
    - cidr: 10.96.0.0/12
  serviceExternalIPs:
    - cidr: 104.244.42.129/32
    - cidr: 172.217.3.0/24
  listenPort: 178
  bindMode: NodeIP
  communities:
    - name: bgp-large-community
      value: 63400:300:100
  prefixAdvertisements:
    - cidr: 172.218.4.0/26
      communities:
        - bgp-large-community
        - 63400:120

BGP configuration definition

Metadata

Field	Description	Accepted Values	Schema
name	Unique name to describe this resource instance. Required.	Alphanumeric string with optional ., _, or -.	string

• The resource with the name default has a specific meaning - this contains the BGP global default configuration.
• The resources with the name node.<nodename> contain the node-specific overrides, and will be applied to the node <nodename>. When deleting a node the BGPConfiguration resource associated with the node will also be deleted. Only prefixAdvertisements, listenPort, and logSeverityScreen can be overridden this way.

Spec

Field	Description	Accepted Values	Schema	Default
logSeverityScreen	Global log level	Debug, Info, Warning, Error, Fatal	string	Info
nodeToNodeMeshEnabled	Full BGP node-to-node mesh. Only valid on the global default BGPConfiguration.	true, false	string	true
asNumber	The default local AS Number that Calico Cloud should use when speaking with BGP peers. Only valid on the global default BGPConfiguration; to set a per-node override, use the bgp field on the Node resource.	A valid AS Number, may be specified in dotted notation.	integer/string	64512
extensions	Additional mapping of keys and values. Used for setting values in custom BGP configurations.	valid strings for both keys and values	map
serviceClusterIPs	The CIDR blocks for Kubernetes Service Cluster IPs to be advertised over BGP. Only valid on the global default BGPConfiguration: will be ignored otherwise.	A list of valid IPv4 or IPv6 CIDR blocks.	List of cidr: <ip>/<prefix length> values.	Empty List
serviceExternalIPs	The CIDR blocks for Kubernetes Service External IPs to be advertised over BGP. Kubernetes Service External IPs will only be advertised if they are within one of these blocks. Only valid on the global default BGPConfiguration: will be ignored otherwise.	A list of valid IPv4 or IPv6 CIDR blocks.	List of cidr: <ip>/<prefix length> values.	Empty List
serviceLoadBalancerIPs	The CIDR blocks for Kubernetes Service status.LoadBalancer IPs to be advertised over BGP. Kubernetes LoadBalancer IPs will only be advertised if they are within one of these blocks. Only valid on the global default BGPConfiguration: will be ignored otherwise.	A list of valid IPv4 or IPv6 CIDR blocks.	List of cidr: <ip>/<prefix length> values.	Empty List
listenPort	The port where BGP protocol should listen.	A valid port number.	integer	179
bindMode	Indicates whether to listen for BGP connections on all addresses (None) or only on the node's canonical IP address Node.Spec.BGP.IPvXAddress (NodeIP). If this field is changed when calico-node is already running, the change will not take effect until calico-node is manually restarted.	None, NodeIP.	string	None
communities	List of BGP community names and their values, communities are not advertised unless they are used in prefixAdvertisements.		List of communities
prefixAdvertisements	List of per-prefix advertisement properties, like BGP communities.		List of prefixAdvertisements
nodeMeshPassword	BGP password for the all the peerings in a full mesh configuration.		BGPPassword	nil (no password)
nodeMeshMaxRestartTime	Restart time that is announced by BIRD in the BGP graceful restart capability and that specifies how long the neighbor would wait for the BGP session to re-establish after a restart before deleting stale routes in full mesh configurations. Note: extra care should be taken when changing this configuration, as it may break networking in your cluster. When not specified, BIRD uses the default value of 120 seconds.	10s, 120s, 2m etc.	[Duration string][parse-duration]	nil (empty config, BIRD will use the default value of 120s)

communities

Field	Description	Accepted Values	Schema
name	Name or identifier for the community. This should be used in prefixAdvertisements to advertise the community value.		string
value	Standard or large BGP community value.	For standard community, value should be in aa:nn format, where both aa and nn are 16 bit integers. For large community, value should be aa:nn:mm format, where aa, nn and mm are all 32 bit integers. Where aa is an AS Number, nn and mm are per-AS identifier.	string

prefixAdvertisements

Field	Description	Accepted Values	Schema
cidr	CIDR for which properties should be advertised.	cidr: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/XX	string
communities	BGP communities to be advertised.	Communities can be list of either community names already defined in communities or community value of format aa:nn or aa:nn:mm. For standard community, value should be in aa:nn format, where both aa and nn are 16 bit integers. For large community, value should be aa:nn:mm format, where aa, nn and mm are all 32 bit integers. Where aa is an AS Number, nn and mm are per-AS identifier.	List of string

Supported operations

Datastore type	Create	Delete	Delete (Global default)	Update	Get/List	Notes
Kubernetes API server	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes