Configuring BGP Neighbor Between NSX-T and VyOS Router is an article that shows how to configure BGP to exchange routes between NSX-T T0 and VyOS Router.
So, below we have our lab topology:
As we can see in the above picture, our environment has an NSX-T with T0 and T1 Gateways and our NSX-T has an integration with both VyOS routers using the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) for routing exchanges.
We will show the VyOS configuration and the NSX-T configuration for providing the source device located in an NSX-T Segment to be able to communicate with the destination device located on a physical network:
- Source: 172.16.20.10 –> NSX-T Segment
- Destination: 192.168.255.3 –> Physical Network
BGP configuration for the vyos-01
So, here we have the BGP configuration for the VyOS router called “vyos-01”:
configure
set protocols bgp address-family ipv4-unicast network 10.10.10.0/24
set protocols bgp neighbor 10.10.10.1 address-family ipv4-unicast
set protocols bgp neighbor 10.10.10.1 remote-as '65000'
set protocols bgp neighbor 10.10.10.2 address-family ipv4-unicast
set protocols bgp neighbor 10.10.10.2 remote-as '65000'
set protocols bgp neighbor 10.10.10.170 address-family ipv4-unicast
set protocols bgp neighbor 10.10.10.170 remote-as '65100'
set protocols bgp parameters log-neighbor-changes
set protocols bgp system-as '65100'
commit
saveBGP configuration for the vyos-02
Here, we have the BGP configuration for the VyOS router called “vyos-02”:
configure
set protocols bgp address-family ipv4-unicast network 10.10.10.0/24
set protocols bgp neighbor 10.10.10.1 address-family ipv4-unicast
set protocols bgp neighbor 10.10.10.1 remote-as '65000'
set protocols bgp neighbor 10.10.10.2 address-family ipv4-unicast
set protocols bgp neighbor 10.10.10.2 remote-as '65000'
set protocols bgp neighbor 10.10.10.170 address-family ipv4-unicast
set protocols bgp neighbor 10.10.10.170 remote-as '65100'
set protocols bgp parameters log-neighbor-changes
set protocols bgp system-as '65100'
commit
saveBGP configuration for the NSX-T T0 GW
On the T0 gateway, we have two interfaces placed on the VLAN10. Both interfaces are using an NSX-T Segment called “uplink-vlan10”. This NSX-T Segment is a VLAN-Backed Segment using the VLAN ID 10:
The BGP is enabled with default options:
And we have a BGP neighbor for the VyOS router. In this case, we are using the IP 10.10.10.100 for the neighbor – this is a VRRP Virtual IP provided by the VRRP configuration on the VyOS routers:
Additionally, we have a default route on the TO gateway using the VyOS VRRP Virtual IP as a next hop:
Checking the BGP status on the vyos-01
As we can see in the below output, the vyos-01 router has both instances of the T0 gateways (one provided by one NSX-T Edge VM and another provided by another NSX-T Edge VM).
In this example, the vyos-01 is the BACKUP router on the VRRP environment. So, in this case, this router is not used primarily to flow the network traffic – this is the reason for the BGP session has the status “Active” for each BGP neighbor (in this case, this behavior is expected):
vyos@vyos-01:~$ show ip bgp summary
IPv4 Unicast Summary (VRF default):
BGP router identifier 192.168.255.8, local AS number 65100 vrf-id 0
BGP table version 1
RIB entries 1, using 192 bytes of memory
Peers 3, using 61 KiB of memory
Neighbor V AS MsgRcvd MsgSent TblVer InQ OutQ Up/Down State/PfxRcd PfxSnt Desc
10.10.10.1 4 65000 0 231 0 0 0 never Active 0 N/A
10.10.10.2 4 65000 0 231 0 0 0 never Active 0 N/A
10.10.10.170 4 65100 0 200 0 0 0 never Active 0 N/A
Total number of neighbors 3Checking the BGP status on the vyos-02
So, here, we can see both BGP sessions up for the NSX-T T0 gateways – This router is the MASTER on the VRRP environment and all traffic flows through this router:
vyos@vyos-02:~$ show ip bgp summary
IPv4 Unicast Summary (VRF default):
BGP router identifier 192.168.255.9, local AS number 65100 vrf-id 0
BGP table version 25
RIB entries 13, using 2496 bytes of memory
Peers 3, using 61 KiB of memory
Neighbor V AS MsgRcvd MsgSent TblVer InQ OutQ Up/Down State/PfxRcd PfxSnt Desc
10.10.10.1 4 65000 474 497 25 0 0 07:45:07 6 7 N/A
10.10.10.2 4 65000 472 497 25 0 0 07:45:06 6 7 N/A
10.10.10.170 4 65100 469 493 25 0 0 07:45:34 1 7 N/A
Total number of neighbors 3Checking the BGP status on the NSX Manager
We can see the BGP neighbor status by clicking on the “i” icon, as we can see in the below picture:
Additionally, we can access each NSX-T Edge VM and check the BGP neighbor status.
For the first Edge VM “edge-01” – in this example, the Service Router Instance for the T0 gateway is the VRF 2:
edge-01> vrf 2
edge-01(tier0_sr[2])>
edge-01(tier0_sr[2])> get bgp neighbor summary
BFD States: NC - Not configured, DC - Disconnected
AD - Admin down, DW - Down, IN - Init, UP - Up
BGP summary information for VRF default for address-family: ipv4Unicast
Router ID: 10.10.10.1 Local AS: 65000
Neighbor AS State Up/DownTime BFD InMsgs OutMsgs InPfx OutPfx
10.10.10.100 65100 Estab 07:57:51 NC 1599 1608 1 6
Sat Oct 14 2023 UTC 21:36:57.339
edge-01(tier0_sr[2])> For the second Edge VM “edge-02” – in this example, the Service Router Instance for the T0 gateway is the VRF 5:
edge-02> vrf 5
edge-02(tier0_sr[5])>
edge-02(tier0_sr[5])> get bgp neighbor summary
BFD States: NC - Not configured, DC - Disconnected
AD - Admin down, DW - Down, IN - Init, UP - Up
BGP summary information for VRF default for address-family: ipv4Unicast
Router ID: 10.10.10.2 Local AS: 65000
Neighbor AS State Up/DownTime BFD InMsgs OutMsgs InPfx OutPfx
10.10.10.100 65100 Estab 08:01:13 NC 1603 1606 1 6
Sat Oct 14 2023 UTC 21:40:21.078
edge-02(tier0_sr[5])> Testing the communication from the source VM to the destination VM
As we said before, the source VM is using an NSX-T Segment and the destination VM is using our physical network.
As we can see in the below picture, the ICMP test (ping) has executed successfully:
The tracert command on the source device has executed successfully as well:
We have written some articles about NSX-T and VyOS. You can check these articles on the below links:
https://www.dpcvirtualtips.com/category/virtualization/nsx-t/
https://www.dpcvirtualtips.com/category/operating-systems/
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