Re: [qpimd-users] Installing QPIMD

[Everton Marques]

Hi Tom,

Ok, I've just tested a step-by-step procedure, please see below.
Let me know if you find any issues.

Cheers,
Everton


# install GNU awk
sudo aptitude install gawk

# create work dir
cd ;# get back to home dir
mkdir quagga
cd quagga

# get software
wget http://www.quagga.net/download/quagga-0.99.17.tar.gz
wget http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/qpimd/qpimd-0.162.tar.gz

# unpack software
tar xzf quagga-0.99.17.tar.gz
tar xzf qpimd-0.162.tar.gz

# apply patch
patch -p1 -d quagga-0.99.17 < qpimd-0.162/pimd-0.162-quagga-0.99.17.patch

# enter source tree
cd quagga-0.99.17

# configure source tree
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/quagga --enable-pimd --enable-tcp-zebra

# compile
make

# remove previous installation binaries from way (if any)
sudo mv /usr/local/quagga /usr/local/quagga.old

# install binaries (under /usr/local/quagga)
sudo make install

# copy sample configuration
sudo cp /usr/local/quagga/etc/zebra.conf.sample /usr/local/quagga/etc/zebra.conf
sudo cp /usr/local/quagga/etc/pimd.conf.sample /usr/local/quagga/etc/pimd.conf

# tell zebra daemon to send logging to stdout (ease debugging)
sudo echo 'log stdout' >> /usr/local/quagga/etc/zebra.conf

# we will run daemons as user "quagga"
# then, we now create group and user "quagga"
# (any user would do, but be consistent referencing it afterwards)
sudo groupadd quagga
sudo useradd quagga -g quagga

# give "quagga" user permissions to config files
sudo chown -R quagga:quagga /usr/local/quagga/etc

# start zebra daemon
sudo /usr/local/quagga/sbin/zebra -u quagga -g quagga -i
/usr/local/quagga/etc/zebra.pid
2011/08/22 19:58:17 ZEBRA: Zebra 0.99.17 starting: address@hidden

# start pimd daemon
sudo /usr/local/quagga/sbin/pimd -i /usr/local/quagga/etc/pimd.pid
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: Boot logging temporarily directed to stdout - begin
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: Quagga 0.99.17 pimd 0.162 starting
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: Boot logging temporarily directed to stdout - end
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: Loading configuration - begin
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: pim_if_add_vif: ifindex=0 < 1 on interface eth0
% Interface eth0 does not exist
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: Loading configuration - end
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: Quagga 0.99.17 pimd 0.162 starting, VTY
interface at port TCP 2611
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: PIM_MOTD_VERSION: adding pimd version to default MOTD
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: PIM_ZCLIENT_DEBUG: zclient debugging is
supported, mode is OFF (see option -Z)
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: PIM_CHECK_RECV_IFINDEX_SANITY: will match
sock/recv ifindex
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: PIM_USE_QUAGGA_INET_CHECKSUM: using Quagga's
builtin checksum
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: PIM_GETTIME_USE_GETTIMEOFDAY: work-around
improper monotonic clock
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: HAVE_CLOCK_MONOTONIC
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: zclient update contacting ZEBRA daemon at
socket TCP 127.0.0.1,2600
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: zclient_init cleared redistribution request
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: pim_zebra_init: requesting redistribution for
system (0)
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: pim_zebra_init: requesting redistribution for
kernel (1)
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: pim_zebra_init: requesting redistribution for
connected (2)
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: pim_zebra_init: requesting redistribution for
static (3)
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: pim_zebra_init: requesting redistribution for rip (4)
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: pim_zebra_init: requesting redistribution for ripng (5)
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: pim_zebra_init: requesting redistribution for ospf (6)
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: pim_zebra_init: requesting redistribution for ospf6 (7)
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: pim_zebra_init: requesting redistribution for isis (8)
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: pim_zebra_init: requesting redistribution for bgp (9)
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: pim_zebra_init: requesting redistribution for hsls (10)
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: pim_zebra_init: requesting default
information redistribution
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: pim_zebra_init: zclient update socket initialized
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: zclient_lookup_sched_now: zclient lookup
immediate connection scheduled
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: zclient_lookup_new: zclient lookup socket initialized
2011/08/22 20:02:08 PIM: zclient_lookup_connect: FIXME blocking
connect: zclient_socket()

### the logging above shows a healthy boot from pimd ###


On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Tom M <address@hidden> wrote:
> Everton,
> I really appreciate your help so far, but I'm still confused...
> I tried to start all over and reconfigure everything but I wasn't sure what
> steps I should do (and shouldn't) and in which order now.
> When I started over I did
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/quagga
> --enable-pimd --localstatedir=/var/run/quagga
> and it looked like there were a lot of errors...
> and by the time I got to the
> when I did sudo /usr/local/quagga/sbin/pimd step the file wasn't even
> found...
> Is there anyway to get a simple step by step instruction on how one might
> install qpimd from a vanilla start.
> I don't understand why they haven't just implemented all of these changes
> directly into quagga :).
> Thanks,
>
> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Everton Marques <address@hidden>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Tom M <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > I tried the dirty solution first and got this:
>> > address@hidden:~$ sudo /usr/local/quagga/sbin/zebra -i /tmp/zebra.pid
>> > [sudo] password for tom:
>> > 2011/08/18 15:52:26 ZEBRA: Can't bind to unix socket /var/run/zserv.api:
>> > Permission denied
>>
>> Ouch. I think the cleanest way to overcome this is by recompiling zebra,
>> either pointing the state file directory to a more amicable place:
>> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/quagga --enable-pimd
>> --localstatedir=/var/run/quagga
>> or instructing zebra to use TCP sockets instead:
>> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/quagga --enable-pimd --enable-tcp-zebra
>> Then, make, sudo make install.
>>
>> The ugly and simple way is to allow anyone to write to /var/run:
>> sudo chown a+w /var/run.
>>
>> > 2011/08/18 15:52:26 ZEBRA: zebra can't provide full functionality due to
>> > above error
>> > 2011/08/18 15:52:26 ZEBRA: Zebra 0.99.17 starting: address@hidden
>> > As far as the "proper" solution is concerned. Does this have to do with
>> > that
>> > initial warning:
>>
>> > state file directory    : /var/run
>> > config file directory   : /usr/local/quagga/etc
>> > example directory       : /usr/local/quagga/etc
>> > user to run as : quagga
>> > group to run as : quagga
>> > The above user and group must have read/write access to the state file
>> > directory and to the config files in the config file directory.
>>
>> Yes, it is telling you what default user and group are defined in the
>> daemons, if you don't specify them in the command line.
>>
>> > ------------------
>> > Is it possible to get it to work with my current username somehow
>> > without
>> > making a new username and group? I'm not too familiar with linux
>> > users/groups.
>>
>> Sure, use something similar to:
>> mkdir /home/tom/quagga
>> sudo /usr/local/sbin/pimd -u tom -g tom -i /home/tom/quagga/pimd.pid
>>
>> > After everything is setup I'm still confused why everything is different
>> > from the "default" install of quagga as referenced in this
>> > tutorial: http://openmaniak.com/quagga_tutorial.php
>>
>> The instructions from that tutorial suppose you are starting from a
>> precompiled Debian package.
>>
>> Instructions from qpimd start earlier, by compiling the source code.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Everton
>
>