New blog post: Running your own Autonomous System on FreeBSD.

[larvitz@burningboard.net]

New blog post: Running your own Autonomous System on FreeBSD.

Got an AS number and IPv6 /48 via RIPE, set up a FreeBSD BGP router with FRR, two upstreams, and built GRE/GIF tunnels ti bring my own globally routable addresses to servers at different providers.

The interesting part: dual-FIB policy routing lets FreeBSD jails speak from both provider and BGP addresses simultaneously.

Running Your Own AS: BGP on FreeBSD with FRR, GRE Tunnels, and Policy Routing

How I obtained my own AS number and IPv6 prefix, set up a FreeBSD BGP router with FRR, and built a tunnel overlay to bring globally routable addresses to ser...

Larvitz Blog (blog.hofstede.it)

#FreeBSD #BGP #IPv6 #Networking #SelfHosted

[cd_run_code@mastodon.world]

@Larvitz Dual-FIB is such an elegant way to handle this. Bringing your own IP space is truly the endgame of self-hosting. Nice work

[larvitz@burningboard.net]

@cd_run_code It all was a slow escallation from the silly idea "What if I could be my own provider" to that result, I have now .. But was an amazing learning opportinity!

[drixter@social.e-utp.net]

@Larvitz welcome to BGP IPv6 world

[cd_run_code@mastodon.world]

@Larvitz Haha, exactly! Next step: laying your own fiber cables across the ocean to complete the ISP experience

[larvitz@burningboard.net]

@drixter great place to be!

[larvitz@burningboard.net]

The BGP article is also available on the Geminispace for those who prefer the lightweight web:

gemini://gemini.hofstede.it/bgp_routing_asn_freebsd.gmi

No tracking, no JavaScript, just text. Accessible via clients like Lagrange or Amfora.

#gemini #smallweb #FreeBSD #geminispace

[stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@Larvitz great great post!

[madamada@snac.void.my]

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