Upgrading from Quagga to FRRouting

Cumulus Linux 3.4 and later releases replace Quagga with FRRouting. This section outlines the upgrade process for users currently using Quagga.

These instructions only apply to upgrading to Cumulus Linux 3.4 or later from releases earlier than 3.4. New image installations contain frr instead of quagga or quagga-compat. If you are using any automation tools to configure your network and are installing a new Cumulus Linux image, make sure your automation tools refer to FRR and not to Quagga.

If you are upgrading Cumulus Linux using apt-get upgrade, existing automation that references Quagga continues to work until you upgrade to FRR. Once you perform the following upgrade steps, your automation must reference FRR instead of Quagga.

Upgrading to Cumulus Linux 3.4 or later results in both quagga.service and frr.service being present on the system, until quagga.service is removed. These services have been configured to conflict with each other; starting one service automatically stops the other, as they cannot run concurrently.

Run the following commands to begin the upgrade process:

cumulus@switch:~$ sudo -E apt-get update
cumulus@switch:~$ sudo -E apt-get upgrade

At the end of the apt-get upgrade process, the output shows details of the upgrade process, regarding the Quagga to FRR switchover.

Unpacking quagga-compat (1.0.0+cl3u15-1) ...

Selecting previously unselected package frr.
Preparing to unpack .../frr_3.1+cl3u1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking frr (3.1+cl3u1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ...
Setting up frr (3.1+cl3u1) ...
Setting up quagga-compat (1.0.0+cl3u15-1) ...
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Your system has been upgraded to use Cumulus Linux's new routing protocol   |
| suite, FRRouting. The 'quagga' package is now a dummy transitional package  |
| and may be removed.                                                         |
|                                                                             |
| As part of this upgrade, please take note of the following information:     |
|                                                                             |
|  - The location of your configuration files has changed to /etc/frr.        |
|    In order to enable a seamless transition, FRRouting will continue to     |
|    read all configuration files from /etc/quagga until the transition is    |
|    completed.                                                               |
|                                                                             |
|  - In the interest of stability, action is required on your part to         |
|    complete the transition to FRRouting. For instructions on how to do      |
|    this, please refer to the Cumulus Linux documentation.                   |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Setting up quagga (1.0.0+cl3u14-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18+deb8u10) ...
Creating post-apt snapshot... 245 done.
root@dell-s6000-16:/etc#

After the upgrade process is completed, the switch is in the following state:

cumulus@switch:~$ sudo systemctl list-unit-files | grep "quagga\|frr"
rr.service                            enabled
quagga.service                        enabled
cumulus@switch:~$ sudo systemctl status frr
● frr.service - Cumulus Linux FRR
    Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/frr.service; enabled)
    Active: inactive (dead) since Fri 2017-07-28 18:54:59 UTC; 3 days ago
cumulus@switch:~$ sudo systemctl status quagga
● quagga.service - Quagga (Transitional)
    Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/quagga.service; enabled)
    Active: active (running) since Fri 2017-07-28 18:55:49 UTC; 3 days ago
    Process: 29436 ExecStop=/usr/lib/frr/quagga stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
    Process: 29772 ExecStart=/usr/lib/frr/quagga start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
    CGroup: /system.slice/quagga.service
            ├─29791 /usr/lib/frr/zebra -s 90000000 --daemon -A 127.0.0.1 -q
            ├─29798 /usr/lib/frr/bgpd --daemon -A 127.0.0.1 -q
            ├─29805 /usr/lib/frr/ripd --daemon -A 127.0.0.1 -q
            ├─29812 /usr/lib/frr/ospfd --daemon -A 127.0.0.1 -q
            ├─29819 /usr/lib/frr/ospf6d --daemon -A ::1 -q
            └─29825 /usr/lib/frr/watchfrr -q -adz -r /usr/sbin/servicebBquaggabBrestartbB%s -s /usr/sbin servicebBquaggabBstartbB%s -k /usr/sbin/servicebBquaggabBstopbB%s -b bB -t 90 zebra bgpd ripd ospfdospf6d

The output below shows the FRR / Quagga package status:

cumulus@switch:~$ dpkg -l quagga\* frr\*
interacting with quagga
rc  quagga                            1.0.0+cl3u14-1                               amd64        transitional package
ii  quagga-compat                     1.0.0+cl3u15-1                               all          Quagga compatibility for FRRouting
ii  frr                               3.1+cl3u1                                    amd64        BGP/OSPF/RIP routing daemon

Cumulus 3.4 and later releases do not support or implement python-clcmd. While the package remains, the related commands have been removed.

To complete the transition to FRR:

Migrate all /etc/quagga/* files to /etc/frr/*.

The vtysh.conf file should not be moved, as it is unlikely any configuration is in the file. However, if there is necessary configuration in place, copy the contents into /etc/frr/vtysh.conf.
Merge the current Quagga.conf file with the new frr.conf file. Keep the default configuration for frr.conf in place, and add the additional configuration sections from Quagga.conf.
Enable the daemons needed for your installation in /etc/frr/daemons.
Manually update the log file locations to /var/log/frr or syslog.
Remove the compatibility package:

This step stops the Quagga compatibility mode, causing routing to go down.

cumulus@switch:~$ sudo -E apt-get remove quagga quagga-compat quagga-doc


Removing the quagga-compat package also removes quagga.service.
However, the /etc/quagga directory is not removed in this step, as it is left in place for reference.

Purge the Quagga packages:

cumulus@switch:~$ sudo dpkg -P quagga quagga-compat


This step deletes all Quagga configuration files. Please ensure you back up your configuration.




Do not reinstall the quagga and quagga-compat packages once they have been removed. While they can be reinstalled to continue migration iterations, limited testing has taken place, and configuration issues may occur.

Start FRR without Quagga compatibility mode:

cumulus@switch:~$ sudo systemctl start frr.service
cumulus@switch:~$ sudo systemctl -l status frr.service

Troubleshooting

If the systemctl -l status frr output shows an issue, edit the configuration files to correct it, and repeat the process. If issues persist, you can return to Quagga compatibility mode for further testing:

cumulus@switch:~$ sudo -E apt-get install quagga-compat
cumulus@switch:~$ sudo systemctl stop frr.service
cumulus@switch:~$ sudo systemctl disable frr.service

Several configuration migration iterations may be necessary to ensure the configuration is behaving the same in both Quagga and FRR.

When further testing is complete, run the following commands to reset the FRR installation, and then repeat the steps from the beginning of this section to upgrade to FRR:

cumulus@switch:~$ sudo systemctl reset-failed frr.service
cumulus@switch:~$ sudo systemctl enable frr.service

Upgrading from Quagga to FRRouting

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