Routes from BGP and OSPF not Installed in the Routing Table

Issue

The route table entries for BGP and OSPF routes are missing from the routing table. For example:

frr# show ip bgp
BGP table version is 0, local router ID is 10.4.4.4
Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best, i - internal,
              r RIB-failure, S Stale, R Removed
Origin codes: i - IGP, e - EGP, ? - incomplete

   Network          Next Hop            Metric LocPrf Weight Path
*> 10.0.1.0/24      10.1.1.2                 1             0 65511 ?
*> 10.1.1.0/24      10.1.1.2                 1             0 65511 ?
*> 10.3.3.3/32      10.1.1.2                 1             0 65511 ?

Total number of prefixes 3
frr# show ip route
frr# exit

cumulus@switch:~$ ip route show
default via 10.0.1.2 dev eth0 
10.0.1.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 10.0.1.208 
10.1.1.0/24 dev swp3  proto kernel  scope link  src 10.1.1.1 
10.2.2.0/24 dev swp4  proto kernel  scope link  src 10.2.2.2

Environment

• Cumulus Linux, all versions

Cause

The Zebra daemon is not running. The Zebra daemon does not install routes, learned from routing protocols, into the routing table.

Resolution

1. Edit /etc/frr/daemons and set the zebra keyword to yes.

   cumulus@switch:~$ sudo vi /etc/frr/daemons
   ----------------
   zebra=no [change to yes]
   bgpd=yes
   ospfd=yes
   ----------------
   

2. Restart FRRouting.

   cumulus@switch:~$ sudo systemctl restart frr
   ...
   .....
   frr# show ip route
   Codes: K - kernel route, C - connected, S - static, R - RIP,
          O - OSPF, I - IS-IS, B - BGP, A - Babel,
          > - selected route, * - FIB route
   
   K>* 0.0.0.0/0 via 10.0.1.2, eth0
   C>* 10.0.1.0/24 is directly connected, eth0
   C>* 10.1.1.0/24 is directly connected, swp3
   B>* 10.3.3.3/32 [20/1] via 10.1.1.2, swp3, 00:00:08 
   C>* 10.4.4.4/32 is directly connected, lo
   C>* 127.0.0.0/8 is directly connected, lo
   

3. Exit FRR, then use ip route show in Cumulus Linux to verify.

   frr# exit
   
   cumulus@switch:~$ ip route show
   default via 10.0.1.2 dev eth0 
   10.0.1.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 10.0.1.208 
   10.1.1.0/24 dev swp3  proto kernel  scope link  src 10.1.1.1 
   10.2.2.0/24 dev swp4  proto kernel  scope link  src 10.2.2.2 
   10.3.3.3 via 10.1.1.2 dev swp3  proto zebra  metric 20