How to announce attributes with path-information?

[dilusi]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I'm trying to send multiple NLRI with the same attribute via "announce attributes", so that I can reduce the number of lines sent to the stdout pipe. I tried the following commands, but the path-information (path-id) is dropped.

neighbor fdbd:dcff::1 announce attributes path-information 1.2.3.4 next-hop 5.5.5.5 community [65535:65282] local-preference 200 nlri 1.0.0.1/32 1.0.0.2/32

09:43:49 | 744192 | api | route added to neighbor fdbd:dcff::1 local-ip fdbd:dcff::2 local-as 300 peer-as 300 router-id 1.1.1.1 family-allowed in-open : 1.0.0.1/32 next-hop 5.5.5.5 local-preference 200 community no-advertise 09:43:49 | 744192 | api | route added to neighbor fdbd:dcff::1 local-ip fdbd:dcff::2 local-as 300 peer-as 300 router-id 1.1.1.1 family-allowed in-open : 1.0.0.2/32 next-hop 5.5.5.5 local-preference 200 community no-advertise

Describe the solution you'd like Reduce the number of lines sent to stdout pipe, to improve the performance.

Describe alternatives you've considered A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered.

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[thomas-mangin]

Sorry, you are not providing enough information. Could it be that path-information was not negotiated with the peer?

[dilusi]

Thanks for the reply! path-information is negotiated, and I was able to announce this route with path-information via the following command:

neighbor fdbd:dcff::1 announce route 1.0.0.1/32 path-information 1.2.3.4 next-hop 5.5.5.5 community [65535:65282] local-preference 200

The exabgp config is:

neighbor fdbd:dcff::1 {
    router-id 1.1.1.1;
    local-address fdbd:dcff::2;
    local-as 300;
    peer-as 300;

    family {
        ipv4 unicast;
        ipv6 unicast;
    }

    capability {
        add-path send/receive;
        route-refresh;
    }

    api {
        processes [ announce-routes ];
        neighbor-changes;
    }
}
process announce-routes {
    run /app;
    encoder text;
}

The scenario is that, we have ~50k routes and 1k unique attributes. I'd love to send 1k commands instead of 50k commands to exabgp, so that the overall performance is improved (less impact from stdout pipe)

[thomas-mangin]

Thanks, I will have a look

[thomas-mangin]

Should now be working.

[dilusi]

Thanks Thomas, what's the ETA for a new tag with this fix?

[thomas-mangin]

For 4.2 I have to review or revert a third party patch which changes the RIB so it is holding any new release ATM.