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BGP Failover and Multi-Homing from Two VPS Locations

Announce the same prefix from two locations using BGP for automatic failover. Covers LOCAL_PREF, MED, AS-path prepending, BFD, and graceful shutdown with full BIRD2 and FRR configurations.

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RPKI ROA Setup for BGP: Create ROAs, Validate Routes in BIRD2 and FRR

Create IPv4 and IPv6 ROAs in the RIPE NCC portal, install Routinator as an RTR cache, configure RPKI route origin validation in BIRD2 and FRRouting, and verify prefix status with bgp.tools and RIPE Stat.

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FRRouting BGP Configuration on a Linux VPS

Step-by-step FRRouting BGP setup for announcing your own IPv4 and IPv6 prefixes from a Linux VPS. Covers installation, vtysh configuration, prefix-lists, route-maps, GTSM, and nftables firewall rules.

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