[Xorp-users] error with XRLs

[Jeff Krasky]

> 1. Add a rtrmgr template to etc/templates/your_protocol.tp that will
>    contain the rtrmgr template how to configure your protocol, the
>    XRLs sent to your protocol to configure it, etc.
>    Then, when you run xorp_rtrmgr, it will start the XORP finder,
>    your protocol, etc and everything else that is needed.
> 
> 2. Start libxipc/xorp_finder by hand before starting your protocol.

I went with option #1 since I can't have more than one finder on the same
machine.  I wrote a ${Xorp}/etc/templates/bgp_beacon.tp file that looks
like this:

protocols {
 bgp_beacon {
  targetname: txt = "bgp_beacon";

  import: txt;
  export: txt;
 }
}

protocols {
 bgp_beacon {
  %modinfo: provides bgp_beacon;
  %modinfo: depends bgp;
  %modinfo: path "bgp_beacon/bgp_beacon";
  %modinfo: default_targetname "bgp_beacon";
 }
}

I copied and modified the bgp.tp file.  My program, bgp_beacon, doesn't
need to do much.  All I want it to do is make a few XRL calls on
XrlBgpV0p2Client.  I give my program all of the necessary data it needs
when I start it up from the command line.

I still get the same error.

Questions:
1) Was adding this .tp file supposed to tell Xorp to start my program up
automatically?  When I run xorp_rtrmgr, I see that it runs module
interfaces, then module fea, then module rib, then module bgp.  Do I have
to somehow have it run module bgp_beacon next?

2) If it is ok to just start my program from a different shell, what else
do I need to do?

3) Any hints on the .tp file?  I took my best guess when deciding what to
keep/modify from the bgp.tp file.


Thanks,




Jeff