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NXOS Simple IPv6 BGP Peering

It took me far to long to find out how to config this, so I’m sharing it to be more searching on the Internets.

Scenario:

– NXOS BGP ‘upsteam’ / ‘north bound’ peer sharing the default route only
– Linux box runs Quagga sharing it’s /56 routable behind it

Nexus Conf

feature bgp

router bgp 65170
  router-id 69.69.69.70
  address-family ipv6 unicast
    network 0::/0
  neighbor 69::69 remote-as 65169
    address-family ipv6 unicast

 

Quagga Conf

bgp.conf:

router bgp 65169
 bgp router-id 69.69.69.69

 neighbor 69::1 remote-as 65170

 address-family ipv6 unicast
  network 2400:0000:0000:6900::/56

 neighbor 69::1 activate

log file /var/log/bgpd.log
log stdout

Python pip ‘editable’ installing

From time to time I get asked (and I even have to ask a coworker) for the best way to install a Python modules (especially ones with entry points) into a virtualenv and still edit / develop with them. It seems ​pip install‘s ‘-e’ is very unknown.

pip install -e /path/you/are/editing

Will allow you to develop and run with all dependencies install in your virtualenv.

Happy dev’in!

 

GitHub + Rebasing from upstream/master to origin/master

So, every now and then on a PR I need to rebase and fix things so I can retest etc. – I always forget this so blogging it to remember.

Scenario:

I have a diff on origin/master on my forked repo and I need a rebase from upstream/master (where I forked from).

Process:
Github recommends merging (https://help.github.com/articles/syncing-a-fork/), this is not always the best way. I do the following:

  1. git remote add upstream https://github.com/python/cpython.git
  2. git fetch upstream master
  3. git rebase upstream/master (no space here ‘/’ instead)

I hope this saves you some time as I continually waste time here.

New Car, New Shoulder + I’m Back …

Well well well, it has been awhile! The weekends have been busy and eventful and I just have not had the time / urge tow work on the site. Disappointing, yes I know. So things will change! 2008 s fast approaching.

I will endeavor to entertain again with the blog! And I might even try to work on SAC and get it all finished.

My shoulder surgery went well and it’s on the mend and feeling good. During this time I have also purchased my replacement car. It’s a Hot-House Green VY SS (pictured below). She is nice to drive and has a bit more grunt than the Suba! ha. Doesn’t mind to drink petty tho.

Anyways Merry Xmas and Happy new Year all !

 Hot-House Green VY SS