Monitor BGP using open source OpenBMP and Apache Kafka

Speaker: Tim Evens, Cisco BGP and OSPF/IS-IS monitoring is commonly implemented using VTY scripting of CLI output or by using passive BGP peering sessions. Scripting CLI output can be slow and cumbersome in terms of credential management and it can be prohibitive when access is restricted. In addition, CLI output is specific to the router OS resulting in the scripter having to constantly maintain various router implementations. BGP peering is complex to implement and overkill for most use-cases when only monitoring of prefixes or viewing of RIB tables are needed. Existing tools can be difficult to deploy and have complex API's when interacting with both RAW and parsed BGP data. We will show that OpenBMP breaks down the traditional barrier of complexity in interacting with BGP data. We will discuss why Kafka is being used and review features that Kafka provides over other existing methods to convey real-time parsed and raw BMP/BGP data. We will cover use-cases and examples of different types of OpenBMP/Kafka consumers. We will show how a network engineer can interact with real-time live BGP data using simple BASH and AWK scripting or by using CQL/SQL queries. - See more at: https://www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog6...