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/ip address
add address=172.16.1.2/24 interface=public
add address=192.168.1.1/24 interface=ether1
add address=192.168.2.1/24 interface=ether2

/ip route
add gateway=172.16.1.1

# add VRF configuration
/ip vrf
add name=cust_a interface=ether1 place-before 0
add name=cust_b interface=ether2 place-before 0

# add vrf routes
/ip route
add gateway=172.16.1.1@main routing-table=cust_a
add gateway=172.16.1.1@main routing-table=cust_b

The simplest MPLS VPN setup

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In this example, a rudimentary MPLS backbone (consisting of two Provider Edge (PE) routers PE1 and PE2) is created and configured to forward traffic between Customer Edge (CE) routers CE1 and CE2 routers that belong to cust-one VPN.

CE1 Router

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/ip address add address=10.1.1.1/24 interface=ether1 
# use static routing 
/ip route add dst-address=10.3.3.0/24 gateway=10.1.1.2

CE2 Router


Static inter-VRF routes

In general it is recommended that all routes between VRF should be exchanged using BGP local import and export functionality. If that is not enough, static routes can be used to achieve this so-called route leaking.

There are two ways to install a route that has gateway in different routing table than the route itself.

The first way is to explicitly specify routing table in gateway field when adding route. This is only possible when leaking a route and gateway from the "main" routing table to a different routing table (VRF). Example:

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# add route to 5.5.5.0/24 in 'vrf1' routing table with gateway in the main routing table 
add dst-address=5.5.5
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/ip address add address=10.3.3.4/24 interface=ether1 
/ip route add dst-address=10.1.1.0/24 gateway=10.3.3.3

PE1 Router

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/interface bridge add name=lobridge 
/ip address add address=10.1.1.2/24 interface=ether1 
/ip address add address=10.2.2.2/24 interface=ether2 
/ip address add address=10.5.5.2/32 interface=lobridge 
/ip vrf add name=cust-one interfaces=ether1 
/mpls ldp add enabled=yes transport-address=10.5.5.2 
/mpls ldp interface add interface=ether2 
/routing bgp template set default as=65000 

/routing bgp vpn 
add vrf=cust-one redistribute=connected \
  route-distinguisher=1.1.1.1:111 \
  import-route-targets=1.1.1.1:111 \
  export-route-targets=1.1.1.1:111 \
  label-allocation-policy=per-vrf
/routing bgp connection 
add template=default remote.address=10.5.5.3 address-families=vpnv4 local.address=10.5.5.2

# add route to the remote BGP peer's loopback address 
/ip route add dst-address=10.5.5.3/32 gateway=10.2.2.3

PE2 Router (Cisco)

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ip vrf cust-one
rd 1.1.1.1:111
route-target export 1.1.1.1:111
route-target import 1.1.1.1:111
exit

interface Loopback0
ip address 10.5.5.3 255.255.255.255

mpls ldp router-id Loopback0 force
mpls label protocol ldp

interface FastEthernet0/0
ip address 10.2.2.3 255.255.255.0
mpls ip

interface FastEthernet1/0
ip vrf forwarding cust-one
ip address 10.3.3.3 255.255.255.0

router bgp 65000
neighbor 10.5.5.2 remote-as 65000
neighbor 10.5.5.2 update-source Loopback0
address-family vpnv4
neighbor 10.5.5.2 activate
neighbor 10.5.5.2 send-community both
exit-address-family
address-family ipv4 vrf cust-one
redistribute connected
exit-address-family

ip route 10.5.5.2 255.255.255.255 10.2.2.2

Results

Check that VPNv4 route redistribution is working:

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Check that the 10.3.3.0 is installed in IP routes, in cust-one route table:

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[admin@PE1] > /ip route print 
Flags: X - disabled, A - active, D - dynamic,
 C - connect, S - static, r - rip, b - bgp, o - ospf, m - mme, 
B - blackhole, U - unreachable, P - prohibit 
# DST-ADDRESS PREF-SRC GATEWAY DISTANCE 
0 ADC 10.1.1.0/24 10.1.1.2 ether1 0 
1 ADb 10.3.3.0/24 10.5.5.3 recursi... 20 
2 ADC 10.2.2.0/24 10.2.2.2 ether2 0 
3 ADC 10.5.5.2/32 10.5.5.2 lobridge 0 
4 A S 10.5.5.3/32 10.2.2.3 reachab... 1

Let's take closer look at IP routes in cust-one VRF. The 10.1.1.0/24 IP prefix is a connected route that belongs to an interface that was configured to belong to cust-one VRF. The 10.3.3.0/24 IP prefix was advertised via BGP as VPNv4 route from PE2 and is imported in this VRF routing table, because our configured import-route-targets matched the BGP extended communities attribute it was advertised with.

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[admin@PE1] /routing/route> print detail where routing-table=cust-one 
...

The same for Cisco:

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PE2#show ip bgp vpnv4 all 
BGP table version is 5, local router ID is 10.5.5.3 
Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best, i - internal, 
r RIB-failure, S Stale 
Origin codes: i - IGP, e - EGP, ? - incomplete 
Network Next Hop Metric LocPrf Weight Path 
Route Distinguisher: 1.1.1.1:111 (default for vrf cust-one) 
*>i10.1.1.0/24 10.5.5.2 100 0 ? 
*> 10.3.3.0/24 0.0.0.0 0 32768 ? 

PE2#show ip route vrf cust-one 
Routing Table: cust-one 
Codes: C - connected, S - static, R - RIP, M - mobile, B - BGP 
D - EIGRP, EX - EIGRP external, O - OSPF, IA - OSPF inter area 
N1 - OSPF NSSA external type 1, N2 - OSPF NSSA external type 2 
E1 - OSPF external type 1, E2 - OSPF external type 2 
i - IS-IS, su - IS-IS summary, L1 - IS-IS level-1, L2 - IS-IS level-2 
ia - IS-IS inter area, * - candidate default, U - per-user static route 
o - ODR, P - periodic downloaded static route 

Gateway of last resort is not set 
10.0.0.0/24 is subnetted, 1 subnets
B 10.1.1.0 [200/0] via 10.5.5.2, 00:05:33 
10.0.0.0/24 is subnetted, 1 subnets 
C 10.3.3.0 is directly connected, FastEthernet1/0

You should be able to ping from CE1 to CE2 and vice versa.

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[admin@CE1] > /ping 10.3.3.4 
10.3.3.4 64 byte ping: ttl=62 time=18 ms 
10.3.3.4 64 byte ping: ttl=62 time=13 ms 
10.3.3.4 64 byte ping: ttl=62 time=13 ms 
10.3.3.4 64 byte ping: ttl=62 time=14 ms 
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss 
round-trip min/avg/max = 13/14.5/18 ms

A more complicated setup (changes only)

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As opposed to the simplest setup, in this example we have two customers: cust-one and cust-two.

We configure two VPNs for then, cust-one and cust-two respectively, and exchange all routes between them. (This is also called "route leaking").

Note that this could be not the most typical setup, because routes are usually not exchanged between different customers. In contrast, by default it should not be possible to gain access from one VRF site to a different VRF site in another VPN. (This is the "Private" aspect of VPNs.) Separate routing is a way to provide privacy; and it is also required to solve the problem of overlapping IP network prefixes. Route exchange is in direct conflict with these two requirement but may sometimes be needed (e.g. temp. solution when two customers are migrating to single network infrastructure).

CE1 Router, cust-one

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/ip route add dst-address=10.4.4.0/24 gateway=10.1.1.2

CE2 Router, cust-one

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/ip route add dst-address=10.4.4.0/24 gateway=10.3.3.3

CE1 Router,cust-two

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/ip address add address=10.4.4.5 interface=ether1 
/ip route add dst-address=10.1.1.0/24 gateway=10.3.3.3 
/ip route add dst-address=10.3.3.0/24 gateway=10.3.3.3

PE1 Router

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# replace the old BGP VPN with this:
/routing bgp vpn 
add vrf=cust-one redistribute=connected \
  route-distinguisher=1.1.1.1:111 \
  import-route-targets=1.1.1.1:111,2.2.2.2:222  \
  export-route-targets=1.1.1.1:111

PE2 Router (Cisco)

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ip vrf cust-one 
rd 1.1.1.1:111 
route-target export 1.1.1.1:111 
route-target import 1.1.1.1:111 
route-target import 2.2.2.2:222 
exit 

ip vrf cust-two 
rd 2.2.2.2:222 
route-target export 2.2.2.2:222 
route-target import 1.1.1.1:111 
route-target import 2.2.2.2:222 
exit 

interface FastEthernet2/0 
ip vrf forwarding cust-two 
ip address 10.4.4.3 255.255.255.0 

router bgp 65000 
address-family ipv4 vrf cust-two 
redistribute connected 
exit-address-family

Variation: replace the Cisco with another MT

PE2 Mikrotik config

0.1@main routing-table=vrf1


The second way is to explicitly specify interface in gateway field. The interface specified can belong to a VRF instance. Example:

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# add route to 5.5.5.0/24 in the main routing table with gateway at 'ether2' VRF interface 
add dst-address=5.5.5.0/24 gateway=10.3.0.1%ether2 routing-table=main 
# add route to 5.5.5.0/24 in the main routing table with 'ptp-link-1' VRF interface as gateway 
add dst-address=5.5.5.0/24 gateway=ptp-link-1 routing-table=main


As can be observed, there are two variations possible - to specify gateway as ip_address%interface or to simply specify interface. The first should be used for broadcast interfaces in most cases. The second should be used for point-to-point interfaces, and also for broadcast interfaces, if the route is a connected route in some VRF. For example, if you have address 1.2.3.4/24 on interface ether2 that is put in a VRF, there will be connected route to 1.2.3.0/24 in that VRF's routing table. It is acceptable to add static route 1.2.3.0/24 in a different routing table with interface-only gateway, even though ether2 is a broadcast interface:


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add dst-address=1.2.3.0/24 gateway=ether2 routing-table=main

The simplest MPLS VPN setup

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In this example, a rudimentary MPLS backbone (consisting of two Provider Edge (PE) routers PE1 and PE2) is created and configured to forward traffic between Customer Edge (CE) routers CE1 and CE2 routers that belong to cust-one VPN.

CE1 Router

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/ip address add address=10.1.1.1/24 interface=ether1 
# use static routing 
/ip route add dst-address=10.3.3.0/24 gateway=10.1.1.2


CE2 Router

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/ip address add address=10.3.3.4/24 interface=ether1 
/ip route add dst-address=10.1.1.0/24 gateway=10.3.3.3


PE1 Router

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/interface bridge add name=lobridge 
/ip address add address=10.1.1.2/24 interface=ether1 
/ip address add address=10.2.2.2/24 interface=ether2 
/ip address add address=10.5.5.2/32 interface=lobridge 
/ip vrf add name=cust-one interfaces=ether1 
/mpls ldp add enabled=yes transport-address=10.5.5.2 
/mpls ldp interface add interface=ether2 
/routing bgp template set default as=65000 

/routing bgp vpn 
add vrf=cust-one redistribute=connected \
  route-distinguisher=1.1.1.1:111 \
  import-route-targets=1.1.1.1:111 \
  export-route-targets=1.1.1.1:111 \
  label-allocation-policy=per-vrf
/routing bgp connection 
add template=default remote.address=10.5.5.3 address-families=vpnv4 local.address=10.5.5.2

# add route to the remote BGP peer's loopback address 
/ip route add dst-address=10.5.5.3/32 gateway=10.2.2.3


PE2 Router (Cisco)


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ip vrf cust-one
rd 1.1.1.1:111
route-target export 1.1.1.1:111
route-target import 1.1.1.1:111
exit

interface Loopback0
ip address 10.5.5.3 255.255.255.255

mpls ldp router-id Loopback0 force
mpls label protocol ldp

interface FastEthernet0/0
ip address 10.2.2.3 255.255.255.0
mpls ip

interface FastEthernet1/0
ip vrf forwarding cust-one
ip address 10.3.3.3 255.255.255.0

router bgp 65000
neighbor 10.5.5.2 remote-as 65000
neighbor 10.5.5.2 update-source Loopback0
address-family vpnv4
neighbor 10.5.5.2 activate
neighbor 10.5.5.2 send-community both
exit-address-family
address-family ipv4 vrf cust-one
redistribute connected
exit-address-family

ip route 10.5.5.2 255.255.255.255 10.2.2.2

Results

Check that VPNv4 route redistribution is working:


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Check that the 10.3.3.0 is installed in IP routes, in cust-one route table:

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[admin@PE1] > /ip route print 
Flags: X - disabled, A - active, D - dynamic,
 C - connect, S - static, r - rip, b - bgp, o - ospf, m - mme, 
B - blackhole, U - unreachable, P - prohibit 
# DST-ADDRESS PREF-SRC GATEWAY DISTANCE 
0 ADC 10.1.1.0/24 10.1.1.2 ether1 0 
1 ADb 10.3.3.0/24 10.5.5.3 recursi... 20 
2 ADC 10.2.2.0/24 10.2.2.2 ether2 0 
3 ADC 10.5.5.2/32 10.5.5.2 lobridge 0 
4 A S 10.5.5.3/32 10.2.2.3 reachab... 1


Let's take closer look at IP routes in cust-one VRF. The 10.1.1.0/24 IP prefix is a connected route that belongs to an interface that was configured to belong to cust-one VRF. The 10.3.3.0/24 IP prefix was advertised via BGP as VPNv4 route from PE2 and is imported in this VRF routing table, because our configured import-route-targets matched the BGP extended communities attribute it was advertised with.

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[admin@PE1] /routing/route> print detail where routing-table=cust-one 
...


The same for Cisco:

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PE2#show ip bgp vpnv4 all 
BGP table version is 5, local router ID is 10.5.5.3 
Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best, i - internal, 
r RIB-failure, S Stale 
Origin codes: i - IGP, e - EGP, ? - incomplete 
Network Next Hop Metric LocPrf Weight Path 
Route Distinguisher: 1.1.1.1:111 (default for vrf cust-one) 
*>i10.1.1.0/24 10.5.5.2 100 0 ? 
*> 10.3.3.0/24 0.0.0.0 0 32768 ? 

PE2#show ip route vrf cust-one 
Routing Table: cust-one 
Codes: C - connected, S - static, R - RIP, M - mobile, B - BGP 
D - EIGRP, EX - EIGRP external, O - OSPF, IA - OSPF inter area 
N1 - OSPF NSSA external type 1, N2 - OSPF NSSA external type 2 
E1 - OSPF external type 1, E2 - OSPF external type 2 
i - IS-IS, su - IS-IS summary, L1 - IS-IS level-1, L2 - IS-IS level-2 
ia - IS-IS inter area, * - candidate default, U - per-user static route 
o - ODR, P - periodic downloaded static route 

Gateway of last resort is not set 
10.0.0.0/24 is subnetted, 1 subnets
B 10.1.1.0 [200/0] via 10.5.5.2, 00:05:33 
10.0.0.0/24 is subnetted, 1 subnets 
C 10.3.3.0 is directly connected, FastEthernet1/0


You should be able to ping from CE1 to CE2 and vice versa.

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[admin@CE1] > /ping 10.3.3.4 
10.3.3.4 64 byte ping: ttl=62 time=18 ms 
10.3.3.4 64 byte ping: ttl=62 time=13 ms 
10.3.3.4 64 byte ping: ttl=62 time=13 ms 
10.3.3.4 64 byte ping: ttl=62 time=14 ms 
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss 
round-trip min/avg/max = 13/14.5/18 ms


A more complicated setup (changes only)

Image Added

As opposed to the simplest setup, in this example we have two customers: cust-one and cust-two.

We configure two VPNs for then, cust-one and cust-two respectively, and exchange all routes between them. (This is also called "route leaking").

Note that this could be not the most typical setup, because routes are usually not exchanged between different customers. In contrast, by default it should not be possible to gain access from one VRF site to a different VRF site in another VPN. (This is the "Private" aspect of VPNs.) Separate routing is a way to provide privacy; and it is also required to solve the problem of overlapping IP network prefixes. Route exchange is in direct conflict with these two requirement but may sometimes be needed (e.g. temp. solution when two customers are migrating to single network infrastructure).

CE1 Router, cust-one

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/ip route add dst-address=10.4.4.0/24 gateway=10.1.1.2


CE2 Router, cust-one


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/ip route add dst-address=10.4.4.0/24 gateway=10.3.3.3

CE1 Router,cust-two

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/ip address add address=10.4.4.5 interface=ether1 
/ip route add dst-address=10.1.1.0/24 gateway=10.3.3.3 
/ip route add dst-address=10.3.3.0/24 gateway=10.3.3.3


PE1 Router

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# replace the old BGP VPN with this:
/routing bgp vpn 
add vrf=cust-one redistribute=connected \
  route-distinguisher=
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/interface bridge add name=lobridge
/ip address
add address=10.2.2.3/24 interface=ether1
add address=10.3.3.3/24 interface=ether2
add address=10.4.4.3/24 interface=ether3
add address=10.5.5.3/32 interface=lobridge
/ip vrf
add name=cust-one interfaces=ether2
add name=cust-two interfaces=ether3
/mpls ldp add enabled=yes transport-address=10.5.5.3
/mpls ldp interface add interface=ether1

/routing bgp template set default as=65000 
/routing bgp vpn 
add vrf=cust-one redistribute=connected \
  route-distinguisher=1.1.1.1:111 \
  import-route-targets=1.1.1.1:111,2.2.2.2:222  \
  export-route-targets=1.1.1.1:111 \
add vrf=cust-two redistribute=connected \
  route-distinguisher=2.2.2.2:222 \
  import-route-targets=

PE2 Router (Cisco)

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ip vrf cust-one 
rd 1.1.1.1:111 
route-target export 1.1.1.1:111 
route-target import 1.1.1.1:111, 
route-target import 2.2.2.2:222 \
exit  export-route-targets=

ip vrf cust-two 
rd 2.2.2.2:222 \

/routing bgp connection 
add template=default remote.address=10.5.5.2 address-families=vpnv4 local.address=10.5.5.3

# add route to the remote BGP peer's loopback address
/ip route add dst-address=10.5.5.2/32 gateway=10.2.2.2

Results

...


route-target export 2.2.2.2:222 
route-target import 1.1.1.1:111 
route-target import 2.2.2.2:222 
exit 

interface FastEthernet2/0 
ip vrf forwarding cust-two 
ip address 10.4.4.3 255.255.255.0 

router bgp 65000 
address-family ipv4 vrf cust-two 
redistribute connected 
exit-address-family


Variation: replace the Cisco with another MT

PE2 Mikrotik config


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[admin@PE2] /interface bridge add name=lobridge
/ip route> print
Flags: X - disabled, A - active, D - dynamic,
C - connect, S - static, r - rip, b - bgp, o - ospf, m - mme,
B - blackhole, U - unreachable, P - prohibit
# DST-ADDRESS PREF-SRC GATEWAY DISTANCE
0 ADb 10.1.1.0/24 10.5.5.2 recurs... 20
1 ADC 10.3.3.0/24 10.3.3.3 ether2 0
2 ADb 10.4.4.0/24 20
3 ADb 10.1.1.0/24 10.5.5.2 recurs... 20
4 ADb 10.3.3.0/24 20
5 ADC 10.4.4.0/24 10.4.4.3 ether3 0
6 ADC 10.2.2.0/24 10.2.2.3 ether1 0
7 A S address
add address=10.2.2.3/24 interface=ether1
add address=10.3.3.3/24 interface=ether2
add address=10.4.4.3/24 interface=ether3
add address=10.5.5.3/32 interface=lobridge
/ip vrf
add name=cust-one interfaces=ether2
add name=cust-two interfaces=ether3
/mpls ldp add enabled=yes transport-address=10.5.5.3
/mpls ldp interface add interface=ether1

/routing bgp template set default as=65000 
/routing bgp vpn 
add vrf=cust-one redistribute=connected \
  route-distinguisher=1.1.1.1:111 \
  import-route-targets=1.1.1.1:111,2.2.2.2:222 \
  export-route-targets=1.1.1.1:111 \
add vrf=cust-two redistribute=connected \
  route-distinguisher=2.2.2.2:222 \
  import-route-targets=1.1.1.1:111,2.2.2.2:222 \
  export-route-targets=2.2.2.2:222 \

/routing bgp connection 
add template=default remote.address=10.5.5.2 address-families=vpnv4 local.address=10.5.5.3

# add route to the remote BGP peer's loopback address
/ip route add dst-address=10.5.5.2/32 gateway=10.2.2.2 reacha... 1
8 ADC 10.5.5.3/32 10.5.5.3 lobridge 0

The route 10.1.1.0/24 was received from remote BGP peer and is installed in both VRF routing tables.

The routes 10.3.3.0/24 and 10.4.4.0/24 are also installed in both VRF routing tables. Each is as connected route in one table and as BGP route in another table. This has nothing to do with their being advertised via BGP. They are simply being "advertised" to local VPNv4 route table and locally reimported after that. Import and export route-targets determine in which tables they will end up.

This can be deduced from its attributes - they don't have the usual BGP properties. (Route 10.4.4.0/24.)

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[admin@PE2] /routing/route> print detail where routing-table=cust-one
...

Static inter-VRF routes

In general it is recommended that all routes between VRF should be exchanged using BGP local import and export functionality. If that is not enough, static routes can be used to achieve this so-called route leaking.

There are two ways to install a route that has gateway in different routing table than the route itself.

The first way is to explicitly specify routing table in gateway field when adding route. This is only possible when leaking a route and gateway from the "main" routing table to a different routing table (VRF). Example:

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# add route to 5.5.5.0/24 in 'vrf1' routing table with gateway in the main routing table 
add dst-address=5.5.5.0/24 gateway=10.3.0.1@main routing-table=vrf1

The second way is to explicitly specify interface in gateway field. The interface specified can belong to a VRF instance. Example:

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# add route to 5.5.5.0/24 in the main routing table with gateway at 'ether2' VRF interface 
add dst-address=5.5.5.0/24 gateway=10.3.0.1%ether2 routing-table=main 
# add route to 5.5.5.0/24 in the main routing table with 'ptp-link-1' VRF interface as gateway 
add dst-address=5.5.5.0/24 gateway=ptp-link-1 routing-table=main

As can be observed, there are two variations possible - to specify gateway as ip_address%interface or to simply specify interface. The first should be used for broadcast interfaces in most cases. The second should be used for point-to-point interfaces, and also for broadcast interfaces, if the route is a connected route in some VRF. For example, if you have address 1.2.3.4/24 on interface ether2 that is put in a VRF, there will be connected route to 1.2.3.0/24 in that VRF's routing table. It is acceptable to add static route 1.2.3.0/24 in a different routing table with interface-only gateway, even though ether2 is a broadcast interface:



Results

The output of /ip route print now is interesting enough to deserve detailed observation.


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[admin@PE2] /ip route> print
Flags: X - disabled, A - active, D - dynamic,
C - connect, S - static, r - rip, b - bgp, o - ospf, m - mme,
B - blackhole, U - unreachable, P - prohibit
# DST-ADDRESS PREF-SRC GATEWAY DISTANCE
0 ADb 10.1.1.0/24 10.5.5.2 recurs... 20
1 ADC 10.3.3.0/24 10.3.3.3 ether2 0
2 ADb 10.4.4.0/24 20
3 ADb 10.1.1.0/24 10.5.5.2 recurs... 20
4 ADb 10.3.3.0/24 20
5 ADC 10.4.4.0/24 10.4.4.3 ether3 0
6 ADC 10.2.2.0/24 10.2.2.3 ether1 0
7 A S 10.5.5.2/32 10.2.2.2 reacha... 1
8 ADC 10.5.5.3/32 10.5.5.3 lobridge 0

The route 10.1.1.0/24 was received from remote BGP peer and is installed in both VRF routing tables.

The routes 10.3.3.0/24 and 10.4.4.0/24 are also installed in both VRF routing tables. Each is as connected route in one table and as BGP route in another table. This has nothing to do with their being advertised via BGP. They are simply being "advertised" to local VPNv4 route table and locally reimported after that. Import and export route-targets determine in which tables they will end up.

This can be deduced from its attributes - they don't have the usual BGP properties. (Route 10.4.4.0/24.)


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[admin@PE2] /routing/route> print detail where routing-table=cust-one
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add dst-address=1.2.3.0/24 gateway=ether2 routing-table=main

References

RFC 4364: BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)

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