[pve-devel] [PATCH pve-docs v2 1/1] sdn: frr update documentation for installing frr package
Stefan Hanreich
s.hanreich at proxmox.com
Wed Apr 9 00:15:14 CEST 2025
The frr service now gets automatically enabled when applying an SDN
configuration with an EVPN controller present. Reflect this change in
the documentation. Also add a note for users upgrading from prior
versions, that they still need to install frr before applying the SDN
configuration.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hanreich <s.hanreich at proxmox.com>
---
pvesdn.adoc | 21 +++++++++------------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/pvesdn.adoc b/pvesdn.adoc
index 5e58cc3..eef2abf 100644
--- a/pvesdn.adoc
+++ b/pvesdn.adoc
@@ -115,20 +115,17 @@ FRRouting
~~~~~~~~~
The {pve} SDN stack uses the https://frrouting.org/[FRRouting] project for
-advanced setups. This is currently opt-in.
+advanced setups. Since version 8.4 FRR is automatically included in {pve}
+and gets automatically enabled when applying an SDN configuration with an EVPN
+controller configured.
-To use the SDN routing integration you need to install the `frr-pythontools`
-package on all nodes:
+If you upgraded from an earlier version, you need to install the frr and
+frr-pythontools packages before applying an SDN configuration with an EVPN
+controller:
----
apt update
-apt install frr-pythontools
-----
-
-Then enable the frr service on all nodes:
-
-----
-systemctl enable frr.service
+apt install frr frr-pythontools
----
[[pvesdn_main_configuration]]
@@ -450,8 +447,8 @@ EVPN Controller
The `EVPN`, zone requires an external controller to manage the control plane.
The EVPN controller plugin configures the Free Range Routing (frr) router.
-To enable the EVPN controller, you need to enable FRR on every node, see
-xref:pvesdn_install_frrouting[install FRRouting].
+If you upgraded {pve} from a version earlier than 8.4, you need to install FRR,
+see xref:pvesdn_install_frrouting[install FRRouting].
EVPN controller configuration options:
--
2.39.5
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