We will use this application in the tutorial. At the end of this tutorial you will be able to:. BGPalerter can be executed from the pre-compiled binary , the source code , or in Docker. Here we will use the binary. Refer to the documentation if you are interested in the source code or Docker.
Execute the binary e. The first time BGPalerter is executed, a configuration wizard will start. These are the questions asked:. When the auto-configuration is completed, BGPalerter will start monitoring! Next time you run it, the monitoring will start immediately since the configuration is persisted in config. If you get a warning that some of your prefixes are not covered by ROAs, I would suggest you to review prefixes.
In config, under the "reportFile" section, you can configure additional parameters for the file reporting, including the "persistAlertData" parameter, which if it's set to true, it will enable the storing of the BGP updates that triggered alerts. It goes without saying that if none of the alerting conditions are met e. Of course, this is not the most efficient way to get notified.
This list is constantly growing. I am going to show below how to enable email notifications - the same exact process applies to all the other channels. Figure 2: Example of alert you will receive by email if somebody hijacks one of your prefixes.
The best way to enjoy all the features of BGPalerter is to edit the config. In this file you will find the configuration for all the possible modules of BGPalerter. The only thing that you need to do is uncomment the related file portion. Nothing has to be downloaded or added to BGPalerter - the binary contains already all the modules. While the modules are already in the binary, they are not loaded and executed if the related section is commented in config. In our case, to enable the email reporting, we have to uncomment the "reportEmail" section.
This section includes some parameters that need to be configured, such as senderEmail , auth , and notifiedEmails. This module allows for local or remote smtp servers, see here the documentation. Remember, every time you edit config. For a production system you should monitor that BGPalerter is up and running. This step is not mandatory, but strongly suggested. In config.
BGPalerter connects to public data sources not managed by NTT and the entire monitoring is done directly in the application there are no NTT servers involved. A data source can be integrated with a connector component. In this way you can also use your data if you would like.
The updates are streamed to BGPalerter in real time for an unprecedented detailed and responsive monitoring. Consider contributing to the project by peering with them. While for production purposes it's usually enough to monitor some prefixes, for research purposes you might need to monitor the entire address space e.
We put great effort in making BGPalerter suitable for research purposes. In particular, the application is designed to be able to handle many more BGP messages than the current RIS live streaming produces in total, with a small CPU and memory footprint. Additionally, researchers can implement their own monitor method focusing only on the conditions to verify in the BGP messages without worrying about the rest of the data handling. More information here. Many more advanced features are available and documented here.
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