RPTK - Routing Policy Tool Kit

Python toolkit for prefix filter list management operations with plugable modules for query and output handling.

Features

• Command-line rptk tool
• Simple python api module
• Flask-based web-query api
• Query modules:
  • native python query module
  • bgpq3 shell wrapper
• Format modules
  • JSON output
  • YAML output
  • IOS classic/XE style prefix-lists
  • JunOS prefix-lists
  • BIRD prefix-lists
  • ...more coming soon

Getting Started

1. Install from pip:

   $ pip install rptk
   

2. Run bgpq3 installer script, if not already installed:

   $ cd $PREFIX/share/rptk/utils/
   $ ./install-bgpq3.sh
   

3. Customise settings in rptk.conf as necessary:

   $ cd $PREFIX/etc/rptk/
   $ cp rptk.conf.example rptk.conf
   $ vi rptk.conf
   

4. Check that test queries are working on the command line:

   $ rptk -F ios -Q bgpq3 AS-WOLCOMM
   

5. Check that test queries are working on the web API:

   $ rptk-web
   $ curl http://localhost:8080/ios/AS-WOLCOMM
   

Refer to setup.md for addtional steps to setup the online web-api help pages.