Dockerfile

BIRD 2.15.1 + Ubuntun 22.04

Example Dockerfile + docker-compose.yaml files to run BIRD 2.15.1 on Ubuntun 22.04:

---
services:
  bird:
    build:
      context: .
    volumes:
      - ./bird.cfg:/opt/bird/etc/bird.conf
    network_mode: "host"
    restart: "always"

FROM ubuntu:22.04

# System packages:
RUN apt-get update && \
DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates wget iputils-ping iproute2 vim less

# BIRD requirements:
RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y gcc binutils m4 make perl flex bison

# BIRD
RUN wget https://bird.network.cz/download/bird-2.15.1.tar.gz && \
tar -zxvf bird-2.15.1.tar.gz && \
rm bird-2.15.1.tar.gz && \
cd bird-2.15.1 && \
./configure --disable-client --prefix=/opt/bird && \
make install

# Clean-up
RUN apt autoremove -y && \
apt-get clean && \
rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# Installed as:
# /opt/bird/sbin/bird
# /opt/bird/sbin/birdcl
ENTRYPOINT [ "/opt/bird/sbin/bird", "-f" ]

docker compose build
docker compose up -d
docker compose exec bird /opt/bird/sbin/birdcl

 

BIRD 2.0.9 + Ubuntu 22.04

Example Dockerfile to package BIRD 2.0.9 into an Ubuntu based container:

FROM ubuntu:20.04

RUN apt-get update && \
DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
# System packages:
apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates wget iputils-ping iproute2 vim less && \
# BIRD requirements:
apt-get install -y gcc binutils m4 make perl flex bison && \
wget https://bird.network.cz/download/bird-2.0.9.tar.gz && \
tar -zxvf bird-2.0.9.tar.gz && \
rm bird-2.0.9.tar.gz && \
cd bird-2.0.9 && \
./configure --disable-client --prefix=/opt/bird && \
make install && \
apt autoremove -y && \
apt-get clean && \
rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# Installed as:
# /opt/bird/sbin/bird
# /opt/bird/sbin/birdcl

 

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