How-To Guide
NetActuate BGP gives you self-service peering sessions on a fully dual-stack network. Announce your own prefixes, peer with 4,000+ networks, and control your routing from any location. This guide covers setting up BGP sessions and related automation.
Configure BGP
Set up BGP sessions from the portal and configure your routing daemon to start peering.
- Configuring BGP: step-by-step guide to creating BGP sessions, configuring your routing daemon, and verifying peering
Kubernetes BGP with Automated Failover
Automate BGP session provisioning and health-based prefix withdrawal on Kubernetes using the open-source NetActuate BGP Controller.
- Kubernetes Anycast with BGP Controller: MetalLB, Calico, Cilium, and BIRD backends with automated failover
Architecture Guides
- ECMP Load Balancing: distribute traffic across servers using equal-cost multipath routing
- Redundant Anycast Groups: design redundant architectures with BGP
- Bring Your Own IP: use your own IP address space on the NetActuate network
Automate Your Workflow
- Terraform: Redundant BGP Sessions: deploy redundant BGP sessions for worker nodes
- Ansible: BGP Worker Node: deploy a BGP-enabled worker node
- API v3 Reference: full API documentation
Open-Source Playbooks
Deploy BGP infrastructure using NetActuate's tested and maintained playbooks:
- Anycast Global Deployment: end-to-end guide from zero to running anycast cluster
- netactuate-ansible-bgp-bird2: BIRD2 BGP workers
- netactuate-ansible-bgp-frr: FRR alternative
- AI-Assisted Provisioning: use Claude Code or Cursor to deploy
Additional Resources
- Other Resources: API references, automation links, and related documentation
Need Help?
Contact support@netactuate.com or open a support ticket from the portal.