bird.conf

# This is a minimal configuration file, which allows the bird daemon to start
# but will not cause anything else to happen.
#
# Please refer to the documentation in the bird-doc package or BIRD User's
# Guide on http://bird.network.cz/ for more information on configuring BIRD and
# adding routing protocols.

# Change this into your BIRD router ID. It's a world-wide unique identification
# of your router, usually one of router's IPv4 addresses.
router id 1.2.3.4;
# My public IP on this BuyVM instance is 1.2.3.4 

protocol bgp buyvm
{
    local as 65000;
    source address 1.2.3.4;
    import none;
    export all;
    graceful restart on;
    multihop 2;
    neighbor 169.254.169.179 as 53667;
    password "hunter2";
}

# The Kernel protocol is not a real routing protocol. Instead of communicating
# with other routers in the network, it performs synchronization of BIRD's
# routing tables with the OS kernel.
protocol kernel {
        scan time 60;
        import none;
#       export all;   # Actually insert routes into the kernel routing table
}

# The Device protocol is not a real routing protocol. It doesn't generate any
# routes and it only serves as a module for getting information about network
# interfaces from the kernel.
protocol device {
        scan time 60;
}

protocol static
{
    # 4.4.4.4/32 is a floating IP address from BuyVM
    route 4.4.4.4/32 via 1.2.3.4;
}