# BGP peer
Monitors status of Arista Networks BGP peers (IPv4 and IPv6)
**Note**: this plugin will supersede the original `arista_bgp` plugin.
arista_bgp_peer
inv_arista_bgp_peer
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### Download
* [arista_bgp_peer.mkp](https://thl-cmk.hopto.org/gitlab/checkmk/arista_networks/arista_bgp_peer/-/raw/master/arista_bgp_peer.mkp "Download the MKP file")
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### Installation
You can install the package by uploading it to your CheckMK site and as site user run `mkp install PAKAGE_NAME.mkp`.
In the Enterprise/Free edition of CheckMK you can use the GUI to install the package (_Setup_ -> _Extension Packages_ -> _Upload package_)
In addition to this package you need to install the vendor independent plugin [BGP Peer](https://thl-cmk.hopto.org/gitlab/checkmk/vendor-independent/bgp_peer "BGP Peer") as well.
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### Want to Contribute?
Nice ;-) Have a look at the [contribution guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md "Contributing")
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### Check Info
The plugin creates the service **_SERVICENAME_** for each discovered FOR WHAT with the **_HOW_TO_BUILD_THE_ITEM_** as item
Montoring states
| State | condition | WATO |
| ------ | ------ | ------ |
| WARN | condition 1 | yes |
| CRIT | condition 2 | no |
| WARN/CRIT | condition 3 | no |
Perfdata
| Metric | Unit | Perfometer |
| ------ | ------ | ------ |
| METRIC 1 | bit/s | yes |
| METRIC 2 | C | yes |
| METRIC 3 | V | no |
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### WATO
Service monitoring rule
| Section | Rule name |
| ------ | ------ |
| Networking | NAME_OF_THE_RULE |
| Option | Defailt value |
| ------ | ------ |
| OPTION 1 | 10/50|
| OPTION 2 | 70/90 |
| OPTION 3 | CHOICE 1 |
| OPTION 4 | disabled |
Discovery rule
| Section | Rule name |
| ------ | ------ |
| Discovery of individual services | NAME_OF_THE_RULE |
| Option | Defailt value |
| ------ | ------ |
| OPTION 1 | disabled |
HW/SW inventory rules
The inventory plugin is not configurable.
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### Sample Output
Sample output
![sample output](/doc/sample.png?raw=true "sample output")
Sample output details
![sample output details](/doc/sample-details.png?raw=true "sample output details")