bird-exporter/README.md

BIRD Exporter

Prometheus exporter for BIRD routing daemon.

Quick Start

# Build
make build

# Test
make test

# Create Debian package
make pkg-deb

# Install package
sudo dpkg -i ../bird-exporter_*.deb

Configuration

The Debian package installs a systemd service that reads configuration from /etc/default/bird-exporter:

# Edit service configuration
sudo nano /etc/default/bird-exporter

# Start service
sudo systemctl start bird-exporter

Default configuration:

BIRD_EXPORTER_ARGS="-web.listen-address=:9324 -period=60s -bird.socket=/var/run/bird/bird.ctl"

The service runs as the bird user and group.

Documentation

• Manual page: man bird-exporter (after package installation)
• Detailed documentation: doc/DETAILS.md

License

See LICENSE.