By default, TCP MD5 authentication is disabled for BGP and PCEP implementation in OpenDaylight. This configuration is very useful to secure a BGP connection. It can be enabled manually or by using RESTCONF. In the following recipe we will describe the manual way of configuring these attributes.
Enabling TCP MD5 authentication for secure BGP and PCEP connectivity
Getting ready
As a prerequisite, make sure that BGP and PCEP are configured as described in the first recipe. Additionally, to allow TCP MD5 authentication between BGP peers, the router also needs to be configured accordingly. This is however beyond the scope of this recipe.
