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# bird

> BIRD Internet Routing Daemon.
> Routing daemon with support for BGP, OSPF, Babel and others.
> More information: <https://bird.network.cz/>.

- Start Bird with a specific configuration file:

`bird -c {{path/to/bird.conf}}`

- Start Bird as a specific user and group:

`bird -u {{username}} -g {{group}}`