rtrctl(8)

rtrctl8

Control the rtr cache daemon

Usage

rtrctl [-s socket] command [argument]

Overview

The rtrctl program controls the rtrd(8) daemon.

The options are as follows:

-s socket

Use socket instead of the default /var/run/rtrd.sock to communicate with rtrd(8).

The following commands are available:

reload [file]

Import RPKI payloads from file into rtrd(8). The format of file is compatible with the bgpd(8) configuration format.

stats

Export statistics in OpenMetrics format to standard output.

Files

/var/run/rtrd.sock

Unix-domain socket used for communication with rtrd(8).

/var/db/rpki-client/openbgpd

Default RPKI payloads file.

Exit status

The rtrctl utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

Releases

Unchanged in 2 releases since OpenBSD 8.0.

  1. 8.0

Standards

The RPKI to Router Protocol, RFC 6810.

The RPKI to Router Protocol, Version 1, RFC 8210.

The RPKI to Router Protocol, Version 2, Aug, 2026, https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-sidrops-8210bis-27.

History

The rtrctl program first appeared in OpenBSD 8.0.

Authors

Ralph Covelli ⟨[email protected]⟩ and Job Snijders ⟨[email protected]⟩.

From man 8.0-current-20261101 in OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.