Rust Looking Glass

How to run

• Install bird-lg proxy or bird-lg-go proxy on your router
• Adjust config.yaml
• Build the frontend: (cd frontend && yarn && node_modules/.bin/gulp --production)
• Start the backend: RESOURCE_DIR=frontend cargo run --release

For Nix users, you can use this command to start rusty-lg:

RESOURCE_DIR=$(nix-build nix -A rusty-lg-frontend) $(nix-build nix -A rusty-lg-backend)/bin/rusty-lg

Goals

• Parse bird2 command line output
• Create graph structure from route objects
• Merge graph structures obtained from multiple nodes
• Differentiate and display IGP and BGP routes
• Modular design: Optionally run proxy on different host

Non-goals

• Web frontend being usable without JavaScript

Why use a known-good software if you can reimplement it from scratch in Rust?

_{^{Because that'd be no fun}}