BGP
The BGP section of the NetActuate portal lets you manage single-location BGP peering sessions. Also called Bring Your Own BGP (BYOBGP), this service allows you to announce your own IP prefixes from a specific point of presence using your own ASN — without the multi-location routing features of anycast.
When to Use BGP vs Anycast
| BGP (BYOBGP) | Anycast | |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | Single point of presence | Multiple locations globally |
| Use case | Announce prefixes from one DC, simple peering | Geographic load distribution, DNS anycast, failover |
| Analytics | Basic session monitoring | Full traffic analytics, distance heatmaps, per-DC breakdowns |
| BGP communities | Not available | Supported for routing policy control |
| Global routing policy | Not available | Configurable per group |
| DDoS policy | Account-level defaults apply | Per-group DDoS rules |
| Session management | Identical to Anycast | Identical to BGP |
Choose BGP when you need a straightforward single-location peering session. Choose Anycast when you need the same prefix announced from multiple locations with analytics, communities, and global routing policies.
Portal Sections
The BGP portal at Networking → BGP mirrors the structure of the Anycast portal but is scoped to single-PoP sessions.
Dashboard
The dashboard lists any non-established BGP sessions so you can quickly identify sessions that need attention. Each entry shows the group, location, customer IP, downtime, and error state, with quick actions to start or refresh the session.
Groups
A BGP group combines an ASN, allowed prefixes, and a DDoS policy — the same structure as an anycast group, but typically attached to resources at a single location.
From the group sidebar you can:
- View and edit the group name, description, and ASN
- See all sessions in the group and their state
- Start or stop all sessions at once
- Add new sessions to the group
Clicking an individual session opens the session detail sidebar with the same fields as anycast sessions: start/stop/refresh/delete controls, state, BFD status, customer and provider ASN and IP, received and rejected routes, attached prefixes, and the connected resource instance.
Sessions
The Sessions tab shows all BGP sessions across all groups. You can filter by state, accepted or rejected routes, location, group, and tags. Clicking a session opens the detail sidebar.
Prefixes
Lists all prefixes available to your BGP groups. Prefixes can be manually assigned or auto-imported from the IRR database based on your AS-SET.
ASNs
Shows all ASNs registered and validated for your account. These can be assigned to any BGP or anycast group.
Related Guides
- How-To Guide — step-by-step guide to setting up BGP sessions
- Bring Your Own IP — use your own IP address space on the NetActuate network
- Redundancy Layers — understand the full infrastructure redundancy stack
- ECMP Load Balancing — distribute traffic across multiple servers at a single location
Need Help?
Contact support@netactuate.com or open a support ticket from the portal.