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Welcome to the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator 3.

The RPKI Validator can be used to perform RPKI Validation and use the output to perform BGP Origin Validation.

The project consists of two separately deployable units:

  • The RPKI Validator itself
  • A separate RPKI-RTR server

The validator is set up to run as a daemon, and has the following features:

  • Supports all current RPKI objects: certificates, manifests, CRLs, ROAs, router certificates and ghostbuster records
  • Supports the RRDP delta protocol
  • Supports caching RPKI data in case a repository is unavailable
  • Uses an asynchronous strategy to retrieve (often delegated) repositories, so that unavaible repositories do not block validation
  • Features an API
  • Has a full UI
  • Supports exceptions trough local filters and assertions

The RPKI-RTR server is a separate daemon, that allows routers to connect using the RPKI-RTR protocol. It's set up as a separate instance because not everyone needs to run this, but more importantly, if you do need to run this then a separate daemon allows one to run more than one instance for redundancy (it keeps state even when the validator is down).

Installation and releases

This project is still in its beta phase, but we expect to have the first production release by late May 2018.

If you want to run a beta release and help us test you have three installation options:

  1. Centos7 RPM

We set up a repository with Centos7 RPMs for beta builds. You can add the repository to your system as follows:

sudo yum-config-manager --add-repo https://ftp.ripe.net/tools/rpki/validator3/beta/centos7/ripencc-rpki-beta.repo

You may have to install 'yum-utils' first:

sudo yum install yum-utils

You can then install the RPKI Validator and RPKI-RTR server:

sudo yum install rpki-validator

sudo yum install rpki-rtr-server

Then run and enable the services:

sudo systemctl enable rpki-validator-3 sudo systemctl start rpki-validator-3

sudo systemctl enable rpki-rtr-server sudo systemctl start rpki-rtr-server

You can monitor the logs: journalctl -f -u rpki-validator-3 journalctl -f -u rpki-rtr-server

Note we don't mean to single out Centos7, but since this is what we use internally it's what we can provide easily at this point.

  1. Docker

We also set up a docker image for the rpki validator (but not the rpki-rtr-server) here: https://hub.docker.com/r/ripencc/rpki-validator-3-docker

This an automated build based on this project: https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/rpki-validator-3-docker

You can install this image using the following command: docker pull ripencc/rpki-validator-3-docker

And if you are testing things on a laptop you may then want to do the following: docker run --privileged --name rpkival -p 8080:8080 -d ripencc/rpki-validator-3-docker

  1. Generic build

You can find generic beta builds here: https://ftp.ripe.net/tools/rpki/validator3/beta/generic/

Unpack, and see the README.txt for instructions.

Using the Validator

The Validator has a UI, accessible here: http://localhost:8080/

Alternatively you can explore the REST API here: http://localhost:8080/swagger-ui.html#/.

Note that the Validator uses port 8080 by default for its UI. However, you can change this by editing the "server.port" setting in the "application.properties" file (/etc/rpki-validator-3/application.properties on Centos). You may want to run the validator behind an apache proxy if you want HTTPS and/or restrict access.

By default the validator will have TAs installed for AFRINIC, APNIC, LACNIC, RIPE NCC, but not ARIN. You can add download the ARIN TAL here. Any of the formats will work, but the "RIPE NCC RPKI Validator" one will ensure that the TA will have a friendly name "ARIN". To upload it to the validator use the following command:

curl -X POST -F "[email protected]" http://localhost:8080/api/trust-anchors/upload

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