This article covers the BGP Announcements page in the Kentik portal.
Overview of BGP announcements with filters for type, session status, and devices.
The BGP Announcements page is a dedicated dashboard that displays all BGP announcements tied to your Kentik Protect mitigations. It provides a centralized view for monitoring active mitigation sessions, their corresponding rules, and the actions being applied to your network traffic.
Note: For broader information on configuring and managing mitigations, start with the Mitigations Overview.
BGP Announcements Access
You can reach the BGP Announcements dashboard from within the Kentik portal:
From the portal’s main nav menu, in the Protect section, select Mitigations.
Click the BGP Announcements link located in the top right corner of the page.
Filter the Announcements List
At the top of the page, you can use the Search bar or the Filters menu to narrow down the list of announcements. You can filter by:
Type: Adaptive Flowspec, Flowspec, or RTBH.
Session Status: Up or Down.
Devices: Filter by specific peering devices.
Mitigations: Filter by the specific mitigation triggering the announcement.
Note: You can also use the Group By dropdown to organize the list view.
Announcements List UI
The main view consists of a table detailing your BGP announcements. Each row represents a specific announcement and includes the following columns:
Type: The classification of the mitigation (e.g., RTBH, Flowspec, Adaptive Flowspec).
Session Status: The current operational state of the BGP session (e.g., Up, Down).
Device: The specific network device with which the BGP session is peered. Click to open its Device Details page.
Mitigations: The ID or name of the mitigation triggering the announcement. Click to open it in the Mitigations page.
Match: The specific conditions or routing prefixes (e.g., Destination IP/CIDR, Source Prefix, BGP Communities) that triggered the mitigation.
Action: The resulting routing action applied to the matching traffic (e.g., Discard).
Unapplied Mitigations: A count or view of mitigations configured for this session but not currently applied.
Start Time (UTC): The exact date and time the announcement was initiated.
Announcement Details and Actions
Click on any row in the Announcements list to open a side panel with further details about that specific session.
From this side panel, you can review the full breakdown of a particular announcement, including the details covered in Announcements List UI, plus the following:
Withdraw announcement (button): Click to immediately halt the BGP announcement (i.e. if you need to manually intervene).