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Alice-LG on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Azure Networking

Alice-LG is the BGP looking glass web interface that lets network operators inspect route server state, neighbours and prefixes from a browser.

Base
Hardened build
minimal ports, security patches applied at build time
Access
Unique credentials
generated on first boot, readable only by root
Verified
Boots working
services pass a health gate before release
Support
24/7, 365 days
by email and live chat, 24 hour response SLA

Overview

Alice-LG is the looking glass internet exchanges and network operators put in front of their route servers. It turns raw BGP state into a browser interface where anyone can search a prefix, open a neighbour and read exactly what that peer announced, what was accepted, what was rejected and why, complete with AS paths, next hops and BGP communities.

Because a looking glass answers questions rather than changes anything, it is the tool operators reach for during a routing incident and the one they hand to members and customers so they can check their own announcements without opening a ticket. Alice-LG reads its data from a backend API rather than talking BGP itself, so it sits alongside an existing route server estate instead of replacing any part of it.

Why the cloudimg image

cloudimg ships Alice-LG as a complete, working looking glass rather than an empty frontend. The image bundles the backend it needs, a routing daemon and the API layer that feeds it, wired to a small self contained demo topology, so the interface is already rendering a real neighbour, real accepted prefixes and real filtered prefixes the moment first boot finishes, and pointing it at your own route servers is a configuration change rather than an installation. Alice-LG has no authentication of its own and a looking glass discloses routing topology, so a unique password is generated on first boot in front of it, no credential ships in the image, and the interface stays unreachable until that password exists. The routing daemon and its API are bound to the loopback and a private internal fabric only. Every deployment is paired with a step by step deploy guide, backed by 24/7 cloudimg support.

Common uses

  • Route server looking glass
  • BGP troubleshooting
  • Member facing prefix lookup

See it running

Real screenshots taken while testing this image against its deployment guide.

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