BGP Tests

ThousandEyes ingests BGP routing data from dozens of global BGP collectors and automatically integrates that visibility as a configurable layer under service, network, and path visualization layers. ThousandEyes supports private and public BGP monitors, as well as our own in-house BGP monitors. Private BGP monitors are monitors you have configured to report BGP data directly from your routers. Public BGP monitors report routing data provided from the RouteViews project, RIPE RIS, and ThousandEyes' BGP monitors. ThousandEyes BGP monitors are configured and supported by ThousandEyes.

When you specify a service URL in a test, layered BGP tests automatically track reachability and path changes for any relevant prefix. When you use an IP address as the target for a test, the ThousandEyes platform monitors the relevant internet-routed prefix. You can also create specific BGP monitoring for a prefix, and can alert on hijacks and leaks.

To learn more about using the BGP Route Visualization View, see Using the BGP Route Visualization View.

ThousandEyes also detects if announced routes have valid RPKI ROAs. To learn more about RPKI, see BGP RPKI.