Update bird/bird.conf.tmpl

bird/bird.conf.tmpl

@@ -3,6 +3,26 @@ debug protocols all;    # Enable debugging
 
 router id ${address};
 
+# Disable automatically generating direct routes to all network interfaces.
+protocol direct {
+        disabled;               # Disable by default
+};
+
+# Forbid synchronizing BIRD routing tables with the OS kernel.
+protocol kernel {
+        ipv4 {
+                import all;      # Import to table, default is import all
+                export none;     # Export to protocol. default is export none
+        };
+        persist;                 # Don't remove routes on bird shutdown
+};
+
+protocol device {
+    interface "lixonet" {
+        preferred ${address};
+    };
+};
+
 
 # Define a template to use when connecting to other BGP clients on the EE network
 template bgp lixonet_client {