From f607986322bba37b95c01bc60f6577d2cc157def Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Tristan B. Velloza Kildaire" <deavmi@redxen.eu>
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2022 15:55:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added instructions to make BIRD start on boot

---
 docs/routing/bird/bird.md      | 10 ++++++++--
 docs/routing/bird/bird2_old.md |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/routing/bird/bird.md b/docs/routing/bird/bird.md
index cd3a160..4c6b201 100644
--- a/docs/routing/bird/bird.md
+++ b/docs/routing/bird/bird.md
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ can use:
 
 ```bash
 sudo apt install bird2 -y
-``` 
+```
 
-You can confirm that the version of BIRD you installed is version 2 with the command `bird -v`.
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+You can confirm that the version of BIRD you installed is version 2 with the command `bird -v`. If that shows the correct version number then continue to the next step:
+
+```bash
+sudo systemctl enable --now bird
+```
+
+This will ensure that the routing daemon starts on boot.
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diff --git a/docs/routing/bird/bird2_old.md b/docs/routing/bird/bird2_old.md
index 183c61a..db5927e 100644
--- a/docs/routing/bird/bird2_old.md
+++ b/docs/routing/bird/bird2_old.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ This document aims to provide the configuration file template required
 for CRXN and along with a description of what parameters need to be set
 for your node specifically.
 
+
+
 ## Configuration
 
 The configuration template is constructed out of the following files: