🌐 Virtual BGP Bootcamp
BGP fundamentals for network engineers
29th April – 5th May 2026
Virtual
📋 Agenda
KeNOG is running a Virtual BGP Bootcamp from the 29th of April to the 5th of May 2026, focusing on BGP Basics.
The course is aimed at novice to intermediate level engineers interested in building their skills in BGP fundamentals, and will help form a basis for future BGP trainings - including the May 14th and 15th workshop. The BGP Bootcamp will lean heavily on lab work and exercises.
Upon completion, learners will be awarded with verifiable Certificates of Participation.
🎯 Workshop Objectives
By the end of the course, learners should be able to:
✅ Understand what BGP is
Core concepts and terminology
✅ Establish BGP on IPv4 and IPv6
Dual-stack peering
✅ Understand why BGP matters
Its role in the global Internet
✅ Configure Internal BGP (iBGP)
Peering within a network
✅ Configure External BGP (eBGP)
Peering between networks
🛠 Workshop Requirements
💻 PC or Laptop
Modern browser required — small screens not recommended
🧠 Basic networking knowledge
Comfort with the command line
⏱ ~3 hours per day
For tutorials and hands-on labs
📝 Post-course survey
Mandatory, anonymous feedback
Registration
Registration runs from the 17th to the 23rd of April or until available slots are filled up.