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I've got a somewhat basic iBGP configuration with a routing instance "global" between two Juniper vSRX's - each Juniper vSRX has an uplink of its own from a different transit provider with a default route. The iBGP within the routing instance "global" works as expected, failing over nicely between the two.

However, when adding another routing instance into play, let's say "client-1" with a default route with a next-table of "global.inet.0" traffic does not flow when ingressing or egressing through the other vSRX.

Outbound is sort of fine, because I can put equal preference on the routes out via iBGP and the local transit, but obviously inbound is beyond my control - so in the example below if Transit 2 was my inbound route 1.2.3.4 would not be pingable but 1.2.3.5 would be.

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I've checked the basics such as host-inbound stanzas on the security zones, global ping is enabled, etc.

When pinging 1.2.3.4 and Transit 2 is the inbound route in the example, vSRX 1 can see the ping packets arriving (the correct place) but no ICMP response is given:

vsrx2# run show security flow session destination-prefix 1.2.3.4/32    
Session ID: 289005, Policy name: self-traffic-policy/1, Timeout: 6, Valid
  In: home.ip/2103 --> 1.2.3.4/31;icmp, Conn Tag: 0x0, If: ge-0/0/2.203, Pkts: 1, Bytes: 60, 
  Out: 1.2.3.4/31 --> home.ip/2103;icmp, Conn Tag: 0x0, If: .local..7, Pkts: 0, Bytes: 0, 
Total sessions: 1

Interestingly, a loopback on vSRX 1 in this case that sits in the "global" routing instance, with the route in via Transit 2 is reachable.

Any ideas why the ping packets arrive in the right place, but do not get a response?

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Outbound traffic is jumping between isolated routing-instances with your next-table policy - do you have a return route to 1.2.3.0/26 in inet.0 in vsrx2 (and vice-versa) with a next-table client-1.inet.0? Do you have a more specific route for 1.2.3.4 on vsrx2 with a next-hop of vsrx1?

Otherwise, I don't think this is going to work - specifically for the SRX interface addresses - if I'm not mistaken, return traffic via vsrx2 is going to see a static route for 1.2.3.0/26 with a next-table of client-1.inet.0 and try and egress locally (which will break the flow).

I'm a bit confused by your flow output on vsrx2 though - according to your diagram, 1.2.3.4 is on vsrx1, but the flow output says that it's from vsrx2 and shows a return interface of local (suggesting that the destination address 1.2.3.4 is an IP owned by vsrx2) - I would expect to be seeing the logical interface between vsrx2 and vsrx1 instead?

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  • Thanks Benjamin, there are return routes to pull the subnet into the correct routing instance with instance-import's. 1.2.3.0/26 has a route to the interface (which maps to the client-1 instance). I'm not sure it is possible to add a more specific route, because I can't think of what to reference the next-hop / next-table as? Also, adding that would mean if it was flipped and the inbound route is over the other transit, I'd have the same problem.
    – notFound
    Dec 6, 2018 at 23:01
  • I've also just tried to debug by bringing the interface into the "global" routing instance - it has the same problem. The active route is over vsrx1, pinging the address on vsrx1 is fine, but pinging the vsrx2 address isn't fine. It does work if I bring the "client-1" interface into the same security zone as the transit / iBGP. The security policies and zones are identical on both vSRX's.
    – notFound
    Dec 6, 2018 at 23:06
  • Can you update the question and attach the flow session from both nodes when you have the active route over vsrx1 and try to ping the interface address on vsrx2?
    – Benjamin Dale
    Dec 7, 2018 at 2:09

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