I'm at my wits end and have no idea how to proceed. All info I can think of, below. root@debian-r1:/etc/frr# service frr status ● frr.service - FRRouting Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/frr.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Tue 2018-11-20 07:56:19 MST; 1s ago Process: 1824 ExecStop=/usr/lib/frr/frr stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 1956 ExecStart=/usr/lib/frr/frr start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Tasks: 11 (limit: 19660) CGroup: /system.slice/frr.service ├─1975 /usr/lib/frr/zebra -s 90000000 --daemon -A 127.0.0.1 ├─1979 /usr/lib/frr/staticd --daemon -A 127.0.0.1 ├─1987 /usr/lib/frr/bgpd --daemon -A 127.0.0.1 ├─1999 /usr/lib/frr/ospfd --daemon -A 127.0.0.1 -n 100 └─2006 /usr/lib/frr/watchfrr -d -r /usr/lib/frr/frrbBrestartbB%s -s /usr/lib/frr/frrbBstartbB%s -k /usr/lib/frr/frrbBstopbB%s -b bB zebra bgpd ospfd-100 Nov 20 07:56:17 debian-r1 frr[1956]: Loading capability module if not yet done. Nov 20 07:56:18 debian-r1 frr[1956]: 2018/11/20 07:56:18 warnings: ZEBRA: [EC 4043309104] Disabling MPLS support (no kernel support) Nov 20 07:56:18 debian-r1 watchfrr[2006]: watchfrr 6.1-devLabv1-Nov2018-g82ae591 starting: vty@0 Nov 20 07:56:18 debian-r1 watchfrr[2006]: zebra state -> up : connect succeeded Nov 20 07:56:18 debian-r1 watchfrr[2006]: ospfd-100 state -> up : connect succeeded Nov 20 07:56:18 debian-r1 watchfrr[2006]: bgpd state -> up : connect succeeded Nov 20 07:56:18 debian-r1 watchfrr[2006]: all daemons up, doing startup-complete notify Nov 20 07:56:18 debian-r1 frr[1956]: starting staticd since zebra is running ospfd-100 watchfrr. Nov 20 07:56:19 debian-r1 frr[1956]: Exiting from the script Nov 20 07:56:19 debian-r1 systemd[1]: Started FRRouting. root@debian-r1:/etc/frr# vtysh Hello, this is FRRouting (version 6.1-devLabv1-Nov2018-g82ae591). Copyright 1996-2005 Kunihiro Ishiguro, et al. This is a git build of frr-6.1-dev-230-gd482ae591 Associated branch(es): local:master github/frrouting/frr.git/master debian-r1# config t debian-r1(config)# router ospf 100 Warning: connecting to ospfd...failed! debian-r1(config-router)# root@debian-r1:/etc/frr# ps aux | grep ospf frr 1999 0.0 0.5 60132 4452 ? S<s 07:56 0:00 /usr/lib/frr/ospfd --daemon -A 127.0.0.1 -n 100 root 2006 0.0 0.3 58364 2716 ? S<s 07:56 0:00 /usr/lib/frr/watchfrr -d -r /usr/lib/frr/frrbBrestartbB%s -s /usr/lib/frr/frrbBstartbB%s -k /usr/lib/frr/frrbBstopbB%s -b bB zebra bgpd ospfd-100 root 2031 0.0 0.1 12784 1016 pts/1 S+ 08:06 0:00 grep ospf root@debian-r1:/etc/frr# cat frr.conf frr version 6.1-devLabv1-Nov2018 frr defaults traditional hostname debian-r1 no ipv6 forwarding service integrated-vtysh-config username cumulus nopassword ! password test enable password test ! line vty ! root@debian-r1:/etc/frr#