Configuration Guide

PFCP Agent

This document focuses on frequently used configurations.

Please refer to upf.jsonc file for the full list of configurable parameters.

Common configurations

These are configurations commonly shared between P4-UPF and BESS-UPF.

Config	Default value	Mandatory	Comments
log_level	info	No
hostname	-	No	Used to get local IP address and local NodeID in PFCP messages
http_port	8080	No
max_req_retries	5	No	Max retries for sending PFCP message towards SMF/SPGW-C
resp_timeout	2s	No	Period to wait for a response from SMF/SPGW-C
enable_end_marker	false	No
enable_gtpu_path_monitoring	false	No
cpiface.enable_ue_ip_alloc	false	No	Whether to enable UPF-based UE IP allocation
cpiface.ue_ip_pool	-	Yes for P4-UPF or when enable_ue_ip_alloc is set	IP pool from which we allocate UE IP address
cpiface.dnn	-	No	Data Network Name to use during PFCP Association

BESS-UPF specific configurations

Config	Default value	Mandatory	Comments
measure_upf	false	No	Enable per port metrics
measure_flow	false	No	Enable per flow metrics
access.ifname	-	Yes	Access-facing network interface name
core.ifname	-	Yes	Core-facing network interface name
enable_notify_bess	false	No	Whether to enable Notify feature for DDNs