Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
- We are mirroring multiple IRR DBs using irrd
- The same AS-SET exists in multiple DBs (e.g. RIPE and RADB)
- We know that RIPE is the correct DB for this AS-SET (e.g. RIPE AS-SET has
membersbut the RADB AS-SET is empty) - I am unable to submit the following query via the GraphQL interface:
query{
asSetPrefixes(setNames:["RIPE::AS-FOO"]){
prefixes
}
}
- If I specify a source like RIPE using the
sourcesoption, this is used no only to get this AS-SET but also for the recursive expansion of all of the members of the AS-SET. There is no way to specify the source for the root object only.
EDIT: Another example is that AS-FOO exists in two or more IRR-DBs, and let's say the one in ARIN is the real one (created by the network operator) and the one in ALTDB is someone trying to hijack the AS-SET name. Or another example, AS-FOO exists in two IRR-DBs but the operator lost access to one and it doesn't have all the information the second one does. So we need a way to specify which IRR-DB should be used.
Describe the solution you'd like
- Support for the "::" notation, meaning that I can send a query to IRR such as "RIPE::AS-FOO"
- RIPE will be used to get AS-FOO only
- Then the specified sources list (if specified, otherwise all sources) will be used to recursively get the members of AS-FOO
- To be clear; this about setting a source only for getting the innitial AS-SET object, not the recursive expansion of it's members, that is covered by the existing "sources" list option
Describe alternatives you've considered
None.
Additional context
I would be happy to look into the code base to see if this is something I could create a pull request for. I want to check before hand what you think before I spend a load of time on this.