diff --git a/ops/nixos/ixvm-fra01/bird.nix b/ops/nixos/ixvm-fra01/bird.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c878bcd351
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ops/nixos/ixvm-fra01/bird.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+{ lib, config, ... }:
+let
+  local = {
+    asn = 205479;
+  };
+  peering = {
+    ixvm = {
+      local = local // {
+        v4 = "141.98.136.124";
+        v6 = "2a09:11c0:f1:bc0b::2";
+      };
+      remote = {
+        asn = 209844;
+        routers = [{
+          v4 = "141.98.136.97";
+          v6 = "2a09:11c0:f1:bc0b::1";
+        } {
+          v4 = "141.98.136.126";
+          v6 = "2a09:11c0:f1:bc0b::3";
+        }];
+      };
+    };
+    kleyrex = {
+      local = local // {
+        v4 = "193.189.83.41";
+        v6 = "2001:7f8:33::a120:5479:1";
+      };
+      remote = {
+        asn = 31142;
+        routers = [{
+          v4 = "193.189.82.251";
+          v6 = "2001:7f8:33::a103:1142:1";
+        } {
+          v4 = "193.189.82.252";
+          v6 = "2001:7f8:33::a103:1142:2";
+        } {
+          v4 = "193.189.82.253";
+          v6 = "2001:7f8:33::a103:1142:3";
+        }];
+      };
+    };
+    locix = {
+      local = local // {
+        v4 = "185.1.166.219";
+        v6 = "2001:7f8:f2:e1::a20:5479:1";
+      };
+      remote = {
+        asn = 202409;
+        routers = [{
+          v4 = "185.1.166.100";
+          v6 = "2001:7f8:f2:e1::babe:1";
+        } {
+          v4 = "185.1.166.200";
+          v6 = "2001:7f8:f2:e1::dead:1";
+        } {
+          v4 = "185.1.166.254";
+          v6 = "2001:7f8:f2:e1::be5a";
+        }];
+      };
+    };
+    nlix = {
+      local = local // {
+        v4 = "193.239.118.225";
+        v6 = "2001:7f8:13::a520:5479:1";
+      };
+      remote = {
+        asn = 34307;
+        routers = [{
+          v4 = "193.239.116.255";
+          v6 = "2001:7f8:13::a503:4307:1";
+        } {
+          enabled = false;
+          v4 = "193.239.117.0";
+          v6 = "2001:7f8:13::a503:4307:2";
+        }];
+      };
+    };
+  };
+  generateSnippet = base: args: lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (lib.mapAttrsToList ( ixName: ix: generateSnippetForIX (args // { ixName = ixName; ix = ix; }) ) base );
+  generateSnippetForIX = { ixName, ix, ... }@args: ''
+    ipv4 table ${ixName}4;
+    ipv6 table ${ixName}6;
+  '' + lib.concatImapStringsSep "\n" ( i: v: generateSnippetForRouter (args // { routerNum = i; router = v; }) ) ix.remote.routers;
+  generateSnippetForRouter = { ixName, ix, routerNum, router, ... }: ''
+    protocol bgp ${ixName}${toString routerNum}_4 {
+      local ${ix.local.v4} as ${toString ix.local.asn};
+      neighbor ${router.v4} as ${toString ix.remote.asn};
+      ipv4 {
+        table ${ixName}4;
+        import all;
+        export none;
+      };
+    };
+    protocol bgp ${ixName}${toString routerNum}_6 {
+      local ${ix.local.v6} as ${toString ix.local.asn};
+      neighbor ${router.v6} as ${toString ix.remote.asn};
+      ipv6 {
+        table ${ixName}6;
+        import all;
+        export none;
+      };
+    };
+  '';
+in {
+  services.bird2 = {
+    enable = true;
+    config = ''
+      router id 141.98.136.124;
+
+      ${generateSnippet peering {}}
+    '';
+  };
+
+  networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = lib.mkAfter [ 179 ];
+}
diff --git a/ops/nixos/ixvm-fra01/default.nix b/ops/nixos/ixvm-fra01/default.nix
index f7e2c04ed3..8c60957c0b 100644
--- a/ops/nixos/ixvm-fra01/default.nix
+++ b/ops/nixos/ixvm-fra01/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 let
   inherit (depot.ops) secrets;
 in {
+  imports = [ ./bird.nix ];
+
   boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [
     "ata_piix"
     "vmw_pvscsi"
@@ -113,8 +115,6 @@ in {
   services.openssh.enable = true;
 
   networking.firewall = {
-    # allowedTCPPorts = [];
-    # allowedUDPPorts = [];
     allowPing = true;
   };