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+/*
+ * Copyright 2014-2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.onosproject.sdnip.cli;
+
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Argument;
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Command;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.cli.AbstractShellCommand;
+import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
+import org.onosproject.core.CoreService;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.intf.InterfaceService;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.NetworkConfigService;
+import org.onosproject.routing.RoutingService;
+import org.onosproject.routing.config.BgpConfig;
+
+/**
+ * Command to add new BGP peer to existing internal speaker.
+ */
+@Command(scope = "onos", name = "add-bgp-peer",
+        description = "Adds an external BGP router as peer to an existing BGP speaker")
+public class AddPeerCommand extends AbstractShellCommand {
+
+    @Argument(index = 0, name = "name",
+            description = "Name of the internal BGP speaker",
+            required = true, multiValued = false)
+    String name = null;
+
+    @Argument(index = 1, name = "ip",
+            description = "IP address of the BGP peer",
+            required = true, multiValued = false)
+    String ip = null;
+
+    private static final String PEER_ADD_SUCCESS = "Peer Successfully Added.";
+    private static final String NO_CONFIGURATION = "No speakers configured";
+    private static final String SPEAKER_NOT_FOUND =
+            "Speaker with name \'%s\' not found";
+    private static final String NO_INTERFACE =
+            "No matching interface found for IP \'%s\'";
+
+    private IpAddress peerAddress = null;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void execute() {
+        peerAddress = IpAddress.valueOf(ip);
+
+        NetworkConfigService configService = get(NetworkConfigService.class);
+        CoreService coreService = get(CoreService.class);
+        ApplicationId appId = coreService.getAppId(RoutingService.ROUTER_APP_ID);
+
+        BgpConfig config = configService.getConfig(appId, BgpConfig.class);
+        if (config == null || config.bgpSpeakers().isEmpty()) {
+            print(NO_CONFIGURATION);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        BgpConfig.BgpSpeakerConfig speaker = config.getSpeakerWithName(name);
+        if (speaker == null) {
+            print(SPEAKER_NOT_FOUND, name);
+            return;
+        } else {
+            if (speaker.isConnectedToPeer(peerAddress)) {
+                return; // Peering already exists.
+            }
+        }
+
+        InterfaceService interfaceService = get(InterfaceService.class);
+        if (interfaceService.getMatchingInterface(peerAddress) == null) {
+            print(NO_INTERFACE, ip);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        addPeerToSpeakerConf(config);
+        configService.applyConfig(appId, BgpConfig.class, config.node());
+
+        print(PEER_ADD_SUCCESS);
+    }
+
+    private void addPeerToSpeakerConf(BgpConfig config) {
+        log.debug("Creating BGP configuration for new peer: {}", ip);
+        config.addPeerToSpeaker(name, peerAddress);
+    }
+}