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= Configuring MetalLB BFD profiles
include::_attributes/common-attributes.adoc[]
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As a cluster administrator, you can add, modify, and delete Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) profiles. The MetalLB Operator uses the BFD profile custom resources to identify which BGP sessions use BFD to provide faster path failure detection than BGP alone provides.

// BFD profile custom resource
include::modules/nw-metallb-bfdprofile-cr.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

// Add a BFD profile
include::modules/nw-metallb-configure-bfdprofle.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

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== Additional resources

* xref:../../../networking/ingress_load_balancing/metallb/metallb-configure-bgp-peers.adoc#metallb-configure-bgp-peers[Configuring MetalLB BGP peers]
