Override IGP metric on BGP Route selection?

[Lost & Found]

Hi,

I have BGP VPNV4 peer router ,1st is Edge RTR and 2nd Route Reflector.

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We are using IGP underneath. Now, Im received routes from Route reflector then install to Edge RTRs VRF but when I look at the bgp table, Router metric is changed to IGP metric. BGP inherited the IGP metric.

EGDE RTR#sh bgp vpnv4 unicast vrf test 10.22.23.0/24

Paths: (2 available, best #1, table test)

Not advertised to any peer

(65 64 651) 655 650 354 1, imported path from xxxx:10.122.203.0/24

13.21.22.7 (metric 65) from 3.3.3.11 (3.3.3.11) <<<--------

Origin IGP, metric 0, localpref 100, valid, confed-internal, best

Extended Community: xxxxxx

mpls labels in/out nolabel/2408

(65 64 651) 655 1 1 1, imported path from xxxxxxx

13.16.4.11 (metric 70) from 3.3.3.11 (3.3.3.11) <<<-------- I want to prefer this route

Origin IGP, metric 0, localpref 100, valid, confed-internal

Extended Community: xxxxxxx

mpls labels in/out nolabel/10066

What is the best solution to use C2 as nexthop from Edge router??

Thanks

[Harold Ritter]

The igp metric is evaluated only if all previous steps in the BGP best path selection process are equals.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/ip/border-gateway-protocol-bgp/13753-25.html

You could change the local pref higher on the second path to prefer it over the first one.

Regards,