VyOS

VyOS

VyOS

Linux distribution

VyOS is an open source network operating system based on Debian.[2]

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VyOS provides a free routing platform that competes directly with other commercially available solutions from well-known network providers. Because VyOS is run on standard amd64 systems, it can be used as a router and firewall platform for cloud deployments.[3][4]

History

After Brocade Communications stopped development of the Vyatta Core Edition of the Vyatta Routing software, a small group of enthusiasts in 2013 took the last Community Edition, and worked on building an Open Source fork to live on in place of the end of life VC.[5][6]

Features[7]

Releases

VyOS version 1.0.0 (Hydrogen) was released on December 22, 2013.[8][9] On October 9, 2014, version 1.1.0 (Helium) was released.[10] All versions released thus far have been based on Debian 6.0 (Squeeze), and are available as a 32-bit images and 64-bit images for both physical and virtual machines.[9]

On January 28, 2019, version 1.2.0 (Crux) was released.[11] Version 1.2.0 is based on Debian 8 (Jessie).

While version 1.0 and 1.1 were named after elements, a new naming scheme based on constellations is used from version 1.2.[12]

Release History

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VMware Support

The VyOS OVA image for VMware was released with the February 3, 2014 maintenance release. It allows a convenient setup of VyOS on a VMware platform and includes all of the VMware tools and paravirtual drivers. The OVA image can be downloaded from the standard download site[13]

Amazon EC2 Support

Starting with version 1.0.2, Amazon EC2 customers can select a VyOS AMI image.[14] (deprecated, will be removed in February 2018[15])

Starting with version 1.1.7, AWS customers should use new marketplace VyOS AMI[16]

Starting with version 1.2.0, AWS customers can deploy new marketplace AMI[17] This new offering now comes with support

Azure Support

Starting with version 1.2.0, Azure customers can use VyOS on Azure[18]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "VyOS 1.4.0 LTS release". February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  2. [2]
    "VyOS home page". Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  3. [3]
    "VyOS on DistroWatch.com". Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  4. [4]
    Review: 6 slick open source routers | InfoWorld
  5. [5]
    "Vyatta now rehosted to github as VyOS : networking". reddit. October 11, 2013.
  6. [6]
    "[Release] VyOS 1.0.0 - (an enhanced fork, based from the old vyatta project) : networking". reddit. December 22, 2013.
  7. [7]
    "Products – VyOS". Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  8. [8]
    "Hydrogen". Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  9. [9]
    "VyOS - 1.0.0 release". December 22, 2013. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  10. [10]
    "VyOS - 1.1.0 release". October 9, 2014. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  11. [11]
    "VyOS 1.2 (Crux) released". January 28, 2019. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  12. [12]
    "VyOS development news in August and September". September 16, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  13. [13]
    "VMWare - VyOS". Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  14. [14]
    "Old VyOS image on AWS Marketplace". Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  15. [15]
    "VyOS cloud support platform strategy". Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  16. [16]
    "New VyOS image on AWS Marketplace". Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  17. [17]
    "VyOS 1.2 LTS image on AWS Marketplace". Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  18. [18]
    "VyOS on Azure". Retrieved February 1, 2019.
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