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Deploying VyOS

Deploying VyOS on bare metal provides numerous advantages, such as maximum performance, reliability, and direct hardware access without the overhead of virtualization. This results in higher throughput, lower latency, and enhanced network efficiency, making it ideal for high-demand environments.

VyOS can be deployed on a wide range of 64-bit x86-based hardware, from small white boxes to rack-mounted 20Gbps+ network appliances, allowing for full utilization of the hardware and enabling precise control over network functions while leveraging specialized features of supported NICs. Being vendor-neutral, VyOS puts you in control of your network, serving as a flexible platform to help you achieve your objectives with optimal performance, stability, and scalability.

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Features

For All Network Device Roles

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    Routing

    BGP (IPv4 and IPv6), OSPF (v2 and v3), BFD(BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, Static), RIP (v1 & v2), RIPng, IS-IS, policy-based routing and Multicast Routing +MPLS LDP

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    Virtual Private Networks & Tunneling

    IPsec, VTI, VXLAN, L2TPv3, L2TP/IPsec and PPTP servers, tunnel interfaces (GRE, IPIP, SIT), OpenVPN in client, server, or site-to-site mode, wireguard. +GENEVE

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    Firewall and Network Address Translation (NAT)

    Stateful firewall, zone-based firewall, and all types of source and destination NAT 

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    Core Network Services

    DHCP and DHCPv6 server and relay, IPv6 RA, DNS forwarding, TFTP server, web proxy, PPPoE access concentrator, NetFlow/sFlow sensor, QoS.+IPoE +VRFs support +WanLB

  • High availability

    High availability

    VRRP for IPv4 and IPv6, ability to execute custom health checks and transition scripts; ECMP, stateful load balancing.

  • Automation-friendly

    Automation-friendly

    Native Support for API (GraphQL), Configuration-Management/IaaC Tools (Ansible/salt/Netmiko/NAPALM/Terraform), Cloud-init(own config-modules), Containers and Scripting API for Shell and Python.

Common Use Cases

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    Combine VyOS as an edge router, providing network services such as BGP, EVPN, DHCP, DNS, NTP and HAProxy to your clients.

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    VPN concentrator

    Securely connect your clients to remote locations and cloud services with IPSec, WireGuard, DMVPN, OpenVPN and L2TP.

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    Next-Generation Firewall

    Divide network resources: DMZ from client network using zone-based firewall, or address filter based on Geo location, advance firewalling with stateful and stateless policy, VRF zones and NAT services.

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    Datacenter Fabric

    VyOS is ideal for modern datacenters, supporting high-performance networking in Clos-based architectures as a spine, leaf, or border leaf router.

VyOS Universal Router Architecture

    • VyOS CLI Layer
    • HTTPS API Layer
    • VyOS Configuration Layer
    • FRR
    • Wireguard
    • Strongswan
    • OpenVPN
    • OpenConnect
    • HA-Proxy
    • Accel-PPP
    • ISC DHCP
    • App Layer
    • Linux Kernel
    • Any x86 64 bit based HW

      Hypervisor

      Cloud Provider

      Docker

VyOS uses a layered architecture. All components, such as firewall, VPN, and routing protocols, are built on top of a configuration management framework. This includes a custom shell environment, libraries for loading the config files and committing config changes, and libraries for reading values from the running config.

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Supported NICs

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Vendor ID
Device ID
Vendor
Device
8086
1f40
Intel Corporation
Ethernet Connection I354 1.0 GbE Backplane
8086
10bc
Intel Corporation
82571EB/82571GB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper)
8086
100f
Intel Corporation
82545EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper)
8086
1517
Intel Corporation
82599ES 10 Gigabit Network Connection
8086
10fc
Intel Corporation
82599 10 Gigabit Dual Port Network Connection
8086
1010
Intel Corporation
82546EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper)
8086
158a
Intel Corporation
Ethernet Controller XXV710 for 25GbE backplane
8086
15df
Intel Corporation
Ethernet Connection (8) I219-LM
8086
10f7
Intel Corporation
10 Gigabit BR KX4 Dual Port Network Connection
8086
15be
Intel Corporation
Ethernet Connection (6) I219-V
8086
10c7
Intel Corporation
82598EB 10-Gigabit AF Network Connection
8086
10e8
Intel Corporation
82576 Gigabit Network Connection
8086
1096
Intel Corporation
80003ES2LAN Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper)
8086
1508
Intel Corporation
82598EB Gigabit BX Network Connection
8086
10ba
Intel Corporation
80003ES2LAN Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper)
8086
10f9
Intel Corporation
82599 10 Gigabit Dual Port Network Connection
8086
10c0
Intel Corporation
82562V-2 10/100 Network Connection
8086
1001
Intel Corporation
82543GC Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Fiber)
8086
1537
Intel Corporation
I210 Gigabit Backplane Connection
8086
10dd
Intel Corporation
82598EB 10-Gigabit AT CX4 Network Connection
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Joel Dabao
Joel Dabao
Trustpilot Review

VyOS has been a strong partner, and we would recommend it to other ISPs, especially those managing growth at our scale.

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Tony Kairouz
Tony Kairouz
Customer Review

I use VyOS for a virtual router solution. VyOS solutions are great, and flexible.Throughput was a key requirement and Vyos delivered 10Gbps easily!The ability for VyOS to easily perform VLXAN and BGP was astonishing with its effortless ability.The greatest part was the VyOS support team. Excellent skillset and knowledge for in-depth network knowledge and ability to support clients through the VyOS platform.

I highly rate Vyos technically and its ability to perform the most complicated of requirements.

Kevin Latimer
Kevin Latimer
Customer Review

We’ve used VyOS for a decade now in all manner of applications, both physical and virtual. It powers everything from high-capacity LNS and Internet handoff with nearly a million BGP routes and multiple 10Gbps links to smaller virtualised instances right across the network.

Coming from a CLI background, the familiarity of its interface is a pleasant change from confusing GUIs, being simple to spin up an instance in just a few minutes but also able to create complex, yet easily understandable configurations. The guys at VyOS are a cut above and deserve a huge amount of credit for producing a best-in-class system that remains true to router-first principles while keeping clear from adding unnecessary bloat that plagues the current NGFW market. Looking forward to another decade with VyOS.

Muhammad Afdhal
Muhammad Afdhal
Customer Review

I use VyOS as a high-performance networking solution, and it has exceeded expectations in every aspect. VyOS delivers exceptional stability and reliability, effortlessly handling 10G interfaces without performance bottlenecks. Its support for BGP, VPN, and firewall features makes it a versatile choice for enterprise networks. One of the best aspects is how VyOS remains bug-free in production environments, ensuring smooth and uninterrupted operations. Additionally, the support team is highly skilled and responsive, making implementation and troubleshooting seamless. VyOS is truly a top-tier open-source networking platform that I highly recommend.

Max Sörensen
Max Sörensen
Customer Review

As an ISP, one of our most important use cases is to be able to run full BGP tables without any issues. We have been using VyOS for this for years now and it has worked absolutely flawlessly. I don’t think we’ve ever had an issue with this, in fact.

We also use VyOS to host a couple of hundred server-networks and VyOS handles this with ease, even with some of our networks having crazy amounts of access-rules on them and often having consistently high throughput and burst rates.

Whenever we do experience issues or we simply have theoretical questions, it never feels like the support team is far away. We usually receive very quick and concise answers to our inquiries. It’s a very nice feeling to know that everyone that’s working on the VyOS project seem to be experts at it, it does a lot for our confidence in running VyOS as much as we do.

Layne Jester
Layne Jester
Trustpilot Review

I have nothing but good things to say about the VyOS Support Engineers. I think Dmitriy has owned our last 2 ticket, and the rest of the Support Team have all helped out. Taras, Yuriy, Jose, (and I hope I didn’t miss anyone) are quick to contribute and answer any questions I have. I believe it was Taras that even updated the VyOS/VMware doc to clarify a few things that I needed help understanding.

My boss just recently purchased a VyOS Subscription, or license, because we were experiencing a couple bizarre issues during our VyOS refresh of 30+ routers. We were struggling due to a single “show-stopper” issue, month after month, and not able to proceed with the rest of the refresh project. My boss, Daya Rajaratnam, decided we needed to get Commercial Support and open proper tickets and also to show our support of the VyOS Team.

Just hours after our Support PO went thru, I opened a ticket. I gave it a relatively low priority so I would know what to expect with future tickets. Its was great to see a response from an Engineer in just a couple hours. Fast forward a few days and the root cause was identified, I had a simple workaround in place and working in production(and had learned a lot from other Support Engineers that had contributed). What a HUGE load off my back to have that issue resolved with a reliable fix. 5 Stars for service, knowledge, and going above and beyond. (Hell, can I give them 10 stars?).

4 days later I opened a second ticket about an unrelated VTI issue that had also been plaguing us for many months. The experience was equally impressive and I again had a simple and reliable workaround.

Working with this group was a real pleasure.

Pavlin Dulev
Pavlin Dulev
Customer Review

I use Vyos from the beginning and his predecessor Vyatta. I like platform because has own style of architecture and similar cli like cisco and juniper.

I use platform to make migration from site to site or hybrid migration with Cloud.

I’d like that platform has all ipv6 attribute and use it very much.

Head of IT
Head of IT
Trustpilot Review

VyOS is the backbone of our company network since the early Vyatta 6.x days. It scales to meet your needs – from 256MB Alix-Board Low-Power Box for small branch offices to multi-processor rackmounted/virtualized network appliance – and is extremely easy to integrate with other systems like monitoring and configuration management. The excellent support from Sentrium turns it into a truely complete product that meets all our requirements.

Paul Theodoropoulos
Paul Theodoropoulos
Trustpilot Review

I’m happy to recommend VyOS/Sentrium. We first began using VyOS several years ago; we maintain a VPN from cellular vendor network to our infrastructure. Since moving our infrastructure permanently to AWS, we decided to sign up for Sentrium’s professional product and service.

I recently ran into a peculiar issue with the IPSEC VPN after a version upgrade – Sentrium staff worked with me to resolve it, and were very prompt in providing information and resolution. We are running two instances, a primary and a backup, and both are working splendidly, with seamless failover.

Dan Shechter
Dan Shechter
Trustpilot Review

Thank you for the prompt support. It is great to know that not only the product is a perfect fit for our needs, but also knowing that there is a professional support team we can rely on.

We use VYOS to connect distributed POPs to our data centers and provide secure Internet connectivity to the POPs.

Simon Östling
Simon Östling
Customer Review

I think you have a great product. Actually I like promoting your product to other customers and using it for demo purposes.

You are one of a kind today to support almost all network protocols.

Anthony Grevich
Anthony Grevich
Trustpilot Review

You guys are great on support. Thank You.

Reto Giezendanner
Reto Giezendanner
Customer Review

We are very excited about VyOS and use it as part of our products. VyOS convinces as a complete product with REST API and Wireguard support. The support is very fast and extremely competent.

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