VyOS on Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization

Red Hat® OpenShift® Virtualization provides a modern platform for organizations to run and deploy virtual machine (VM) workloads.

Red Hat® OpenShift® Virtualization allows you to create and manage virtual machines, virtual networks, and various virtual resources—all integrated into a Kubernetes-native environment. It provides a modern, flexible virtualization layer ideal for hybrid and cloud-native environments. This powerful virtualization solution can be enhanced by VyOS Universal Router, which brings advanced networking capabilities to the platform. Unlike traditional hypervisors, OpenShift Virtualization does not require per-core or per-instance licensing, allowing you to scale your deployments without incurring additional costs. It leverages KVM under the hood and is fully managed using Kubernetes-native tools and APIs.

The virtual networking features in OpenShift Virtualization, including support for multiple CNI plugins and programmable network policies, enable virtual machines to connect seamlessly with other devices on both virtual and physical networks.

VyOS acts as a virtual router that lets you segment network traffic between your OpenShift Virtualization workloads and route it to external networks through private infrastructure. With just a few virtual network interfaces and the use of VLANs, you can define and manage multiple routed subnets within your OpenShift virtual environment.

VyOS includes optimized drivers and modules to ensure high performance and dynamic network reconfiguration within OpenShift. Moreover, VyOS has no per-instance or per-core licensing, allowing you to scale your network architecture without increasing costs.

Common Use Cases

Discover VyOS and Hyper-V most used cases

Multi-site Gateway
Connect your private and public networking infrastructure to remote sites using a plethora of tunneling and encryption protocols: GRE, VXLAN, IPSec, IPIP, SIT, WireGuard.
Multi-protocol VPN Gateway
Get all benefits from different VPN protocols: IPsec (IKEv1 and IKEv2), OpenVPN in client-server mode, WireGuard, open-source implementation of DMVPN compatible with other vendors.
Edge Gateway
VyOS opens a lot of opportunities: load-balancing, traffic control, device protection with a powerful, zone-based stateful firewall that supports both IPv4 and IPv6, as well as source and destination NAT.

Advantages

Routing traffic between VMs inside a hypervisor
Simplify your network topology. Traffic between VMs does not need to leave the hypervisor.
Run a web server or other software behind a router
Protect your web servers from unauthorized access; use a single public IP address for multiple servers.
Replacing hardware router appliances with a virtual one
Reduce or even outright eliminate expenses for hardware appliances by replacing them with virtual machines.
Analyzing traffic for anomalies and collecting statistics
Get actual information about the network state and be prepared to react to new events.

The “Why”

Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization and VyOS help to deliver end-to-end solutions for clients to build complex or simple network infrastructure.

Here are the main benefits of this solution:

Fully Open-Source Highly Customizable Operating System.
Advanced Routing and Networking services: DHCP server and relay, DNS forwarding, and Web Proxy.
QoS and policy-based routing allow ensuring optimal handling of the traffic flows. Support of advanced firewall and NAT.
Reliable Connection by establishing controlled access to your private and public networks.
Increased availability and reliability of routing paths via automatic routers redundancy on an IP subnetwork by applying the VRRP.
Configurable Environment by flexible adaptation to any network topology and required extent functionality.