VyOS
| Company / developer |
The VyOS Project (Fork of Vyatta CE 6.5) |
|---|---|
| OS family | Unix-likeRouting |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Free and open source software |
| Initial release | 22 December 2013 |
| Latest stable release | 17 January 2014 |
| Marketing target | Free computing |
| Available language(s) | English |
| Supported platforms | IA-32, x86-64 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
| License | GNU GPL and various others |
| Official website | VyOS.net |
VyOS is a fork of the Vyatta CE edition of routing software. VyOS is a Linux based routing solution built on the Debian Linux distribution, and currently runs on i386 and X86_64 bit platforms.
VyOS provides a free and open source routing platform that competes directly with other commercially available solutions from well known Network providers. VyOS is unique in that it run on any x86 based hardware in 32 bit or 64 bit. Because of this ability the VyOS software is able to be used as a the router and firewall platform for cloud deployments.
History
After Brocade Communications stopped development of the Vyatta Core Edition of the Vyatta Routing software, a small group of enthusiasts took the last Community Edition, and worked on building an Open Source version to live on in place of the end of life VC. [1] [2]
Releases
VyOS version 1.0.0 (Hydrogen)[3] was released on December 22, 2013.[4] This release is built on Debian Squeeze and is available as a 32-bit image for physical machines (i386), a 64-bit image - both physical and virtual (amd64), and a 32-bit image for virtual machines (i386-virt).[5]
Keeping with the naming convention the next major release will be Helium.[6]
Release History
| Release | Version | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrogen | 1.0.0 | December 22, 2013 |
| 1.0.1 | January 17, 2014 | |
| 1.0.2 | February 3, 2014 |
VMWare Support
With the February 3rd 2014 maintenance release, there was the release of the VyOS OVA image for VMWare. This allows for a convenient setup of VyOS on a VMWare platform, and includes all of the VMWare tools installed. The OVA image can be downloaded from the standard download sites, or can be downloaded from VMWare.
List of router or Firewall Software
List of router or firewall distributions
External links
References
- ↑ http://de.reddit.com/r/networking/comments/1o7n16/vyatta_now_rehosted_to_github_as_vyos/
- ↑ http://www.reddit.com/r/networking/comments/1thfaw/release_vyos_100_an_enhanced_fork_based_from_the/
- ↑ http://vyos.net/wiki/Hydrogen
- ↑ http://vyos-dev.tumblr.com/post/70809659670/1-0-0-release
- ↑ http://vyos-dev.tumblr.com/post/70809659670/1-0-0-release
- ↑ http://vyos-dev.tumblr.com/post/63928478866/complete-source-code-fork
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