I have now been using VyOS for about 9 months. I haven’t been very active in the forum largely because I have found the documentation great and pretty much everything I have wanted to do has just worked! That is a tribute to the developers.
How do I use VyOS, I have been using a single copy of v1.3 that I built from source in October last year up until a few days ago when I decided to give the rolling release a go. I run VyOS under KVM and use it to give myself more control on how other domains interact and work.
I have a background in large corporate networks as well as developing protocols. I enjoy delivering robust and reliable architectures and delivering novel solutions to problems.
I’ve been into computers and computer communication networks since the 1970s. Back then , long b4 almost all networks, I was working on a large banking 8,000 node SNA network. I also designed and prototyped a RS-232 SNA network switch. Later , I started the first ISP in North Idaho in the early 1990s and I’ve been doing ISP networks ever since.
Recently I discovered VyOS. I have to say that I find VyOS to be amazingly reliable and almost stupidly simple to learn
I am not a business owner, instead I’m an employee at an ISP. I am wanting to convince the management at the ISP where I work to purchase VyOS support so that I can have access to stable LTS VyOS downloads and also set up a lab where I can build some lab test VPP VyOS lab routers and demonstrate a potential fork-lift router replacement to a VyOS router system that can sustain 40-Gig to hopefully 100-Gig routing throughputs.
At this time , I give VyOS a thumbs up - it looks good.
I wish there was a rolling-release of a VPP-VyOS ( VPP already installed in VyOS and ready to go ).
I understand the stance of paying for VyOS support , however in my experience and in my own opinion , I wish VyOS allowed open access to all VyOS platform downloads ( including VPP in VyOS ) , then offer a paid VyOS support option. My reasoning is it’s easier to sell VyOS support to business already running LTS VyOS ( in my case a VPP enabled VyOS ) because the product can be evaluated and proven to be a strong long-term fast router solution.
I use VyOS in my homelab, well, I’m still learning VyOS and migrating from EdgeOS, and if your lab has stretched itself into a datacenter is it still a homelab? When it came time to replace my EdgeRouters, the choice to go with VyOS was simple. I’ve always loved the streamlined CLI and performance. And now I’m finding with mainline VyOS there’s tons of features that were missing on the Ubiquiti fork.
