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@ -9,6 +9,37 @@ a live install image that lets you boot a live VyOS. From that live
system you can proceed to the permanent installation on a hard drive or system you can proceed to the permanent installation on a hard drive or
any other type of storage. any other type of storage.
.. table:: Comparison of VyOS image releases
+--------------+---------------------------------------------------+-------------------+---------------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------+
| Release Type | Description | Release Cycle | Intended Use | Access to Images | Access to Source |
+==============+===================================================+===================+=======================================+=======================+==================+
| **Nightly | Automatically built from the current branch. | Every night | Developing VyOS, testing new | Everyone | Everyone |
| (Current)** | Always up to date with cutting edge development | | features, experimenting. | | |
| | but guaranteed to contain bugs. | | | | |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------------+-------------------+---------------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------+
| **Nightly | Automatically built from the development branch | Every night | Developing and testing the latest | Everyone | Everyone |
| (Beta)** | and released alongside snapshots. Most likely | | major version under development. | | |
| | contains bugs. | | | | |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------------+-------------------+---------------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------+
| **Snapshot** | A particularly stable release frozen from nightly | Every month until | Home labs and simple networks that | Everyone | Everyone |
| | each month after manual testing. Still contains | RC comes out | call for new features. | | |
| | experimental code. | | | | |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------------+-------------------+---------------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------+
| **Release | Rather stable. All development focuses on testing | Irregularly until | Labs, small offices and non-critical | Everyone | Everyone |
| Candidate** | and hunting down remaining bugs following the | EPA comes out | production systems backed by a | | |
| | feature freeze. | | high-availability setup. | | |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------------+-------------------+---------------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------+
| **Early | Highly stable with no known bugs. Needs to be | Irregularly until | Non-critical production environments, | Everyone | Everyone |
| Production | tested repeatedly under different conditions | LTS comes out | preparing for the LTS release. | | |
| Access** | before it can become the final release. | | | | |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------------+-------------------+---------------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------+
| **Long-Term | Guaranteed to be stable and carefully maintained | Every major | Large-scale enterprise networks, | Subscribers, | Everyone |
| Support** | for several years after the release. No features | version | internet service providers, | contributors, | |
| | are introduced but security updates are released | | critical production environments | non-profits, | |
| | in a timely manner. | | that call for minimum downtime. | emergency services, | |
| | | | | academic institutions | |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------------+-------------------+---------------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------+
Hardware requirements Hardware requirements
===================== =====================
@ -573,4 +604,4 @@ Installation can then continue as outlined above.
.. _default: https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=PXELINUX#Configuration .. _default: https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=PXELINUX#Configuration
.. _`Python's SimpleHTTPServer`: https://docs.python.org/2/library/simplehttpserver.html .. _`Python's SimpleHTTPServer`: https://docs.python.org/2/library/simplehttpserver.html
.. start_vyoslinter .. start_vyoslinter