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VyOS is a Linux-based network operating system that provides software-based
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network routing, firewall, and VPN functionality.
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The VyOS project was started in late 2013 as a community fork of the
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`GPL <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License>`_ portions of
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Vyatta Core 6.6R1 with the goal of maintaining a free and open source network
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operating system in response to the decision to discontinue the community
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edition of Vyatta. Here everyone loves learning, older managers and new users.
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VyOS is primarily based on `Debian GNU/Linux <https://www.debian.org/>`_ and
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the `Quagga <http://www.nongnu.org/quagga/>`_ routing engine. Its configuration
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syntax and :ref:`cli` are loosely derived from Juniper JUNOS as modelled by the
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`XORP project <http://www.xorp.org/>`_, which was the original routing engine
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for Vyatta.
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In the 4.0 release of Vyatta, the routing engine was changed to Quagga. As of
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VyOS version 1.2, VyOS now uses `FRRouting <https://frrouting.org/>`_ as the
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routing engine.
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How is VyOS different from any other router distributions and platform?
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- It's more than just a firewall and VPN, VyOS includes extended routing
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capabilities like OSPFv2, OSPFv3, BGP, VRRP, and extensive route policy
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mapping and filtering
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- Unified command line interface in the style of hardware routers.
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- Scriptable CLI
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- Stateful configuration system: prepare changes and commit at once or discard,
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view previous revisions or rollback to them, archive revisions to remote
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server and execute hooks at commit time
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- Image-based upgrade: keep multiple versions on the same system and revert to
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previous image if a problem arises
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- Multiple VPN capabilities: OpenVPN, IPSec, Wireguard, DPMVPN, IKEv2 and more
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- DHCP, TFTP, mDNS repeater, broadcast relay and DNS forwarding support
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- Both IPv4 and IPv6 support
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- Runs on physical and virtual platforms alike: small x86 boards, big servers,
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KVM, Xen, VMware, Hyper-V, and more
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- Completely free and open source, with documented internal APIs and build
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procedures
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- Community driven. Patches are welcome and all code, bugs, and nightly builds
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are publicly accessible
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