VyOS builds now use the deb.debian.net load balanced mirror
If there are any good things about that packages server migration and restructuring is that it promoted a revamp of the associated part of the build scripts. Si...
Category: VyOS Platform Blog | development (3)
No new features in Perl and shell and no old style templates since May 2018
Now that the Python library for accessing the running config and the generator of old style templates from new style XML command definitions are known to be fun...
VyOS 1.2.0 repository re-structuring
In preparation for the new 1.2.0 (jessie-based) beta release, we are re-populating the package repositories. The old repositories are now archived, you still ca...
VyOS 2.0 development digest #9: socket communication functionality, complete parser, and open tasks
Socket communication A long-awaited (by me, anyway ;) milestone: VyConf is now capable of communicating with clients. This allows us to write a simple non-inter...
VyOS 2.0 development digest #8: vote for or against the new tag node syntax, and the protobuf schema
Tag node syntax The change in tag node format I introduced in the previous post turned out quite polarizing and started quite some discussion in the comments. I...
VyOS 2.0 development digest #7: Python coding guidelines for config scripts in 1.2.0, and config parser for VyConf
Python coding guidelines for 1.2.0 In some previous post I was talking about the Python wrapper for the config reading library. However, simply switching to a l...
VyOS 2.0 development digest #6: new beginner-friendly tasks, design questions, and the details of the config tree
The tasks Both tasks from the previous post have been taken up and implemented by Phil Summers (thanks, Phil!). New tasks await. First task was very simple: the...
VyOS 2.0 development digest #5: doing 1.2.x and 2.0 development in parallel
There was a rather heated discussion about the 1.2.0 situation on the channel, and valid points were definitely expressed: while 2.0 is being written, 1.2.0 can...
VyOS 2.0 development digest #4: simple tasks for beginners, and the reasons to learn (and use) OCaml
Look, I lied again. This post is still not about the config and reference tree internals. People in the chat and elsewhere started showing some interest in lear...
VyOS 2.0 development digest #3: questions for you, vyconf daemon config format, appliance directory structure, and external validators lookup
Ok, I changed my mind: before we jump into the abyss of datastructures and look how the config and reference trees work, I'll describe the changes I made in the...
