https://blog.vyos.io VyOS Platform Project news and updates All about development and project life in our blog en Wed, 11 Nov 2026 10:09:01 GMT 2026-11-11T10:09:01Z en https://blog.vyos.io/evpn-vxlan-distributed-anycast-gateway-vyos <p style="line-height: 1.5;"><span>Modern data center fabrics commonly combine </span><a href="https://blog.vyos.io/evpn-vxlan-vyos"><u><span>BGP EVPN as the control plane with VXLAN as the data plane</span></u></a><span>. In this architecture, a distributed anycast gateway places Layer 3 gateway functionality directly on multiple leaf switches (VTEPs), bringing routing closer to connected workloads.</span></p> <p style="line-height: 1.5;"><span>This post summarizes how VyOS implements the anycast gateway, how traffic moves through the fabric, and why the model matters for workload mobility. For the complete configuration and validation steps, see the </span><strong><span>EVPN-VXLAN Anycast Gateway Deployment Guide</span></strong><span>.</span></p> <p style="line-height: 1.5;"><span>Modern data center fabrics commonly combine </span><a href="https://blog.vyos.io/evpn-vxlan-vyos"><u><span>BGP EVPN as the control plane with VXLAN as the data plane</span></u></a><span>. In this architecture, a distributed anycast gateway places Layer 3 gateway functionality directly on multiple leaf switches (VTEPs), bringing routing closer to connected workloads.</span></p> <p style="line-height: 1.5;"><span>This post summarizes how VyOS implements the anycast gateway, how traffic moves through the fabric, and why the model matters for workload mobility. For the complete configuration and validation steps, see the </span><strong><span>EVPN-VXLAN Anycast Gateway Deployment Guide</span></strong><span>.</span></p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=4129050&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.vyos.io%2Fevpn-vxlan-distributed-anycast-gateway-vyos&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fblog.vyos.io&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "> bgp firewall high availability vrrp border router Anycast Gateway edge routing ebgp ibgp bfd Failover Multihoming routing policy Route Maps Wed, 11 Nov 2026 10:09:01 GMT f.maidana@vyos.io (Fernando Maidana) https://blog.vyos.io/evpn-vxlan-distributed-anycast-gateway-vyos 2026-11-11T10:09:01Z