VyOS Project June 2025 Update
Hello, Community! This month's update looks small but there are quite a few big things happening. Expect a few release posts in the coming weeks! But apart from...
Category: VyOS Platform Blog | vyconf
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 #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...
VyOS 2.0 development digest #2
In the previous post we talked about the reasons for rewrite, design and implementation issues, and basic ideas. Now it's time to get to details. Today we'll mo...
VyOS 2.0 development digest #1
I keep talking about the future VyOS 2.0 and how we all should be doing it, but I guess my biggest mistake is not being public enough, and not being structured ...
