VyOS
VyOS is a fully-featured network operating system that transforms a virtual machine into a professional network router, firewall, or VPN concentrator.
Key Capabilities:
VyOS solves the following tasks:
- Building software-defined networks (SDN) in cloud infrastructure
- Creating highly-available routers with VRRP/CARP support
- Establishing secure VPN connections (IPsec, OpenVPN, WireGuard, L2TP)
- Firewall protection and traffic control with security zones
- Routing with dynamic protocol support (BGP, OSPF, RIP, EIGRP, ISIS)
- NAT/PAT and address translation for complex network topologies
- QoS and bandwidth management
- Network traffic monitoring and analysis
Core Features:
Routing Protocols:
- BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) with IPv4/IPv6 support
- OSPF v2/v3 for internal routing
- RIP/RIPng for simple networks
- EIGRP, IS-IS for enterprise networks
- Static routing and policy-based routing
VPN Technologies:
- IPsec site-to-site and remote-access
- OpenVPN for cross-platform access
- WireGuard for high-performance VPN
- L2TP/IPsec for mobile clients
- PPTP (legacy support)
- SSTP for Windows clients
Security:
- Stateful firewall with security zones
- NAT, PAT, NPTv6
- Port forwarding and redirects
- IPsec IKEv1/IKEv2
- Rule-based traffic filtering
- Basic DDoS protection
Additional Services:
- DHCP server/relay/client
- DNS forwarding and caching
- NTP server/client
- SNMP for monitoring
- Netflow/sFlow for traffic analysis
- LLDP for neighbor discovery
- Load balancing (WAN and server)
Warning
Important! This build is specifically optimized for Yandex Cloud, taking into account the specifics of virtual machines as well as the requirements of Russian legislation and federal laws. Its functionality and behavior differ from the standard version.
- Obtain a pair of SSH keys to connect to the virtual machine (VM).
- Create a virtual machine from a public image. In the Select boot image/disk section, go to the Cloud Marketplace tab and select vyos. In the Access section:
- Enter your username in the Login field.
- Paste the contents of your public SSH key in the SSH Key field.
- Connect to the virtual machine via SSH.
- Edge router for VPC internet connectivity
- VPN concentrator for remote employee access
- Site-to-site VPN between offices and cloud
- BGP router for advanced networking
- Perimeter firewall for network protection
- Load balancer for traffic distribution
- NAT gateway for private subnets
OpenNix provides technical support to VyOS users in Yandex Cloud. You can contact their technical support by email at support@opennix.ru. Support engineers are available on business days from 9 am to 6 pm GMT+3.