We've had an idea to put together a testbed for testing new VyOS releases for a while, as having different people test different interoperability issues is not always all that handy, but we didn't have a place to host it, so we never even made any specific plans.
However, syncer (the other guy at Sentrium) offered to host it in his closet, so we can think about details.
The idea is to setup a testbed with a few VyOS boxes and hardware by various vendors where we can test if everything is working as expected. Ideally we'd like to offer access to every contributor so they can live test their changes, but for this we'll have to come up with some reservation system (do you know of any ready to use implementations?).
But first of all, we need hardware. We've already got an EdgeRouterLite, probably a Cisco 870, and a RasperryPi for a host simulator. If you've got a device you can part with, consider donating or leasing it to us.
What we definitely don't have:
- Some Juniper (SRX or smaller JSeries perhaps?)
- Some Mikrotik
- Cisco ASA (5505?)
- One more managed switch
- A couple more rpi's or other small boards for host simulators
If you've got anything else you think if worth adding to the testbed, let us know, join our conference here