VyOS 1.2.0-rc4 is available for download

by Daniil Baturin

VyOS 1.2.0-rc4 release candidate is available for download from here

The release includes multiple bug fixes and a few small features.

You can view the complete changelog here.

Here are some highlights:

Bugfix: SNMP and routing protocols

Due to a change in FRR compared to our old Quagga, SNMP support for routing protocols had been broken for a while. Now it should work again.

Bugfix: BGP community lists

Due to another change in FRR, we've had an annoying bug that made it impossible to edit  BGP community list rules after creation (T799).

For now it was fixed using a dirty hack that may slow down community list editing operations somewhat, and the root cause was reported to FRR maintainers. Once they fix it, we can remove the hack easily.

Feature: BGP extended community lists

Support for extended community lists was supposed to be there for a long time, but in reality the commands were broken (T64).
The bug in community lists editing helped us discover that issue, and the commands were fixed.

Here is an example of that feature's syntax:

# show policy extcommunity-list ExctcommunityExample 
 rule 10 {
     action permit
     regex 100000:999
 }
 rule 30 {
     action deny
     regex ^$
 }
[edit]
# show policy route-map ExtcommunityExample 
 rule 10 {
     action permit
     match {
         extcommunity ExctcommunityExample
     }
 }

Please test is and tell us if it works fine for you.

SSH allow-root option

The "service ssh allow-root" is no longer supported. It will be automatically removed from configs first time the upgrade image boots.

It's a common wisdom that logging in as root is not a good idea. We believe this change is going to have a very limited impact at best.  One objection was that automation tools may need it, but all modern tools such as ansible are capable of elevating privileges properly with sudo.

However, if your automation setup is using it, please take it into account. You still have time to do it before 1.2.0 LTS is released.

New drivers and utilities

VyOS now includes updated firmware packages, in particular, new firmware for Broadcom cards that were reported not to work in T708.

The image also includes a few popular diagnostic tools by default, such as htop, atop, and iotop.