VyOS ultra basic quick start guide
VyOS Quick Start This article is intended to provide very basic configuration to get us started with VyOS. Our VyOS is installed in vSphere, specs below: After VyOS is installed needs to be configured. It comes pretty blank so everything needs to be configured from scratch. This includes: User creation Remote access via ssh Basic firewall settings to allow remote access via ssh and respond to icmp echo requests Interface configuration Before we begin we need to understand how VyOS works at a very fundamental level and learn few commands first. Vyos has two modes: Operational mode Configuration mode Operational mode is the one where you usually display things and use show commands, similar to IOS. Operational mode is indicated by the $ at command prompt. Note, to descend back to operational mode from configuration mode use the exit command: Configuration mode is the one where you usually configure the router. All commands following th...