Thanks Paul for your thoughtful response. You gave me a lot of useful options to investigate.
Paul Wise <[email protected]> writes: >> We produce network equipment devices, and the project to be released is >> a framework to configure and manage the data plane. > > FYI that sounds a bit related to several Debian derivatives: > > https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/Census/CumulusLinux > https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/Census/OpenNetworkLinux > https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/Census/VyOS > > You might find they have solutions to the problem already. All I can safely say is that you've clearly identified the space. Thanks again, --jtc

