Sweet. Downloading it now to put it through its paces. Should we post questions/comments/bugs here or on hackers?
------------------ Aubrey Wells Senior Engineer Shelton | Johns Technology Group A Vyatta Ready Partner www.sheltonjohns.com On Jan 24, 2008, at 7:33 PM, Dave Roberts wrote: > As many of you know, the Vyatta development team has been working > hard on > the next major Vyatta release, code named Glendale. Glendale > represents a > *HUGE* step forward on a number of fronts. Because of this, Vyatta has > committed to making early previews available to the Vyatta Community > so that > you can get comfortable with the new features and provide feedback > on the > functionality and stability of the system. > > TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT: > ===================== > > Today, I'm pleased to announce that Glendale Alpha 1 has been made > available > for download from the Vyatta web site: > http://www.vyatta.com/download/ > > Release notes and documentation for Alpha 1 are available on the > Vyatta > Community Wiki: > http://www.vyatta.com/twiki/bin/view/Community/GlendaleAlpha1 > > Currently, the documentation is going through rapid development and > has been > released as separate chapters. As new chapters are written or > previously > released chapters are updated, they will be uploaded to the > Community Wiki. > If you find issues with the documentation, please report them to the > vyatta-users mailing list. > > THINGS TO NOTE: > =============== > > This is ***ALPHA*** software. It is not yet feature complete or fully > stable. Because of this, it is not suitable for production networks. > If you > use it in your production network, it will lose your packets, > corrupt your > data, and make your hair fall out. Be warned. > > Anybody even contemplating testing Alpha 1 should be sure to read > the rest > of this announcement and the release notes very carefully. There are a > number of changes to the system. > > All that said, we want you to test it like crazy, so don't be shy. > > ALPHA 1 FEATURES: > ================= > > The release notes have some more information, but here is a > description of > some of the major changes in the system: > > * Glendale has touched just about every subsystem in some way. In some > cases, the changes are relatively minor. In others, they represent a > radical > departure. Because of the global changes, Glendale does not attempt > to keep > backward compatibility with previous configuration files. If you > want to > upgrade a system to Glendale, save off the configuration first and > then > translate the configuration by hand to the new syntax. > > * Glendale Alpha 1 is distributed in ISO format only. There are > currently no > package repositories for the system and future preview releases > (Alpha 2 and > Beta) will be distributed in a similar fashion. > > * Glendale has a completely new command line interface infrastructure, > called FusionCLI. FusionCLI is based on an extended version of bash > with > access to Vyatta-specific commands and syntax, effectively fusing > together > management functionality at the CLI level and eliminating the separate > Vyatta shell. FusionCLI has a role-based user account system. > Depending on > the user role, the user may be able to execute standard Linux > commands from > the FusionCLI prompt. Further, the system is scriptable with a > combination > of bash scripting and Vyatta-specific commands. Once you play with > this for > a while, you'll begin to realize the power this affords > administrators. The > release notes have more information about this functionality. In > particular, > there are changes to the online '?'-help system that you should be > aware of. > > * Glendale has completely revamped the routing subsystem. If you were > struggling with routing protocol issues previously, there is a very > good > chance that your issues are gone. In particular, scalability and > stability > are greatly improved and the feature set has been expanded > tremendously. > > * Along with the routing subsystem, the policy subsystem is completely > different. It should now handle more complex policy configurations and > operate closer to the way you would expect. > > * The VRRP subsystem has been revamped. We now support multiple VRRP > groups > on a single interface, eliminating a common issue with the previous > VRRP > implementation. > > * DHCP client is now supported. This will make it easier for people > connecting to broadband networks that do not provide static addressing > (commonly DSL and cable networks). > > * Many other existing subsystems have been touched to fix bugs or > provide > minor enhancements. > > Implemented but not documented: > ------------------------------- > > There are several new features that have been implemented, but do > not yet > have documentation. If you're adventurous you can use the CLI help > to try > them out. Look for documentation to arrive over the coming weeks. > > * GRE and IP-in-IP tunnels are supported. These features are located > under > the interfaces/tunnel hierarchy. > > * L2TP+IPsec and PPTP client VPNs. These features are located under > the vpn > hierarchy. These protocols are compatible with the standard > Microsoft and > Mac OS X clients. Instructions for configuring the client side of > things can > be found on the Microsoft and Apple web sites. Linux clients are also > available for these protocols from various Internet download sites. > > Coming features that are not yet implemented or released: > --------------------------------------------------------- > > * QoS: This will provide access to the Linux tc subsystem in a > relatively > easy-to-use fashion. > > * WAN Load Balancing: This feature will allow people to use two or > more > low-priced broadband connections, possibly from different service > providers, > and load balance outbound traffic between them. This can improve the > connectivity of a site without having to employ complex BGP multi- > homing > scenarios. > > * PPPoE: This will help people with DSL connections. > > * New installer: Currently, the Alpha 1 release uses a variant of the > previous Vyatta install-system script. The final Glendale release > will use a > new, more sophisticated installer based on the current Debian > installer. > > TOP ENHANCEMENT REQUESTS: > ========================= > > It should be noted that with the Glendale final release (not > necessarily in > Alpha 1), many of the Top Enhancement Requests on the Vyatta > Community wiki > will have been addressed. > http://www.vyatta.com/twiki/bin/view/Community/TopEnhancements > > On the Top 5 Enhancement Request list: > #1: DHCP client: Implemented in Alpha 1 > #2: QoS > #3: VPN will be significantly improved with the addition of VPN > client: > Implemented in Alpha 1 > #5: PPPoE > > On the General Enhancement Requests list: > #2: Bandwidth policing: Depending on how you read this one, the QoS > feature > set may give you what you want. Inbound policing won't be > implmented, but > you will be able to set bandwidth caps on particular traffic types > on the > outbound to prevent bulk traffic from swamping higher priority > traffic on a > skinny WAN interface, for instance. > #17: 4-byte ASN: Implemented in Alpha 1 > #34: GRE tunnels: Implemented in Alpha 1 > > We do review the Top Enhancement requests list and take it > seriously. If you > would like to suggest a new feature or vote for existing > suggestions, please > do so on the wiki. > > FUTURE GLENDALE RELEASES: > ========================= > > As I said at the start of this note, Glendale represents significant > changes > and a lot of work on the part of the development team. In order to > facilitate additional testing and feedback from the Vyatta > Community, we'll > be making other preview releases available according to the following > (rough) schedule: > * Alpha 1 - January 2008 > * Alpha 2 - February 2008 > * Beta - March 2008 > * VC4 Release - April 2008 > > All of these releases will be announced on the vyatta-users mailing > list, > with the final release also announced to vyatta-announce. > > CONCLUSION: > =========== > > The Vyatta Community now spans every continent and just about every > country > on earth. Thanks for being a part of it. We need your help and > feedback to > make Glendale the best Vyatta release yet. In particular, there can > never be > enough testing of the system, so we encourage people to try it out and > report back your experiences, whether good or bad. If you find that > things > are performing well, feel free to cautiously deploy it in real > networks, > always keeping in mind the caveat that this is still pre-release, > Alpha or > Beta software. > > Cheers, > > -- Dave Roberts > Vyatta Cruise Director > > > _______________________________________________ > Vyatta-users mailing list > Vyatta-users@mailman.vyatta.com > http://mailman.vyatta.com/mailman/listinfo/vyatta-users _______________________________________________ Vyatta-users mailing list Vyatta-users@mailman.vyatta.com http://mailman.vyatta.com/mailman/listinfo/vyatta-users
