vycontrol

VyControl is frontend interface to manage a single or multiple VyoS servers.

Datacenters can to offer their customers (with users, groups and granular control) firewall and router as a service.

Main links

• VyControl website
• VyOS linux firewall website (only compatible with rolling release / 1.3 VyOS)
• Reddit

Plan to use VyControl?

• Subscribe to our announce list at https://vycontrol.com/
• Join Slack Channel https://vycontrol.slack.com/archives/C012ZRMB8VB
• Add new enhancement requests at https://github.com/vycontrol/vycontrol/issues

Install instructions

• download VyOS Rolling Release, since VyControl needs the latest VyOS API.

• for your security edit SECRET_KEY in inside Django settings/production.py and change to something random, maybe using

  openssl rand -hex 32
  

by dockerhub

latest VyControl is being autobuilt at dockerhub https://hub.docker.com/r/robertoberto/vycontrol

docker pull robertoberto/vycontrol
docker run -p 8000:8000 -t robertoberto/vycontrol
access http://127.0.0.1:8000

by docker composer

Right now we are using db.sqlite3, but I used composer so we can change to mySQL if needed.

docker-compose build
docker-compose  up

manual install instructions

setup virtual env and pip requirements

virtualenv env
source env/bin/activate
pip3 install -r requirements.txt

setup initial database

cd vycontrol
python3 manage.py migrate

run webserver

python3 manage.py runserver

access webpage

http://127.0.0.1:8000/

setup vyos new instance

• click on Add new instance
• configure vyos services like explained here https://docs.vyos.io/en/latest/appendix/http-api.html
• click on List Instances
• click on Test Connection

Plan to help develop VyControl?

• Solve Issues at https://github.com/vycontrol/vycontrol/issues
• Forks and pull requests are welcome!
• Discussion VyControl at VyOS forum https://forum.vyos.io/t/vycenter-alpha-stage-announcement-vyos-web-interface/5221/4

changelog

• edit/add/delete interfaces
• lost password recovery using external SMTP server
• NTP servers add/list/delete
• zone based firewall
• improve firewall UI and error returns to end users
• working firewall without zones
• version created to start project framework, organize permission systems and concept test with some firewall and interface functions and statics routes

roadmap

firewall and vycontrol base

• improve users/group/profile crud
• layout improvements and user input validation
• use python logging

IPSEC / OpenVPN focus

• openvpn features
• ipsec features
• Finish some firewall options

vlans, interfaces and system users

• system ssh / logins config
• basic interfaces configuration and vlans
• host information and default gateway
• timezone

basic dynamic routing features

• OSPF features

addons features

• FastNetMon one-click integration
• save/commit/load features
• s3 backup scheduler and commit confirm
• granular permissions and improvements

advanced dynamic routing features

• BGP features

IPV6 features

• ipv6 milestone

references

• https://docs.vyos.io/en/latest/appendix/http-api.html
• https://forum.vyos.io/t/http-api-for-show/3922
• https://blog.vyos.io/vyos-rolling-release-has-got-an-http-api
• https://www.facebook.com/vycontrol

screenshoots

Install VyControl

List Users

List VyOS Instances

Add VyOS Instances

List Interfaces

List Firewall

Add Firewall Rule

List Static Routes

Sponsoring

• VyControl is being tested at Under a Brazilian provider of Cloud Computing and Datacenters.