VyOS with ESXI 6.7

Prerequisites

To complete this tutorial, we will need:

• 1 node running ESXI. This tutorial is done on a node running EXSI 6.7
• 1 VM running the VyOS
• 4 testing VM's on separate VLAN's

Objective

Our Goal is to be able to create the network in the image below. Note that we are not going to discuss about how to use ESXI in this tutorial but we will be more focus on VyOS and how to use it to connect to the vswitches on the ESXI node.

Creating VSwitches and port groups on the EXSI server=

The Vswitch0 is already create and has two port groups already: "VM Network" and "Mangement Network" so we are not going to worry about this.

Create VSwtich

In this section, we will be creating 4 Vswithes called:

- asw-a-codfw

- asw-b-codfw

- asw-c-codfw

- asw-d-codfw

Do not assign any up-links to the Vswitches. Like a mentioned above we are not going to discuss how to create Vswithes in this tutorial. After you have created the 4 Vswitches above, the next step will be to create the port groups in the nest section.

Create Port groups

create 4 port groups like in the table below.

Port Groups

Port name	vlan	vswitch
private1-a-codfw	20	asw-a-codfw
private1-b-codfw	30	asw-b-codfw
private1-c-codfw	40	asw-c-codfw
private1-d-codfw	50	asw-d-codfw

VyOS installation and configuration

Installtion

The installation of VyOS is simple and easy. It is done like a regular VM installation on ESXI.

First you will need to create a VM with

- Name:vrouter4001 ( You can use any name)

- 1024MB of RAM

- 1 CPU

- 40GB of Disk

- 5 Network Interfaces

Network Interfaces and port groups

NIC	Port Group
eth0	VM Network
eth1	private1-a-codfw
eth2	private1-b-codfw
eth3	private1-c-codfw
eth4	private1-d-codfw