15 files changed, 187 insertions, 125 deletions

diff --git a/src/conf_mode/containers.py b/src/conf_mode/containers.py
index ab992e415..2e14e0b25 100755
--- a/src/conf_mode/containers.py
+++ b/src/conf_mode/containers.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def verify(container):
             v6_prefix = 0
             # If ipv4-prefix not defined for user-defined network
             if 'prefix' not in network_config:
-                raise ConfigError(f'prefix for network "{net}" must be defined!')
+                raise ConfigError(f'prefix for network "{network}" must be defined!')
 
             for prefix in network_config['prefix']:
                 if is_ipv4(prefix): v4_prefix += 1
diff --git a/src/conf_mode/http-api.py b/src/conf_mode/http-api.py
index 7e4b117c8..4bfcbeb47 100755
--- a/src/conf_mode/http-api.py
+++ b/src/conf_mode/http-api.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def apply(http_api):
         call('systemctl stop vyos-http-api.service')
 
     # Let uvicorn settle before restarting Nginx
-    time.sleep(2)
+    time.sleep(1)
 
     cmd(f'{vyos_conf_scripts_dir}/https.py', raising=ConfigError)
 
diff --git a/src/conf_mode/policy.py b/src/conf_mode/policy.py
index 1a03d520b..e251396c7 100755
--- a/src/conf_mode/policy.py
+++ b/src/conf_mode/policy.py
@@ -171,9 +171,7 @@ def verify(policy):
 
 def generate(policy):
     if not policy:
-        policy['new_frr_config'] = ''
         return None
-
     policy['new_frr_config'] = render_to_string('frr/policy.frr.tmpl', policy)
     return None
 
@@ -190,8 +188,9 @@ def apply(policy):
     frr_cfg.modify_section(r'^bgp community-list .*')
     frr_cfg.modify_section(r'^bgp extcommunity-list .*')
     frr_cfg.modify_section(r'^bgp large-community-list .*')
-    frr_cfg.modify_section(r'^route-map .*')
-    frr_cfg.add_before('^line vty', policy['new_frr_config'])
+    frr_cfg.modify_section(r'^route-map .*', stop_pattern='^exit', remove_stop_mark=True)
+    if 'new_frr_config' in policy:
+        frr_cfg.add_before(frr.default_add_before, policy['new_frr_config'])
     frr_cfg.commit_configuration(bgp_daemon)
 
     # The route-map used for the FIB (zebra) is part of the zebra daemon
@@ -200,19 +199,11 @@ def apply(policy):
     frr_cfg.modify_section(r'^ipv6 access-list .*')
     frr_cfg.modify_section(r'^ip prefix-list .*')
     frr_cfg.modify_section(r'^ipv6 prefix-list .*')
-    frr_cfg.modify_section(r'^route-map .*')
-    frr_cfg.add_before('^line vty', policy['new_frr_config'])
+    frr_cfg.modify_section(r'^route-map .*', stop_pattern='^exit', remove_stop_mark=True)
+    if 'new_frr_config' in policy:
+        frr_cfg.add_before(frr.default_add_before, policy['new_frr_config'])
     frr_cfg.commit_configuration(zebra_daemon)
 
-    # If FRR config is blank, rerun the blank commit x times due to frr-reload
-    # behavior/bug not properly clearing out on one commit.
-    if policy['new_frr_config'] == '':
-        for a in range(5):
-            frr_cfg.commit_configuration(zebra_daemon)
-
-    # Save configuration to /run/frr/config/frr.conf
-    frr.save_configuration()
-
     return None
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/src/conf_mode/protocols_bfd.py b/src/conf_mode/protocols_bfd.py
index 539fd7b8e..94825ba10 100755
--- a/src/conf_mode/protocols_bfd.py
+++ b/src/conf_mode/protocols_bfd.py
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 import os
 
-from sys import exit
-
 from vyos.config import Config
 from vyos.configdict import dict_merge
 from vyos.template import is_ipv6
@@ -36,7 +34,6 @@ def get_config(config=None):
         conf = Config()
     base = ['protocols', 'bfd']
     bfd = conf.get_config_dict(base, get_first_key=True)
-
     # Bail out early if configuration tree does not exist
     if not conf.exists(base):
         return bfd
@@ -89,18 +86,19 @@ def verify(bfd):
 
 def generate(bfd):
     if not bfd:
-        bfd['new_frr_config'] = ''
         return None
-
     bfd['new_frr_config'] = render_to_string('frr/bfdd.frr.tmpl', bfd)
 
 def apply(bfd):
+    bfd_daemon = 'bfdd'
+
     # Save original configuration prior to starting any commit actions
     frr_cfg = frr.FRRConfig()
-    frr_cfg.load_configuration()
-    frr_cfg.modify_section('^bfd', '')
-    frr_cfg.add_before(r'(ip prefix-list .*|route-map .*|line vty)', bfd['new_frr_config'])
-    frr_cfg.commit_configuration()
+    frr_cfg.load_configuration(bfd_daemon)
+    frr_cfg.modify_section('^bfd', stop_pattern='^exit', remove_stop_mark=True)
+    if 'new_frr_config' in bfd:
+        frr_cfg.add_before(frr.default_add_before, bfd['new_frr_config'])
+    frr_cfg.commit_configuration(bfd_daemon)
 
     return None
 
diff --git a/src/conf_mode/protocols_bgp.py b/src/conf_mode/protocols_bgp.py
index 68284e0f9..b88f0c4ef 100755
--- a/src/conf_mode/protocols_bgp.py
+++ b/src/conf_mode/protocols_bgp.py
@@ -268,8 +268,6 @@ def verify(bgp):
 
 def generate(bgp):
     if not bgp or 'deleted' in bgp:
-        bgp['frr_bgpd_config'] = ''
-        bgp['frr_zebra_config'] = ''
         return None
 
     bgp['protocol'] = 'bgp' # required for frr/vrf.route-map.frr.tmpl
@@ -287,8 +285,9 @@ def apply(bgp):
 
     # The route-map used for the FIB (zebra) is part of the zebra daemon
     frr_cfg.load_configuration(zebra_daemon)
-    frr_cfg.modify_section(r'(\s+)?ip protocol bgp route-map [-a-zA-Z0-9.]+$', '', '(\s|!)')
-    frr_cfg.add_before(r'(ip prefix-list .*|route-map .*|line vty)', bgp['frr_zebra_config'])
+    frr_cfg.modify_section(r'(\s+)?ip protocol bgp route-map [-a-zA-Z0-9.]+', stop_pattern='(\s|!)')
+    if 'frr_zebra_config' in bgp:
+        frr_cfg.add_before(frr.default_add_before, bgp['frr_zebra_config'])
     frr_cfg.commit_configuration(zebra_daemon)
 
     # Generate empty helper string which can be ammended to FRR commands, it
@@ -298,13 +297,11 @@ def apply(bgp):
         vrf = ' vrf ' + bgp['vrf']
 
     frr_cfg.load_configuration(bgp_daemon)
-    frr_cfg.modify_section(f'^router bgp \d+{vrf}$', '')
-    frr_cfg.add_before(r'(ip prefix-list .*|route-map .*|line vty)', bgp['frr_bgpd_config'])
+    frr_cfg.modify_section(f'^router bgp \d+{vrf}', stop_pattern='^exit', remove_stop_mark=True)
+    if 'frr_bgpd_config' in bgp:
+        frr_cfg.add_before(frr.default_add_before, bgp['frr_bgpd_config'])
     frr_cfg.commit_configuration(bgp_daemon)
 
-    # Save configuration to /run/frr/config/frr.conf
-    frr.save_configuration()
-
     return None
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/src/conf_mode/protocols_isis.py b/src/conf_mode/protocols_isis.py
index 4505e2496..9b4b215de 100755
--- a/src/conf_mode/protocols_isis.py
+++ b/src/conf_mode/protocols_isis.py
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ def get_config(config=None):
     # instead of the VRF instance.
     if vrf: isis['vrf'] = vrf
 
-    # As we no re-use this Python handler for both VRF and non VRF instances for
-    # IS-IS we need to find out if any interfaces changed so properly adjust
-    # the FRR configuration and not by acctident change interfaces from a
-    # different VRF.
+    # FRR has VRF support for different routing daemons. As interfaces belong
+    # to VRFs - or the global VRF, we need to check for changed interfaces so
+    # that they will be properly rendered for the FRR config. Also this eases
+    # removal of interfaces from the running configuration.
     interfaces_removed = node_changed(conf, base + ['interface'])
     if interfaces_removed:
         isis['interface_removed'] = list(interfaces_removed)
@@ -196,8 +196,6 @@ def verify(isis):
 
 def generate(isis):
     if not isis or 'deleted' in isis:
-        isis['frr_isisd_config'] = ''
-        isis['frr_zebra_config'] = ''
         return None
 
     isis['protocol'] = 'isis' # required for frr/vrf.route-map.frr.tmpl
@@ -214,8 +212,9 @@ def apply(isis):
 
     # The route-map used for the FIB (zebra) is part of the zebra daemon
     frr_cfg.load_configuration(zebra_daemon)
-    frr_cfg.modify_section(r'(\s+)?ip protocol isis route-map [-a-zA-Z0-9.]+$', '', '(\s|!)')
-    frr_cfg.add_before(r'(ip prefix-list .*|route-map .*|line vty)', isis['frr_zebra_config'])
+    frr_cfg.modify_section('(\s+)?ip protocol isis route-map [-a-zA-Z0-9.]+', stop_pattern='(\s|!)')
+    if 'frr_zebra_config' in isis:
+        frr_cfg.add_before(frr.default_add_before, isis['frr_zebra_config'])
     frr_cfg.commit_configuration(zebra_daemon)
 
     # Generate empty helper string which can be ammended to FRR commands, it
@@ -225,19 +224,18 @@ def apply(isis):
         vrf = ' vrf ' + isis['vrf']
 
     frr_cfg.load_configuration(isis_daemon)
-    frr_cfg.modify_section(f'^router isis VyOS{vrf}$', '')
+    frr_cfg.modify_section(f'^router isis VyOS{vrf}', stop_pattern='^exit', remove_stop_mark=True)
 
     for key in ['interface', 'interface_removed']:
         if key not in isis:
             continue
         for interface in isis[key]:
-            frr_cfg.modify_section(f'^interface {interface}{vrf}$', '')
+            frr_cfg.modify_section(f'^interface {interface}{vrf}', stop_pattern='^exit', remove_stop_mark=True)
 
-    frr_cfg.add_before(r'(ip prefix-list .*|route-map .*|line vty)', isis['frr_isisd_config'])
-    frr_cfg.commit_configuration(isis_daemon)
+    if 'frr_isisd_config' in isis:
+        frr_cfg.add_before(frr.default_add_before, isis['frr_isisd_config'])
 
-    # Save configuration to /run/frr/config/frr.conf
-    frr.save_configuration()
+    frr_cfg.commit_configuration(isis_daemon)
 
     return None
 
diff --git a/src/conf_mode/protocols_ospf.py b/src/conf_mode/protocols_ospf.py
index 6ccda2e5a..4895cde6f 100755
--- a/src/conf_mode/protocols_ospf.py
+++ b/src/conf_mode/protocols_ospf.py
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ def get_config(config=None):
     # instead of the VRF instance.
     if vrf: ospf['vrf'] = vrf
 
-    # As we no re-use this Python handler for both VRF and non VRF instances for
-    # OSPF we need to find out if any interfaces changed so properly adjust
-    # the FRR configuration and not by acctident change interfaces from a
-    # different VRF.
+    # FRR has VRF support for different routing daemons. As interfaces belong
+    # to VRFs - or the global VRF, we need to check for changed interfaces so
+    # that they will be properly rendered for the FRR config. Also this eases
+    # removal of interfaces from the running configuration.
     interfaces_removed = node_changed(conf, base + ['interface'])
     if interfaces_removed:
         ospf['interface_removed'] = list(interfaces_removed)
@@ -177,11 +177,11 @@ def verify(ospf):
                         raise ConfigError('Can not use OSPF interface area and area ' \
                                           'network configuration at the same time!')
 
-            if 'vrf' in ospf:
             # If interface specific options are set, we must ensure that the
             # interface is bound to our requesting VRF. Due to the VyOS
             # priorities the interface is bound to the VRF after creation of
             # the VRF itself, and before any routing protocol is configured.
+            if 'vrf' in ospf:
                 vrf = ospf['vrf']
                 tmp = get_interface_config(interface)
                 if 'master' not in tmp or tmp['master'] != vrf:
@@ -191,8 +191,6 @@ def verify(ospf):
 
 def generate(ospf):
     if not ospf or 'deleted' in ospf:
-        ospf['frr_ospfd_config'] = ''
-        ospf['frr_zebra_config'] = ''
         return None
 
     ospf['protocol'] = 'ospf' # required for frr/vrf.route-map.frr.tmpl
@@ -209,8 +207,9 @@ def apply(ospf):
 
     # The route-map used for the FIB (zebra) is part of the zebra daemon
     frr_cfg.load_configuration(zebra_daemon)
-    frr_cfg.modify_section(r'(\s+)?ip protocol ospf route-map [-a-zA-Z0-9.]+$', '', '(\s|!)')
-    frr_cfg.add_before(r'(ip prefix-list .*|route-map .*|line vty)', ospf['frr_zebra_config'])
+    frr_cfg.modify_section('(\s+)?ip protocol ospf route-map [-a-zA-Z0-9.]+', stop_pattern='(\s|!)')
+    if 'frr_zebra_config' in ospf:
+        frr_cfg.add_before(frr.default_add_before, ospf['frr_zebra_config'])
     frr_cfg.commit_configuration(zebra_daemon)
 
     # Generate empty helper string which can be ammended to FRR commands, it
@@ -220,20 +219,18 @@ def apply(ospf):
         vrf = ' vrf ' + ospf['vrf']
 
     frr_cfg.load_configuration(ospf_daemon)
-    frr_cfg.modify_section(f'^router ospf{vrf}$', '')
+    frr_cfg.modify_section(f'^router ospf{vrf}', stop_pattern='^exit', remove_stop_mark=True)
 
     for key in ['interface', 'interface_removed']:
         if key not in ospf:
             continue
         for interface in ospf[key]:
-            frr_cfg.modify_section(f'^interface {interface}{vrf}$', '')
+            frr_cfg.modify_section(f'^interface {interface}{vrf}', stop_pattern='^exit', remove_stop_mark=True)
 
-    frr_cfg.add_before(r'(ip prefix-list .*|route-map .*|line vty)', ospf['frr_ospfd_config'])
+    if 'frr_ospfd_config' in ospf:
+        frr_cfg.add_before(frr.default_add_before, ospf['frr_ospfd_config'])
     frr_cfg.commit_configuration(ospf_daemon)
 
-    # Save configuration to /run/frr/config/frr.conf
-    frr.save_configuration()
-
     return None
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/src/conf_mode/protocols_ospfv3.py b/src/conf_mode/protocols_ospfv3.py
index 536ffa690..d0460b830 100755
--- a/src/conf_mode/protocols_ospfv3.py
+++ b/src/conf_mode/protocols_ospfv3.py
@@ -17,30 +17,53 @@
 import os
 
 from sys import exit
+from sys import argv
 
 from vyos.config import Config
 from vyos.configdict import dict_merge
+from vyos.configdict import node_changed
 from vyos.configverify import verify_common_route_maps
 from vyos.template import render_to_string
 from vyos.ifconfig import Interface
+from vyos.util import get_interface_config
 from vyos.xml import defaults
 from vyos import ConfigError
 from vyos import frr
 from vyos import airbag
 airbag.enable()
 
-frr_daemon = 'ospf6d'
-
 def get_config(config=None):
     if config:
         conf = config
     else:
         conf = Config()
-    base = ['protocols', 'ospfv3']
+
+    vrf = None
+    if len(argv) > 1:
+        vrf = argv[1]
+
+    base_path = ['protocols', 'ospfv3']
+
+    # eqivalent of the C foo ? 'a' : 'b' statement
+    base = vrf and ['vrf', 'name', vrf, 'protocols', 'ospfv3'] or base_path
     ospfv3 = conf.get_config_dict(base, key_mangling=('-', '_'), get_first_key=True)
 
+    # Assign the name of our VRF context. This MUST be done before the return
+    # statement below, else on deletion we will delete the default instance
+    # instead of the VRF instance.
+    if vrf: ospfv3['vrf'] = vrf
+
+    # FRR has VRF support for different routing daemons. As interfaces belong
+    # to VRFs - or the global VRF, we need to check for changed interfaces so
+    # that they will be properly rendered for the FRR config. Also this eases
+    # removal of interfaces from the running configuration.
+    interfaces_removed = node_changed(conf, base + ['interface'])
+    if interfaces_removed:
+        ospfv3['interface_removed'] = list(interfaces_removed)
+
     # Bail out early if configuration tree does not exist
     if not conf.exists(base):
+        ospfv3.update({'deleted' : ''})
         return ospfv3
 
     # We also need some additional information from the config, prefix-lists
@@ -61,33 +84,56 @@ def verify(ospfv3):
     verify_common_route_maps(ospfv3)
 
     if 'interface' in ospfv3:
-        for ifname, if_config in ospfv3['interface'].items():
-            if 'ifmtu' in if_config:
-                mtu = Interface(ifname).get_mtu()
-                if int(if_config['ifmtu']) > int(mtu):
+        for interface, interface_config in ospfv3['interface'].items():
+            if 'ifmtu' in interface_config:
+                mtu = Interface(interface).get_mtu()
+                if int(interface_config['ifmtu']) > int(mtu):
                     raise ConfigError(f'OSPFv3 ifmtu can not exceed physical MTU of "{mtu}"')
 
+            # If interface specific options are set, we must ensure that the
+            # interface is bound to our requesting VRF. Due to the VyOS
+            # priorities the interface is bound to the VRF after creation of
+            # the VRF itself, and before any routing protocol is configured.
+            if 'vrf' in ospfv3:
+                vrf = ospfv3['vrf']
+                tmp = get_interface_config(interface)
+                if 'master' not in tmp or tmp['master'] != vrf:
+                    raise ConfigError(f'Interface {interface} is not a member of VRF {vrf}!')
+
     return None
 
 def generate(ospfv3):
-    if not ospfv3:
-        ospfv3['new_frr_config'] = ''
+    if not ospfv3 or 'deleted' in ospfv3:
         return None
 
     ospfv3['new_frr_config'] = render_to_string('frr/ospf6d.frr.tmpl', ospfv3)
     return None
 
 def apply(ospfv3):
+    ospf6_daemon = 'ospf6d'
+
     # Save original configuration prior to starting any commit actions
     frr_cfg = frr.FRRConfig()
-    frr_cfg.load_configuration(frr_daemon)
-    frr_cfg.modify_section(r'^interface \S+', '')
-    frr_cfg.modify_section('^router ospf6$', '')
-    frr_cfg.add_before(r'(ip prefix-list .*|route-map .*|line vty)', ospfv3['new_frr_config'])
-    frr_cfg.commit_configuration(frr_daemon)
-
-    # Save configuration to /run/frr/config/frr.conf
-    frr.save_configuration()
+
+    # Generate empty helper string which can be ammended to FRR commands, it
+    # will be either empty (default VRF) or contain the "vrf <name" statement
+    vrf = ''
+    if 'vrf' in ospfv3:
+        vrf = ' vrf ' + ospfv3['vrf']
+
+    frr_cfg.load_configuration(ospf6_daemon)
+    frr_cfg.modify_section(f'^router ospf6{vrf}', stop_pattern='^exit', remove_stop_mark=True)
+
+    for key in ['interface', 'interface_removed']:
+        if key not in ospfv3:
+            continue
+        for interface in ospfv3[key]:
+            frr_cfg.modify_section(f'^interface {interface}{vrf}', stop_pattern='^exit', remove_stop_mark=True)
+
+    if 'new_frr_config' in ospfv3:
+        frr_cfg.add_before(frr.default_add_before, ospfv3['new_frr_config'])
+
+    frr_cfg.commit_configuration(ospf6_daemon)
 
     return None
 
diff --git a/src/conf_mode/protocols_rip.py b/src/conf_mode/protocols_rip.py
index 6b78f6f2d..300f56489 100755
--- a/src/conf_mode/protocols_rip.py
+++ b/src/conf_mode/protocols_rip.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from sys import exit
 
 from vyos.config import Config
 from vyos.configdict import dict_merge
+from vyos.configdict import node_changed
 from vyos.configverify import verify_common_route_maps
 from vyos.configverify import verify_access_list
 from vyos.configverify import verify_prefix_list
@@ -39,8 +40,17 @@ def get_config(config=None):
     base = ['protocols', 'rip']
     rip = conf.get_config_dict(base, key_mangling=('-', '_'), get_first_key=True)
 
+    # FRR has VRF support for different routing daemons. As interfaces belong
+    # to VRFs - or the global VRF, we need to check for changed interfaces so
+    # that they will be properly rendered for the FRR config. Also this eases
+    # removal of interfaces from the running configuration.
+    interfaces_removed = node_changed(conf, base + ['interface'])
+    if interfaces_removed:
+        rip['interface_removed'] = list(interfaces_removed)
+
     # Bail out early if configuration tree does not exist
     if not conf.exists(base):
+        rip.update({'deleted' : ''})
         return rip
 
     # We have gathered the dict representation of the CLI, but there are default
@@ -89,12 +99,10 @@ def verify(rip):
                                       f'with "split-horizon disable" for "{interface}"!')
 
 def generate(rip):
-    if not rip:
-        rip['new_frr_config'] = ''
+    if not rip or 'deleted' in rip:
         return None
 
     rip['new_frr_config'] = render_to_string('frr/ripd.frr.tmpl', rip)
-
     return None
 
 def apply(rip):
@@ -106,19 +114,22 @@ def apply(rip):
 
     # The route-map used for the FIB (zebra) is part of the zebra daemon
     frr_cfg.load_configuration(zebra_daemon)
-    frr_cfg.modify_section(r'^ip protocol rip route-map [-a-zA-Z0-9.]+$', '')
+    frr_cfg.modify_section('^ip protocol rip route-map [-a-zA-Z0-9.]+', stop_pattern='(\s|!)')
     frr_cfg.commit_configuration(zebra_daemon)
 
     frr_cfg.load_configuration(rip_daemon)
-    frr_cfg.modify_section(r'key chain \S+', '')
-    frr_cfg.modify_section(r'interface \S+', '')
-    frr_cfg.modify_section('^router rip$', '')
+    frr_cfg.modify_section('^key chain \S+', stop_pattern='^exit', remove_stop_mark=True)
+    frr_cfg.modify_section('^router rip', stop_pattern='^exit', remove_stop_mark=True)
 
-    frr_cfg.add_before(r'(ip prefix-list .*|route-map .*|line vty)', rip['new_frr_config'])
-    frr_cfg.commit_configuration(rip_daemon)
+    for key in ['interface', 'interface_removed']:
+        if key not in rip:
+            continue
+        for interface in rip[key]:
+            frr_cfg.modify_section(f'^interface {interface}', stop_pattern='^exit', remove_stop_mark=True)
 
-    # Save configuration to /run/frr/config/frr.conf
-    frr.save_configuration()
+    if 'new_frr_config' in rip:
+        frr_cfg.add_before(frr.default_add_before, rip['new_frr_config'])
+    frr_cfg.commit_configuration(rip_daemon)
 
     return None
 
diff --git a/src/conf_mode/protocols_ripng.py b/src/conf_mode/protocols_ripng.py
index bc4954f63..d9b8c0b30 100755
--- a/src/conf_mode/protocols_ripng.py
+++ b/src/conf_mode/protocols_ripng.py
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ from vyos import frr
 from vyos import airbag
 airbag.enable()
 
-frr_daemon = 'ripngd'
-
 def get_config(config=None):
     if config:
         conf = config
@@ -99,17 +97,24 @@ def generate(ripng):
     return None
 
 def apply(ripng):
+    ripng_daemon = 'ripngd'
+    zebra_daemon = 'zebra'
+
     # Save original configuration prior to starting any commit actions
     frr_cfg = frr.FRRConfig()
-    frr_cfg.load_configuration(frr_daemon)
-    frr_cfg.modify_section(r'key chain \S+', '')
-    frr_cfg.modify_section(r'interface \S+', '')
-    frr_cfg.modify_section('router ripng', '')
-    frr_cfg.add_before(r'(ip prefix-list .*|route-map .*|line vty)', ripng['new_frr_config'])
-    frr_cfg.commit_configuration(frr_daemon)
-
-    # Save configuration to /run/frr/config/frr.conf
-    frr.save_configuration()
+
+    # The route-map used for the FIB (zebra) is part of the zebra daemon
+    frr_cfg.load_configuration(zebra_daemon)
+    frr_cfg.modify_section('^ipv6 protocol ripng route-map [-a-zA-Z0-9.]+', stop_pattern='(\s|!)')
+    frr_cfg.commit_configuration(zebra_daemon)
+
+    frr_cfg.load_configuration(ripng_daemon)
+    frr_cfg.modify_section('key chain \S+', stop_pattern='^exit', remove_stop_mark=True)
+    frr_cfg.modify_section('interface \S+', stop_pattern='^exit', remove_stop_mark=True)
+    frr_cfg.modify_section('^router ripng', stop_pattern='^exit', remove_stop_mark=True)
+    if 'new_frr_config' in ripng:
+        frr_cfg.add_before(frr.default_add_before, ripng['new_frr_config'])
+    frr_cfg.commit_configuration(ripng_daemon)
 
     return None
 
diff --git a/src/conf_mode/protocols_rpki.py b/src/conf_mode/protocols_rpki.py
index 947c8ab7a..51ad0d315 100755
--- a/src/conf_mode/protocols_rpki.py
+++ b/src/conf_mode/protocols_rpki.py
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ from vyos import frr
 from vyos import airbag
 airbag.enable()
 
-frr_daemon = 'bgpd'
-
 def get_config(config=None):
     if config:
         conf = config
@@ -38,7 +36,9 @@ def get_config(config=None):
     base = ['protocols', 'rpki']
 
     rpki = conf.get_config_dict(base, key_mangling=('-', '_'), get_first_key=True)
+    # Bail out early if configuration tree does not exist
     if not conf.exists(base):
+        rpki.update({'deleted' : ''})
         return rpki
 
     # We have gathered the dict representation of the CLI, but there are default
@@ -79,17 +79,22 @@ def verify(rpki):
     return None
 
 def generate(rpki):
+    if not rpki:
+        return
     rpki['new_frr_config'] = render_to_string('frr/rpki.frr.tmpl', rpki)
     return None
 
 def apply(rpki):
+    bgp_daemon = 'bgpd'
+
     # Save original configuration prior to starting any commit actions
     frr_cfg = frr.FRRConfig()
-    frr_cfg.load_configuration(frr_daemon)
-    frr_cfg.modify_section('rpki', '')
-    frr_cfg.add_before(r'(ip prefix-list .*|route-map .*|line vty)', rpki['new_frr_config'])
-    frr_cfg.commit_configuration(frr_daemon)
+    frr_cfg.load_configuration(bgp_daemon)
+    frr_cfg.modify_section('^rpki', stop_pattern='^exit', remove_stop_mark=True)
+    if 'new_frr_config' in rpki:
+        frr_cfg.add_before(frr.default_add_before, rpki['new_frr_config'])
 
+    frr_cfg.commit_configuration(bgp_daemon)
     return None
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/src/conf_mode/protocols_static.py b/src/conf_mode/protocols_static.py
index f010141e9..c1e427b16 100755
--- a/src/conf_mode/protocols_static.py
+++ b/src/conf_mode/protocols_static.py
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ def verify(static):
     return None
 
 def generate(static):
+    if not static:
+        return None
     static['new_frr_config'] = render_to_string('frr/staticd.frr.tmpl', static)
     return None
 
@@ -97,24 +99,21 @@ def apply(static):
 
     # The route-map used for the FIB (zebra) is part of the zebra daemon
     frr_cfg.load_configuration(zebra_daemon)
-    frr_cfg.modify_section(r'^ip protocol static route-map [-a-zA-Z0-9.]+$', '')
+    frr_cfg.modify_section(r'^ip protocol static route-map [-a-zA-Z0-9.]+', '')
     frr_cfg.commit_configuration(zebra_daemon)
-
     frr_cfg.load_configuration(static_daemon)
 
     if 'vrf' in static:
         vrf = static['vrf']
-        frr_cfg.modify_section(f'^vrf {vrf}$', '')
+        frr_cfg.modify_section(f'^vrf {vrf}', stop_pattern='^exit', remove_stop_mark=True)
     else:
-        frr_cfg.modify_section(r'^ip route .*', '')
-        frr_cfg.modify_section(r'^ipv6 route .*', '')
+        frr_cfg.modify_section(r'^ip route .*')
+        frr_cfg.modify_section(r'^ipv6 route .*')
 
-    frr_cfg.add_before(r'(interface .*|line vty)', static['new_frr_config'])
+    if 'new_frr_config' in static:
+        frr_cfg.add_before(frr.default_add_before, static['new_frr_config'])
     frr_cfg.commit_configuration(static_daemon)
 
-    # Save configuration to /run/frr/config/frr.conf
-    frr.save_configuration()
-
     return None
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/src/conf_mode/tftp_server.py b/src/conf_mode/tftp_server.py
index 2409eec1f..ef726670c 100755
--- a/src/conf_mode/tftp_server.py
+++ b/src/conf_mode/tftp_server.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from sys import exit
 
 from vyos.config import Config
 from vyos.configdict import dict_merge
+from vyos.configverify import verify_vrf
 from vyos.template import render
 from vyos.template import is_ipv4
 from vyos.util import call
@@ -65,10 +66,11 @@ def verify(tftpd):
     if 'listen_address' not in tftpd:
         raise ConfigError('TFTP server listen address must be configured!')
 
-    for address in tftpd['listen_address']:
+    for address, address_config in tftpd['listen_address'].items():
         if not is_addr_assigned(address):
             print(f'WARNING: TFTP server listen address "{address}" not ' \
                   'assigned to any interface!')
+        verify_vrf(address_config)
 
     return None
 
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ def generate(tftpd):
         return None
 
     idx = 0
-    for address in tftpd['listen_address']:
+    for address, address_config in tftpd['listen_address'].items():
         config = deepcopy(tftpd)
         port = tftpd['port']
         if is_ipv4(address):
@@ -91,6 +93,9 @@ def generate(tftpd):
         else:
             config['listen_address'] = f'[{address}]:{port} -6'
 
+        if 'vrf' in address_config:
+            config['vrf'] = address_config['vrf']
+
         file = config_file + str(idx)
         render(file, 'tftp-server/default.tmpl', config)
         idx = idx + 1
diff --git a/src/conf_mode/vpn_openconnect.py b/src/conf_mode/vpn_openconnect.py
index f6db196dc..51ea1f223 100755
--- a/src/conf_mode/vpn_openconnect.py
+++ b/src/conf_mode/vpn_openconnect.py
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@ from vyos.pki import wrap_certificate
 from vyos.pki import wrap_private_key
 from vyos.template import render
 from vyos.util import call
+from vyos.util import is_systemd_service_running
 from vyos.xml import defaults
 from vyos import ConfigError
 from crypt import crypt, mksalt, METHOD_SHA512
+from time import sleep
 
 from vyos import airbag
 airbag.enable()
@@ -172,6 +174,16 @@ def apply(ocserv):
                 os.unlink(file)
     else:
         call('systemctl restart ocserv.service')
+        counter = 0
+        while True:
+            # exit early when service runs
+            if is_systemd_service_running("ocserv.service"):
+                break
+            sleep(0.250)
+            if counter > 5:
+                raise ConfigError('openconnect failed to start, check the logs for details')
+                break
+            counter += 1
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/src/conf_mode/vrf_vni.py b/src/conf_mode/vrf_vni.py
index 50d60f0dc..1a7bd1f09 100755
--- a/src/conf_mode/vrf_vni.py
+++ b/src/conf_mode/vrf_vni.py
@@ -47,13 +47,11 @@ def apply(vrf):
     # add configuration to FRR
     frr_cfg = frr.FRRConfig()
     frr_cfg.load_configuration(frr_daemon)
-    frr_cfg.modify_section(f'^vrf .+$', '')
-    frr_cfg.add_before(r'(interface .*|line vty)', vrf['new_frr_config'])
+    frr_cfg.modify_section(f'^vrf .+', stop_pattern='^exit-vrf', remove_stop_mark=True)
+    if 'new_frr_config' in vrf:
+        frr_cfg.add_before(frr.default_add_before, vrf['new_frr_config'])
     frr_cfg.commit_configuration(frr_daemon)
 
-    # Save configuration to /run/frr/config/frr.conf
-    frr.save_configuration()
-
     return None
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':