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| author | Daniil Baturin <daniil@vyos.io> | 2026-05-06 14:08:24 +0100 |
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diff --git a/docs/configexamples/md-ha.md b/docs/configexamples/md-ha.md deleted file mode 100644 index c3fd4f84..00000000 --- a/docs/configexamples/md-ha.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,556 +0,0 @@ ---- -lastproofread: '2021-06-28' ---- - -(example-high-availability)= - -# High Availability Walkthrough - -This document walks you through a complete HA setup of two VyOS machines. This -design is based on a VM as the primary router and a physical machine as a -backup, using VRRP, BGP, OSPF, and conntrack sharing. - -This document aims to walk you through setting everything up, so -at a point where you can reboot any machine and not lose more than a few -seconds worth of connectivity. - -## Design - -This is based on a real-life production design. One of the complex issues -is ensuring you have redundant data INTO your network. We do this with a pair -of Cisco Nexus switches and using Virtual PortChannels that are spanned across -them. As a bonus, this also allows for complete switch failure without -an outage. How you achieve this yourself is left as an exercise to the reader. -But our setup is documented here. - -### Walkthrough suggestion - -The `commit` command is implied after every section. If you make an error, -`commit` will warn you and you can fix it before getting too far into things. -Please ensure you commit early and commit often. - -If you are following through this document, it is strongly suggested you -complete the entire document, ONLY doing the virtual router1 steps, and then -come back and walk through it AGAIN on the backup hardware router. - -This ensures you don't go too fast or miss a step. However, it will make your -life easier to configure the fixed IP address and default route now on the -hardware router. - -### Example Network - -In this document, we have been allocated 203.0.113.0/24 by our upstream -provider, which we are publishing on VLAN100. - -They want us to establish a BGP session to their routers on 192.0.2.11 and -192.0.2.12 from our routers 192.0.2.21 and 192.0.2.22. They are AS 65550 and -we are AS 65551. - -Our routers are going to have a floating IP address of 203.0.113.1, and use -.2 and .3 as their fixed IPs. - -We are going to use 10.200.201.0/24 for an 'internal' network on VLAN201. - -When traffic is originated from the 10.200.201.0/24 network, it will be -masqueraded to 203.0.113.1 - -For connection between sites, we are running a WireGuard link to two REMOTE -routers and using OSPF over those links to distribute routes. That remote -site is expected to send traffic from anything in 10.201.0.0/16 - -### VLANs - -These are the vlans we will be using: - -- 50: Upstream, using the 192.0.2.0/24 network allocated by them. -- 100: 'Public' network, using our 203.0.113.0/24 network. -- 201: 'Internal' network, using 10.200.201.0/24 - -### Hardware - -- switch1 (Nexus 10gb Switch) -- switch2 (Nexus 10gb Switch) -- compute1 (VMware ESXi 6.5) -- compute2 (VMware ESXi 6.5) -- compute3 (VMware ESXi 6.5) -- router2 (Random 1RU machine with 4 NICs) - -Note that router1 is a VM that runs on one of the compute nodes. - -### Network Cabling - -- From Datacenter - This connects into port 1 on both switches, and is tagged - as VLAN 50 -- Cisco VPC Crossconnect - Ports 39 and 40 bonded between each switch -- Hardware Router - Port 8 of each switch -- compute1 - Port 9 of each switch -- compute2 - Port 10 of each switch -- compute3 - Port 11 of each switch - -This is ignoring the extra Out-of-band management networking, which should be -on totally different switches, and a different feed into the rack, and is out -of scope of this. - -:::{note} -Our implementation uses VMware's Distributed Port Groups, which allows -VMware to use LACP. This is a part of the ENTERPRISE licence, and is not -available on a free licence. If you are implementing this and do not have -access to DPGs, you should not use VMware, and use some other virtualization -platform instead. -::: - -## Basic Setup (via console) - -Create your router1 VM. So it can withstand a VM Host failing or a -network link failing. Using VMware, this is achieved by enabling vSphere DRS, -vSphere Availability, and creating a Distributed Port Group that uses LACP. - -Many other Hypervisors do this, and I'm hoping that this document will be -expanded to document how to do this for others. - -Create an 'All VLANs' network group, that passes all trunked traffic through -to the VM. Attach this network group to router1 as eth0. - -:::{note} -VMware: You must DISABLE SECURITY on this Port group. Make sure that -`Promiscuous Mode`, `MAC address changes` and `Forged transmits` are -enabled. All of these will be done as part of failover. -::: - -### Bonding on Hardware Router - -Create a LACP bond on the hardware router. We are assuming that eth0 and eth1 -are connected to port 8 on both switches, and that those ports are configured -as a Port-Channel. - -```none -set interfaces bonding bond0 description 'Switch Port-Channel' -set interfaces bonding bond0 hash-policy 'layer2' -set interfaces bonding bond0 member interface 'eth0' -set interfaces bonding bond0 member interface 'eth1' -set interfaces bonding bond0 mode '802.3ad' -``` - - -### Assign external IP addresses - -VLAN 100 and 201 will have floating IP addresses, but VLAN50 does not, as this -is talking directly to upstream. Create our IP address on vlan50. - -For the hardware router, replace `eth0` with `bond0`. As (almost) every -command is identical, this will not be specified unless different things need -to be performed on different hosts. - -```none -set interfaces ethernet eth0 vif 50 address '192.0.2.21/24' -``` - -In this case, the hardware router has a different IP, so it would be - -```none -set interfaces ethernet bond0 vif 50 address '192.0.2.22/24' -``` - - -### Add (temporary) default route - -It is assumed that the routers provided by upstream are capable of acting as a -default router, add that as a static route. - -```none -set protocols static route 0.0.0.0/0 next-hop 192.0.2.11 -commit -save -``` - - -### Enable SSH - -Enable SSH so you can now SSH into the routers, rather than using the console. - -```none -set service ssh -commit -save -``` - -At this point, you should be able to SSH into both of them, and will no longer -need access to the console (unless you break something!) - -## VRRP Configuration - -We are setting up VRRP so that it does NOT fail back when a machine returns into -service, and it prioritizes router1 over router2. - -### Internal Network - -This has a floating IP address of 10.200.201.1/24, using virtual router ID 201. -The difference between them is the interface name, hello-source-address, and -peer-address. - -**router1** - -```none -set interfaces ethernet eth0 vif 201 address 10.200.201.2/24 -set high-availability vrrp group int hello-source-address '10.200.201.2' -set high-availability vrrp group int interface 'eth0.201' -set high-availability vrrp group int peer-address '10.200.201.3' -set high-availability vrrp group int no-preempt -set high-availability vrrp group int priority '200' -set high-availability vrrp group int address '10.200.201.1/24' -set high-availability vrrp group int vrid '201' -``` - -**router2** - -```none -set interfaces ethernet bond0 vif 201 address 10.200.201.3/24 -set high-availability vrrp group int hello-source-address '10.200.201.3' -set high-availability vrrp group int interface 'bond0.201' -set high-availability vrrp group int peer-address '10.200.201.2' -set high-availability vrrp group int no-preempt -set high-availability vrrp group int priority '100' -set high-availability vrrp group int address '10.200.201.1/24' -set high-availability vrrp group int vrid '201' -``` - - -### Public Network - -This has a floating IP address of 203.0.113.1/24, using virtual router ID 113. -The virtual router ID is just a random number between 1 and 254, and can be set -to whatever you want. Best practices suggest you try to keep them unique -enterprise-wide. - -**router1** - -```none -set interfaces ethernet eth0 vif 100 address 203.0.113.2/24 -set high-availability vrrp group public hello-source-address '203.0.113.2' -set high-availability vrrp group public interface 'eth0.100' -set high-availability vrrp group public peer-address '203.0.113.3' -set high-availability vrrp group public no-preempt -set high-availability vrrp group public priority '200' -set high-availability vrrp group public address '203.0.113.1/24' -set high-availability vrrp group public vrid '113' -``` - -**router2** - -```none -set interfaces ethernet bond0 vif 100 address 203.0.113.3/24 -set high-availability vrrp group public hello-source-address '203.0.113.3' -set high-availability vrrp group public interface 'bond0.100' -set high-availability vrrp group public peer-address '203.0.113.2' -set high-availability vrrp group public no-preempt -set high-availability vrrp group public priority '100' -set high-availability vrrp group public address '203.0.113.1/24' -set high-availability vrrp group public vrid '113' -``` - - -### Create VRRP sync-group - -The sync group is used to replicate connection tracking. It needs to be assigned -to a random VRRP group, and we are creating a sync group called `sync` using -the vrrp group `int`. - -```none -set high-availability vrrp sync-group sync member 'int' -``` - - -### Testing - -At this point, you should be able to see both IP addresses when you run -`show interfaces`, and `show vrrp` should show both interfaces in MASTER -state (and SLAVE state on router2). - -```none -vyos@router1:~$ show vrrp -Name Interface VRID State Last Transition --------- ----------- ------ ------- ----------------- -int eth0.201 201 MASTER 100s -public eth0.100 113 MASTER 200s -vyos@router1:~$ -``` - -You should be able to ping to and from all the IPs you have allocated. - -## NAT and conntrack-sync - -Masquerade Traffic originating from 10.200.201.0/24 that is heading out the -public interface. - -:::{note} -We explicitly exclude the primary upstream network so that BGP or -OSPF traffic doesn't accidentally get NAT'ed. -::: - -```none -set nat source rule 10 destination address '!192.0.2.0/24' -set nat source rule 10 outbound-interface name 'eth0.50' -set nat source rule 10 source address '10.200.201.0/24' -set nat source rule 10 translation address '203.0.113.1' -``` - - -### Configure conntrack-sync and enable helpers - -Conntrack helper modules are enabled by default, but they tend to cause more -problems than they're worth in complex networks. You can disable all of them -at one go. - -```none -delete system conntrack modules -``` - -Now enable replication between nodes. Replace eth0.201 with bond0.201 on the -hardware router. - -```none -set service conntrack-sync accept-protocol 'tcp,udp,icmp' -set service conntrack-sync event-listen-queue-size '8' -set service conntrack-sync failover-mechanism vrrp sync-group 'sync' -set service conntrack-sync interface eth0.201 -set service conntrack-sync mcast-group '224.0.0.50' -set service conntrack-sync sync-queue-size '8' -``` - -(ha-contracktesting)= - -### Testing - -The simplest way to test is to look at the connection tracking stats on the -standby hardware router with the command `show conntrack-sync statistics`. -The numbers should be very close to the numbers on the primary router. - -When you have both routers up, you should be able to establish a connection -from a NAT'ed machine out to the internet, reboot the active machine, and that -connection should be preserved, and will not drop out. - -## OSPF Over WireGuard - -Wireguard doesn't have the concept of an up or down link, due to its design. -This complicates AND simplifies using it for network transport, as for reliable -state detection you need to use SOMETHING to detect when the link is down. - -If you use a routing protocol itself, you solve two problems at once. This is -only a basic example, and is provided as a starting point. - -### Configure Wireguard - -There is plenty of instructions and documentation on setting up Wireguard. The -only important thing you need to remember is to only use one WireGuard -interface per OSPF connection. - -We use small /30's from 10.254.60/24 for the point-to-point links. - -**router1** - -Replace the 203.0.113.3 with whatever the other router's IP address is. - -```none -set interfaces wireguard wg01 address '10.254.60.1/30' -set interfaces wireguard wg01 description 'router1-to-offsite1' -set interfaces wireguard wg01 peer OFFSITE1 allowed-ips '0.0.0.0/0' -set interfaces wireguard wg01 peer OFFSITE1 endpoint '203.0.113.3:50001' -set interfaces wireguard wg01 peer OFFSITE1 persistent-keepalive '15' -set interfaces wireguard wg01 peer OFFSITE1 pubkey 'GEFMOWzAyau42/HwdwfXnrfHdIISQF8YHj35rOgSZ0o=' -set interfaces wireguard wg01 port '50001' -set protocols ospf interface wg01 authentication md5 key-id 1 md5-key 'i360KoCwUGZvPq7e' -set protocols ospf interface wg01 cost '11' -set protocols ospf interface wg01 dead-interval '5' -set protocols ospf interface wg01 hello-interval '1' -set protocols ospf interface wg01 network 'point-to-point' -set protocols ospf interface wg01 priority '1' -set protocols ospf interface wg01 retransmit-interval '5' -set protocols ospf interface wg01 transmit-delay '1' -``` - -**offsite1** - -This is connecting back to the STATIC IP of router1, not the floating. - -```none -set interfaces wireguard wg01 address '10.254.60.2/30' -set interfaces wireguard wg01 description 'offsite1-to-router1' -set interfaces wireguard wg01 peer ROUTER1 allowed-ips '0.0.0.0/0' -set interfaces wireguard wg01 peer ROUTER1 endpoint '192.0.2.21:50001' -set interfaces wireguard wg01 peer ROUTER1 persistent-keepalive '15' -set interfaces wireguard wg01 peer ROUTER1 pubkey 'CKwMV3ZaLntMule2Kd3G7UyVBR7zE8/qoZgLb82EE2Q=' -set interfaces wireguard wg01 port '50001' -set protocols ospf interface wg01 authentication md5 key-id 1 md5-key 'i360KoCwUGZvPq7e' -set protocols ospf interface wg01 cost '11' -set protocols ospf interface wg01 dead-interval '5' -set protocols ospf interface wg01 hello-interval '1' -set protocols ospf interface wg01 network 'point-to-point' -set protocols ospf interface wg01 priority '1' -set protocols ospf interface wg01 retransmit-interval '5' -set protocols ospf interface wg01 transmit-delay '1' -``` - - -### Test WireGuard - -Make sure you can ping 10.254.60.1 and .2 from both routers. - -### Create Export Filter - -We only want to export the networks we know. Always do a whitelist on your route -filters, both importing and exporting. A good rule of thumb is -**'If you are not the default router for a network, don't advertise -it'**. This means we explicitly do not want to advertise the 192.0.2.0/24 -network (but do want to advertise 10.200.201.0 and 203.0.113.0, which we ARE -the default route for). This filter is applied to `redistribute connected`. -If we WERE to advertise it, the remote machines would see 192.0.2.21 available -via their default route, establish the connection, and then OSPF would say -'192.0.2.0/24 is available via this tunnel', at which point the tunnel would -break, OSPF would drop the routes, and then 192.0.2.0/24 would be reachable via -default again. This is called 'flapping'. - -```none -set policy access-list 150 description 'Outbound OSPF Redistribution' -set policy access-list 150 rule 10 action 'permit' -set policy access-list 150 rule 10 destination any -set policy access-list 150 rule 10 source inverse-mask '0.0.0.255' -set policy access-list 150 rule 10 source network '10.200.201.0' -set policy access-list 150 rule 20 action 'permit' -set policy access-list 150 rule 20 destination any -set policy access-list 150 rule 20 source inverse-mask '0.0.0.255' -set policy access-list 150 rule 20 source network '203.0.113.0' -set policy access-list 150 rule 100 action 'deny' -set policy access-list 150 rule 100 destination any -set policy access-list 150 rule 100 source any -``` - - -### Create Import Filter - -We only want to import networks we know. Our OSPF peer should only be -advertising networks in the 10.201.0.0/16 range. Note that this is an INVERSE -MATCH. You deny in access-list 100 to accept the route. - -```none -set policy access-list 100 description 'Inbound OSPF Routes from Peers' -set policy access-list 100 rule 10 action 'deny' -set policy access-list 100 rule 10 destination any -set policy access-list 100 rule 10 source inverse-mask '0.0.255.255' -set policy access-list 100 rule 10 source network '10.201.0.0' -set policy access-list 100 rule 100 action 'permit' -set policy access-list 100 rule 100 destination any -set policy access-list 100 rule 100 source any -set policy route-map PUBOSPF rule 100 action 'deny' -set policy route-map PUBOSPF rule 100 match ip address access-list '100' -set policy route-map PUBOSPF rule 500 action 'permit' -``` - - -### Enable OSPF - -Every router **must** have a unique router-id. -The 'reference-bandwidth' is used because when OSPF was originally designed, -the idea of a link faster than 1gbit was unheard of, and it does not scale -correctly. - -```none -set protocols ospf area 0.0.0.0 authentication 'md5' -set protocols ospf area 0.0.0.0 network '10.254.60.0/24' -set protocols ospf auto-cost reference-bandwidth '10000' -set protocols ospf log-adjacency-changes -set protocols ospf parameters abr-type 'cisco' -set protocols ospf parameters router-id '10.254.60.2' -set system ip protocol ospf route-map PUBOSPF -``` - - -### Test OSPF - -When you have enabled OSPF on both routers, you should be able to see each -other with the command `show ip ospf neighbour`. The state must be 'Full' -or '2-Way'. If it is not, then there is a network connectivity issue between the -hosts. This is often caused by NAT or MTU issues. You should not see any new -routes (unless this is the second pass) in the output of `show ip route` - -## Advertise connected routes - -As a reminder, only advertise routes that you are the default router for. This -is why we are NOT announcing the 192.0.2.0/24 network, because if that was -announced into OSPF, the other routers would try to connect to that network -over a tunnel that connects to that network! - -```none -set protocols ospf access-list 150 export 'connected' -set protocols ospf redistribute connected -``` - -You should now be able to see the advertised network on the other host. - -### Duplicate configuration - -At this point, you now need to create the X link between all four routers. -Use a different /30 for each link. - -### Priorities - -Set the cost on the secondary links to be 200. This means that they will not -be used unless the primary links are down. - -```none -set protocols ospf interface wg01 cost '10' -set protocols ospf interface wg01 cost '200' -``` - -This will be visible in 'show ip route'. - -## BGP - -BGP is an extremely complex network protocol. An example is provided here. - -:::{note} -Router id's must be unique. -::: - -**router1** - -The `redistribute ospf` command is there purely as an example of how this can -be expanded. In this walkthrough, it will be filtered by BGPOUT rule 10000, as -it is not 203.0.113.0/24. - -```none -set policy prefix-list BGPOUT description 'BGP Export List' -set policy prefix-list BGPOUT rule 10 action 'deny' -set policy prefix-list BGPOUT rule 10 description 'Do not advertise short masks' -set policy prefix-list BGPOUT rule 10 ge '25' -set policy prefix-list BGPOUT rule 10 prefix '0.0.0.0/0' -set policy prefix-list BGPOUT rule 100 action 'permit' -set policy prefix-list BGPOUT rule 100 description 'Our network' -set policy prefix-list BGPOUT rule 100 prefix '203.0.113.0/24' -set policy prefix-list BGPOUT rule 10000 action 'deny' -set policy prefix-list BGPOUT rule 10000 prefix '0.0.0.0/0' - -set policy route-map BGPOUT description 'BGP Export Filter' -set policy route-map BGPOUT rule 10 action 'permit' -set policy route-map BGPOUT rule 10 match ip address prefix-list 'BGPOUT' -set policy route-map BGPOUT rule 10000 action 'deny' -set policy route-map BGPPREPENDOUT description 'BGP Export Filter' -set policy route-map BGPPREPENDOUT rule 10 action 'permit' -set policy route-map BGPPREPENDOUT rule 10 set as-path prepend '65551 65551 65551' -set policy route-map BGPPREPENDOUT rule 10 match ip address prefix-list 'BGPOUT' -set policy route-map BGPPREPENDOUT rule 10000 action 'deny' - -set protocols bgp system-as 65551 -set protocols bgp address-family ipv4-unicast network 192.0.2.0/24 -set protocols bgp address-family ipv4-unicast redistribute connected metric '50' -set protocols bgp address-family ipv4-unicast redistribute ospf metric '50' -set protocols bgp neighbor 192.0.2.11 address-family ipv4-unicast route-map export 'BGPOUT' -set protocols bgp neighbor 192.0.2.11 address-family ipv4-unicast soft-reconfiguration inbound -set protocols bgp neighbor 192.0.2.11 remote-as '65550' -set protocols bgp neighbor 192.0.2.11 update-source '192.0.2.21' -set protocols bgp parameters router-id '192.0.2.21' -``` - -**router2** - -This is identical, but you use the BGPPREPENDOUT route-map to advertise the -route with a longer path. |
