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| author | Yuriy Andamasov <yuriy@vyos.io> | 2026-05-02 17:54:19 +0300 |
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| committer | Yuriy Andamasov <yuriy@vyos.io> | 2026-05-06 16:18:03 +0300 |
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diff --git a/docs/installation/virtual/md-docker.md b/docs/installation/virtual/md-docker.md deleted file mode 100644 index 901483bb..00000000 --- a/docs/installation/virtual/md-docker.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,70 +0,0 @@ ---- -lastproofread: '2026-02-02' ---- - -(docker)= - -# Run VyOS in a Docker Container - -Docker is an open-source project for deploying applications as standardized -units called containers. Deploying VyOS in a container provides a simple and -lightweight mechanism for both testing and packet routing for container -workloads. - -## IPv6 support for Docker - -VyOS requires an IPv6-enabled Docker network. Currently Linux distributions -do not enable Docker IPv6 support by default. You can enable IPv6 support in -two ways. - -### Method 1: Create a docker network with IPv6 support - -Here's an example using the `macvlan` driver. - -```none -docker network create --ipv6 -d macvlan -o parent=eth0 --subnet 2001:db8::/64 --subnet 192.0.2.0/24 mynet -``` - -### Method 2: Add IPv6 support to the Docker daemon - -Edit /etc/docker/daemon.json to set the `ipv6` key to `true` and specify -the `fixed-cidr-v6` to your desired IPv6 subnet. - -```none -{ - "ipv6": true, - "fixed-cidr-v6": "2001:db8::/64" -} -``` - -Reload the Docker configuration. - -```none -$ sudo systemctl reload docker -``` - -## Deploy container from ISO - -Download the ISO you want to base the container on. In this example, -the ISO is `vyos-1.4-rolling-202308240020-amd64.iso`. If you -created a custom IPv6-enabled network, include it as the `--net` parameter -to `docker run`. - -```none -$ mkdir vyos && cd vyos -$ curl -o vyos-1.4-rolling-202308240020-amd64.iso https://github.com/vyos/vyos-rolling-nightly-builds/releases/download/1.4-rolling-202308240020/vyos-1.4-rolling-202308240020-amd64.iso -$ mkdir rootfs -$ sudo mount -o loop vyos-1.4-rolling-202308240020-amd64.iso rootfs -$ sudo apt-get install -y squashfs-tools -$ mkdir unsquashfs -$ sudo unsquashfs -f -d unsquashfs/ rootfs/live/filesystem.squashfs -$ sudo tar -C unsquashfs -c . | docker import - vyos:1.4-rolling-202111281249 -$ sudo umount rootfs -$ cd .. -$ sudo rm -rf vyos -$ docker run -d --rm --name vyos --privileged -v /lib/modules:/lib/modules \ -> vyos:1.4-rolling-202111281249 /sbin/init -$ docker exec -ti vyos su - vyos -``` - -To stop the container, run `docker stop vyos`. |
