chore: remove RST swap mechanism, archive rst-*.rst under docs/_rst_legacy/

The swap mechanism (RST-as-fallback for migrated MD pages) is dormant —
docs/_rst_overrides.txt has been empty since the MyST flip trio
landed. The mechanism's surface area is dead weight and the rst-*.rst
shadows scattered across the source tree cause Context7's parser to
misclassify the project as RST.

Sibling PRs:
- yuriy/remove-rst-swap-mechanism (rolling)
- yuriy/remove-rst-swap-mechanism-circinus

Changes:
- Move 210 rst-*.rst shadow files into docs/_rst_legacy/ preserving
  subdirectory structure. They remain in the repo for reference; Sphinx
  excludes the folder via exclude_patterns.
- Strip swap_sources.py invocation from docs/Makefile.
- Strip rst-*.rst exclude entry and the _md_exclude.txt loader from
  docs/conf.py; replace with a single _rst_legacy exclude.
- Delete scripts/swap_sources.py, tests/test_swap_sources.py,
  docs/_rst_overrides.txt.
- Update AGENTS.md: drop the "RST override mechanism" section and the
  test-runner snippet for the deleted test.

Note: .readthedocs.yml on sagitta has no jobs: block to remove (the
swap was wired only at build-time via the Makefile chain on this branch).

Verified: sphinx-build -b html with --keep-going produces identical
warning set (409 unique — pre-existing cli.rst/aws.rst title-level
warnings on this branch), identical sitemap entry count (215),
identical llms.txt entry count (23), zero rst-* URLs in any artifact.

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diff --git a/docs/installation/virtual/rst-docker.rst b/docs/installation/virtual/rst-docker.rst
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-.. _docker:
-
-***************************
-Running in 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 is a example using the macvlan driver.
-
-.. code-block:: 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 to specify
-the ``fixed-cidr-v6`` to your desired IPv6 subnet.
-
-.. code-block:: none
-
-  {
-    "ipv6": true,
-    "fixed-cidr-v6": "2001:db8::/64"
-  }
-
-Reload the docker configuration.
-
-.. code-block:: none
-
-  $ sudo systemctl reload docker
-
-
-Deploy container from ISO
-=========================
-
-Download the ISO on which you want to base the container. In this example, 
-the name of the ISO is ``vyos-1.4-rolling-202308240020-amd64.iso``. If you
-created a custom IPv6-enabled network, the ``docker run`` command below
-will require that this network be included as the ``--net`` parameter to
-``docker run``.
-
-.. code-block:: 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
-
-You can execute ``docker stop vyos`` when you are finished with the container.
diff --git a/docs/installation/virtual/rst-eve-ng.rst b/docs/installation/virtual/rst-eve-ng.rst
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-######
-EVE-NG
-######
-
-References
-==========
-
-https://www.eve-ng.net/
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diff --git a/docs/installation/virtual/rst-gns3.rst b/docs/installation/virtual/rst-gns3.rst
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-.. _vyos-on-gns3:
-
-###############
-Running on GNS3
-###############
-
-Sometimes you may want to test VyOS in a lab environment.
-`GNS3 <http://www.gns3.com>`__ is a network emulation software you
-might use for it.
-
-This guide will provide the necessary steps for installing
-and setting up VyOS on GNS3.
-
-Requirements
-------------
-
-The following items are required:
-
-* A VyOS installation image (.iso file). You
-  can find how to get it on the :ref:`installation` page
-
-* A working GNS3 installation. For further information see the
-  `GNS3 documentation <https://docs.gns3.com/>`__.
-
-.. _vm_setup:
-
-VM setup
---------
-
-First, a virtual machine (VM) for the VyOS installation must be created
-in GNS3.
-
-Go to the GNS3 **File** menu, click **New template** and choose select
-**Manually create a new Template**.
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/gns3-01.png
-
-Select **Quemu VMs** and then click on the ``New`` button.
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/gns3-02.png
-
-Write a name for your VM, for instance "VyOS", and click ``Next``.
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/gns3-03.png
-
-Select **qemu-system-x86_64** as Quemu binary, then **512MB** of RAM
-and click ``Next``.
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/gns3-04.png
-
-Select **telnet** as your console type and click ``Next``.
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/gns3-05.png
-
-Select **New image** for the base disk image of your VM and click
-``Create``.
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/gns3-06.png
-
-Use the defaults in the **Binary and format** window and click
-``Next``.
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/gns3-07.png
-
-Use the defaults in the **Qcow2 options** window and click ``Next``.
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/gns3-08.png
-
-Set the disk size to 2000 MiB, and click ``Finish`` to end the **Quemu
-image creator**.
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/gns3-09.png
-
-Click ``Finish`` to end the **New QEMU VM template** wizard.
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/gns3-10.png
-
-Now the VM settings have to be edited.
-
-Being again at the **Preferences** window, having **Qemu VMs**
-selected and having our new VM selected, click the ``Edit`` button.
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/gns3-11.png
-
-In the **General settings** tab of your **QEMU VM template
-configuration**, do the following:
-
-* Click on the ``Browse...`` button to choose the **Symbol** you want to
-  have representing your VM.
-* In **Category** select in which group you want to find your VM.
-* Set the **Boot priority** to **CD/DVD-ROM**.
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/gns3-12.png
-
-At the **HDD** tab, change the Disk interface to **sata** to speed up
-the boot process.
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/gns3-13.png
-
-At the **CD/DVD** tab click on ``Browse...`` and locate the VyOS image
-you want to install.
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/gns3-14.png
-
-.. note:: You probably will want to accept to copy the .iso file to your
-   default image directory when you are asked.
-
-In the **Network** tab,  set **0** as the number of adapters, set the
-**Name format** to **eth{0}** and the **Type** to **Paravirtualized
-Network I/O (virtio-net-pci)**.
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/gns3-15.png
-
-In the **Advanced** tab, unmark the checkbox **Use as a linked base
-VM** and click ``OK``, which will save and close the **QEMU VM template
-configuration** window.
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/gns3-16.png
-
-At the general **Preferences** window, click ``OK`` to save and close.
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/gns3-17.png
-
-
-.. _vyos_installation:
-
-VyOS installation
------------------
-
-* Create a new project.
-* Drag the newly created VyOS VM into it.
-* Start the VM.
-* Open a console.
-  The console should show the system booting. It will ask for the login
-  credentials, you are at the VyOS live system.
-* :ref:`Install VyOS <installation>`
-  as normal (that is, using the ``install image`` command).
-
-* After a successful installation, shutdown the VM with the ``poweroff``
-  command.
-
-* **Delete the VM** from the GNS3 project.
-
-The *VyOS-hda.qcow2* file now contains a working VyOS image and can be
-used as a template. But it still needs some fixes before we can deploy
-VyOS in our labs.
-
-.. _vyos_vm_configuration:
-
-VyOS VM configuration
----------------------
-
-To turn the template into a working VyOS machine, further steps are
-necessary as outlined below:
-
-**General settings** tab: Set the boot priority to **HDD**
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/gns3-20.png
-  
-**CD/DVD** tab: Unmount the installation image file by clearing the
-**Image** entry field.
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/gns3-21.png
-
-Set the number of required network adapters, for example **4**.
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/gns3-215.png
-
-**Advanced** settings tab: Mark the checkbox **Use as a linked
-base VM** and click ``OK`` to save the changes.
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/gns3-22.png
-
-The VyOS VM is now ready to be deployed.
-
diff --git a/docs/installation/virtual/rst-index.rst b/docs/installation/virtual/rst-index.rst
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-####################################
-Running VyOS in Virtual Environments
-####################################
-
-.. toctree::
-   :caption: Content
-
-   libvirt
-   proxmox
-   vmware
-   gns3
-   eve-ng
-   docker
diff --git a/docs/installation/virtual/rst-libvirt.rst b/docs/installation/virtual/rst-libvirt.rst
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-.. _libvirt:
-
-***************************
-Running on Libvirt Qemu/KVM
-***************************
-
-Libvirt is an open-source API, daemon and management tool for managing platform
-virtualization. There are several ways to deploy VyOS on libvirt kvm.
-Use Virt-manager and native CLI. In an example we will be use use 4 gigabytes
-of memory, 2 cores CPU and default network virbr0.
-
-CLI
-===
-
-Deploy from ISO
----------------
-
-Create VM name ``vyos_r1``. You must specify the path to the ``ISO`` image,
-the disk ``qcow2`` will be created automatically. The ``default`` network is
-the virtual network (type Virtio) created by the hypervisor with NAT.
-
-.. code-block:: none
-
-  $ virt-install -n vyos_r1 \
-    --ram 4096 \
-    --vcpus 2 \
-    --cdrom /var/lib/libvirt/images/vyos.iso \
-    --os-type linux \
-    --os-variant debian10 \
-    --network network=default \
-    --graphics vnc \
-    --hvm \
-    --virt-type kvm \
-    --disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/vyos_r1.qcow2,bus=virtio,size=8 \
-    --noautoconsole
-
-Connect to VM  with command ``virsh console vyos_r1``
-
-.. code-block:: none
-
-  $ virsh console vyos_r1
-
-  Connected to domain vyos_r1
-  Escape character is ^]
-
-  vyos login: vyos
-  Password:
-
-  vyos@vyos:~$ install image
-
-After installation - exit from the console using the key combination
-``Ctrl + ]`` and reboot the system.
-
-Deploy from qcow2
------------------
-The convenience of using :abbr:`KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine)`
-images is that they don't need to be installed.
-Download predefined VyOS.qcow2 image for ``KVM``
-
-.. code-block:: none
-
-  curl --url link_to_vyos_kvm.qcow2 --output /var/lib/libvirt/images/vyos_kvm.qcow2
-
-Create VM with ``import`` qcow2 disk option.
-
-.. code-block:: none
-
-  $ virt-install -n vyos_r2 \
-     --ram 4096 \
-     --vcpus 2 \
-     --os-type linux \
-     --os-variant debian10 \
-     --network network=default \
-     --graphics vnc \
-     --hvm \
-     --virt-type kvm \
-     --disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/vyos_kvm.qcow2,bus=virtio \
-     --import \
-     --noautoconsole
-
-Connect to VM  with command ``virsh console vyos_r2``
-
-.. code-block:: none
-
-  $ virsh console vyos_r2
-
-  Connected to domain vyos_r2
-  Escape character is ^]
-
-  vyos login: vyos
-  Password:
-
-  vyos@vyos:~$
-
-The system is fully operational.
-
-Virt-manager
-============
-The virt-manager application is a desktop user interface for managing virtual
-machines through libvirt. On the linux open
-:abbr:`VMM (Virtual Machine Manager)`.
-
-.. _libvirt:virt-manager_iso:
-
-Deploy from ISO
----------------
-
-1. Open :abbr:`VMM (Virtual Machine Manager)` and Create a new
-   :abbr:`VM (Virtual Machine)`
-
-2. Choose ``Local install media`` (ISO)
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/virt-libvirt-01.png
-
-3. Choose path to iso vyos.iso. Operating System can be any Debian based.
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/virt-libvirt-02.png
-
-4. Choose Memory and CPU
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/virt-libvirt-03.png
-
-5. Disk size
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/virt-libvirt-04.png
-
-6. Name of VM and network selection
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/virt-libvirt-05.png
-
-7. Then you will be taken to the console.
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/virt-libvirt-06.png
-
-.. _libvirt:virt-manager_qcow2:
-
-Deploy from qcow2
------------------
-
-Download predefined VyOS.qcow2 image for ``KVM``
-
-.. code-block:: none
-
-  curl --url link_to_vyos_kvm.qcow2 --output /var/lib/libvirt/images/vyos_kvm.qcow2
-
-
-1. Open :abbr:`VMM (Virtual Machine Manager)` and Create a new
-   :abbr:`VM (Virtual Machine)`
-
-2. Choose ``Import existing disk`` image
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/virt-libvirt-qc-01.png
-
-3. Choose the path to the image ``vyos_kvm.qcow2`` that was previously
-   downloaded . Operation System can be any Debian based.
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/virt-libvirt-qc-02.png
-
-4. Choose Memory and CPU
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/virt-libvirt-03.png
-
-5. Name of VM and network selection
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/virt-libvirt-05.png
-
-6. Then you will be taken to the console.
-
-.. figure:: /_static/images/virt-libvirt-qc-03.png
-
-
-
diff --git a/docs/installation/virtual/rst-proxmox.rst b/docs/installation/virtual/rst-proxmox.rst
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-.. _proxmox:
-
-******************
-Running on Proxmox
-******************
-
-Proxmox is an open-source platform for virtualization. Please visit
-https://vyos.io to see how to get a qcow2 image that can be imported
-into Proxmox.
-
-Deploy VyOS from CLI with qcow2 image
-=====================================
-
-1. Copy the qcow2 image to a temporary directory on the Proxmox server.
-2. The commands below assume that virtual machine ID 200 is unused and that the user wants the disk stored in a storage pool called `local-lvm`.
-
-.. code-block:: none
-
-  $ qm create 200 --name vyos2 --memory 2048 --net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0
-  $ qm importdisk 200 /path/to/image/vyos-1.2.8-proxmox-2G.qcow2 local-lvm
-  $ qm set 200 --virtio0 local-lvm:vm-200-disk-0
-  $ qm set 200 --boot order=virtio0 
-
-3. Optionally, the user can attach a CDROM with an ISO as a cloud-init data source. The below command assumes the ISO has been uploaded to the `local` storage pool with the name `seed.iso`.
-
-.. code-block:: none
-
-  $ qm set 200 --ide2 media=cdrom,file=local:iso/seed.iso
-
-4. Start the virtual machine in the proxmox GUI or CLI using ``qm start 200``.
-
-
-
-Deploy VyOS from CLI with rolling release ISO
-=============================================
-
-1. Download the rolling release iso from https://vyos.net/get/nightly-builds/. Non-subscribers can always get the LTS release by building it from source. Instructions can be found in the :ref:`build` section of this manual. VyOS source code repository is available https://github.com/vyos/vyos-build.
-2. Prepare VM for installation from ISO media. The commands below assume that your iso is available in a storage pool 'local', that you want it to have a VM ID '200' and want to create a new disk on storage pool 'local-lvm' of size 15GB.
-
-.. code-block:: none
-
-  qm create 200 --name vyos --memory 2048 --net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0 --ide2 media=cdrom,file=local:iso/live-image-amd64.hybrid.iso --virtio0 local-lvm:15
-
-3. Start the VM using the command ``qm start 200`` or using the start button located in the proxmox GUI.
-4. Using the proxmox webGUI, open the virtual console for your newly created vm. Login username/password is ``vyos/vyos``.
-5. Once booted into the live system, type ``install image`` into the command line and follow the prompts to install VyOS to the virtual drive. 
-6. After installation has completed, remove the installation iso using the GUI or ``qm set 200 --ide2 none``.
-7. Reboot the virtual machine using the GUI or ``qm reboot 200``.
-
-
-
-
-
-Visit https://www.proxmox.com/en/ for more information about the download
-and installation of this hypervisor.
-
diff --git a/docs/installation/virtual/rst-vmware.rst b/docs/installation/virtual/rst-vmware.rst
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-.. _vyosonvmware:

-

-Running on VMware ESXi

-######################

-

-ESXi 5.5 or later

-*****************

-

-.ova files are available for supporting users, and a VyOS can also be stood up

-using a generic Linux instance, and attaching the bootable ISO file and

-installing from the ISO using the normal process around `install image`.

-

-.. NOTE:: There have been previous documented issues with GRE/IPSEC tunneling

-   using the E1000 adapter on the VyOS guest, and use of the VMXNET3 has been

-   advised.

-

-Memory Contention Considerations

---------------------------------

-When the underlying ESXi host is approaching ~92% memory utilisation it will

-start the balloon process in a 'soft' state to start reclaiming memory from

-guest operating systems. This causes an artificial pressure using the vmmemctl

-driver on memory usage on the virtual guest. As VyOS by default does not have

-a swap file, this vmmemctl pressure is unable to force processes to move in

-memory data to the paging file, and blindly consumes memory forcing the

-virtual guest into a low memory state with no way to escape. The balloon

-can expand to 65% of guest allocated memory, so a VyOS guest running >35% of

-memory usage, can encounter an out of memory situation, and trigger the kernel

-oom_kill process. At this point a weighted lottery favouring memory hungry

-processes will be run with the unlucky winner being terminated by the kernel.

-

-It is advised that VyOS routers are configured in a resource group with

-adequate memory reservations so that ballooning is not inflicted on

-virtual VyOS guests.

-

-

-

-

-

-References

-----------

-

-.. stop_vyoslinter

-

-https://muralidba.blogspot.com/2018/03/how-does-linux-out-of-memory-oom-killer.html

-

-.. start_vyoslinter
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