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Change Log

All notable changes to the project are documented in this file.

v25.09.0 - 2025-09-30

Changes

  • Upgrade Buildroot to 2025.02.6 (LTS)
  • Upgrade Linux kernel to 6.12.49 (LTS)
  • Upgrade libyang to 3.13.5
  • Upgrade sysrepo to 3.7.11
  • Upgrade netopeer2 (NETCONF) to 2.4.5
  • Upgrade rousette (RESTCONF) to v2
  • Add support for Banana Pi R3, a 7 port switch with 2 WiFi chip
  • Add neofetch system information tool for system introspection, issue #1143
  • Add mtr and iperf3 network diagnostic tools, issue #1144
  • Improve default bash settings with better history handling and tab completion
  • cli: new terminal reset and terminal resize convenience commands

Fixes

  • Fix #1080: Error message in log from rauc, deprecated 'Install' D-Bus method
  • Fix #1100: Reduce DHCP client logging verbosity by 70% and include interface names in log messages for easier troubleshooting
  • Fix #1119: CLI UX regression, restore proper behavior for no enabled command
  • Fix #1155: show ospf commands regression
  • Fix #1150: show-legacy wrapper permissions
  • Fix #1161: error in log during boot about unsupported command
  • Fixes for unicode translation in log and pager outputs as well as syslogd

v25.08.0 - 2025-09-01

Changes

  • Upgrade Buildroot to 2025.02.5 (LTS)
  • Upgrade Linux kernel to 6.12.44 (LTS)
  • Raspberry Pi 4 is now a part of the aarch64 image.
  • Add support for Raspberry Pi touch display on Raspberry Pi 4

Fixes

  • Fix #1098: Prune dangling container images to reclaim disk space
  • Fix #1123: Disabling or removing a container may cause podman to hang
  • Fix #1124: Container setup with unreachable remote image spawns excessive ip monitor processes
  • Fix #1127: Silence libyang Obsolete schema node warnings in log

v25.06.0 - 2025-07-01

Changes

  • Upgrade Buildroot to 2025.02.4 (LTS)
  • Upgrade Linux kernel to 6.12.35 (LTS)
  • Upgrade curiOS built-in containers to v25.06.0
  • Add support for setting mode of a container content mount, issue #1070
  • Add Wi-Fi client support and add support for some USB-Wi-Fi cards
  • New slogan: Infix OS — Immutable.Friendly.Secure

Fixes

  • cli: fix by-word movement, detect word barrier using non-alphanum chars
  • cli: fix delete word left/right, make sure to save word in kill buffer

v25.05.1 - 2025-06-12

Changes

  • Upgrade Linux kernel to 6.12.32 (LTS)

Fixes

  • Fix #1060: Restore of missing CLI commands, regression in Infix v25.05.0

v25.05.0 - 2025-05-27

Changes

  • Upgrade Buildroot to 2025.02.3 (LTS)
  • Upgrade Linux kernel to 6.12.30 (LTS)
  • Upgrade libyang to 3.12.2
  • Upgrade sysrepo to 3.6.11
  • Upgrade netopeer2 (NETCONF) to 2.4.1
  • New hardware support: Raspberry Pi 4B (aarch64)
  • Add documentation on Infix upgrading and downgrading, issue #1009
  • Add HDMI and USB support for iMX8MP-evk
  • Enforced strict format for LLDP destination MAC address:
    • Only accepts colon-separated format: 01:80:C2:00:00:0E
  • Add show lldp command to show discovered neighbors per interface.
  • Add configuration support for per-interface LLDP administrative status

Fixes

  • Fix containers with multiple mounts
  • Correct description for LAG LACP modes
  • Fix #1040: Add mount constraint for container config

v25.04.0 - 2025-04-30

Changes

  • Upgrade Linux kernel to 6.12.25 (LTS)
  • Upgrade Buildroot to 2025.02.1 (LTS)
  • Format for disk image (for QEMU) has changed to qcow2

Fixes

  • Fix #1002: Broken symlink in release package
  • Fix #1006: NanoPi R2S corrupt startup, regression in Infix v25.02.0
    • Bump R2S kernel, now same as tier one boards
  • Fix #1015: Not possible to save custom SSH settings in startup-config
  • Fix group owner and permissions of /cfg/backup directory
  • Fix extraction of old version for /cfg/backup/ files
  • Fix configuration migration issues when upgrading

v25.03.0 - 2025-03-31

Important

This release is the first with the new Buildroot 2025.02 (LTS)

Changes

  • Upgrade Linux kernel to 6.12.21 (LTS)
  • Upgrade Buildroot to 2025.02.0 (LTS)

Fixes

  • Fix #964: YANG schema warning in syslog: missing 'monitor' node for lag
  • Fix #980: the system fails to reboot when a container is (stuck), for whatever reason, in its 'setup' state
  • Fix #990: web console, ttyd service, stopped working after upgrade to Buildroot 2025.02, caused by new (missing) option --writable
  • Fix TCAM memory corruption in mvpp2 Ethernet controller
  • Fix annoying (but harmless) usage message from the logger tool when startup-config fails to load and the system reverts to failure mode
  • Fix harmless log warning for product specific init when no product specific init scripts are found
  • Backport fixes for sysklogd, affecting hostname filtering and periods in TAG names, pending official backport in Buildroot

v25.02.0 - 2025-03-04

Changes

  • Upgrade Linux kernel to 6.12.18 (LTS)
  • Upgrade Buildroot to 2024.02.11 (LTS)
  • Add support for link aggregation (lag), static (balance-xor) and LACP
  • Add support for the i.MX 8M Plus EVK
  • YANG type change for SSH private/public keys, from ietf-crypto-types to infix-crypto-types
  • Disable global IPv6 forwarding by default, enable by per-interface setting. Note, route advertisements are always accepted. Issue #785
  • Drop automatic default route (interface route) for IPv4 autoconf, not necessary and causes more confusion than good. Issue #923
  • Update scripting with new RESTCONF examples

Fixes

  • Fix #896: /etc/resolv.conf not properly generated when system runs in fail secure mode (failing to load startup-config)
  • Fix #902: containers "linger" in the system (state 'exited') after having removed them from the configuration
  • Fix #930: container configuration changes does not apply at runtime only when saved to startup-config and system is rebooted
  • Fix #936: DHCP server reconfiguration does not always take effect.
  • Fix #956: CLI copy command complains it cannot change owner when copying factory-config to running-config. Bogus error, the latter is not really a file
  • Fix #977: "Operation not permitted" when saving running-config to startup-config (harmless warning but annoying and concerning)

v25.01.0 - 2025-01-31

Note

This release contains breaking changes in the configuration file syntax for DHCP clients. Specifically DHCP options with value, i.e., the syntax for sending a hexadecimal value now require hex prefix before a string of colon-separated pairs of hex values.

Changes

  • Upgrade Linux kernel to 6.12.11 (LTS)
  • Upgrade Buildroot to 2024.02.10 (LTS)
  • Upgrade FRR from 9.1.2 to 9.1.3
  • Add support for configuring SSH server, issue #441. As a result, both SSH and NETCONF now use the same host key in factory-config
  • Add operational support for reading DNS resolver info, issue #510
  • Add operational support for NTP client, issue #510
  • Add support for more mDNS settings: allow/deny interfaces, acting as "reflector" and filtering of reflected services. Issue #678
  • Add DHCPv4 server support, multiple subnets with static hosts and DHCP options on global, subnet, or host level, issue #703. Contributed by MINEx Networks
    • DHCP client options aligned with DHCP server, startup-config files with old syntax are automatically migrated
  • Breaking change in DHCP client options with value. Hexadecimal values must now be formatted as { "hex": "c0:ff:ee" } (JSON)
  • Add documentation on management via SSH, Web (RESTCONF, Web Console), and Console Port, issue #787
  • Add documentation of DNS client use and configuration, issue #798
  • Add support for changing boot order for the system with an RPC, including support for reading boot order from operational datastore
  • Add support for GRE/GRETAP tunnels
  • Add support for STP/RSTP on bridges
  • Add support for VXLAN tunnels
  • Add support for configuring global LLDP message-tx-interval

Fixes

  • Fix #777: Authorized SSH key not applied to startup-config
  • Fix #829: Avahi (mDNS responder) not starting properly on switches with many ports (>10). This led to a review of sysctl:
    • New for IPv4:
      • Adjust IGMP max memberships: 20 -> 1000
      • Use neighbor information on nexthop selection
      • Use inbound interface address on ICMP errors
      • Ignore routes with link down
      • Disable rp_filter
      • ARP settings have been changed to better fit routers, i.e., systems with multiple interfaces:
        • Always use best local address when sending ARP
        • Only reply to ARP if target IP is on the inbound interface
        • Generate ARP requests when device is brought up or HW address changes
    • New for IPv6:
      • Keep static global addresses on link down
      • Ignore routes with link down
  • Fix #861: Fix error when running 251+ reconfigurations in test-mode
  • Fix #869: Setup of bridges is now more robust
  • Fix #899: DHCP client with client-id does not work
  • Minor cleanup of Networking Guide
  • Fix memory leaks in confd

v24.11.1 - 2024-11-29

Changes

  • Upgrade Frr to 9.1.2, fixes an OSPF issue where Zebra lost netlink messages and drifted out of sync with the kernel's view of addresses and interfaces available in the system
  • Allow setting IP address directly on VLAN filtering bridges. This only works when the bridge is an untagged member of a (single) VLAN.
  • cli: usability -- showing log files now automatically jump to the end of the file, where the latest events are
  • cli: usability -- showing container status, or other status that overflows the terminal horizontally, now wrap the lines and exit the pager immediately if the contents fit on the first screen
  • The default log level of the mDNS responder, avahi-daemon, has been adjusted to make it less verbose. Now only LOG_NOTICE and higher severity is logged -- making it very quiet

Fixes

  • Fix #685: DSA conduit interface not always detected. Previous attempt at a fix (v24.10.2) mitigated the issue, but did not completely solve it.
  • Fix #835: redesign how the system creates/deletes containers from the running-config. Prior to this change, all removal and creation was handled by a separate queue that ran asynchronously from the confd process. This could lead to situations where new configurations are applied before the queue had been fully processed. After this change containers are deleted synchronously and new containers are created in the same flow as during normal runtime operation (start/upgrade)
  • Fix start of containers with manual=True option should now work again, regression in v24.11.0
  • Fix loss of writable volumes when temporarily disabling a container in the configuration, now the container remains dormant with all its volumes still available
  • Fix presentation bug in CLI show interfaces where all line-drawing characters showed up as hexadecimal values. Regression in v24.11.0
  • Fix missing log messages from Frr Zebra daemon
  • Stop the zeroconf (IPv4LL) agent, avahi-autoipd, when removing an interface, e.g., br0
  • Creating more than one container trigger restarts of previously set up containers. Which in some cases may cause these earlier ones to end up in an inconsistent state
  • Prevent traffic assigned to locally terminated VLANs from being forwarded, when the underlying ports are simultaneously attached to a VLAN filtering bridge.

v24.11.0 - 2024-11-20

Caution

This release contains breaking changes for container users! As of v24.11.0, all persistent1 containers always run in read-only mode and the setting itself is deprecated (kept only for compatibility reasons). The main reason for this change is to better serve users with embedded container images in their builds of Infix. I.e., they can now upgrade the OCI image in their build and rely on the container being automatically upgraded when Infix is upgraded, issue #823. For other users, the benefit is that all container configuration changes take when activated, issue #822, without having to perform any tricks.

Changes

  • Add validation of interface name lengths, (1..15), Linux limit
  • Add support for ftp/http/https URI:s in container image, with a new checksum setting for MD5/SHA256/SHA512 verification, issue #801
  • Add a retry timer to the background container create service. This will ensure failing docker pull operations from remote images are retrying after 60 seconds, or quicker
  • CLI base component, klish, has been updated with better support for raw terminal mode and alternate quotes (' in addition to ")
  • Log silenced from container activation messages, only the very bare necessities are now logged, e.g., podman create command + status
  • Factory reset no longer calls shred to "securely erase" any files from writable data partitions. This will speed up the next boot considerably

Fixes

  • Fix #659: paged output in CLI accessed via console port sometimes causes lost lines, e.g. missing interfaces. With updated klish and the terminal in raw mode, the pager (less) can now control both the horizontal and vertical
  • Fix #822: adding, or changing, an environment variable to a running container does not take without the container upgrade NAME trick
  • Fix #823: with an OCI image embedded in the Infix image, an existing container in the configuration is not upgraded to the new OCI image with the Infix upgrade.
  • Frr leaves log files in /var/tmp/frr on unclean shutdowns. This has now been fixed with a "tmpfiles" cleanup of that path at boot

v24.10.2 - 2024-11-08

Changes

  • Support for showing interfaces owned by running containers in the CLI command show interfaces. This also adds support for showing the peer interface of VETH pairs. Issue #626
  • Reboot system on kernel "oops", on "oops" the kernel now panics and reboots after 20 seconds. Issue #740
  • Update static factory-config for NanoPi R2S: enable NACM, securing all passwords, and enabling iburst for the NTP client. Issue #750
  • Updated QoS documentation with pictures and more information on VLAN interface ingress/egress priority handling, issue #759
  • Disable RTC device in Styx device tree, issue #794
  • Support for saving and restoring system clock from a disk file. This allows restoring the system clock to a sane date in case the RTC is disabled or does not have a valid time, issue #794
  • Update device discovery chapter with information on infix.local mDNS alias, netbrowse support to discover all local units, and command examples for disabling LLDP and mDNS services, issue #786
  • Updated OSPF documentation to include information on global OSPF settings (redistribution, explicit-router-id, etc.), issue #812
  • Added information on forwarding of IEEE reserved group addresses to bridge section of networking documentation, issue #788
  • Add support for bootstrap conditions and early init product overrides
  • Styx: enable second Ethernet port LED in device tree, again, rename it: yellow -> aux, and make sure it is turned off at boot
  • Styx: disable second port LED for the 4xSFP slots, does not work
  • Styx: override iitod (LED daemon) with a product specific LED script

Fixes

  • Fix #685: DSA conduit interface not always detected, randomly causing major issues configuring systems with multiple switch cores
  • Fix #778: reactivate OpenSSL backend for libssh/libssh2 for NanoPI R2S. This fixes a regression in v24.10.0 causing loss of NETCONF support
  • Fix #809: enable syslog logging for RAUC
  • Fix harmless bootstrap log error message on systems without USB ports: jq: error (at <stdin>:0): Cannot iterate over null (null)
  • Change confusing tc log error message: Error: does not support hardware offload to Skipping $iface, hardware offload not supported.

v24.10.1 - 2024-10-18

Changes

  • Add support for interface description, sometimes referred to as "ifAlias". Saved as an Linux interface alias (not altname), e.g., /sys/class/interfaces/veth0a/ifalias, includes operational support

Fixes

  • Fix #735: copy and erase commands missing from CLI, regression in Infix v24.10.0 defconfigs, now added as dep. in klish package

v24.10.0 - 2024-10-18

News: this release contains breaking YANG changes in custom MAC addresses for interfaces! For details, see below issue #680.

Also, heads-up to all downstream users of Infix. YANG models have been renamed to ease maintenance, more info below.

Changes

  • Software control of port LEDs on the Styx platform has been disabled.

    Default driver behavior, green link and green traffic blink, is kept as-is, which should mitigate issues reported in #670

  • Correcting documentation on QoS. For packets containing both a VLAN tag and an IP header, PCP priority takes precedence over DSCP priority (not vice versa).

  • Update CONTRIBUTING.md for scaling core team and helping external contributors understand the development process, issue #672

  • Updated branding documentation with more information on how dynamic and static factory-config work, including examples

  • Updated container documentation, improved images, detail how to set interface name inside the container, and some syntax fixes

  • Updated networking documentation, new General settings section, and more details added to initial section on network building blocks

  • As of this release, all Infix YANG models have dropped the @DATE suffix from the name, this type of versioning is not handled using symlinks instead.

  • Update Infix provision script, used to install Infix on eMMC, add example of how to erase partition table to be able to re-run the script on already provisioned devices, issue #671

  • OSPF: Add limitation to allow an interface to be in one area only

  • Add support for "dummy" interfaces, mostly useful for testing

  • Add support for container hostname format specifiers, just like it already works for the host's hostname setting

  • Hide all status obsolete YANG nodes in CLI

  • Add YANG units, if available, to CLI help text (default value)

  • The CLI commands copy and erase are now available also from Bash

  • Greatly reduced size of bundled curiOS httpd OCI container image, reduced from 1.8 MiB to 281 KiB

  • Add deviation to ietf-interfaces.yang, link-up-down-trap-enable is not supported (yet) in Infix, issue #709

  • The default builds now include the curiOS nftables container image, which can be used for advanced firewall setups. For an introduction see https://kernelkit.org/posts/firewall-container/

Fixes

  • Fix #499: add an NACM rule to factory-config, which by default deny everyone to read user password hash(es)
  • Fix #663: internal Ethernet interfaces shown in CLI tab completion
  • Fix #674: CLI show interfaces display internal Ethernet interfaces, regression introduced late in v24.09 release cycle
  • Fix #676: port dropped from bridge when changing its VLAN membership from tagged to untagged
  • Fix #680: replace deviation for phys-address in ietf-interfaces.yang with custom-phys-address to allow for constructing more free-form MAC addresses based on the chassis MAC (a.k.a., base MAC) address. For more information, see the YANG model, a few examples are listed in the updated documentation. The syntax will be automatically updated in the startup-config and factory-config -- make sure to verify the changes and update any static factory-config used for your products
  • Fix #690: CLI show ip route command stops working after 24 hours, this includes all operational data in ietf-routing:/routing/ribs.
  • Fix #697: password is not always set for new users, bug introduced in v24.06.0 when replacing Augeas with native user handling
  • Fix #700: add missing admin-status to interface operational data
  • Fix #701: make sure CLI (and Bash) copy command use same sysrepo timeout as other operations that load sysrepo. Was 10 second timeout, which caused some (really big) configurations not to apply from the CLI, but worked at boot, for instance. New timeout is 60 seconds
  • Fix #708: allow all container networks to set interface name inside container, not just auto-generated veth-pair ends for docker0 bridge
  • Fix show interfaces on platforms like the NanoPi R2S, which does not support reading RMON counters in JSON format using ethtool
  • Fix #730: CLI command show ntp [sources] stopped working in v24.08. Missing access rights after massive CLI lock-down
  • Fix BFD in OSPF, previously you could not enable BFD on a single interface without enabling it on all interfaces

v24.09.0 - 2024-09-30

News: this release enhances the integration of all types of static routes with FRRouting (Frr), including all routes that can be set by DHCP and IPvLL (ZeroConf) clients. Due to this fundamental change, the system routing table is now primarily read from Frr, which increases the amount of relevant routing information available to the user. E.g., in the CLI exec command show ip route and show ipv6 route. Support for adjusting the administrative distance of all types of static routes has also been added to facilitate site specific adaptations. Please see the documentation for details.

Known Issues

  • The CLI command show interfaces may for some terminal resolutions not display all interfaces (on systems with >20 interfaces). This problem is limited to the console port and only occurs for smaller terminals (30-50 rows height). Calling show ifaces from the shell, dumping /ietf-interfaces:interfaces XPath using sysrepocfg, or using the CLI from an SSH session, is not affected. Issue #659

Changes

  • Upgrade Buildroot to 2024.02.6 (LTS)
  • Upgrade Linux kernel to 6.6.52 (LTS)
  • Upgrade libyang to 3.4.2
  • Upgrade sysrepo to 2.11.7
  • Upgrade netopeer2 (NETCONF) to 2.2.31
  • Updated infix-routing.yang to declare deviations for unsupported OSPF RPCs and Notifications in ietf-ospf.yang
  • The CLI admin-exec command show dns now also shows any configured name servers, not just ones acquired via DHCP. Issue #510
  • Add support for IPv4 (autoconf) request-address. This instructs the ZeroConf client to start with the requested address. If this is not successful the client falls back to its default behavior. Issue #628
  • Major speedup (10x) in operational data, in particular when querying interface status. Very noticeable in the CLI show interfaces command on devices with large port counts. Issue #651
  • Silence yanger log warnings for failing mctl command. Caused by mctl reporting no multicast filtering enabled on bridge

Fixes

  • Fix #357: EUI-64 based IPv6 autoconf address on bridges seem to be randomized. Problem caused by kernel setting a random MAC before any bridge port is added. Fixed by using the device's base MAC address on bridge interfaces. Possible to override using phys-address option
  • Fix #601: CLI regression in show ospf family of commands causing authorized users, like admin, to not being able to query status of OSPF or BFD. Workaround by using the UNIX shell sudo vtysh. Regression introduced in v24.08.0
  • Fix #603: regression in GNS3 image, starts in test mode by default. Introduced in v24.08.
  • Fix #613: CLI regression in tab completion of container commands, e.g., container shell <TAB>. Regression introduced in v24.08.0
  • Fix #616: Silent failure when selecting bash as login shell for non-admin user, this silent lock has been removed
  • Fix #618: CLI command show interfaces does not show bridges and bridge ports, regression introduced in v24.08.0 -- only affects bridges without multicast snooping
  • Fix #623: CLI command container upgrade NAME does not work, regression introduced in v24.06.0
  • Fix #625: initialize sysrepo startup datastore at boot. Improves usability when working directly against the sysrepo datastores from the shell with sysrepocfg and sysrepoctl tools
  • Fix #635: OSPF: all router neighbors reported as neighbor on every interface
  • Fix #638: Disabling IPv4LL (autoconf) on an interface does not clean up 169.254/16 addresses
  • Fix #640: unable to set static default route due to priority inversion from DHCP or IPv4LL (ZeroConf) clients setting their routes directly in the kernel. This has resulted in a complete overhaul of route management, using FRRouting for all routes, including DHCP and IPv4LL routes, presentation in the CLI, and also support for custom route preference for static routes
  • Fix #658: deleting VETH pairs does not work unless rebooting first. Creating a VETH pair, followed by at least one other reconfiguration before removing the pair, causes confd to fail when applying the interface changes (tries to delete both ends of the pair)
  • Spellcheck path to /var/lib/containers when unpacking OCI archives on container upgrade
  • cli: restore tcpdump permissions for administrator level users, regression introduced in v24.08.0
  • The timeout before giving up on loading the startup-config at boot is now 1 minute, just like operations via other front-ends (NETCONF and RESTCONF). This was previously (incorrectly) set to 10 seconds

v24.08.0 - 2024-08-30

News: this release adds full configuration support for syslog, with logging to local files, external media, remote log server, as well as support for acting as a log sink/server. External media can now be mounted automatically, very useful, not only for logging, but also for upgrading and container images.

Finally, the following consumer boards are now fully supported:

  • NanoPi R2S (ARM)
  • StarFive VisionFive2 (RISC-V)

Changes

  • Upgrade Buildroot to 2024.02.5 (LTS)
  • Upgrade Linux kernel to 6.6.46 (LTS)
  • Issue #158: enhance security of factory reset. All file content is now overwritten x3, the last time with zeroes, then removed. Example, on the NanoPi R2S this process takes ~30 seconds, but may take longer in setups with bigger configurations, e.g., containers
  • Issue #497: support for auto-mounting USB media. Useful for logging, upgrade, and container images. Mounted under /media/<LABEL>, where <LABEL> is the partition label(s) available on the USB media
  • Issue #503: configurable syslog support, based on IETF Syslog config draft model, includes file based logging (built-in or external media) and remote logging, as well as acting as a log sink (remote server) for syslog clients (Infix extension). Documentation available in Syslog Support
  • Issue #521: audit trail support. Logs changes to configuration, both running-config and startup-config, as well as RPCs, e.g., setting system date-time. Logs contain name of user and the action taken. Supported for CLI, NETCONF, and RESTCONF
  • Issue #545: sort loopback interface first in CLI show interfaces
  • New documentation for Ethernet interfaces: how to set speed, duplex, query status and statistics
  • Issue #587: add YANG must expressions for bridge multicast filters
  • Initial RISC-V (riscv64) support: StarFive VisionFive2
  • Massive updates to the NanoPi R2S:
    • Update Linux kernel to v6.10.3 and sync defconfig with aarch64
    • Workaround reboot command "hang" on NanoPi R2S (failure to reboot) by replacing the Rockchip watchdog driver with "softdog"
    • Update U-Boot to v2024.07, enable secure boot loading of images
    • Rename interfaces to LAN + WAN to match case and LEDs
    • Rename images to infix-r2s$ver.ext, not same as other aarch64
    • Change rootfs to squashfs for enhanced security
    • Add RAUC support to simplify device maintenance/upgrade
    • Add support for saving unique interface MAC addresses in U-Boot
    • Add support for system LEDs, see product's README
    • Add support for reset button from U-Boot, to trigger factory reset, and from Linux, to trigger reboot
    • Add static factory-config as an example
    • Full LED control, including WAN LED (link up and DHCP lease)
  • Password login can now be disabled by removing the password. Before this change only empty password disabled password login (in favor of SSH key login), removing the password locked the user completely out
  • Add LED indication on factory reset, all LEDs available in Linux /sys/class/leds are turned on while clearing writable partitions
  • CLI: improve dir and show log command user experience. List files also in user's home directory and allow displaying gzipped log files
  • Lock down CLI admin-exec to prevent unprivileged users from managing system configuration or state.
  • The local log file /var/log/syslog no longer contains debug level log messages. See /var/log/debug for all log messages

Fixes

  • Fix #274: add missing link/traffic LEDs on NanoPi R2S LAN port
  • Fix #489: ensure all patches are versioned, including Linux kernel
  • Fix #531: creating a new VLAN interface named vlanN should not set lower-layer-if to vlanN. With the vlanN pattern, only C-VLAN and VID can be inferred
  • Fix #541: make sure Frr OSPF logs are sent to syslogd and filtered to /var/log/routing for easy access from the CLI
  • Fix #542: warning message from login, cannot find pam_lastlog.so
  • Fix #570: the CLI change password command does not work
  • Fix #576: the CLI tab completion for startup-config does not work
  • Fix #585: on internal configuration database error, restart internal service sysrepo-plugind to attempt to get remote access over NETCONF and RESTCONF back to the user
  • Silence bogus sysctl warnings at boot (syslog)
  • Silence output from user group member check (sys-cli in syslog)
  • Fix annoying CLI freeze if pressing any key before initial prompt

v24.06.0 - 2024-06-28

Note: this release contains breaking changes in YANG models that are incompatible with existing configuration files. So, after upgrade, but before reboot, a factory reset is required!

Changes

  • Upgrade Buildroot to 2024.02.3 (LTS)
  • Upgrade Linux kernel to 6.6.34 (LTS)
  • Upgrade bundled curiOS httpd container to v24.05.0
  • Default web landing page refactored into a Buildroot package to make it possible to overload from customer repos.
  • Enable DCB support in aarch64 kernel (for EtherType prio override)
  • Topology mapper improvements, including option for deterministic reproduction of logical to physical mappings
  • New version of gencert tool, for self signed HTTPS certificates. This allows dropping dependency on building a host rust toolchain
  • Issue #374: add timestamps to dagger .log files
  • Add small delay in U-Boot to allow stopping boot on reference boards
  • Document how to provision the bootloader and Infix on a blank board
  • Use initial hostname from /etc/os-release as configuration fallback
  • Update documentation for use of VETH pairs in containers
  • Issue #454: create bridges in factory-config with IGMP/MLD snooping enabled by default
  • The following YANG models have been updated to newer draft versions: ietf-crypto-types, ietf-keystore, ietf-netconf-server, ietf-ssh-common, ietf-ssh-server, ietf-tcp-client, ietf-tcp-common, ietf-tcp-server, ietf-tcp-server, ietf-tcp-server, ietf-tcp-server. In these there are a lot of breaking changes, most likely you will need to redo your configuration from factory-config.
  • The Augeas package has been dropped, so augtool is no longer available
  • VLAN interfaces can now map the incoming PCP value to the kernel-internal priority on ingress, and perform the reverse mapping on egress.
  • mv88e6xxx ports can now use Linux's priority information to select the appropriate egress queue, via the mqprio queuing discipline.
  • Add logging of output from container start/stop action
  • Clean up stale directories after OCI container archive import
  • Add support for show leaf-node in CLI configure context
  • Allow non-admin users to use the CLI. NACM rules still apply
  • Ensure filesystem is sync'ed properly after a CLI copy command
  • Issue #178: add early boot script to migrate configuration files of older version to new syntax. Initial, rudimentary support, for the change in shell types
  • Issue #308: add version field to configuration file using a new model, infix-meta.yang. Used to trigger migration from older formats to newer on future breaking changes
  • Issue #432: extract YANG documentation at build time. Part of the release tarballs is now yangdoc.html for the complete tree of all YANG configuration, operational data, RPCs, and notification nodes
  • Issue #435: add support for $factory$ password hash. This allows backing up configuration files with device specific passwords. Upon restore to another device this ensures the replacement's password is used instead of the originals'
  • Issue #435: add support for hostname format specifiers. The default hostname configuration is now %h-%m to encode, infix-c0-ff-ee
  • Issue #435: support for "empty" NETCONF host keys. Primarily used in static factory-config setups. When a configuration is detected with this, the automatically generated, device specific 2048 bit RSA host key pair is used. With this, vendor/product specific factory-config is now fully supported. See src/confd/README.md
  • Issue #447: add support for yescrypt, $y$ hashes. This also adds support for $0$cleartext password according to ietf-system.yang
  • Issue #455: split CLI tutorial into multiple files for easy access from the CLI admin-exec context using the help command
  • Issue #478: add operational support for ietf-system.yang, reading actual hostname and passwords after issue #435
  • Merge infix-shell-types.yang with infix-system.yang
  • cli: improved error/warning message on missing or incomplete command

Fixes

  • Fix #424: regression, root user can log in without password
  • Fix build regressions in cn9130_crb_boot_defconfig caused by upgrade to Buildroot v2024.02 and recent multi-key support in RAUC and U-Boot
  • Fix provisioning script after changes to make GRUB loading more robust
  • Fix missing /etc/resolv.conf, as noticed by avahi-daemon, when a user calls no system from the CLI
  • Fix #428: loss of admin account after upgrade to v24.04
  • Fix #429: failing to load startup-config does not trigger the fail secure mode, causing the system to end up in an undefined state
  • Fix #453: fix inconsistent behavior of custom MAC address (interface phys-address for VETH pairs. Allows fixed MAC in containers
  • Fix #462: increase port column width for CLI show bridge mdb
  • Fix #468: non-admin users can get a POSIX shell as login shell, root cause was buggy Augeas library, replaced with plain C API.
  • Fix #469: non-admin users added to any group get administrator privileges (added to UNIX wheel group)
  • Fix #473: bridge interface with IPv6 SLAAC never get global prefix
  • Fix #476: Custom command for containers not working
  • Fix #479: timeout from underlying datastore when disabling containers in configuration. Only disabling (stopping) container now done in the configuration change, removal of container done in the background
  • Fix locking issue with standard counter groups on mv88e6xxx
  • Add missing LICENSE hash for factory reset tool
  • Fix timeout handling in container restart command
  • Fix MDB/ATU synchronization issue from IGMPv3/MLDv2 reports on mv88e6xxx systems

v24.04.2 - 2024-05-15

Changes

  • Add small delay in U-Boot to allow stopping boot on reference boards
  • Document how to provision the bootloader and Infix on a blank board
  • Use initial hostname from /etc/os-release as configuration fallback

Fixes

  • Fix build regressions in cn9130_crb_boot_defconfig caused by upgrade to Buildroot v2024.02 and recent multi-key support in RAUC and U-Boot
  • Fix provisioning script after changes to make GRUB loading more robust
  • Fix missing /etc/resolv.conf, as noticed by avahi-daemon, when a user calls no system from the CLI
  • Fix #428: loss of admin account after upgrade to v24.04
  • Fix #429: failing to load startup-config does not trigger the fail secure mode, causing the system to end up in an undefined state

v24.04.1 - 2024-05-03

Changes

  • Default web landing page refactored into a Buildroot package to make it possible to overload from customer repos.
  • Enable DCB support in aarch64 kernel (for EtherType prio override)
  • Topology mapper improvements, including option for deterministic reproduction of logical to physical mappings
  • New version of gencert tool, for self signed HTTPS certificates. This allows dropping dependency on building a host rust toolchain
  • Issue #374: add timestamps to dagger .log files

Fixes

  • Add missing LICENSE hash for factory reset tool
  • Fix #424: regression, root user can log in without password

v24.04.0 - 2024-04-30

News: this release marks the first major upgrade of the underlying Buildroot to the latest LTS release, v2024.02. This caused a few small regressions in the release cycle, all known issues have been addressed.

Also worth highlighting, as of this release the Infix Classic variant has been dropped. It was the legacy Infix with manual configuration of the system using a persistent /etc. May be resurrected later as a separate project. Going forward Infix' focus is entirely on NETCONF.

Finally, the YANG Status section has been dropped for this release, the idea is to generate supported features from the models and include in future releases.

Changes

  • Bump the base Buildroot version to v2024.02 LTS
  • Bump the base Linux kernel version to 6.6 LTS
  • Drop Classic variant to reduce overhead, simplify build & release processes, and focus on NETCONF for Arm64 and Amd64 platforms
  • Add hostname restrictions to ietf-system, and infix-dhcp-client models. Max 64 characters on Linux systems
  • Add mDNS CNAME (alias) advertisement, e.g., infix.local in addition to the default infix-c0-ff-ee.local. Note: this is build-specific and does not change if system hostname is changed
  • Add mDNS browser web application, https://network.local that shows all mDNS devices on the LAN. The network.local mDNS name is also a CNAME, so with multiple Infix devices, only one will act as the mDNS browser
  • Add temporary landing page to web server for https://infix.local
  • Add web console using ttyd, https://infix.local:7681
  • Add support for disabling web services using CLI
  • The bridge model now has built-in validation of port memberships, i.e., a port must be a bridge member to be used in VLAN filtering
  • The bridge model only permits the bridge itself to be a tagged member of VLANs -- meaning, the only way to set an IP address on such bridges is to use a VLAN interface on top
  • A VLAN filtering bridge now validates that no IP address has been set. Use a VLAN interface on top for that (see above)
  • Restructure documentation, let first page in doc/ be table of contents
  • Scripting Infix, new document on how to script Infix from remote, e.g., for production or from a container
  • Introduction, update documentation now that the admin user's default login shell is /bin/bash
  • System documentation, first outline of how to change hostname, add users, add system administrator users, changing login banner, change the system default editor, and more
  • Network documentation, add section on VETH pairs
  • Container documentation:
    • CLI prompts have been updated to match the examples used in other parts of the User Guide
    • Default route example for static container interfaces
    • How to upgrade a container image
  • As a follow-up to port speed/duplex/autoneg support added in v24.02, this release ensures flow-control is always disabled on all Ethernet ports, as described in the IEEE Ethernet interfaces YANG model
  • Add support for core dumps, saving them in /var/crash, max one dump per process, for use with future support tarballs
  • Add support for multicast snooping, both IPv4 (IGMP) and IPv6 (MLD) in bridge setups, including offloading to switchdev
  • Add support for acting as passive (proxy) or active IGMP querier
  • Add support for static multicast filters, MAC, IPv4 and IPv6 groups are supported -- multicast snooping must be enabled
  • Include Buildroot legal-info in releases, i.e., licenses, sources with patches, as well as csv files for packages and toolchain
  • Drop shell command from CLI to allow confining users
  • The CLI copy command now allows absolute paths
  • Local resolver, dnsmasq, had port 53 visible from external nmap scans, even though it dropped non-local requests, it now only binds to the loopback interface reduce number of externally visible ports
  • Kernel log messages, of severity error or higher, now log directly to the console. This may cause some annoyance but has been enabled to ease debugging, in particular issues where the system crashes before the syslog daemon has flushed logs to disk. (Logs are still saved to log files as well.)
  • Issue #325: Add support for multiple administrator users by opening up basic NETCONF ACM support. See documentation for details
    • Any user can be added to the admin NACM group
    • Any user not in the admin group is not allowed to have a login shell other than the CLI (or disabled). POSIX shell, e.g., Bash is reserved for system administrators
  • Issue #327: Remove IPv6LL from bridge port interfaces
  • Issue #358: translate YANG model's LOWER-LAYER-DOWN -> LINK-DOWN in CLI show interfaces command
  • Issue #360: document factory-config, startup-config, and the various failure modes in the system
  • Issue #361: document how a privileged container can break out of its confinement and run host commands, e.g., call sysrepocfg
  • Issue #365: add limited support for container capabilities, e.g., to enable CAP_NET_RAW to allow containers to use ping. This allows users to avoid enabling privileged mode
  • Issue #367: setting date/time over NETCONF now saves system time also to the RTC, which otherwise is only saved on reboot or power-down
  • Issue #369: Remove limitation that the routing instance must be named 'default'

Fixes

  • confd: Fix memory leak when operating on candidate configuration
  • probe: Fix crash on systems without USB
  • Reduced syslog errors for accesses no non-existing xpaths
  • Fix bogus warning about not properly updating /etc/motd in new motd-banner setting, introduced in v24.02.0
  • infix-routing model: the enable configuration setting for OSPF, in default-route-advertise has been obsoleted and replaced by enabled
  • Fix #328: when setting up a VLAN filtering bridge, the PVID for bridge ports defaulted to 1, making it impossible to set up "tagged-only" ports which drop ingressing untagged traffic
  • Fix #329: VLAN inference for interfaces named eth0.1, i.e., VID 1 on lower-layer-if eth0. Only affects automatic inference in the CLI, entering the values manually (CLI/NETCONF) not affected by this bug
  • Fix #331: inconsistent naming of 'enabled' in infix-routing.yang
  • Fix #349: minor changes to bridge-port settings, like setting pvid when you forget it, did not take without a reboot
  • Fix #353: impossible to remove bridge port with no bridge-port
  • Fix #358: MAC address no longer shown for bridge interfaces in CLI show interfaces command
  • Fix #365: not possible to run ping from container
  • Fix #366: static routes from container host interfaces do not work. Documentation updated with an example
  • Fix #368: upgrading oci-archive:/ images fail because system thinks the image can be pulled from a localhost registry. Documentation has also been updated, describing various methods and how to upgrade them
  • Fix #370: despite the documentation stating containers must explicitly declare network settings, Infix v23.02 had a late regression that reverted back to the podman default: network behind a CNI bridge (firewalled and NAT:ed, hidden from the rest of the network)
  • Fix #375: k8s-logger, used for containers, does not exit properly and causes 100% CPU load when container stop or are restarted. Also in this issue: handle ip/route additions to container networks at runtime
  • Fix #384: segfault in helper function when disabling the DHCP client using no dhcp-client from the CLI
  • Fix #391 Creating VLAN interface in the CLI with "edit interface vlanN" does not set VLAN id to N.
  • Fix #404: lldpd should be disabled on internal interface dsa0
  • Fix #406: an overly restrictive when expression in the bridge YANG model prevented users from adding VLAN interfaces as bridge ports. E.g., creating interface eth0.10 and adding that to br0
  • Fix #412: after starting up with DHCP client enabled on any interface set dhcp-client enabled false does not bite at runtime
  • Fix #414: spelling error in infix-hardware.yang, leaf node coutry
  • Fix #415: startup-config owned by root user and group instead of admin. The file ownership is now adjusted on every boot
  • Fix #416: admin user cannot perform a factory reset with RPC using sysrepocfg tool over SSH
  • Fix bogus syslog warning about not updating /etc/motd properly

v24.02.0 - 2024-03-01

Note: the root account is disabled in official builds. Only the admin user can log in to the system. This can be changed, but only in developer builds: make menuconfig -> System configuration -> [*]Enable root login with password

YANG Status

Infix devices support downloading all YANG models over NETCONF, including models with submodules. As a rule, standard models are used as long as they map to underlying Linux concepts and services. All exceptions are listed in Infix specific models, detailing deviations and augmentations.

Currently supported models:

  • ieee802-ethernet-interface:

    • Toggle port speed & duplex auto-negotiation on/off
    • Set port speed and duplex when auto-negotiation is off
    • Query port speed/duplex and auto-negotiation status (operational)
    • Frame counters:
    YANG Linux / Ethtool
    out-frames FramesTransmittedOK
    out-multicast-frames MulticastFramesXmittedOK
    out-broadcast-frames BroadcastFramesXmittedOK
    in-total-octets FramesReceivedOK
    + FrameCheckSequenceErrors
    + FramesLostDueToIntMACRcvError
    + AlignmentErrors
    + etherStatsOversizePkts
    + etherStatsJabbers
    in-frames FramesReceivedOK
    in-multicast-frames MulticastFramesReceivedOK
    in-broadcast-frames BroadcastFramesReceivedOK
    in-error-undersize-frames undersize_pkts
    in-error-fcs-frames FrameCheckSequenceErrors
    in-good-octets OctetsReceivedOK
    out-good-octets OctetsTransmittedOK

  • ietf-hardware:

    • Populates standard hardware model from corresponding data in device EEPROMs
    • augments:
      • Initial support for USB ports
      • Vital Product Data (VPD) from device EEPROMs (ONIE structure)
    • infix-hardware: Deviations and augments

  • ietf-system:

    • augments:
      • Message of the Day (MotD) banner, shown after SSH or console login. Please note: the legacy motd has been replaced with motd-banner os of v24.02. Use CLI text-editor to modify the latter
      • User login shell, default: /bin/false (no SSH or console login)
      • State information for remotely querying firmware version information
    • deviations:
      • timezone-name, using IANA timezones instead of plain string
      • UTC offset, only support per-hour offsets with tzdata
      • Usernames, clarifying Linux restrictions
      • Unsupported features marked as deviations, e.g. RADIUS
    • infix-system-software: firmware upgrade with install-bundle RPC

  • ietf-interfaces:

    • deviation to allow read-write if:phys-address for custom MAC address
    • ietf-ip: augments
      • IPv4LL similar to standardized IPv6LL
    • ietf-ip: deviations (not-supported) added for IPv4 and IPv6:
      • /if:interfaces/if:interface/ip:ipv4/ip:address/ip:subnet/ip:netmask
      • /if:interfaces/if:interface/ip:ipv6/ip:address/ip:status
      • /if:interfaces/if:interface/ip:ipv4/ip:neighbor
      • /if:interfaces/if:interface/ip:ipv6/ip:neighbor
    • ietf-routing: Base model for routing
    • ietf-ipv4-unicast-routing: Static unicast routing, incl. operational data, i.e., setting static IPv4 routes and reading IPv4 routing table
    • ietf-ipv6-unicast-routing: Static unicast routing, incl. operational data, i.e., setting static IPv6 routes and reading IPv6 routing table
    • ietf-ospf: Limited support for OSPFv2, with additional support for injecting default route, and route redistribution. Underlying routing engine in use is Frr. Includes operational status + data (routes). See infix-routing model for detailed list of deviations
    • infix-ethernet-interface: deviations for ieee802-ethernet-interface
    • infix-routing: Limit ietf-routing to one instance default per routing protocol, also details unsupported features (deviations) to both ietf-routing and ietf-ospf models, as well as augments made to support injecting default route in OSPFv2
    • infix-if-bridge: Linux bridge interfaces with native VLAN support
    • infix-if-type: deviation for interface types, limiting number to supported types only. New identities are derived from default IANA interface types, ensuring compatibility with other standard models, e.g., ieee802-ethernet-interface.yang
    • infix-if-veth: Linux VETH pairs
    • infix-if-vlan: Linux VLAN interfaces, e.g. eth0.10

  • infix-containers: Support for Docker containers, incl. operational data to query status and remotely stop/start containers

  • infix-dhcp-client: DHCPv4 client, including supported options

  • Configurable services:

Changes

  • New hardware support: NanoPi R2S from FriendlyELEC, a simple two-port router

  • Static routing support, now also for IPv6

  • Dynamic routing support with OSPFv2, limited (see infix-routing.yang for deviations), but still usable in most relevant use-cases. If you are using this and are interested in more features, please let us know!

    • Multiple area support, including different area types
    • Route redistribution
    • Default route injection
    • Full integration with Bidirectional Forward Detection (BFD)
    • Operational status, including but not limited to:
      • OSPF Router ID
      • Neighbor status
      • OSPF routing table
      • Interface type, incl. passive status
    • For more information, see doc/networking.md

  • Support for disabling USB ports in startup-config (no auto-mount yet!)

  • Initial support for Docker containers, see documentation for details:

    • Custom Infix model, see infix-containers.yang for details
    • Add image URL/location and volumes/mounts/interfaces to configuration, the system ensures the image is downloaded and container created in the background before launching it. If now networking is available the job is queued and retried every time a new network route is learned
    • Status and actions (stop/start/restart) available in operational datastore
    • Possible to move physical switch ports inside container, see docs
    • Possible to bundle OCI archives in Infix image, as well as storing any file content in factory-config to override container image defaults

  • IEEE Ethernet interface:

    • Support for setting port speed/duplex or auto-negotiating
    • New per-port counters, augments to IEEE model added in infix-ethernet.yang: in-good-octets, out-good-octets

  • Many updates to DHCPv4 client YANG model:

    • new options, see infix-dhcp-client.yang for details:
      • Default options: subnet, router, dns+domain, hostname, broadcast, ntpsrv
      • Set NTP servers, require NTP client in ietf-system to be enabled, will be treated as non-preferred sources, configured prefer servers wins
      • Learn DNS servers, statically configured servers always takes precedence
      • Install routes, not only from option 3, but also options 121 and 249
    • Support for ARP:ing for client lease (default enabled)
    • Configurable route metrics, by default metric 100 to allow static routes to win over DHCP routes, useful for backup DHCP connections

  • IETF Hardware data: added YANG model for vital product data representation, and augments for initial USB support (enable/disable)

  • IETF System:

    • the motd augment in infix-system.yang for Message of the Day has been marked as obsolete and replaced with motd-banner. The new setting is of type binary and allows control codes and multi-line content to be stored. The legacy motd will remain for the foreseeable future and takes precedence over the new motd-banner setting
    • new text-editor augment in infix-system.yang to select the backend for the new text-editor command: emacs, nano, or vi

  • Many updates to the test system, Infamy, incl. new Quick Start Guide in updated doc/testing.md to help new developers get started

  • Add htop to default builds, useful for observing and attaching (strace)

  • Change the default shell of the admin user from clish to bash. Change required for factory production and provisioning reasons. Only affects the built-in default, customer specific factory-config's are not affected!

  • CLI: the set command on a boolean can now be used without an argument, set boolean sets the boolean option to true

  • CLI: new command change, for use with ietf-system user passwords, starts an interactive password dialog, including confirmation entry. The resulting password is by default salted and hashed using sha512crypt

  • CLI: new command text-editor, for use with binary fields, e.g., content for file mounts in containers, or the new motd-banner:

      admin@infix-c0-ff-ee:/config/system/> text-editor motd-banner
  ... exit with Ctrl-x Ctrl-c ...
  admin@infix-c0-ff-ee:/config/system/> show
  motd-banner VGhpcyByZWxlYXNlIHdhcyBzcG9uc29yZWQgYnkgQWRkaXZhIEVsZWt0cm9uaWsK;

  • CLI: new admin-exec command show ntp [sources]

  • CLI: new admin-exec command show dns to display DNS client status

  • CLI: new admin-exec command show ospf [subcommand]

  • CLI: new admin-exec command show container [subcommand]

  • CLI: new admin-exec command show hardware only USB port status for now

  • CLI: updates to the show interfaces command to better list bridge VLANs

Fixes

  • Fix #177: ensure bridge is not bridge port to itself
  • Fix #259: failure to copy factory-config startup-config in CLI
  • Fix #278: allow DHCP client to set system hostname (be careful)
  • Fix #283: hostname in DHCP request adds quotation marks
  • Fix #294: drop stray v from version suffix in release artifacts
  • Fix #298: drop privileges properly before launching user shell in CLI
  • Fix #312: race condition in ipv4_autoconf.py, causes test to block forever
  • Backport upstream fix to netopeer2-server for fetching YANG models that refer to submodules over NETCONF
  • CLI: drop developer debug in set command
  • Fix out-of-place [OK] messages at shutdown/reboot
  • Fix garbled syslog messages due to unicode in Infix tagline, drop unicode

v23.11.0 - 2023-11-30

Note: this is the first release where the root account is disabled in default builds. Only the admin user, generated from factory-config, can log in to the system. This can be changed only in developer builds: make menuconfig -> System configuration -> [*]Enable root login with password

YANG Status

  • ieee802-ethernet-interface: Currently supported (read-only) features:

    • Status of auto-negotiation, and if enabled.
    • Current speed and duplex
    • Frame counters:
    YANG Linux / Ethtool
    out-frames FramesTransmittedOK
    out-multicast-frames MulticastFramesXmittedOK
    out-broadcast-frames BroadcastFramesXmittedOK
    in-total-octets FramesReceivedOK
    + FrameCheckSequenceErrors
    + FramesLostDueToIntMACRcvError
    + AlignmentErrors
    + etherStatsOversizePkts
    + etherStatsJabbers
    in-frames FramesReceivedOK
    in-multicast-frames MulticastFramesReceivedOK
    in-broadcast-frames BroadcastFramesReceivedOK
    in-error-undersize-frames undersize_pkts
    in-error-fcs-frames FrameCheckSequenceErrors

  • ietf-system:

    • augments:
      • MotD (Message of the Day)
      • User login shell, default: /bin/false (no SSH or console login)
      • State information for remotely querying firmware version information
    • deviations:
      • timezone-name, using IANA timezones instead of plain string
      • UTC offset, only support per-hour offsets with tzdata
      • Usernames, clarifying Linux restrictions
      • Unsupported features marked as deviations, e.g. RADIUS
    • infix-system-software: firmware upgrade with install-bundle RPC

  • ietf-interfaces:

    • deviation to allow read-write if:phys-address for custom MAC address
    • ietf-ip: augments
      • IPv4LL similar to standardized IPv6LL
    • ietf-ip: deviations (not-supported) added for IPv4 and IPv6:
      • /if:interfaces/if:interface/ip:ipv4/ip:address/ip:subnet/ip:netmask
      • /if:interfaces/if:interface/ip:ipv6/ip:address/ip:status
      • /if:interfaces/if:interface/ip:ipv4/ip:neighbor
      • /if:interfaces/if:interface/ip:ipv6/ip:neighbor
    • ietf-routing: Base model for routing
    • ietf-ipv4-unicast-routing: Static unicast routing, incl. operational data, i.e., setting static IPv4 routes and reading IPv4 routing table
    • infix-ethernet-interface: deviations for ieee802-ethernet-interface
    • infix-routing: Limit ietf-routing to one instance default per routing protocol, also details unsupported features (deviations)
    • infix-if-bridge: Linux bridge interfaces with native VLAN support
    • infix-if-type: deviation for interface types, limiting number to supported types only. New identities are derived from default IANA interface types, ensuring compatibility with other standard models, e.g., ieee802-ethernet-interface.yang
    • infix-if-veth: Linux VETH pairs
    • infix-if-vlan: Linux VLAN interfaces, e.g. eth0.10

  • Configurable services:

Changes

  • The CLI built-in command password generate has been changed to use the secure mode of the pwgen tool, and 13 chars for increased entropy
  • The qemu.sh -c command, available in developer builds and the release zip, can now be used to modify the RAM size and enable VPD emulation
  • Add support for overriding generated factory defaults in derivatives using a /etc/confdrc.lcocal file -- incl. updated branding docs.
  • Add support for detecting factory reset condition from a bootloader
  • Ensure /var is also cleared (properly) during factory reset
  • Add support for port auto-negotiation status in operational datastore
  • Add CLI support for showing veth pairs in show interfaces
  • Speedups to CLI detailed view of a single interface
  • Updated documentation of VLAN interfaces and VLAN filtering bridge
  • Updated documentation for how to customize services in Hybrid Mode
  • In RMA mode (runlevel 9), the system no longer has any login services
  • Disable root login in all NETCONF builds, only admin available
  • Add support for VPD data in ONIE EEPROM format
  • Add iito, the intelligent input/output daemon for LED control
  • Add port autoneg and speed/duplex status to operational data
  • Upgrade Linux to v6.5.11, with kkit extensions
  • Add support for static IPv4 routing using ietf-routing@2018-03-13.yang and ietf-ipv4-unicast-routing@2018-03-13.yang, one default instance only
  • Add support for partitioning and self-provisioning of new devices
  • Add support for reading admin user's default password from VPD. Devices that do not have a VPD can set a password hash in the device tree
  • Add support for upgrading software bundles (images) from the CLI. Supported remote servers: ftp, tftp, and http/https.
  • Traversing the CLI configure context has been simplified by collapsing all YANG containers that only contain a single list element. Example: edit interfaces interface eth0 becomes edit interface eth0
  • Add CLI support for creating configuration backups and transferring files to/from remote servers: tftp, ftp, http/https (download only). Issue #155
  • Add _netconf-ssh._tcp record to mDNS-SD

Fixes

  • Fix #111: fix auto-inference of dynamic interface types (bridge, veth)
  • Fix #125: improved feedback on invalid input in configure context
  • Fix #198: drop bridge default PVID setting, for VLAN filtering bridge. All bridge ports must have explicit VLAN assignment (security)
  • Fix #215: impossible to enable NTP client, regression from v23.06.0
  • Fix regression in CLI show factory-config command
  • Fix missing version in /etc/os-release variable PRETTY_NAME
  • Fix failure to start podman in GNS3 (missing Ext4 filesystem feature)
  • Fix initial terminal size probing in CLI when logging in from console port
  • Fix CLI show running-config, use proper JSON format like other files
  • Fix caching of libyang module references in confd. Loading other plugins to sysrepo-plugind modifies these references, which may can cause corruption
  • Fix missing v in VERSION, VERSION_ID, and IMAGE_VERSION in /etc/os-release and other generated files for release builds.

v23.10.0 - 2023-10-31

Note: upcoming releases will lock the root user for system-only services. Instead an admin user will be the only default user with the CLI as its login shell. This user is already available, so please consider updating any guidelines or documentation you may have.

YANG Status

  • ietf-system:
    • augments:
      • MotD (Message of the Day)
      • User login shell, default: /bin/false
      • State information for remotely querying firmware version information
    • deviations:
      • timezone-name, using IANA timezones instead of plain string
      • UTC offset, only support per-hour offsets with tzdata
      • Usernames, clarifying Linux restrictions
      • Unsupported features marked as deviations, e.g. RADIUS
    • infix-system-software: firmware upgrade with install-bundle RPC
  • ietf-interfaces:
    • deviation to allow read-write if:phys-address for custom MAC address
    • ietf-ip: augments
      • IPv4LL similar to standardized IPv6LL
    • ietf-ip: deviations (not-supported) added for IPv4 and IPv6:
      • /if:interfaces/if:interface/ip:ipv4/ip:address/ip:subnet/ip:netmask
      • /if:interfaces/if:interface/ip:ipv6/ip:address/ip:status
      • /if:interfaces/if:interface/ip:ipv4/ip:neighbor
      • /if:interfaces/if:interface/ip:ipv6/ip:neighbor
    • ietf-if-vlan-encapsulation: Removed in favor of a native model.
    • infix-if-bridge: Linux bridge interfaces with native VLAN support
    • infix-if-type: deviation for interface types, limiting number to supported types only. New identities are derived from default IANA interface types, ensuring compatibility with other standard models, e.g., ieee802-ethernet-interface.yang
    • infix-if-veth: Linux VETH pairs
    • infix-if-vlan: Linux VLAN interfaces, e.g. eth0.10 (New model!)
  • Configurable services:

Changes

  • Add support for setting/querying IPv4/IPv6 MTU, see #152 for details.

  • Add support for Fail Secure Mode: if loading startup-config fails, e.g. YANG model validation failure after upgrade, the system now falls back to load failure-config instead of just crashing. This config, along with factory-config, is generated on every boot to match the active image's YANG models. In case neither config can be loaded, or even bootstrapping YANG models fail, the system will go into an RMA state -- Return to Manufacturer, clearly signaled on the console and, on devices that support it, angry LED signaling. See #154 for more.

  • Add support for generating GNS3 appliance file for NETCONF Aarch64.

  • Add support for UTC offset (+/- HH:00) in ietf-system, PR #174

  • Add support for ietf-factory-default RPC, PR #175

  • Add support for performing factory reset (using #175 RPC) from CLI

  • Replace ietf-if-vlan-encapsulation YANG model with the native infix-if-vlan model. This fits better with Linux VLAN interfaces and simplifies the syntax greatly. For details, see PR #179

      admin@example:/config/interfaces/interface/eth0.10/> set vlan id 10 lower-layer-if eth0

  • The following new NETCONF interface operational counters have been added:

YANG Linux / Ethtool
out-frames FramesTransmittedOK
out-multicast-frames MulticastFramesXmittedOK
out-broadcast-frames BroadcastFramesXmittedOK
in-total-frames FramesReceivedOK
+ FrameCheckSequenceErrors
+ FramesLostDueToIntMACRcvError
+ AlignmentErrors
+ etherStatsOversizePkts
+ etherStatsJabbers
in-frames FramesReceivedOK
in-multicast-frames MulticastFramesReceivedOK
in-broadcast-frames BroadcastFramesReceivedOK
in-error-undersize-frames undersize_pkts
in-error-fcs-frames FrameCheckSequenceErrors
  • Greatly improved branding support using make menuconfig. All the identifying strings, including firmware image, is in /etc/os-release, will be used in CLI show system-information, the WebUI About dialog, and any prominent areas when booting up (on console), logging in to CLI and WebUI.
  • IGMP/MLD snooping is now disabled by default on new bridges. Support for multicast filtering bridges expected no later than v24.01.
  • The SSDP responder, device discovery in Windows, has been removed in favor of Windows 10 (build 1709) native support for mDNS-SD. Details in #166
  • A GreenPAK programmer has been added, not enabled by default. This is a popular programmable little chip from Renesas. Worth a look!
  • The confd script gen-interfaces can now generate bridges and stand-alone interfaces with IPv6 (SLAAC) for factory-config et al.
  • Drop x86_64_minimal_defconfig, previously used for regression tests only
  • Documentation updates of how IPv4/IPv6 addresses are shown in NETCONF operational data, as well as the built-in CLI, see #163 for details.

Fixes

  • Fix #106: confd: drop deviation ietf-system:timezone-utc-offset
  • Fix #151: Operational status broken in v23.09
  • Fix #159: Hacky generation of /etc/resolv.conf at boot
  • Fix #162: VLAN interface without encapsulation is accepted by YANG model

v23.09.0 - 2023-10-02

Note: upcoming releases will lock the root user for system-only services. Instead an admin user will be the only default user with the CLI as its login shell. This user is already available, so please consider updating any guidelines or documentation you may have.

YANG Status

  • ietf-system:
  • ietf-interfaces:
    • infix-interfaces: deviation for if:phys-address to allow read-write
    • ietf-ip: augmented with IPv4LL similar to standardized IPv6LL
    • infix-ip: deviations (not-supported) added for IPv4 and IPv6:
      • /if:interfaces/if:interface/ip:ipv4/ip:address/ip:subnet/ip:netmask
      • /if:interfaces/if:interface/ip:ipv6/ip:address/ip:status
      • /if:interfaces/if:interface/ip:ipv4/ip:mtu
      • /if:interfaces/if:interface/ip:ipv6/ip:mtu
      • /if:interfaces/if:interface/ip:ipv4/ip:neighbor
      • /if:interfaces/if:interface/ip:ipv6/ip:neighbor
    • ietf-if-vlan-encapsulation: Linux VLAN interfaces, e.g. eth0.10
    • infix-if-bridge: Linux bridge interfaces with native VLAN support
    • infix-if-veth: Linux VETH pairs
    • infix-if-type: deviation for interface types, limiting number to supported types only. New identities are derived from default IANA interface types, ensuring compatibility with other standard models, e.g., ieee802-ethernet-interface.yang
  • Configurable services:

Changes

  • The following new NETCONF interface operational status have been added:
    • admin-status
    • IP address origin (dhcp, static, link-layer, random, other)
    • bridge
    • parent-interface
    • basic statistics (in_octets, out_octets)
  • Support for custom interface phys-address (MAC address)
  • The CLI admin-exec command show interfaces now fully uses NETCONF operational data to display both available interfaces and all of their IP addresses. Displaying an individual interface will show more info.
  • The CLI admin-exec command password encrypt now default to SHA512

Fixes

  • Fix #136: IPv6 autoconf create-global-addresses true does not bite
  • Fix #138: Not possible to have static IP and DHCP at the same time
  • Minor fixes and updates to documentation (faulty links, references)
  • The sync-fork.yml workflow has finally been fixed.

v23.08.0 - 2023-08-31

Note: upcoming releases will lock the root user for system-only services. Instead an admin user will be the only default user with the CLI as its login shell. This user is already available, so please consider updating any guidelines or documentation you may have.

YANG Status

Changes

  • Bump Linux kernel: v5.19 to v6.1
  • Updated board support for Microchip SparX-5i and Marvell CN9130 CRB
  • New logo and significant updates to the documentation
  • New NETCONF RPC factory-default to reset running-config
  • Replaced limited BusyBox ping with iputils-ping
  • Most system services are now disabled by default, support for enabling LLDP, mDNS-SD, and SSDP using NETCONF, enabled in factory-config
  • Firmware upgrade framework, based on RAUC, added
    • Matching YANG model (see above) and an install-bundle RPC
    • Currently supported upgrade protocols: HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, SCP
  • Initial support for interface operational status, in ietf-interfaces
  • Add support for setting user login shell: bash, clish, false
  • Default login shell for new users: false
  • Massive updates and fixes to the CLI (klish):
    • Line editing now works as similar CLI:s from major vendors
    • Hotkey fixes: Ctrl-D and Ctrl-Z now work as expected
    • Prompt changed from JunOS style to be more similar to Bash
    • Online help commands, both in admin-exec and configure context, type help after entering the CLI to get started
    • Improved help for configure context using YANG descriptions
    • Support for reading and setting system "datetime" (RPC), an optional iso keyword can be used when reading time to see the format required when setting the time
    • Support for showing interfaces status, using above operational data
    • Support for showing bridge status: links, fdb, mdb, vlans
    • Support for showing log files, including tailing with follow
    • Support for password generate and password encrypt, highly useful from configure context when creating new users: use the do password encrypt type sha256 to generate the hash
    • Support show uptime, version, calling netcalc, ping, and tcpdump

Fixes

  • Fix #57: unneccesary lldpd restarts on configuration change
  • Ensure mDNS advertises the correct hostname after hostname change
  • Fix regression in enabling IPv4 ZeroConf address
  • Loopback interface now shows UP operstate instead of UNKNOWN
  • Fix adding user without password, i.e., login using SSH keys only

v23.06.0 - 2023-06-23

Midsummer release. The first official Infix release, based on Buildroot 2023.02.2, with NETCONF support using the sysrepo and netopeer2.

Supported YANG models in addition to those used by sysrepo and netopeer:

  • ietf-system
    • Everything except radius authentication and timezone-utc-offset
    • Augmented with MotD (Message of the Day), Infix YANG model
  • ietf-interfaces
    • ietf-ip augmented with IPv4LL similar to standardized IPv6LL
    • ietf-if-vlan-encapsulation, Linux VLAN interfaces, e.g. eth0.10
    • Linux bridge interfaces with native VLAN support, Infix YANG model
    • Linux VETH pairs, Infix YANG model

DISCLAIMER: the Infix YANG models for Linux, are still under heavy development. New revisions are expected which may not be backwards compatible. When upgrading to a new release, test on a GNS3 staging environment first, or start over from a factory reset.

Changes

  • Bump sysrepo to v2.2.73
    • Backport support for initializing factory-default data store with default config data also for sysrepo internal modules.
    • Add support for sysrepocfg -Cfactory -d running, for testing
  • Bump netopeer2 to v2.1.62
  • Bump libyang to v2.1.80
  • Add klish, a CLI for sysrepo
  • Add podman for container support, backported from upstream Buildroot
  • Add conmon for container support, backported from upstream Buildroot
  • Backport cni-plugins support for host-local and static plugins

Fixes

  • N/A

Footnotes

  1. I.e., set up in the configuration, as opposed to temporary ones started with container run from the CLI admin-exec context. ↩