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Learn how to install, configure, and operate the Vyatta Network Operating System (Vyatta NOS) and Orchestrator, which help drive our virtual networking and physical platforms portfolio.

Configuration hierarchy

An overview of the configuration hierarchy and the related commands.

vRouter configuration is organized as a hierarchy of configuration statements, with a hierarchical tree of nodes similar to the directory structure on a UNIX file system. Three kinds of statements exist:

  • Configuration nodes. These nodes can be either:
    • Single nodes (just one instance can be created; for example, the rip protocol node)
    • Multinodes (more than one instance can be created; for example, address nodes)
  • Attribute statements. These statements set the values or characteristics for parameters within a node.

From a system perspective, a configuration node is different from a simple configuration attribute statement. A configuration attribute statement takes the form attribute value, as in the following example.

protocol-version v2

A configuration node always has an enclosing pair of braces, which may be empty, as in the following example,

service {
    https{}
}

or nonempty, as in the following example.

ssh {
   allow-root
}