Vyatta vRouter End of Support FAQ

The Vyatta® vRouter has been discontinued by its vendor AT&T, and as a result,
Rackspace no longer offers support for this platform. We recommend switching
your virtual firewall to our new offering, the Fortinet® Fortigate®-VM.

Frequently Asked Questions

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There are no current plans to remove your current Vyatta vRouter servers.
However, for best performance and security, we highly recommend using a
supported product.
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We are no longer offering Vyatta as a buildable image. However, you can
still image your current Vyatta or build from an existing custom image of your Vyatta.
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Yes. If you want to keep your current public IPs, you can rebuild a cloud server on top of your current Vyatta server. Note that all data is lost on the current Vyatta server.

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Unfortunately, it is not possible to directly migrate your Vyatta configuration. However, the Fortigate-VM has a simple, intuitive web GUI that makes recreating
the configuration easy.
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The Fortigate-VM is slightly more expensive (starting at $0.24/hr versus $0.22/hr for Vyatta). This price reflects the superior feature set and usability of the Fortigate-VM.
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See this article for more information about how to use the Fortigate-VM in the Rackspace Public Cloud.
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If you are a Managed Operations customer, you are accustomed to having Rackspace Network Security admins log in to your network devices. This feature is not available for the Fortigate-VM at launch, but it is planned and should be available in the coming months.
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Prices are estimates. Check the Rackspace Customer Portal for actual prices.
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