feat(k3s): enable swap and grow the rancher LV during host-prep

Replace the CIS-style disableSwap op with enableSwap: activate the
labvg-swap LV with an fstab entry (kubelet runs failSwapOn=false; zram
stays the fast tier, the LV is overflow before OOM kill). Add
growRancherLv: extend labvg/rancher to 120G when the VG has free space,
covering nodes installed before the kickstart sizing change and vanilla
nodes converted to k8s; skips with a clear message when the VG is full.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017f6jyeeDqP4ufyeL3UER9w

bastion/completions/labctl.bash

@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ _labctl() {
       COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "-h --help" -- "$cur"))
       return ;;
     "provision install")
-      COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "--role --os --disk -h --help" -- "$cur"))
+      COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "--role --os --disk --vyos-mgmt --vyos-mgmt-address --vyos-bond --vyos-bond-address --vyos-bond-vrrp --vlan-vip --vyos-vrrp-priority --vyos-mgmt-vlan --vlan --vyos-password --vyos-hwid --vyos-fresh-config -h --help" -- "$cur"))
       return ;;
     "provision reprovision")
-      COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "--role --os --disk -h --help" -- "$cur"))
+      COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "--role --os --disk --user -h --help" -- "$cur"))
       return ;;
     "provision debug")
       COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "--pxe-boot -h --help" -- "$cur"))

bastion/completions/labctl.fish

@@ -132,13 +132,26 @@ complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_using_cmd provision" -a recheck -d 'Refresh hard
 
 # provision install options
 complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l role -d 'Machine role (see below)' -xa 'vanilla worker infra labcontroller'
-complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l os -d 'Operating system' -xa 'fedora-43 ubuntu-26.04'
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l os -d 'Operating system' -xa 'fedora-43 ubuntu-26.04 vyos-rolling'
 complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l disk -d 'Target disk device (auto-detect if omitted)' -x
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l vyos-mgmt -d 'VyOS: untagged interface the machine PXE boots from (default eth0)' -x
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l vyos-mgmt-address -d 'VyOS: CIDR for the management interface, or \'dhcp\' (default dhcp)' -x
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l vyos-bond -d 'VyOS: comma-separated LACP bond members (must exclude the PXE NIC)' -x
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l vyos-bond-address -d 'VyOS: address on the untagged bond (trunk native VLAN)' -x
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l vyos-bond-vrrp -d 'VyOS: VRRP VIP floated on the untagged bond' -x
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l vlan-vip -d 'VyOS: VRRP VIP for a --vlan entry (repeatable)' -x
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l vyos-vrrp-priority -d 'VyOS: VRRP priority for all groups on this box (higher = master)' -x
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l vyos-mgmt-vlan -d 'VyOS: tagged management VLAN on the PXE port' -x
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l vlan -d 'VyOS: tagged VLAN sub-interface on the bond (repeatable)' -x
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l vyos-password -d 'VyOS: password for the \'vyos\' user' -x
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l vyos-hwid -d 'VyOS: pin an interface name to a MAC via hw-id (repeatable)' -x
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l vyos-fresh-config -d 'VyOS: on reinstall, overwrite the preserved config with the generated one'
 
 # provision reprovision options
 complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision reprovision" -l role -d 'Machine role (see below)' -xa 'vanilla worker infra labcontroller'
-complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision reprovision" -l os -d 'Operating system' -xa 'fedora-43 ubuntu-26.04'
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision reprovision" -l os -d 'Operating system' -xa 'fedora-43 ubuntu-26.04 vyos-rolling'
 complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision reprovision" -l disk -d 'Target disk device (auto-detect if omitted)' -x
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision reprovision" -l user -d 'SSH user for the reboot (default: vyos for VyOS machines, else current user)' -x
 
 # provision debug options
 complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision debug" -l pxe-boot -d 'Boot installed system via PXE (kernel+initrd from network, root from NVMe)'

bastion/package.json

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
     "test:integration:pxe:host": "sudo -E $(which npx) vitest run -c tests/integration/vitest.config.ts -t 'PXE boot'",
     "test:integration:iso": "vitest run -c tests/integration/vitest.config.ts -t 'ISO boot'",
     "test:integration:iso:host": "sudo -E $(which npx) vitest run -c tests/integration/vitest.config.ts -t 'ISO boot'",
+    "test:integration:vyos": "vitest run -c tests/integration/vitest.config.ts -t 'VyOS provisioning'",
+    "test:integration:vyos:host": "sudo -E $(which npx) vitest run -c tests/integration/vitest.config.ts -t 'VyOS provisioning'",
     "test:integration:arm-iso": "vitest run -c tests/integration/vitest.config.ts -t 'ARM ISO'",
     "test:integration:arm-iso:host": "sudo -E $(which npx) vitest run -c tests/integration/vitest.config.ts -t 'ARM ISO'",
     "test:integration:asahi": "vitest run -c tests/integration/vitest.config.ts -t 'asahi firstboot'",

bastion/src/bastion/src/config.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ export function loadConfig(overrides: Partial<BastionConfig> = {}): BastionConfi
   const ubuntuMirror = overrides.ubuntuMirror ?? process.env["UBUNTU_MIRROR"]
     ?? `https://releases.ubuntu.com/${ubuntuVersion}`;
 
+  // "latest" resolves the newest nightly ISO from the vyos-nightly-build GitHub
+  // releases at startup. downloads.vyos.io no longer serves direct rolling ISOs
+  // (it returns the vyos.io site, and nightly builds sit behind a signup form);
+  // GitHub releases are the remaining free, unauthenticated direct source.
+  // LTS ISOs are subscription-only. Set VYOS_ISO_URL to pin a specific build.
+  const vyosIsoUrl = overrides.vyosIsoUrl ?? process.env["VYOS_ISO_URL"] ?? "latest";
+  const vyosDefaultPassword = overrides.vyosDefaultPassword
+    ?? process.env["VYOS_DEFAULT_PASSWORD"] ?? "vyos";
+
   const fedoraMirror = `https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/${fedoraVersion}/Everything/${arch}/os`;
   const tftpDir = `${bastionDir}/tftp`;
   const httpDir = `${bastionDir}/http`;
@@ -38,6 +47,8 @@ export function loadConfig(overrides: Partial<BastionConfig> = {}): BastionConfi
     dhcpRangeEnd,
     ubuntuVersion,
     ubuntuMirror,
+    vyosIsoUrl,
+    vyosDefaultPassword,
     // These are populated at runtime by the network service
     iface: overrides.iface ?? "",
     serverIp: overrides.serverIp ?? "",

bastion/src/bastion/src/main.ts

@@ -40,6 +40,125 @@ function download(url: string, dest: string, label: string): void {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Pick the largest regular-file initrd from an `xorriso -lsl` listing.
+ *
+ * /live carries decoys: a 0-byte initrd.img placeholder on some images, or an
+ * initrd.img SYMLINK to the real version-suffixed file on others. Parsing is
+ * field-based (ls -l layout: perms links uid gid size month day time 'name')
+ * and considers only lines whose mode string marks a regular file — symlinks
+ * report their link size, not the target's, and must not win.
+ */
+export function pickLargestInitrd(
+  listing: string,
+): { name: string; size: number } | undefined {
+  let best: { name: string; size: number } | undefined;
+  for (const line of listing.split("\n")) {
+    if (!line.startsWith("-")) continue;          // regular files only
+    const quoted = /'([^']+)'/.exec(line);
+    const fields = line.trim().split(/\s+/);
+    const size = parseInt(fields[4] ?? "", 10);
+    const name = quoted?.[1] ?? "";
+    if (!name.startsWith("initrd")) continue;
+    if (!Number.isFinite(size) || size <= 0) continue;
+    if (best === undefined || size > best.size) {
+      best = { name, size };
+    }
+  }
+  return best;
+}
+
+const VYOS_NIGHTLY_RELEASES =
+  "https://api.github.com/repos/vyos/vyos-nightly-build/releases/latest";
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the configured VyOS ISO URL, expanding the "latest" sentinel.
+ *
+ * The nightly asset filename embeds a build date, so there is no stable
+ * "latest.iso" path to hardcode — the newest release has to be looked up.
+ * Any other value is used verbatim, which is how VYOS_ISO_URL pins a build
+ * or points at a locally mirrored copy.
+ */
+function resolveVyosIsoUrl(configured: string): string {
+  if (configured !== "latest") return configured;
+
+  const body = execSync(`curl -sSfL "${VYOS_NIGHTLY_RELEASES}"`, {
+    encoding: "utf-8",
+    stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "pipe"],
+  });
+  const release = JSON.parse(body) as {
+    tag_name?: string;
+    assets?: Array<{ name: string; browser_download_url: string }>;
+  };
+
+  const asset = (release.assets ?? []).find((a) =>
+    /generic-amd64\.iso$/.test(a.name),
+  );
+  if (!asset) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `No generic-amd64 ISO asset in VyOS nightly release ${release.tag_name ?? "?"}`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  logger.info(`  VyOS ISO resolved to ${asset.name} (${release.tag_name ?? "?"})`);
+  return asset.browser_download_url;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Extract VyOS netboot artifacts from the release ISO.
+ *
+ * VyOS publishes no netboot bundle, so kernel/initrd/squashfs have to come out
+ * of the ISO. xorriso is already in the bastion image (used for boot.iso) and
+ * extracts without root or a loop mount.
+ *
+ * The initrd needs care: /live contains an empty initrd.img placeholder
+ * alongside the real one, which carries a version-suffixed name. Booting the
+ * 0-byte file fails with no useful diagnostic, so pick the largest initrd*.
+ */
+export function prepareVyosArtifacts(config: BastionConfig): void {
+  const kernel = `${config.httpDir}/vyos-vmlinuz`;
+  const initrd = `${config.httpDir}/vyos-initrd`;
+  const squashfs = `${config.httpDir}/vyos-filesystem.squashfs`;
+
+  if (existsSync(kernel) && existsSync(initrd) && existsSync(squashfs)) {
+    logger.info("  VyOS netboot artifacts -- cached");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const iso = `${config.bastionDir}/vyos.iso`;
+  download(resolveVyosIsoUrl(config.vyosIsoUrl), iso, "VyOS ISO");
+
+  const extract = (isoPath: string, dest: string, label: string): void => {
+    execSync(
+      `xorriso -osirrox on -indev "${iso}" -extract "${isoPath}" "${dest}"`,
+      { stdio: "pipe" },
+    );
+    logger.info(`  ${label} -- extracted from ${isoPath}`);
+  };
+
+  extract("/live/vmlinuz", kernel, "VyOS kernel");
+  extract("/live/filesystem.squashfs", squashfs, "VyOS squashfs");
+
+  // Pick the real initrd by size from the ISO's own directory listing.
+  const listing = execSync(`xorriso -indev "${iso}" -lsl /live/ --`, {
+    encoding: "utf-8",
+    stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "pipe"],
+  });
+
+  const best = pickLargestInitrd(listing);
+  if (best === undefined) {
+    throw new Error("No non-empty initrd found in /live on the VyOS ISO");
+  }
+  extract(`/live/${best.name}`, initrd, `VyOS initrd (${best.name}, ${best.size} bytes)`);
+
+  // The ISO is only needed to produce the three artifacts above.
+  try {
+    unlinkSync(iso);
+  } catch {
+    // Non-fatal: leaving it costs disk but nothing else.
+  }
+}
+
 function symlinkSafe(target: string, linkPath: string): void {
   try {
     symlinkSync(target, linkPath);
@@ -182,6 +301,17 @@ export async function startBastion(overrides: Partial<BastionConfig> = {}): Prom
       logger.warn(`Ubuntu ${config.ubuntuVersion} artifacts not available -- Ubuntu provisioning disabled`);
     }
 
+    // VyOS netboot artifacts (non-fatal — same policy as Ubuntu)
+    try {
+      logger.info("Preparing VyOS netboot artifacts...");
+      prepareVyosArtifacts(config);
+    } catch (err) {
+      logger.warn(
+        `VyOS artifacts not available -- VyOS provisioning disabled ` +
+        `(${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)})`,
+      );
+    }
+
     // Symlink iPXE binaries into HTTP dir for UEFI HTTP Boot
     for (const name of ["ipxe.efi", "ipxe-arm64.efi"]) {
       const src = `${config.tftpDir}/${name}`;
@@ -261,6 +391,7 @@ export async function startBastion(overrides: Partial<BastionConfig> = {}): Prom
           role: msg.role as import("@lab/shared").Role,
           os: msg.os as import("@lab/shared").OsId,
           queued_at: new Date().toISOString(),
+          ...(msg.vyos ? { vyos: msg.vyos } : {}),
         };
       });
       return { status: "ok", data: { mac: msg.mac, hostname: msg.hostname } };

bastion/src/bastion/src/routes/api.ts

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 // /api/discover  - receive hardware discovery reports from PXE-booted machines
 
 import type { FastifyInstance } from "fastify";
-import type { HardwareInfo, InstalledInfo, Role } from "@lab/shared";
-import { isValidOsId, SUPPORTED_ROLES } from "@lab/shared";
+import type { HardwareInfo, InstalledInfo, Role, VyosInstallSpec } from "@lab/shared";
+import { isValidOsId, SUPPORTED_ROLES, SUPPORTED_OS } from "@lab/shared";
 import type { StateManager } from "../services/state.js";
 import { logger } from "../services/logger.js";
 import { triggerPostProvisionK3s } from "../services/post-provision.js";
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ import type { ProgressEvent } from "../services/progress-events.js";
 import type { InstallLogBuffer } from "../services/install-log.js";
 import type { SyslogListener } from "../services/syslog-listener.js";
 
+/**
+ * Seconds after dispatch with zero progress before a machine is called stalled.
+ * Generous: the slowest legitimate gap is fetching a ~600MB VyOS squashfs over
+ * HTTP before the hook can report anything.
+ */
+const STALL_THRESHOLD_S = 8 * 60;
+
 export function registerApiRoutes(
   app: FastifyInstance,
   state: StateManager,
@@ -34,9 +41,10 @@ export function registerApiRoutes(
       disk?: string;
       role?: string;
       os?: string;
+      vyos?: VyosInstallSpec;
     };
   }>("/api/install", async (request, reply) => {
-    const { mac: rawMac, hostname, disk, role, os } = request.body ?? {};
+    const { mac: rawMac, hostname, disk, role, os, vyos } = request.body ?? {};
     const mac = (rawMac ?? "").toLowerCase().replace(/-/g, ":");
 
     if (mac === "") {
@@ -50,7 +58,7 @@ export function registerApiRoutes(
 
     const osId = os ?? "fedora-43";
     if (!isValidOsId(osId)) {
-      return reply.status(400).send({ error: `invalid os: '${osId}'. Supported: fedora-43, ubuntu-26.04` });
+      return reply.status(400).send({ error: `invalid os: '${osId}'. Supported: ${SUPPORTED_OS.join(", ")}` });
     }
 
     state.update((s) => {
@@ -60,6 +68,7 @@ export function registerApiRoutes(
         role: validRole as Role,
         os: osId,
         queued_at: new Date().toISOString(),
+        ...(vyos ? { vyos } : {}),
       };
     });
 
@@ -158,11 +167,17 @@ export function registerApiRoutes(
           };
           s.installed[mac] = installedInfo;
 
-          const admin = installedInfo.role !== "vanilla" && installedInfo.role !== "" ? "lab" : "root";
+          // VyOS: the only login user is "vyos", and a router never runs k3s —
+          // without this guard a non-vanilla role + recorded IP would trigger
+          // the k3s post-provision against a VyOS box.
+          const isVyos = (installedInfo.os ?? "").startsWith("vyos");
+          const admin = isVyos
+            ? "vyos"
+            : installedInfo.role !== "vanilla" && installedInfo.role !== "" ? "lab" : "root";
           console.log(`\n  \x1b[0;32m\x1b[1m  ssh ${admin}@${ip}\x1b[0m\n`);  // eslint-disable-line no-console
 
           // Auto-install k3s for non-vanilla roles
-          if (installedInfo.role !== "vanilla" && ip !== "") {
+          if (!isVyos && installedInfo.role !== "vanilla" && ip !== "") {
             void triggerPostProvisionK3s(installedInfo.hostname, ip, installedInfo.role, admin, mac);
           }
         }
@@ -434,6 +449,15 @@ export function registerApiRoutes(
     const installedEntry = currentState.installed[mac];
 
     if (queueEntry) {
+      // A machine that was handed an install script but has reported nothing
+      // since is wedged BEFORE the installer environment came up — a bad
+      // kernel/initrd, no network in the initramfs, or the wrong NIC picked.
+      // Surfacing it here is what makes that diagnosable without a console.
+      const since = queueEntry.progress_at ?? queueEntry.dispatched_at;
+      const stalledForS = since !== undefined && queueEntry.progress === undefined
+        ? Math.floor((Date.now() - new Date(since).getTime()) / 1000)
+        : 0;
+
       return reply.send({
         mac,
         hostname: queueEntry.hostname,
@@ -441,6 +465,9 @@ export function registerApiRoutes(
         progress: queueEntry.progress ?? "queued",
         progress_detail: queueEntry.progress_detail ?? "",
         progress_at: queueEntry.progress_at ?? queueEntry.queued_at,
+        dispatched_at: queueEntry.dispatched_at,
+        stalled_for_s: stalledForS,
+        stalled: stalledForS > STALL_THRESHOLD_S,
         role: queueEntry.role,
         os: queueEntry.os,
         stages: queueEntry.log ?? [],

bastion/src/bastion/src/routes/dispatch.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   renderLocalBootIpxe,
 } from "../templates/boot.ipxe.js";
 import { renderUbuntuInstallIpxe } from "../templates/ubuntu-boot.ipxe.js";
+import { renderVyosInstallIpxe } from "../templates/vyos-boot.ipxe.js";
 import { renderDebugKickstart } from "../templates/debug.ks.js";
 import { logger } from "../services/logger.js";
 
@@ -99,8 +100,22 @@ echo "==============================="
       const os = queueEntry.os ?? "fedora-43";
       logger.info(`INSTALL STARTED: ${mac} -> ${hostname} (${os})`);
 
+      // Stamp the handoff so a machine that boots the installer but never
+      // reports can be spotted without a console.
+      state.update((s) => {
+        const entry = s.install_queue[mac];
+        if (entry) entry.dispatched_at = new Date().toISOString();
+      });
+
       let script: string;
-      if (os.startsWith("ubuntu")) {
+      if (os.startsWith("vyos")) {
+        script = renderVyosInstallIpxe({
+          mac,
+          hostname,
+          serverIp: config.serverIp,
+          httpPort: config.httpPort,
+        });
+      } else if (os.startsWith("ubuntu")) {
         script = renderUbuntuInstallIpxe({
           mac,
           hostname,

bastion/src/bastion/src/routes/vyos.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// VyOS network install routes.
+//
+// VyOS has no unattended installer, so the automation is injected via
+// live-config's `hooks` component: the iPXE script passes
+// live-config.hooks=<.../vyos/autoinstall.sh>, live-config wgets it and runs it
+// as root, and that script fetches and executes the generated install driver.
+
+import type { FastifyInstance } from "fastify";
+import type { BastionConfig } from "@lab/shared";
+import type { StateManager } from "../services/state.js";
+import { buildVyosConfigSpec } from "../templates/vyos-config-spec.js";
+import { renderVyosInstallPy } from "../templates/vyos-install.py.js";
+import { logger } from "../services/logger.js";
+
+function normalizeMac(value: string | undefined): string {
+  return (value ?? "").toLowerCase().replace(/-/g, ":");
+}
+
+export function registerVyosRoutes(
+  app: FastifyInstance,
+  config: BastionConfig,
+  state: StateManager,
+): void {
+  // live-config hook. Kept minimal: everything version-specific lives in the
+  // generated Python. wget is guaranteed present -- live-config used it to
+  // fetch this very script.
+  app.get<{ Querystring: { mac?: string } }>("/vyos/autoinstall.sh", async (request, reply) => {
+    const mac = normalizeMac(request.query.mac);
+    const base = `http://${config.serverIp}:${config.httpPort}`;
+
+    logger.info(`VYOS AUTOINSTALL HOOK served to ${mac || "unknown MAC"}`);
+
+    const script = `#!/bin/sh
+# Lab PXE Bastion -- VyOS unattended install hook (run by live-config as root)
+set -eu
+
+wget -q "${base}/vyos/install.py?mac=${mac}" -O /tmp/vyos-install.py
+exec python3 /tmp/vyos-install.py
+`;
+    return reply.type("text/plain").send(script);
+  });
+
+  // Per-MAC install driver, with the machine's config spec baked in.
+  app.get<{ Querystring: { mac?: string } }>("/vyos/install.py", async (request, reply) => {
+    const mac = normalizeMac(request.query.mac);
+    const queueEntry = state.load().install_queue[mac];
+
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({
+      hostname: queueEntry?.hostname ?? "vyos",
+      spec: queueEntry?.vyos,
+      defaultPassword: config.vyosDefaultPassword,
+      sshKeys: config.sshKeys,
+      disk: queueEntry?.disk,
+    });
+
+    logger.info(
+      `VYOS INSTALL DRIVER served to ${mac} (${spec.hostname}, ` +
+      `${spec.sets.length} config ops, disk="${spec.disk || "auto"}")`,
+    );
+
+    const script = renderVyosInstallPy({
+      spec,
+      mac,
+      serverIp: config.serverIp,
+      httpPort: config.httpPort,
+      role: queueEntry?.role ?? "vanilla",
+    });
+
+    return reply.type("text/plain").send(script);
+  });
+}

bastion/src/bastion/src/server.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { registerDispatchRoutes } from "./routes/dispatch.js";
 import { registerKickstartRoutes } from "./routes/kickstart.js";
 import { registerApiRoutes } from "./routes/api.js";
 import { registerAsahiRoutes } from "./routes/asahi.js";
+import { registerVyosRoutes } from "./routes/vyos.js";
 
 
 export function createApp(config: BastionConfig): { app: ReturnType<typeof Fastify>; state: StateManager; installLog: InstallLogBuffer; syslog: SyslogListener } {
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ export function createApp(config: BastionConfig): { app: ReturnType<typeof Fasti
   registerKickstartRoutes(app, config, state, syslog);
   registerApiRoutes(app, state, installLog, syslog);
   registerAsahiRoutes(app, config);
+  registerVyosRoutes(app, config, state);
   // boot.iso is generated at startup and served as a static file from httpDir
   // (static serving supports HTTP Range requests, required by JetKVM streaming)
 

bastion/src/bastion/src/templates/install.ks.ts

@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ export function renderInstallKickstart(params: InstallKickstartParams): string {
   const now = new Date().toISOString();
   const hasLonghorn = role === "worker";
   const hasRancher = role === "infra";
+  // k8s roles get a dedicated 120G image-store LV. 2026-08 incident: the old
+  // 20G LV idled at 85% used, so a single ~5G image pull tripped imagefs
+  // eviction. Must be sized here — longhorn's --grow consumes all remaining
+  // VG space, making post-install lvextend impossible on worker nodes.
+  const hasRancherLv = role === "infra" || role === "worker";
   const isVanilla = role === "vanilla";
 
   // -- Auth section --
@@ -113,9 +118,9 @@ done
     ? `logvol /var/lib/longhorn --vgname=${vg} --name=longhorn --fstype=xfs --grow --size=1`
     : "";
 
-  // -- Rancher LV for fresh install (infra role) --
-  const rancherFreshLine = hasRancher
-    ? `logvol /var/lib/rancher --vgname=${vg} --name=rancher --fstype=xfs --size=20480`
+  // -- Rancher LV for fresh install (k8s roles: worker + infra) --
+  const rancherFreshLine = hasRancherLv
+    ? `logvol /var/lib/rancher --vgname=${vg} --name=rancher --fstype=xfs --size=122880`
     : "";
 
   return `# Lab Bastion -- Fedora ${fedoraVersion} server install

bastion/src/bastion/src/templates/vyos-boot.ipxe.ts

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+// iPXE boot script template for VyOS network install.
+//
+// VyOS ships no unattended installer: `install image` is unconditionally
+// interactive (image_installer.py's install action takes no arguments, and
+// --no-prompt is wired only to `add`). So PXE boots the *live* system and the
+// automation is injected through live-config's `hooks` component, which fetches
+// a script over HTTP and runs it as root late in live boot.
+//
+// Unlike the Fedora/Ubuntu paths this boots a live image rather than an
+// installer, so there is no kickstart/autoinstall equivalent — see
+// routes/vyos.ts for the hook that actually drives the install.
+
+export function renderVyosInstallIpxe(params: {
+  mac: string;
+  hostname: string;
+  serverIp: string;
+  httpPort: number;
+}): string {
+  const base = `http://${params.serverIp}:${params.httpPort}`;
+
+  // Pin the boot NIC by MAC. live-boot otherwise scans for the first
+  // *connected* interface, and on a multi-NIC box that race is lost by
+  // whichever port negotiates slowest: on the Protectli VP2440 the SFP+
+  // pair links first, so live-boot picked the fiber ports (which have no
+  // DHCP), burned 15s per port, and gave up with "Unable to find a live
+  // file system on the network" -- while the copper port that actually PXE
+  // booted came up at 4.6s and was never tried.
+  //
+  // live-boot's Device_from_bootif() strips the "01-" and matches the MAC
+  // against /sys/class/net/*. params.mac is the dispatch key, i.e. exactly
+  // the NIC that PXE booted -- more reliable than iPXE's ${net0} on a box
+  // where the booting NIC may not be net0.
+  const bootif = `01-${params.mac.toLowerCase().replace(/:/g, "-")}`;
+
+  // Deliberately NOT passing `nonetworking` (present in VyOS's own PXE docs):
+  // live-config's hook component needs networking up to fetch the hook over
+  // HTTP. Also no `console=ttyS0` — on hardware without a physical UART that
+  // costs 30s at every systemd boot phase.
+  return `#!ipxe
+
+echo
+echo =============================================
+echo   Lab PXE Bastion - INSTALLING VyOS
+echo   Target: ${params.hostname}
+echo   MAC:    ${params.mac}
+echo =============================================
+echo
+
+kernel ${base}/vyos-vmlinuz boot=live nopersistence noautologin BOOTIF=${bootif} fetch=${base}/vyos-filesystem.squashfs live-config.hooks=${base}/vyos/autoinstall.sh?mac=${params.mac}
+initrd ${base}/vyos-initrd
+boot
+`;
+}

bastion/src/bastion/src/templates/vyos-config-spec.ts

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+// Builds the VyOS configuration spec applied by the autoinstall hook.
+//
+// We deliberately do NOT emit a config.boot file as text. A config.boot carries a
+// `vyos-config-version` trailer; without a trailer matching the running image,
+// VyOS runs its migration scripts from version 0 on first boot. Instead the hook
+// loads the image's own /opt/vyatta/etc/config.boot.default through vyos.configtree
+// and applies these set operations on top, so syntax and version trailer always
+// match the exact image being installed.
+
+import type { VyosInstallSpec } from "@lab/shared";
+
+export interface VyosSetOp {
+  path: string[];
+  value?: string;
+  /** false appends to a multi-value node (e.g. bond members) instead of replacing. */
+  replace?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface VyosConfigSpec {
+  hostname: string;
+  /** "" means accept the installer default (the running image's version string). */
+  imageName: string;
+  password: string;
+  console: "K" | "S";
+  /** Target disk name (e.g. "nvme0n1"); "" accepts the installer's first-disk default. */
+  disk: string;
+  /**
+   * IP the driver should report in the "complete" callback ("ready at <ip>" —
+   * the exact format routes/api.ts parses installed.ip from). The mgmt
+   * address when static; "" means detect the live DHCP address at runtime.
+   */
+  reportAddress: string;
+  /** Whether to accept RAID-1 when the installer finds more than one disk. */
+  raid: boolean;
+  /** Overwrite the installed config.boot with the generated one on reinstall. */
+  freshConfig: boolean;
+  sets: VyosSetOp[];
+  /** Paths that are VyOS tag nodes — must be marked as such in the ConfigTree. */
+  tags: string[][];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Normalise a target disk to the form the installer expects.
+ *
+ * find_disks() enumerates via `lsblk -Jbp` (-p = full paths), so its valid
+ * responses are "/dev/mmcblk0"-style. A bare "mmcblk0" is rejected by
+ * ask_input()'s valid_responses check and re-prompts forever.
+ */
+function normalizeDiskPath(value: string | undefined): string {
+  const raw = (value ?? "").trim();
+  if (raw === "") return "";
+  return raw.startsWith("/dev/") ? raw : `/dev/${raw}`;
+}
+
+export function buildVyosConfigSpec(params: {
+  hostname: string;
+  spec?: VyosInstallSpec | undefined;
+  defaultPassword: string;
+  sshKeys?: string[] | undefined;
+  disk?: string | undefined;
+}): VyosConfigSpec {
+  const spec = params.spec ?? {};
+  const mgmt = spec.mgmtInterface ?? "eth0";
+  const mgmtAddress = spec.mgmtAddress ?? "dhcp";
+  const bondMembers = spec.bondMembers ?? [];
+  const vlans = spec.vlans ?? [];
+
+  const sets: VyosSetOp[] = [];
+  const tags: string[][] = [
+    ["interfaces", "ethernet"],
+    ["system", "login", "user"],
+  ];
+
+  const hwIds = spec.hwIds ?? {};
+  const pinHwId = (iface: string): void => {
+    const mac = hwIds[iface];
+    if (mac !== undefined && mac !== "") {
+      sets.push({ path: ["interfaces", "ethernet", iface, "hw-id"], value: mac });
+    }
+  };
+
+  sets.push({ path: ["system", "host-name"], value: params.hostname });
+
+  // Management interface — the NIC that PXE booted, left untagged and unbonded.
+  sets.push({ path: ["interfaces", "ethernet", mgmt, "address"], value: mgmtAddress });
+  pinHwId(mgmt);
+
+  // Tagged management VLAN on the PXE port. Emitted regardless of bonding, so
+  // the box stays reachable on the management VLAN while still booting untagged
+  // on whichever VLAN the bastion's proxy DHCP serves.
+  const mgmtVlan = spec.mgmtVlan;
+  if (mgmtVlan !== undefined) {
+    tags.push(["interfaces", "ethernet", mgmt, "vif"]);
+    const vif = ["interfaces", "ethernet", mgmt, "vif", String(mgmtVlan.id)];
+    sets.push({ path: [...vif, "address"], value: mgmtVlan.address });
+    if (mgmtVlan.description !== undefined && mgmtVlan.description !== "") {
+      sets.push({ path: [...vif, "description"], value: mgmtVlan.description });
+    }
+  }
+
+  // LACP bond. Members must exclude the PXE NIC; firmware PXE cannot run over LACP.
+  const bonded = bondMembers.length > 0;
+  if (bonded) {
+    tags.push(["interfaces", "bonding"]);
+    sets.push({ path: ["interfaces", "bonding", "bond0", "mode"], value: "802.3ad" });
+    sets.push({ path: ["interfaces", "bonding", "bond0", "hash-policy"], value: "layer2+3" });
+    for (const member of bondMembers) {
+      sets.push({
+        path: ["interfaces", "bonding", "bond0", "member", "interface"],
+        value: member,
+        replace: false,
+      });
+      pinHwId(member);
+    }
+    // Address on the trunk's native/untagged VLAN.
+    if (spec.bondAddress !== undefined && spec.bondAddress !== "") {
+      sets.push({ path: ["interfaces", "bonding", "bond0", "address"], value: spec.bondAddress });
+    }
+  }
+
+  // VRRP groups accumulate here; emitted (plus a sync group) after the VLANs.
+  // interface accepts dotted vifs (constraint regex `[0-9]+(.\d+)?`), address
+  // is a tag node (the VIP is the tag value itself), vrid range is 1-255.
+  const vrrpGroups: Array<{ name: string; iface: string; vrid: number; vip: string }> = [];
+  if (bonded && spec.bondVrrp !== undefined && spec.bondVrrp !== "") {
+    // vrid 1 for the untagged group: the native VLAN is never a vif, so this
+    // cannot collide with a vlan-id-derived vrid.
+    vrrpGroups.push({ name: "native", iface: "bond0", vrid: 1, vip: spec.bondVrrp });
+  }
+
+  // Tagged VLAN sub-interfaces hang off the bond when there is one, else off mgmt.
+  const parent = bonded
+    ? ["interfaces", "bonding", "bond0"]
+    : ["interfaces", "ethernet", mgmt];
+  if (vlans.length > 0) {
+    tags.push([...parent, "vif"]);
+    const parentName = bonded ? "bond0" : mgmt;
+    for (const vlan of vlans) {
+      const vif = [...parent, "vif", String(vlan.id)];
+      sets.push({ path: [...vif, "address"], value: vlan.address });
+      if (vlan.description !== undefined && vlan.description !== "") {
+        sets.push({ path: [...vif, "description"], value: vlan.description });
+      }
+      if (vlan.vrrp !== undefined && vlan.vrrp !== "") {
+        vrrpGroups.push({
+          name: `vlan${vlan.id}`,
+          iface: `${parentName}.${vlan.id}`,
+          vrid: vlan.id,
+          vip: vlan.vrrp,
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Emit VRRP groups plus one sync group so all VLANs fail over together —
+  // without it a single-link event could split mastership across the pair.
+  if (vrrpGroups.length > 0) {
+    tags.push(["high-availability", "vrrp", "group"]);
+    tags.push(["high-availability", "vrrp", "sync-group"]);
+    const priority = String(spec.vrrpPriority ?? 100);
+    for (const g of vrrpGroups) {
+      const base = ["high-availability", "vrrp", "group", g.name];
+      sets.push({ path: [...base, "interface"], value: g.iface });
+      sets.push({ path: [...base, "vrid"], value: String(g.vrid) });
+      sets.push({ path: [...base, "priority"], value: priority });
+      // address is a tag node: the VIP is the path's final segment, no value.
+      sets.push({ path: [...base, "address", g.vip] });
+      tags.push([...base, "address"]);
+      sets.push({
+        path: ["high-availability", "vrrp", "sync-group", "MAIN", "member"],
+        value: g.name,
+        replace: false,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  sets.push({ path: ["service", "ssh", "port"], value: "22" });
+
+  const sshKeys = params.sshKeys ?? [];
+  if (sshKeys.length > 0) {
+    tags.push(["system", "login", "user", "vyos", "authentication", "public-keys"]);
+    sshKeys.forEach((entry, index) => {
+      const parts = entry.trim().split(/\s+/);
+      const type = parts[0] ?? "";
+      const key = parts[1] ?? "";
+      if (!type.startsWith("ssh-") && !type.startsWith("ecdsa-")) return;
+      if (!key) return;
+      const name = parts[2] ?? `lab-key-${index}`;
+      const base = ["system", "login", "user", "vyos", "authentication", "public-keys", name];
+      sets.push({ path: [...base, "type"], value: type });
+      sets.push({ path: [...base, "key"], value: key });
+    });
+  }
+
+  return {
+    hostname: params.hostname,
+    imageName: "",
+    password: spec.password ?? params.defaultPassword,
+    console: "K",
+    disk: normalizeDiskPath(params.disk),
+    // Static mgmt address wins; under DHCP the driver detects the live IP.
+    reportAddress: mgmtAddress.includes("/") ? (mgmtAddress.split("/")[0] ?? "") : "",
+    raid: false,
+    freshConfig: spec.freshConfig ?? false,
+    sets,
+    tags,
+  };
+}

bastion/src/bastion/src/templates/vyos-install.py.ts

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+// Renders the Python program that performs the unattended VyOS install.
+//
+// It runs as root inside the live system, fetched and executed by live-config's
+// `hooks` component (see vyos-boot.ipxe.ts). It does three things:
+//   1. builds config.boot from the image's own default via vyos.configtree
+//   2. drives the interactive `install image` through a pty
+//   3. reports progress back to the bastion, then reboots
+//
+// A pty is used rather than piping stdin because the installer reads the
+// password through getpass(), which opens /dev/tty directly and would ignore a
+// pipe. Prompts are matched by text rather than replayed positionally: the
+// installer skips the boot-config question when it finds a previous
+// installation, so a fixed answer sequence desyncs on reinstall.
+
+import type { VyosConfigSpec } from "./vyos-config-spec.js";
+
+export function renderVyosInstallPy(params: {
+  spec: VyosConfigSpec;
+  mac: string;
+  serverIp: string;
+  httpPort: number;
+  role: string;
+}): string {
+  // Base64 so arbitrary values (passwords, descriptions, SSH keys) can never
+  // terminate the Python string literal that carries them.
+  const specB64 = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(params.spec), "utf-8").toString("base64");
+
+  return `#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Unattended VyOS install driver -- generated by the lab PXE bastion."""
+
+import base64
+import json
+import os
+import pty
+import re
+import select
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import time
+import urllib.request
+
+SPEC = json.loads(base64.b64decode("${specB64}").decode("utf-8"))
+BASTION = "http://${params.serverIp}:${params.httpPort}"
+MAC = "${params.mac}"
+ROLE = ${JSON.stringify(params.role ?? "vanilla")}
+
+INSTALLER = "/usr/libexec/vyos/op_mode/image_installer.py"
+CONFIG_DIR = "/opt/vyatta/etc/config"
+# The installer copies the rootfs from the boot MEDIUM path -- which only a
+# CD/USB boot provides. With fetch= (HTTP netboot) nothing is mounted there
+# (verified in VM: Errno 2), so the squashfs must be linked or re-fetched into
+# place before 'install image' runs.
+ROOTFS_EXPECTED = "/usr/lib/live/mount/medium/live/filesystem.squashfs"
+SQUASHFS_URL = "http://${params.serverIp}:${params.httpPort}/vyos-filesystem.squashfs"
+# The live-config hook runs BEFORE vyos-router creates the /opt/vyatta compat
+# path, so the squashfs's own location must be tried too (verified in VM: only
+# /usr/share/vyos/config.boot.default exists at hook time).
+DEFAULT_CONFIG_CANDIDATES = [
+    "/opt/vyatta/etc/config.boot.default",
+    "/usr/share/vyos/config.boot.default",
+]
+STALL_TIMEOUT = 900  # seconds without installer output before giving up
+
+
+def detect_ip():
+    """Best-effort local IP as seen on the route toward the bastion.
+
+    Matches Fedora's semantics (IP captured during install): under DHCP the
+    installed system will renew on the same NIC/subnet the live env used.
+    """
+    import socket
+    try:
+        s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+        s.connect(("${params.serverIp}", ${params.httpPort}))
+        ip = s.getsockname()[0]
+        s.close()
+        return ip
+    except Exception:
+        return ""
+
+
+class LogStreamer:
+    """Stream install output to the bastion's /api/log so 'labctl provision
+    logs -f' works live for VyOS, like Anaconda's syslog does for Fedora.
+
+    Strictly best-effort: a failed POST drops the batch and must never stall
+    the pty read loop or fail the install.
+    """
+
+    ANSI = re.compile(rb"\\x1b\\[[0-9;?]*[a-zA-Z]|\\x1b[=>]|\\r")
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.partial = b""
+        self.pending = []
+        self.last_flush = time.time()
+
+    def feed(self, chunk):
+        """Raw pty bytes: split into lines, strip ANSI noise, queue."""
+        self.partial += chunk
+        while b"\\n" in self.partial:
+            raw, self.partial = self.partial.split(b"\\n", 1)
+            text = self.ANSI.sub(b"", raw).decode("utf-8", "replace").rstrip()
+            if text:
+                self.pending.append(text)
+        self.maybe_flush()
+
+    def line(self, text):
+        """A driver-originated message (already a clean string)."""
+        self.pending.append(text)
+        self.maybe_flush()
+
+    def maybe_flush(self):
+        if len(self.pending) >= 20 or (self.pending and time.time() - self.last_flush >= 2):
+            self.flush()
+
+    def flush(self):
+        if not self.pending:
+            return
+        batch, self.pending = self.pending[:200], self.pending[200:]
+        self.last_flush = time.time()
+        try:
+            body = json.dumps({"mac": MAC, "lines": batch}).encode()
+            req = urllib.request.Request(
+                BASTION + "/api/log",
+                data=body,
+                headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
+            )
+            urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=5).read()
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+
+STREAM = LogStreamer()
+
+
+def say(msg):
+    """Print locally and stream to the bastion log buffer."""
+    print(msg)
+    STREAM.line(str(msg))
+
+
+def report(stage, detail=""):
+    """Best-effort progress callback; never fatal."""
+    STREAM.flush()
+    try:
+        body = json.dumps({"mac": MAC, "stage": stage, "detail": detail}).encode()
+        req = urllib.request.Request(
+            BASTION + "/api/progress",
+            data=body,
+            headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
+        )
+        urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=5).read()
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+
+
+def build_config():
+    """Apply our set operations onto the image's own default config.
+
+    Using config.boot.default as the base keeps the vyos-config-version trailer
+    consistent with the running image, so first boot does not run migrations.
+    """
+    from vyos.configtree import ConfigTree
+
+    default_config = next(
+        (p for p in DEFAULT_CONFIG_CANDIDATES if os.path.exists(p)), None)
+    if default_config is None:
+        raise FileNotFoundError(
+            "no config.boot.default found (tried %s)" % ", ".join(DEFAULT_CONFIG_CANDIDATES))
+    say("base config: %s" % default_config)
+
+    with open(default_config) as handle:
+        config = ConfigTree(handle.read())
+
+    for op in SPEC["sets"]:
+        replace = op.get("replace", True)
+        if "value" in op and op["value"] is not None:
+            config.set(op["path"], value=op["value"], replace=replace)
+        else:
+            config.set(op["path"])
+
+    # Tag nodes must be marked after the nodes exist, as the installer itself does.
+    for tag in SPEC["tags"]:
+        try:
+            config.set_tag(tag)
+        except Exception as err:
+            say("warning: set_tag %s failed: %s" % (tag, err))
+
+    os.makedirs(CONFIG_DIR, exist_ok=True)
+    target = os.path.join(CONFIG_DIR, "config.boot")
+
+    # Re-attach the vyos-config-version footer: ConfigTree.to_string() emits
+    # only the config body, and a config without the footer is treated as
+    # ancient -- the boot migrator then runs every migration over it and (as
+    # observed in the VM test) crashes in system/31-to-32. Building the footer
+    # from the running system pins it to the exact image being installed.
+    body = config.to_string()
+    try:
+        from vyos.component_version import version_info_from_system
+        info = version_info_from_system()
+        info.update_config_body(body)
+        info.write(target)
+        say("wrote %s (footer: %s)" % (target, info.release))
+    except Exception as err:
+        say("warning: version footer failed (%s); writing bare config" % err)
+        with open(target, "w") as handle:
+            handle.write(body)
+    return target
+
+
+def find_live_squashfs():
+    """Locate the squashfs live-boot fetched, without walking into the mounted
+    rootfs or overlay (each would mean traversing the entire OS tree)."""
+    explicit = [
+        "/run/live/medium/live/filesystem.squashfs",
+        "/lib/live/mount/medium/live/filesystem.squashfs",
+    ]
+    for path in explicit:
+        if os.path.isfile(path) and os.path.getsize(path) > 0:
+            return path
+    for root in ("/run/live", "/lib/live/mount", "/usr/lib/live/mount"):
+        for dirpath, dirs, files in os.walk(root):
+            depth = dirpath.count(os.sep) - root.count(os.sep)
+            dirs[:] = [d for d in dirs
+                       if d not in ("rootfs", "overlay")
+                       and not d.endswith(".squashfs")
+                       and depth < 3]
+            if "filesystem.squashfs" in files:
+                path = os.path.join(dirpath, "filesystem.squashfs")
+                if os.path.isfile(path) and os.path.getsize(path) > 0:
+                    return path
+    return None
+
+
+def ensure_rootfs():
+    """Make FILE_ROOTFS_SRC exist so the installer can copy the system image."""
+    if os.path.isfile(ROOTFS_EXPECTED) and os.path.getsize(ROOTFS_EXPECTED) > 0:
+        return
+    src = find_live_squashfs()
+    if src is None:
+        say("squashfs not in live mounts; re-fetching %s" % SQUASHFS_URL)
+        src = "/tmp/filesystem.squashfs"
+        urllib.request.urlretrieve(SQUASHFS_URL, src)
+    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(ROOTFS_EXPECTED), exist_ok=True)
+    if os.path.lexists(ROOTFS_EXPECTED):
+        os.remove(ROOTFS_EXPECTED)
+    os.symlink(src, ROOTFS_EXPECTED)
+    say("rootfs source: %s -> %s" % (ROOTFS_EXPECTED, src))
+
+
+def build_rules():
+    """Prompt -> response table for the interactive installer."""
+    password = SPEC["password"].encode() + b"\\n"
+    image_name = SPEC["imageName"].encode() + b"\\n"
+    disk = SPEC["disk"].encode() + b"\\n"
+    console = SPEC["console"].encode() + b"\\n"
+    raid = (b"yes\\n" if SPEC["raid"] else b"no\\n")
+
+    return [
+        (re.compile(rb"Would you like to continue\\?"), b"yes\\n"),
+        (re.compile(rb"What would you like to name this image\\?"), image_name),
+        (re.compile(rb"Please confirm password for the .vyos. user:"), password),
+        (re.compile(rb"Please enter a password for the .vyos. user:"), password),
+        (re.compile(rb"What console should be used by default"), console),
+        # Three RAID variants: "configure RAID-1 mirroring?", "...on them?",
+        # and "choose two disks for RAID-1 mirroring?" -- all default to YES,
+        # so a missed one both hangs the install and risks an unwanted mirror.
+        (re.compile(rb"Would you like to [^?]*RAID-1 mirroring"), raid),
+        (re.compile(rb"Installation will delete all data on (?:the drive|both drives)\\. Continue\\?"), b"yes\\n"),
+        (re.compile(rb"Which one should be used for installation\\?"), disk),
+        (re.compile(rb"Would you like to use all the free space on the drive\\?"), b"yes\\n"),
+        (re.compile(rb"Which file would you like as boot config\\?"), b"1\\n"),
+        # Reinstall path only (search_previous_installation): carrying the old
+        # /config and SSH host keys forward is VyOS's "reinstall without losing
+        # data". Always yes -- freshConfig replaces config.boot afterwards, so
+        # answering no here would also discard non-config data under /config.
+        (re.compile(rb"Would you like to copy data to the new image\\?"), b"yes\\n"),
+        (re.compile(rb"Would you like to copy the encrypted config to the new image\\?"), b"yes\\n"),
+        # More than one previous image found -- take the first offered.
+        (re.compile(rb"From which image would you like to save config information\\?"), b"1\\n"),
+        (re.compile(rb"From which image would you like to copy the encrypted config\\?"), b"1\\n"),
+    ]
+
+
+def run_installer():
+    """Drive image_installer.py over a pty, answering prompts as they appear."""
+    rules = build_rules()
+    master, slave = pty.openpty()
+
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(
+        [INSTALLER, "--action", "install"],
+        stdin=slave,
+        stdout=slave,
+        stderr=slave,
+        close_fds=True,
+        preexec_fn=os.setsid,
+    )
+    os.close(slave)
+
+    buf = b""
+    transcript = b""   # rolling tail of everything the installer printed
+    last_output = time.time()
+
+    while True:
+        ready, _, _ = select.select([master], [], [], 1.0)
+
+        if ready:
+            try:
+                chunk = os.read(master, 4096)
+            except OSError:
+                break
+            if not chunk:
+                break
+
+            sys.stdout.buffer.write(chunk)
+            sys.stdout.buffer.flush()
+            buf += chunk
+            transcript = (transcript + chunk)[-8000:]
+            STREAM.feed(chunk)
+            last_output = time.time()
+
+            # Answer every prompt currently in the buffer, earliest first, so
+            # ordering is preserved even when the installer skips questions --
+            # and so a single chunk carrying two prompts gets both answers.
+            while True:
+                best = None
+                for pattern, response in rules:
+                    found = pattern.search(buf)
+                    if found and (best is None or found.start() < best[0].start()):
+                        best = (found, response)
+                if best is None:
+                    break
+                found, response = best
+                os.write(master, response)
+                transcript = (transcript + b"\\n>>> answered: " + response)[-8000:]
+                STREAM.line(">>> answered: " + response.decode("utf-8", "replace").strip())
+                buf = buf[found.end():]
+
+            # Bound memory if the installer emits a lot without prompting.
+            if len(buf) > 65536:
+                buf = buf[-8192:]
+
+        elif proc.poll() is not None:
+            break
+
+        STREAM.maybe_flush()
+
+        if time.time() - last_output > STALL_TIMEOUT:
+            proc.kill()
+            raise SystemExit("installer produced no output for %ds" % STALL_TIMEOUT)
+
+    os.close(master)
+    return proc.wait(), transcript.decode("utf-8", "replace")
+
+
+def ensure_network_boot_first():
+    """Keep network boot first so the bastion intercepts every reboot.
+
+    Port of the Fedora kickstart's %post efibootmgr step (install.ks.ts) --
+    what makes reprovision-by-reboot work. Best-effort: skipped on BIOS boots
+    or when efibootmgr is absent. Runs from the live env after the installer;
+    efibootmgr edits NVRAM, not the disk, so installer cleanup is irrelevant.
+    """
+    import shutil
+    if not os.path.isdir("/sys/firmware/efi") or shutil.which("efibootmgr") is None:
+        say("boot order: skipped (BIOS boot or efibootmgr missing)")
+        return
+    try:
+        out = subprocess.run(["efibootmgr"], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=30).stdout
+        order = []
+        network_entry = None
+        for line in out.splitlines():
+            m = re.match(r"^BootOrder:\\s*(.*)$", line)
+            if m:
+                order = [x.strip() for x in m.group(1).split(",") if x.strip()]
+                continue
+            m = re.match(r"^Boot([0-9A-Fa-f]{4})\\*?\\s+(.*)$", line)
+            if m and network_entry is None:
+                if re.search(r"network|pxe|ipv4|ipv6|http", m.group(2), re.IGNORECASE):
+                    network_entry = m.group(1).upper()
+        if network_entry is None or not order:
+            say("boot order: no network boot entry found; leaving as is")
+            return
+        new_order = [network_entry] + [x for x in order if x.upper() != network_entry]
+        if [x.upper() for x in order] == [x.upper() for x in new_order]:
+            say("boot order: network entry Boot%s already first" % network_entry)
+            return
+        subprocess.run(["efibootmgr", "-o", ",".join(new_order)],
+                       capture_output=True, timeout=30)
+        say("boot order: moved network entry Boot%s first" % network_entry)
+    except Exception as err:
+        say("warning: boot order adjustment failed: %s" % err)
+
+
+def with_target_mounted(fn):
+    """Mount the installed root partition, call fn(rw_dir), always unmount.
+
+    The installer has unmounted and cleaned the target by the time this runs,
+    so the block device is free. The partition holding boot/<image>/rw is the
+    VyOS root; the glob also yields the installed image's rw dir directly.
+    """
+    import glob
+    disk = SPEC["disk"]
+    if not disk:
+        # No pinned disk (installer picked the default) -- enumerate all disks.
+        candidates = ["/dev/" + b for b in os.listdir("/sys/block")
+                      if not b.startswith(("loop", "ram", "zram", "sr"))]
+    else:
+        candidates = [disk]
+
+    mnt = "/mnt/lab-target"
+    os.makedirs(mnt, exist_ok=True)
+    for dev in candidates:
+        name = os.path.basename(dev)
+        parts = sorted(p for p in os.listdir("/sys/block/%s" % name)
+                       if p.startswith(name)) if os.path.isdir("/sys/block/%s" % name) else []
+        for part in parts:
+            pdev = "/dev/" + part
+            if subprocess.run(["mount", pdev, mnt], capture_output=True).returncode != 0:
+                continue
+            try:
+                rw_dirs = glob.glob(os.path.join(mnt, "boot", "*", "rw"))
+                if rw_dirs:
+                    fn(rw_dirs[0])
+                    return True
+            finally:
+                subprocess.run(["umount", mnt], capture_output=True)
+    return False
+
+
+def post_install_target_steps():
+    """Metadata + optional fresh-config overwrite inside the installed image."""
+    def apply(rw_dir):
+        config_dir = os.path.join(rw_dir, "opt/vyatta/etc/config")
+        os.makedirs(config_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+        # /config/lab-provisioned -- survives VyOS image upgrades. Mirrors the
+        # Fedora kickstart's /etc/lab-provisioned.
+        try:
+            with open(os.path.join(config_dir, "lab-provisioned"), "w") as handle:
+                handle.write("hostname=%s\\n" % SPEC["hostname"])
+                handle.write("role=%s\\n" % ROLE)
+                handle.write("provisioned=%s\\n" % time.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ", time.gmtime()))
+                handle.write("bastion=%s\\n" % BASTION)
+            say("wrote /config/lab-provisioned")
+        except Exception as err:
+            say("warning: lab-provisioned metadata failed: %s" % err)
+
+        # freshConfig: make the bastion-generated config win over the previous
+        # installation's carried-forward config. Explicit intent -- failure is
+        # fatal (raised out of with_target_mounted).
+        if SPEC.get("freshConfig"):
+            import shutil
+            shutil.copyfile(os.path.join(CONFIG_DIR, "config.boot"),
+                            os.path.join(config_dir, "config.boot"))
+            say("freshConfig: replaced installed config.boot with generated config")
+
+    mounted = with_target_mounted(apply)
+    if not mounted:
+        if SPEC.get("freshConfig"):
+            raise RuntimeError("freshConfig requested but installed root partition not found")
+        say("warning: installed root partition not found; skipping metadata")
+
+
+def main():
+    report("vyos-install", "building config.boot")
+    try:
+        build_config()
+    except Exception as err:
+        report("error", "config generation failed: %s" % err)
+        raise
+
+    report("vyos-install", "staging rootfs for installer")
+    try:
+        ensure_rootfs()
+    except Exception as err:
+        report("error", "rootfs staging failed: %s" % err)
+        raise
+
+    report("vyos-install", "running install image")
+    code, transcript = run_installer()
+
+    if code != 0:
+        # Surface the installer's last words in bastion progress -- the console
+        # they were printed on is usually invisible during unattended installs.
+        report("error", "install image exited %d | tail: %s" % (code, transcript[-4000:]))
+        raise SystemExit(code)
+
+    report("post-install", "boot order + metadata")
+    ensure_network_boot_first()
+    try:
+        post_install_target_steps()
+    except Exception as err:
+        report("error", "post-install target steps failed: %s" % err)
+        raise
+
+    # "complete" is the stage the bastion uses to move a machine out of the
+    # install queue into installed state, and "ready at <ip>" is the exact
+    # detail format it parses installed.ip from -- see routes/api.ts.
+    ip = SPEC.get("reportAddress") or detect_ip()
+    report("complete", "ready at %s" % ip if ip else "VyOS installed, rebooting")
+    os.system("sync")
+    # --force: this driver is a child of live-config.service, whose start job is
+    # still running -- a normal reboot deadlocks waiting for it (verified in VM:
+    # shutdown blocked >1min on "start job is running for live-config"). The
+    # installer has already unmounted and cleaned the target, so an immediate
+    # reboot is safe.
+    os.system("systemctl reboot --force")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
+`;
+}

bastion/src/bastion/tests/dispatch.test.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ function createTestConfig(testDir: string): BastionConfig {
     dhcpRangeEnd: "",
     ubuntuVersion: "26.04",
     ubuntuMirror: "https://releases.ubuntu.com/26.04",
+    vyosIsoUrl: "https://downloads.vyos.io/rolling/current/generic/vyos-rolling-latest.iso",
+    vyosDefaultPassword: "vyos",
     iface: "eth0",
     serverIp: "10.0.0.1",
     network: "10.0.0.0",

bastion/src/bastion/tests/kickstart.test.ts

@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ describe("renderInstallKickstart", () => {
     expect(ks).toContain("/api/progress");
   });
 
-  it("infra role has /var/lib/rancher partition", () => {
+  it("infra role has 120G /var/lib/rancher partition", () => {
     const ks = renderInstallKickstart(baseParams({ role: "infra" }));
-    expect(ks).toContain("logvol /var/lib/rancher --vgname=labvg --name=rancher --fstype=xfs --size=20480");
+    expect(ks).toContain("logvol /var/lib/rancher --vgname=labvg --name=rancher --fstype=xfs --size=122880");
   });
 
   it("infra role has k3s install", () => {
@@ -106,10 +106,14 @@ describe("renderInstallKickstart", () => {
     expect(ks).toContain("curl -sfL https://get.k3s.io | INSTALL_K3S_SKIP_START=true sh -");
   });
 
-  it("worker role does NOT have /var/lib/rancher partition in fresh install", () => {
+  it("worker role has 120G /var/lib/rancher partition (imageFs must be sized before longhorn --grow)", () => {
     const ks = renderInstallKickstart(baseParams({ role: "worker" }));
-    // Worker should not have the fresh-install rancher partition line
-    expect(ks).not.toContain("logvol /var/lib/rancher --vgname=labvg --name=rancher --fstype=xfs --size=20480");
+    expect(ks).toContain("logvol /var/lib/rancher --vgname=labvg --name=rancher --fstype=xfs --size=122880");
+  });
+
+  it("vanilla role does NOT have /var/lib/rancher partition in fresh install", () => {
+    const ks = renderInstallKickstart(baseParams({ role: "vanilla" }));
+    expect(ks).not.toContain("--name=rancher --fstype=xfs");
   });
 
   it("worker role does NOT have k3s install", () => {

bastion/src/bastion/tests/vyos.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,548 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach } from "vitest";
+import { mkdirSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import type { BastionConfig } from "@lab/shared";
+import type { FastifyInstance } from "fastify";
+import { createApp } from "../src/server.js";
+import type { StateManager } from "../src/services/state.js";
+import { buildVyosConfigSpec } from "../src/templates/vyos-config-spec.js";
+import { renderVyosInstallPy } from "../src/templates/vyos-install.py.js";
+
+function createTestConfig(testDir: string): BastionConfig {
+  return {
+    fedoraVersion: "43",
+    arch: "x86_64",
+    httpPort: 0,
+    timezone: "Europe/London",
+    locale: "en_GB.UTF-8",
+    bastionDir: testDir,
+    domain: "test.local",
+    dhcpMode: "proxy",
+    dhcpRangeStart: "",
+    dhcpRangeEnd: "",
+    ubuntuVersion: "26.04",
+    ubuntuMirror: "https://releases.ubuntu.com/26.04",
+    vyosIsoUrl: "https://example.invalid/vyos.iso",
+    vyosDefaultPassword: "test-pw",
+    iface: "eth0",
+    serverIp: "10.0.0.1",
+    network: "10.0.0.0",
+    gateway: "10.0.0.1",
+    sshKeys: ["ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAITEST lab@test"],
+    adminUser: "testadmin",
+    syslogPort: 15515,
+    skipDnsmasq: true,
+    skipArtifacts: true,
+    fedoraMirror: "https://example.invalid/fedora",
+    tftpDir: join(testDir, "tftp"),
+    httpDir: join(testDir, "http"),
+    stateFile: join(testDir, "state.json"),
+  };
+}
+
+/** Pull the base64 spec back out of the generated Python driver. */
+function decodeSpecFrom(python: string): Record<string, unknown> {
+  const match = /base64\.b64decode\("([^"]+)"\)/.exec(python);
+  if (!match?.[1]) throw new Error("no base64 spec found in generated driver");
+  return JSON.parse(Buffer.from(match[1], "base64").toString("utf-8"));
+}
+
+describe("vyos config spec", () => {
+  it("puts VLANs on the bond when members are given", () => {
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({
+      hostname: "fw1",
+      defaultPassword: "pw",
+      spec: {
+        mgmtInterface: "eth0",
+        mgmtAddress: "10.0.8.2/24",
+        bondMembers: ["eth2", "eth3"],
+        vlans: [{ id: 10, address: "10.0.10.1/24", description: "k8s" }],
+      },
+    });
+
+    const paths = spec.sets.map((s) => s.path.join(" "));
+    expect(paths).toContain("interfaces bonding bond0 mode");
+    expect(paths).toContain("interfaces bonding bond0 vif 10 address");
+    // VLANs must hang off the bond, not the management NIC.
+    expect(paths).not.toContain("interfaces ethernet eth0 vif 10 address");
+
+    // Bond members are a multi-value node — appending, not replacing, is what
+    // keeps the second member from overwriting the first.
+    const members = spec.sets.filter(
+      (s) => s.path.join(" ") === "interfaces bonding bond0 member interface",
+    );
+    expect(members.map((m) => m.value)).toEqual(["eth2", "eth3"]);
+    expect(members.every((m) => m.replace === false)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to VLANs on the management NIC when unbonded", () => {
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({
+      hostname: "fw2",
+      defaultPassword: "pw",
+      spec: { mgmtInterface: "eth1", vlans: [{ id: 20, address: "10.0.20.1/24" }] },
+    });
+
+    const paths = spec.sets.map((s) => s.path.join(" "));
+    expect(paths).toContain("interfaces ethernet eth1 vif 20 address");
+  });
+
+  it("normalises the target disk to a full /dev path", () => {
+    // find_disks() enumerates with `lsblk -Jbp`, so valid responses are full
+    // paths; a bare name fails valid_responses and re-prompts forever.
+    expect(buildVyosConfigSpec({ hostname: "fw3", defaultPassword: "pw", disk: "/dev/mmcblk0" }).disk)
+      .toBe("/dev/mmcblk0");
+    expect(buildVyosConfigSpec({ hostname: "fw3", defaultPassword: "pw", disk: "mmcblk0" }).disk)
+      .toBe("/dev/mmcblk0");
+    expect(buildVyosConfigSpec({ hostname: "fw3", defaultPassword: "pw" }).disk).toBe("");
+  });
+
+  it("defaults to dhcp on eth0 and never opts into RAID", () => {
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({ hostname: "fw4", defaultPassword: "pw" });
+    const address = spec.sets.find(
+      (s) => s.path.join(" ") === "interfaces ethernet eth0 address",
+    );
+    expect(address?.value).toBe("dhcp");
+    // The installer's RAID prompt defaults to yes; a second disk must not
+    // silently produce a mirror.
+    expect(spec.raid).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("vyos routes", () => {
+  let testDir: string;
+  let app: FastifyInstance;
+  let state: StateManager;
+  const mac = "aa:bb:cc:11:22:33";
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    testDir = join(tmpdir(), `bastion-vyos-test-${Date.now()}-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2)}`);
+    mkdirSync(join(testDir, "http"), { recursive: true });
+    mkdirSync(join(testDir, "tftp"), { recursive: true });
+
+    const result = createApp(createTestConfig(testDir));
+    app = result.app;
+    state = result.state;
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await app.close();
+    rmSync(testDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  it("dispatches a queued vyos machine to the live-boot script", async () => {
+    state.update((s) => {
+      s.install_queue[mac] = {
+        hostname: "fw1",
+        disk: "/dev/nvme0n1",
+        role: "worker",
+        os: "vyos-rolling",
+        queued_at: new Date().toISOString(),
+      };
+    });
+
+    const response = await app.inject({ method: "GET", url: `/dispatch?mac=${mac}` });
+    expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+
+    expect(response.body).toContain("/vyos-vmlinuz");
+    expect(response.body).toContain("fetch=http://10.0.0.1:0/vyos-filesystem.squashfs");
+    expect(response.body).toContain(`live-config.hooks=http://10.0.0.1:0/vyos/autoinstall.sh?mac=${mac}`);
+
+    // `nonetworking` appears in VyOS's own PXE docs but breaks the hook fetch,
+    // and console=ttyS0 costs 30s per systemd phase on boards with no UART.
+    expect(response.body).not.toContain("nonetworking");
+    expect(response.body).not.toContain("console=ttyS0");
+  });
+
+  it("serves a hook that fetches and executes the install driver", async () => {
+    const response = await app.inject({ method: "GET", url: `/vyos/autoinstall.sh?mac=${mac}` });
+    expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+    expect(response.body).toContain(`/vyos/install.py?mac=${mac}`);
+    expect(response.body).toContain("python3 /tmp/vyos-install.py");
+  });
+
+  it("bakes the machine's config into the generated install driver", async () => {
+    state.update((s) => {
+      s.install_queue[mac] = {
+        hostname: "fw1",
+        disk: "/dev/nvme0n1",
+        role: "worker",
+        os: "vyos-rolling",
+        queued_at: new Date().toISOString(),
+        vyos: {
+          mgmtInterface: "eth0",
+          mgmtAddress: "10.0.8.2/24",
+          bondMembers: ["eth2", "eth3"],
+          vlans: [{ id: 10, address: "10.0.10.1/24" }],
+          password: "s3cret",
+        },
+      };
+    });
+
+    const response = await app.inject({ method: "GET", url: `/vyos/install.py?mac=${mac}` });
+    expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+
+    // Builds config from the image's own default so the vyos-config-version
+    // trailer matches and first boot skips migrations.
+    expect(response.body).toContain("/opt/vyatta/etc/config.boot.default");
+    expect(response.body).toContain("/usr/libexec/vyos/op_mode/image_installer.py");
+    // "complete" is what moves the machine out of the install queue.
+    expect(response.body).toContain('report("complete"');
+
+    const spec = decodeSpecFrom(response.body);
+    expect(spec["hostname"]).toBe("fw1");
+    expect(spec["password"]).toBe("s3cret");
+    expect(spec["disk"]).toBe("/dev/nvme0n1");
+
+    const paths = (spec["sets"] as Array<{ path: string[] }>).map((s) => s.path.join(" "));
+    expect(paths).toContain("interfaces bonding bond0 vif 10 address");
+    expect(paths).toContain("system host-name");
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to the bastion default password when none is set", async () => {
+    state.update((s) => {
+      s.install_queue[mac] = {
+        hostname: "fw9",
+        disk: "",
+        role: "worker",
+        os: "vyos-rolling",
+        queued_at: new Date().toISOString(),
+      };
+    });
+
+    const response = await app.inject({ method: "GET", url: `/vyos/install.py?mac=${mac}` });
+    const spec = decodeSpecFrom(response.body);
+    expect(spec["password"]).toBe("test-pw");
+    // Empty disk means "accept the installer's first-disk default".
+    expect(spec["disk"]).toBe("");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("vyos hw-id pinning", () => {
+  it("emits hw-id for the mgmt interface and each bond member", () => {
+    // Discovery sees enp2s0/enp1s0f0np0 under Fedora, but VyOS enumerates its
+    // own eth<N>. Pinning by MAC is what makes the mapping deterministic.
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({
+      hostname: "fw1",
+      defaultPassword: "pw",
+      spec: {
+        mgmtInterface: "eth2",
+        bondMembers: ["eth0", "eth1"],
+        hwIds: {
+          eth2: "64:62:66:25:96:47",
+          eth0: "64:62:66:25:96:45",
+          eth1: "64:62:66:25:96:46",
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    const hw = spec.sets.filter((s) => s.path[s.path.length - 1] === "hw-id");
+    expect(hw.map((s) => [s.path[2], s.value])).toEqual([
+      ["eth2", "64:62:66:25:96:47"],
+      ["eth0", "64:62:66:25:96:45"],
+      ["eth1", "64:62:66:25:96:46"],
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("omits hw-id entirely when no mapping is given", () => {
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({ hostname: "fw1", defaultPassword: "pw" });
+    expect(spec.sets.some((s) => s.path.includes("hw-id"))).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("vyos management VLAN", () => {
+  it("puts the mgmt VLAN on the PXE port while the bond carries routed VLANs", () => {
+    // Trunked PXE port: boots untagged on the VLAN the bastion serves, stays
+    // reachable on the tagged management VLAN.
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({
+      hostname: "vyos001",
+      defaultPassword: "pw",
+      spec: {
+        mgmtInterface: "eth2",
+        mgmtAddress: "dhcp",
+        mgmtVlan: { id: 3, address: "192.168.3.4/24", description: "kvm" },
+        bondMembers: ["eth0", "eth1"],
+        vlans: [{ id: 2, address: "192.168.8.2/23" }],
+      },
+    });
+
+    const paths = spec.sets.map((s) => s.path.join(" "));
+    expect(paths).toContain("interfaces ethernet eth2 vif 3 address");
+    expect(paths).toContain("interfaces bonding bond0 vif 2 address");
+    // The mgmt VLAN must not land on the bond.
+    expect(paths).not.toContain("interfaces bonding bond0 vif 3 address");
+    expect(spec.tags.map((t) => t.join(" "))).toContain("interfaces ethernet eth2 vif");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("vyos VRRP HA", () => {
+  const haSpec = {
+    mgmtInterface: "eth2",
+    mgmtAddress: "dhcp",
+    bondMembers: ["eth0", "eth1"],
+    bondAddress: "192.168.1.252/24",
+    bondVrrp: "192.168.1.254/24",
+    vrrpPriority: 200,
+    vlans: [
+      { id: 3, address: "192.168.3.4/24", vrrp: "192.168.3.254/24" },
+      { id: 200, address: "192.168.2.252/24" },   // no VIP on this one
+    ],
+  };
+
+  it("emits a vrrp group per VIP with vrid = VLAN id and dotted vif interface", () => {
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({ hostname: "fw1", defaultPassword: "pw", spec: haSpec });
+    const paths = spec.sets.map((s) => `${s.path.join(" ")}${s.value !== undefined ? "=" + s.value : ""}`);
+
+    expect(paths).toContain("interfaces bonding bond0 address=192.168.1.252/24");
+    // untagged bond group: vrid 1, interface bond0 itself
+    expect(paths).toContain("high-availability vrrp group native interface=bond0");
+    expect(paths).toContain("high-availability vrrp group native vrid=1");
+    // address is a tag node -- VIP is the final path segment, no value
+    expect(paths).toContain("high-availability vrrp group native address 192.168.1.254/24");
+    // VLAN group: vrid = VLAN id, dotted vif
+    expect(paths).toContain("high-availability vrrp group vlan3 interface=bond0.3");
+    expect(paths).toContain("high-availability vrrp group vlan3 vrid=3");
+    expect(paths).toContain("high-availability vrrp group vlan3 address 192.168.3.254/24");
+    // VLAN without a VIP gets no group
+    expect(paths.some((p) => p.includes("group vlan200"))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("applies the box-wide priority and one sync group over all groups", () => {
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({ hostname: "fw1", defaultPassword: "pw", spec: haSpec });
+    const prio = spec.sets.filter((s) => s.path[s.path.length - 1] === "priority"
+      && s.path[0] === "high-availability");
+    expect(prio).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(prio.every((s) => s.value === "200")).toBe(true);
+
+    // sync group binds the pair: all groups fail over together
+    const members = spec.sets.filter(
+      (s) => s.path.join(" ") === "high-availability vrrp sync-group MAIN member",
+    );
+    expect(members.map((m) => m.value)).toEqual(["native", "vlan3"]);
+    expect(members.every((m) => m.replace === false)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("emits no high-availability nodes when no VIPs are given", () => {
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({
+      hostname: "fw1",
+      defaultPassword: "pw",
+      spec: { bondMembers: ["eth0", "eth1"], vlans: [{ id: 3, address: "192.168.3.4/24" }] },
+    });
+    expect(spec.sets.some((s) => s.path[0] === "high-availability")).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("pickLargestInitrd", async () => {
+  const { pickLargestInitrd } = await import("../src/main.js");
+
+  // Verbatim from `xorriso -lsl /live/` on vyos-2026.08.05-0033-rolling.
+  const realListing = `total 8
+-r--r--r--    1 0        0           22255 Aug  5 01:33 'filesystem.packages'
+-r--r--r--    1 0        0               6 Aug  5 01:33 'filesystem.packages-remove'
+-r--r--r--    1 0        0        541192192 Aug  5 01:33 'filesystem.squashfs'
+-r--r--r--    1 0        0        50352547 Aug  5 01:33 'initrd.img'
+-r--r--r--    1 0        0        50352547 Aug  5 01:33 'initrd.img-6.18.41-vyos'
+-r--r--r--    1 0        0              20 Aug  5 01:33 'packages.txt'
+-r--r--r--    1 0        0         9135104 Aug  2 19:54 'vmlinuz'
+-r--r--r--    1 0        0         9135104 Aug  2 19:54 'vmlinuz-6.18.41-vyos'
+`;
+
+  it("picks a full-size initrd from a real nightly listing", () => {
+    expect(pickLargestInitrd(realListing)).toEqual({ name: "initrd.img", size: 50352547 });
+  });
+
+  it("ignores 0-byte decoys and symlinks (which report link size, not target size)", () => {
+    const listing = `total 8
+-r--r--r--    1 0        0               0 Aug  5 01:33 'initrd.img'
+lrwxrwxrwx    1 0        0              24 Aug  5 01:33 'initrd.img-link' -> 'initrd.img-6.18.41-vyos'
+-r--r--r--    1 0        0        50352547 Aug  5 01:33 'initrd.img-6.18.41-vyos'
+`;
+    expect(pickLargestInitrd(listing)).toEqual({ name: "initrd.img-6.18.41-vyos", size: 50352547 });
+  });
+
+  it("returns undefined when only decoys exist", () => {
+    expect(pickLargestInitrd("-r--r--r-- 1 0 0 0 Aug 5 01:33 'initrd.img'\n")).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("vyos fedora-parity features", () => {
+  it("computes reportAddress from a static mgmt address, empty for dhcp", () => {
+    const staticSpec = buildVyosConfigSpec({
+      hostname: "fw1", defaultPassword: "pw",
+      spec: { mgmtAddress: "192.168.8.2/23" },
+    });
+    expect(staticSpec.reportAddress).toBe("192.168.8.2");
+
+    const dhcpSpec = buildVyosConfigSpec({ hostname: "fw1", defaultPassword: "pw" });
+    expect(dhcpSpec.reportAddress).toBe("");
+  });
+
+  it("defaults freshConfig off (reinstall preserves the on-disk config)", () => {
+    expect(buildVyosConfigSpec({ hostname: "fw1", defaultPassword: "pw" }).freshConfig).toBe(false);
+    expect(buildVyosConfigSpec({
+      hostname: "fw1", defaultPassword: "pw", spec: { freshConfig: true },
+    }).freshConfig).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("driver streams logs to /api/log and reports 'ready at' on completion", async () => {
+    const testDir = join(tmpdir(), `bastion-vyos-parity-${Date.now()}`);
+    mkdirSync(join(testDir, "http"), { recursive: true });
+    mkdirSync(join(testDir, "tftp"), { recursive: true });
+    const { app: parityApp, state: parityState } = createApp(createTestConfig(testDir));
+    try {
+      parityState.update((s) => {
+        s.install_queue["aa:bb:cc:44:55:66"] = {
+          hostname: "fw9", disk: "/dev/vda", role: "vanilla",
+          os: "vyos-rolling", queued_at: new Date().toISOString(),
+        };
+      });
+      const response = await parityApp.inject({
+        method: "GET", url: "/vyos/install.py?mac=aa:bb:cc:44:55:66",
+      });
+      expect(response.body).toContain("/api/log");
+      expect(response.body).toContain('"lines": batch');
+      expect(response.body).toContain('report("complete", "ready at %s"');
+      expect(response.body).toContain("ensure_network_boot_first");
+      expect(response.body).toContain("lab-provisioned");
+      expect(response.body).toContain('ROLE = "vanilla"');
+    } finally {
+      await parityApp.close();
+      rmSync(testDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("complete with 'ready at' records installed.ip for a vyos machine", async () => {
+    const testDir = join(tmpdir(), `bastion-vyos-complete-${Date.now()}`);
+    mkdirSync(join(testDir, "http"), { recursive: true });
+    mkdirSync(join(testDir, "tftp"), { recursive: true });
+    const { app: cApp, state: cState } = createApp(createTestConfig(testDir));
+    try {
+      const mac2 = "aa:bb:cc:77:88:99";
+      cState.update((s) => {
+        s.install_queue[mac2] = {
+          hostname: "fw1", disk: "/dev/vda", role: "vanilla",
+          os: "vyos-rolling", queued_at: new Date().toISOString(),
+        };
+      });
+      const response = await cApp.inject({
+        method: "POST", url: "/api/progress",
+        headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+        body: JSON.stringify({ mac: mac2, stage: "complete", detail: "ready at 192.168.8.2" }),
+      });
+      expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      const installed = cState.load().installed[mac2];
+      expect(installed?.ip).toBe("192.168.8.2");
+      expect(installed?.os).toBe("vyos-rolling");
+    } finally {
+      await cApp.close();
+      rmSync(testDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+describe("vyos installer prompt coverage", () => {
+  // Every interactive prompt image_installer.py can emit, copied verbatim from
+  // the MSG_* constants (including the reinstall-only search_previous_installation
+  // ones). An unanswered prompt does not fail loudly -- the installer simply
+  // blocks on stdin until the driver's stall timeout, which is how the reinstall
+  // path silently hung for 15 minutes in the VM test.
+  const PROMPTS: Record<string, string> = {
+    continue: "Would you like to continue? [y/N] ",
+    imageName: "What would you like to name this image? (Default: 1.5-rolling) ",
+    password: 'Please enter a password for the "vyos" user: ',
+    passwordConfirm: 'Please confirm password for the "vyos" user: ',
+    console: "What console should be used by default? (K: KVM, S: Serial)? (Default: K) ",
+    raidConfigure: "Would you like to configure RAID-1 mirroring? [Y/n] ",
+    raidFoundDisks: "Would you like to configure RAID-1 mirroring on them? [Y/n] ",
+    raidChooseDisks: "Would you like to choose two disks for RAID-1 mirroring? [Y/n] ",
+    diskSelect: "Which one should be used for installation? (Default: /dev/vda) ",
+    diskConfirm: "Installation will delete all data on the drive. Continue? [y/N] ",
+    raidConfirm: "Installation will delete all data on both drives. Continue? [y/N] ",
+    rootSizeAll: "Would you like to use all the free space on the drive? [Y/n] ",
+    bootConfig: "Which file would you like as boot config? ",
+    copyData: "Would you like to copy data to the new image? [Y/n] ",
+    chooseCopyData: "From which image would you like to save config information? ",
+    copyEncData: "Would you like to copy the encrypted config to the new image? [Y/n] ",
+    chooseCopyEncData: "From which image would you like to copy the encrypted config? ",
+  };
+
+  it("answers every installer prompt exactly once", () => {
+    const { execFileSync } = require("node:child_process") as typeof import("node:child_process");
+    const { writeFileSync, unlinkSync, mkdtempSync } = require("node:fs") as typeof import("node:fs");
+
+    // Skip cleanly where python3 is unavailable (same spirit as the
+    // ksvalidator-backed kickstart test).
+    try {
+      execFileSync("python3", ["--version"], { stdio: "pipe" });
+    } catch {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({
+      hostname: "fw1", defaultPassword: "pw", disk: "/dev/vda",
+    });
+    const driver = renderVyosInstallPy({
+      spec, mac: "aa:bb:cc:11:22:33", serverIp: "10.0.0.1", httpPort: 8080, role: "vanilla",
+    });
+
+    const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "vyos-rules-"));
+    const driverPath = join(dir, "driver.py");
+    const checkPath = join(dir, "check.py");
+    writeFileSync(driverPath, driver);
+    writeFileSync(checkPath, `
+import importlib.util, json, sys
+spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("drv", ${JSON.stringify(driverPath)})
+drv = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec); spec.loader.exec_module(drv)
+rules = drv.build_rules()
+prompts = json.loads(sys.argv[1])
+out = {}
+for label, text in prompts.items():
+    out[label] = len([r for p, r in rules if p.search(text.encode())])
+print(json.dumps(out))
+`);
+
+    try {
+      const stdout = execFileSync("python3", [checkPath, JSON.stringify(PROMPTS)], {
+        encoding: "utf-8", stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "pipe"],
+      });
+      const counts = JSON.parse(stdout) as Record<string, number>;
+      const unanswered = Object.entries(counts).filter(([, n]) => n !== 1);
+      expect(unanswered).toEqual([]);
+    } finally {
+      try { unlinkSync(driverPath); unlinkSync(checkPath); } catch { /* best effort */ }
+      try { rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true }); } catch { /* best effort */ }
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+describe("vyos boot NIC pinning", () => {
+  it("pins the boot interface by MAC via BOOTIF", async () => {
+    // Without this, live-boot picks the first *connected* NIC. On the VP2440
+    // the SFP+ pair links before the copper PXE port, so live-boot tried the
+    // fiber ports (no DHCP), timed out 15s each, and failed with "Unable to
+    // find a live file system on the network".
+    const testDir = join(tmpdir(), `bastion-vyos-bootif-${Date.now()}`);
+    mkdirSync(join(testDir, "http"), { recursive: true });
+    mkdirSync(join(testDir, "tftp"), { recursive: true });
+    const { app: a, state: st } = createApp(createTestConfig(testDir));
+    try {
+      const m = "64:62:66:25:96:47";
+      st.update((s) => {
+        s.install_queue[m] = {
+          hostname: "vyos001", disk: "/dev/mmcblk0", role: "vanilla",
+          os: "vyos-rolling", queued_at: new Date().toISOString(),
+        };
+      });
+      const res = await a.inject({ method: "GET", url: `/dispatch?mac=${m}` });
+      // live-boot's Device_from_bootif() expects 01-<mac with dashes>
+      expect(res.body).toContain("BOOTIF=01-64-62-66-25-96-47");
+      // and it must be on the kernel line, before fetch= is attempted
+      const kernelLine = res.body.split("\n").find((l) => l.startsWith("kernel "));
+      expect(kernelLine).toContain("BOOTIF=01-64-62-66-25-96-47");
+      expect(kernelLine).toContain("fetch=");
+    } finally {
+      await a.close();
+      rmSync(testDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+});

bastion/src/cli/src/api/client.ts

@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ export class LabdClient {
 
   async installMachine(opts: {
     mac: string; hostname: string; disk?: string; role?: string; os?: string;
+    vyos?: import("@lab/shared").VyosInstallSpec;
   }): Promise<{ status: string; data?: unknown; error?: string }> {
     return this.request("POST", "/api/machines/install", { body: opts });
   }

bastion/src/cli/src/commands/install.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,30 @@
 // CLI command: provision install
 // Queue a discovered machine for OS installation via labd.
 
-import { Command, Option } from "commander";
+import { Command, Option, InvalidArgumentError } from "commander";
 import { isValidOsId, SUPPORTED_OS, SUPPORTED_ROLES, ROLE_REGISTRY } from "@lab/shared";
+import type { VyosInstallSpec, VyosVlanSpec } from "@lab/shared";
 import { getLabdClient } from "../api/config.js";
 
+/** Parse a repeated --vlan flag: "<id>:<cidr>[:<description>]". */
+export function parseVlan(value: string, previous: VyosVlanSpec[] = []): VyosVlanSpec[] {
+  const parts = value.split(":");
+  const id = Number(parts[0]);
+  const address = parts[1] ?? "";
+  // InvalidArgumentError makes commander print a clean message instead of
+  // dumping a stack trace at the operator.
+  if (!Number.isInteger(id) || id < 1 || id > 4094) {
+    throw new InvalidArgumentError(`Invalid VLAN id in "${value}" (expected 1-4094)`);
+  }
+  if (!address.includes("/")) {
+    throw new InvalidArgumentError(
+      `Invalid VLAN address in "${value}" (expected CIDR, e.g. 10.0.10.1/24)`,
+    );
+  }
+  const description = parts.slice(2).join(":");
+  return [...previous, { id, address, ...(description ? { description } : {}) }];
+}
+
 function roleTable(): string {
   const lines: string[] = ["", "Available roles:"];
   for (const r of ROLE_REGISTRY) {
@@ -15,6 +35,38 @@ function roleTable(): string {
   return lines.join("\n");
 }
 
+/** Parse a repeated --vlan-vip flag: "<id>:<cidr>" — VRRP VIP for a --vlan entry. */
+export function parseVlanVip(
+  value: string,
+  previous: Record<number, string> = {},
+): Record<number, string> {
+  const index = value.indexOf(":");
+  const id = Number(index === -1 ? Number.NaN : value.slice(0, index));
+  const cidr = index === -1 ? "" : value.slice(index + 1).trim();
+  if (!Number.isInteger(id) || id < 1 || id > 4094 || !cidr.includes("/")) {
+    throw new InvalidArgumentError(
+      `Invalid VLAN VIP "${value}" (expected <id>:<cidr>, e.g. 3:192.168.3.254/24)`,
+    );
+  }
+  return { ...previous, [id]: cidr };
+}
+
+/** Parse a repeated --vyos-hwid flag: "<iface>=<mac>". */
+export function parseHwId(
+  value: string,
+  previous: Record<string, string> = {},
+): Record<string, string> {
+  const index = value.indexOf("=");
+  const iface = index === -1 ? "" : value.slice(0, index).trim();
+  const mac = index === -1 ? "" : value.slice(index + 1).trim().toLowerCase();
+  if (iface === "" || !/^([0-9a-f]{2}:){5}[0-9a-f]{2}$/.test(mac)) {
+    throw new InvalidArgumentError(
+      `Invalid hw-id "${value}" (expected <iface>=<mac>, e.g. eth2=64:62:66:25:96:47)`,
+    );
+  }
+  return { ...previous, [iface]: mac };
+}
+
 export function registerInstallCommand(parent: Command): void {
   parent
     .command("install <mac> <hostname>")
@@ -24,10 +76,34 @@ export function registerInstallCommand(parent: Command): void {
     .addOption(new Option("--role <role>", "Machine role (see below)").choices([...SUPPORTED_ROLES]).default("worker"))
     .addOption(new Option("--os <os>", "Operating system").choices([...SUPPORTED_OS]).default("fedora-43"))
     .option("--disk <device>", "Target disk device (auto-detect if omitted)")
+    .option("--vyos-mgmt <iface>", "VyOS: untagged interface the machine PXE boots from (default eth0)")
+    .option("--vyos-mgmt-address <addr>", "VyOS: CIDR for the management interface, or 'dhcp' (default dhcp)")
+    .option("--vyos-bond <ifaces>", "VyOS: comma-separated LACP bond members (must exclude the PXE NIC)")
+    .option("--vyos-bond-address <cidr>", "VyOS: address on the untagged bond (trunk native VLAN)")
+    .option("--vyos-bond-vrrp <cidr>", "VyOS: VRRP VIP floated on the untagged bond")
+    .option("--vlan-vip <id:cidr>", "VyOS: VRRP VIP for a --vlan entry (repeatable)", parseVlanVip)
+    .option("--vyos-vrrp-priority <n>", "VyOS: VRRP priority for all groups on this box (higher = master)")
+    .option("--vyos-mgmt-vlan <id:cidr[:desc]>", "VyOS: tagged management VLAN on the PXE port")
+    .option("--vlan <id:cidr[:desc]>", "VyOS: tagged VLAN sub-interface on the bond (repeatable)", parseVlan)
+    .option("--vyos-password <password>", "VyOS: password for the 'vyos' user")
+    .option("--vyos-hwid <iface=mac>", "VyOS: pin an interface name to a MAC via hw-id (repeatable)", parseHwId)
+    .option("--vyos-fresh-config", "VyOS: on reinstall, overwrite the preserved config with the generated one")
     .action(async (mac: string, hostname: string, opts: {
       role: string;
       os: string;
       disk?: string;
+      vyosMgmt?: string;
+      vyosMgmtAddress?: string;
+      vyosBond?: string;
+      vyosBondAddress?: string;
+      vyosBondVrrp?: string;
+      vlan?: VyosVlanSpec[];
+      vlanVip?: Record<number, string>;
+      vyosVrrpPriority?: string;
+      vyosMgmtVlan?: string;
+      vyosPassword?: string;
+      vyosHwid?: Record<string, string>;
+      vyosFreshConfig?: boolean;
     }) => {
       if (!isValidOsId(opts.os)) {
         console.error(`Unknown OS: ${opts.os}. Supported: ${SUPPORTED_OS.join(", ")}`);
@@ -39,6 +115,67 @@ export function registerInstallCommand(parent: Command): void {
         process.exit(1);
       }
 
+      const bondMembers = opts.vyosBond !== undefined && opts.vyosBond !== ""
+        ? opts.vyosBond.split(",").map((s) => s.trim()).filter((s) => s.length > 0)
+        : [];
+
+      // Attach --vlan-vip entries to their --vlan definitions. A VIP for a VLAN
+      // that was never defined is a typo that would otherwise vanish silently.
+      const vips = opts.vlanVip ?? {};
+      const vlans = (opts.vlan ?? []).map((v) =>
+        vips[v.id] !== undefined ? { ...v, vrrp: vips[v.id] as string } : v,
+      );
+      for (const id of Object.keys(vips)) {
+        if (!vlans.some((v) => String(v.id) === id)) {
+          console.error(`--vlan-vip ${id}:... has no matching --vlan ${id}:... entry`);
+          process.exit(1);
+        }
+      }
+
+      const vrrpPriority = opts.vyosVrrpPriority !== undefined && opts.vyosVrrpPriority !== ""
+        ? Number(opts.vyosVrrpPriority)
+        : undefined;
+      if (vrrpPriority !== undefined
+          && (!Number.isInteger(vrrpPriority) || vrrpPriority < 1 || vrrpPriority > 255)) {
+        console.error(`--vyos-vrrp-priority must be an integer 1-255 (got ${opts.vyosVrrpPriority})`);
+        process.exit(1);
+      }
+      const vyos: VyosInstallSpec = {
+        ...(opts.vyosMgmt !== undefined && opts.vyosMgmt !== ""
+          ? { mgmtInterface: opts.vyosMgmt } : {}),
+        ...(opts.vyosMgmtAddress !== undefined && opts.vyosMgmtAddress !== ""
+          ? { mgmtAddress: opts.vyosMgmtAddress } : {}),
+        ...(bondMembers.length > 0 ? { bondMembers } : {}),
+        ...(opts.vyosBondAddress !== undefined && opts.vyosBondAddress !== ""
+          ? { bondAddress: opts.vyosBondAddress } : {}),
+        ...(opts.vyosBondVrrp !== undefined && opts.vyosBondVrrp !== ""
+          ? { bondVrrp: opts.vyosBondVrrp } : {}),
+        ...(vrrpPriority !== undefined ? { vrrpPriority } : {}),
+        ...(vlans.length > 0 ? { vlans } : {}),
+        ...(opts.vyosPassword !== undefined && opts.vyosPassword !== ""
+          ? { password: opts.vyosPassword } : {}),
+        ...(opts.vyosHwid !== undefined && Object.keys(opts.vyosHwid).length > 0
+          ? { hwIds: opts.vyosHwid } : {}),
+        ...(opts.vyosMgmtVlan !== undefined && opts.vyosMgmtVlan !== ""
+          ? { mgmtVlan: parseVlan(opts.vyosMgmtVlan)[0] as VyosVlanSpec } : {}),
+        ...(opts.vyosFreshConfig === true ? { freshConfig: true } : {}),
+      };
+      const hasVyosOptions = Object.keys(vyos).length > 0;
+
+      if (hasVyosOptions && !opts.os.startsWith("vyos")) {
+        console.error(`VyOS options require --os vyos-rolling (got --os ${opts.os})`);
+        process.exit(1);
+      }
+
+      // Firmware PXE cannot run over LACP, so the NIC that boots the installer
+      // must stay out of the bond — otherwise the next reinstall has no path in.
+      const mgmt = vyos.mgmtInterface ?? "eth0";
+      if (bondMembers.includes(mgmt)) {
+        console.error(`--vyos-bond must not include the PXE/management interface "${mgmt}"`);
+        console.error("PXE cannot boot over an LACP bond; keep that NIC unbonded.");
+        process.exit(1);
+      }
+
       try {
         const result = await getLabdClient().installMachine({
           mac,
@@ -46,11 +183,14 @@ export function registerInstallCommand(parent: Command): void {
           role: opts.role,
           os: opts.os,
           ...(opts.disk ? { disk: opts.disk } : {}),
+          ...(hasVyosOptions ? { vyos } : {}),
         });
 
         console.log(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
         console.log("");
-        const osLabel = opts.os.startsWith("ubuntu") ? "Ubuntu" : "Fedora";
+        const osLabel = opts.os.startsWith("ubuntu")
+          ? "Ubuntu"
+          : opts.os.startsWith("vyos") ? "VyOS" : "Fedora";
         console.log(`Power on the machine to start ${osLabel} installation.`);
 
         const roleInfo = ROLE_REGISTRY.find(r => r.name === opts.role);

bastion/src/cli/src/commands/recheck.ts

@@ -44,11 +44,14 @@ export function registerRecheckCommand(parent: Command): void {
       }
 
       // Build list of machines to check
-      const targets: Array<{ mac: string; hostname: string; ip: string }> = [];
+      const targets: Array<{ mac: string; hostname: string; ip: string; sshUser: string }> = [];
+      const userIsDefault = opts.user === "root";
       for (const [mac, info] of Object.entries(state.installed)) {
         if (!info.ip) continue;
         if (opts.target && info.hostname !== opts.target && mac !== opts.target) continue;
-        targets.push({ mac, hostname: info.hostname, ip: info.ip });
+        // VyOS boxes only have the "vyos" login; honor an explicit --user.
+        const sshUser = userIsDefault && (info.os ?? "").startsWith("vyos") ? "vyos" : opts.user;
+        targets.push({ mac, hostname: info.hostname, ip: info.ip, sshUser });
       }
 
       if (targets.length === 0) {
@@ -61,12 +64,12 @@ export function registerRecheckCommand(parent: Command): void {
       let updated = 0;
       let failed = 0;
 
-      for (const { mac, hostname, ip } of targets) {
+      for (const { mac, hostname, ip, sshUser } of targets) {
         process.stdout.write(`  ${hostname.padEnd(24)} ${DIM}(${ip})${RESET}  `);
 
         try {
           const t0 = Date.now();
-          const result = await sshExec(ip, opts.user, HW_COLLECT_SCRIPT, SSH_OPTS);
+          const result = await sshExec(ip, sshUser, HW_COLLECT_SCRIPT, SSH_OPTS);
           const elapsed = Date.now() - t0;
           if (result.exitCode !== 0) {
             console.log(`${RED}SSH failed (exit ${result.exitCode}, ${elapsed}ms)${RESET}`);

bastion/src/cli/src/commands/reprovision.ts

@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ function roleTable(): string {
 function resolveTarget(
   target: string,
   state: BastionState,
-): { mac: string; hostname: string; ip: string } | null {
+): { mac: string; hostname: string; ip: string; os?: string } | null {
   const normalized = target.toLowerCase().replace(/-/g, ":");
 
   if (state.installed[normalized]) {
     const info = state.installed[normalized];
-    return { mac: normalized, hostname: info.hostname, ip: info.ip };
+    return { mac: normalized, hostname: info.hostname, ip: info.ip, ...(info.os !== undefined ? { os: info.os } : {}) };
   }
 
   if (state.discovered[normalized]) {
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ function resolveTarget(
 
   for (const [mac, info] of Object.entries(state.installed)) {
     if (info.hostname === target || info.hostname.startsWith(target + ".")) {
-      return { mac, hostname: info.hostname, ip: info.ip };
+      return { mac, hostname: info.hostname, ip: info.ip, ...(info.os !== undefined ? { os: info.os } : {}) };
     }
   }
 
   for (const [mac, info] of Object.entries(state.installed)) {
     if (info.ip === target) {
-      return { mac, hostname: info.hostname, ip: info.ip };
+      return { mac, hostname: info.hostname, ip: info.ip, ...(info.os !== undefined ? { os: info.os } : {}) };
     }
   }
 
@@ -60,10 +60,12 @@ export function registerReprovisionCommand(parent: Command): void {
     .addOption(new Option("--role <role>", "Machine role (see below)").choices([...SUPPORTED_ROLES]).default("worker"))
     .addOption(new Option("--os <os>", "Operating system").choices([...SUPPORTED_OS]).default("fedora-43"))
     .option("--disk <device>", "Target disk device (auto-detect if omitted)")
+    .option("--user <user>", "SSH user for the reboot (default: vyos for VyOS machines, else current user)")
     .action(async (target: string, hostnameOverride: string | undefined, opts: {
       role: string;
       os: string;
       disk?: string;
+      user?: string;
     }) => {
       if (!isValidOsId(opts.os)) {
         console.error(`Unknown OS: ${opts.os}. Supported: ${SUPPORTED_OS.join(", ")}`);
@@ -123,7 +125,11 @@ export function registerReprovisionCommand(parent: Command): void {
         return;
       }
 
-      const adminUser = process.env["SUDO_USER"] ?? process.env["USER"] ?? "";
+      // SSH user: explicit flag > the machine's current OS (VyOS boxes only
+      // have the "vyos" login) > the invoking user.
+      const currentOsIsVyos = (resolved.os ?? "").startsWith("vyos");
+      const adminUser = opts.user
+        ?? (currentOsIsVyos ? "vyos" : (process.env["SUDO_USER"] ?? process.env["USER"] ?? ""));
       const effectiveUser = adminUser === "root" ? "" : adminUser;
 
       if (effectiveUser === "") {

bastion/src/cli/tests/install-vyos.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// Tests for VyOS install option parsing.
+
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { parseVlan } from "../src/commands/install.js";
+
+describe("parseVlan", () => {
+  it("parses id and CIDR", () => {
+    expect(parseVlan("10:10.0.10.1/24")).toEqual([{ id: 10, address: "10.0.10.1/24" }]);
+  });
+
+  it("accumulates across repeated flags", () => {
+    const first = parseVlan("10:10.0.10.1/24");
+    const both = parseVlan("20:10.0.20.1/24", first);
+    expect(both).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(both[1]).toEqual({ id: 20, address: "10.0.20.1/24" });
+  });
+
+  it("keeps a description, including one containing colons", () => {
+    expect(parseVlan("30:10.0.30.1/24:mgmt:secondary")).toEqual([
+      { id: 30, address: "10.0.30.1/24", description: "mgmt:secondary" },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("rejects an address that is not CIDR", () => {
+    // A bare address would produce a VyOS config that fails to commit on first
+    // boot, long after the operator has stopped watching.
+    expect(() => parseVlan("10:10.0.10.1")).toThrow(/CIDR/);
+  });
+
+  it("rejects out-of-range and non-numeric VLAN ids", () => {
+    expect(() => parseVlan("0:10.0.10.1/24")).toThrow(/1-4094/);
+    expect(() => parseVlan("4095:10.0.10.1/24")).toThrow(/1-4094/);
+    expect(() => parseVlan("abc:10.0.10.1/24")).toThrow(/1-4094/);
+  });
+});

bastion/src/labd/src/routes/bastions.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import type { FastifyInstance } from "fastify";
 import type { DbClient } from "../server.js";
 import { bastionRegistry } from "../services/bastion-registry.js";
 import { generateRequestId } from "@lab/shared";
+import type { VyosInstallSpec } from "@lab/shared";
 
 const COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MS = 15_000;
 
@@ -163,9 +164,9 @@ export function registerBastionRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, db: DbClient): void
 
   // Queue install — route to correct bastion by MAC
   app.post<{
-    Body: { mac?: string; hostname?: string; disk?: string; role?: string; os?: string };
+    Body: { mac?: string; hostname?: string; disk?: string; role?: string; os?: string; vyos?: VyosInstallSpec };
   }>("/api/machines/install", async (request, reply) => {
-    const { mac, hostname, disk, role, os } = request.body ?? {};
+    const { mac, hostname, disk, role, os, vyos } = request.body ?? {};
     if (!mac || !hostname) {
       return reply.code(400).send({ error: "mac and hostname are required" });
     }
@@ -183,6 +184,7 @@ export function registerBastionRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, db: DbClient): void
           const result = await sendCommand(all[0]!.bastionId, {
             type: "command-install",
             mac, hostname, disk: disk ?? "", role: role ?? "infra", os: os ?? "fedora-43",
+            ...(vyos ? { vyos } : {}),
           });
           return reply.code(result.status === "ok" ? 200 : 500).send(result);
         } catch (err) {
@@ -196,6 +198,7 @@ export function registerBastionRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, db: DbClient): void
       const result = await sendCommand(bastion.bastionId, {
         type: "command-install",
         mac, hostname, disk: disk ?? "", role: role ?? "infra", os: os ?? "fedora-43",
+        ...(vyos ? { vyos } : {}),
       });
       return reply.code(result.status === "ok" ? 200 : 500).send(result);
     } catch (err) {

bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/src/groups/host-prep.ts

@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
-// Host preparation: kernel modules, sysctl, swap, firewall, SELinux.
+// Host preparation: kernel modules, sysctl, swap, storage, firewall, SELinux.
 
 import type { OperationContext, OperationResult, OperationGroup } from "../types.js";
 import { runSequential } from "../utils.js";
 import { loadKernelModules } from "../operations/kernel-modules.js";
 import { applyCisHardening } from "../operations/sysctl.js";
-import { disableSwap } from "../operations/swap.js";
+import { enableSwap } from "../operations/swap.js";
+import { growRancherLv } from "../operations/rancher-storage.js";
 import { disableFirewall } from "../operations/firewall.js";
 import { setSelinuxPermissive } from "../operations/selinux.js";
 import { enableIscsi } from "../operations/iscsi.js";
 
 export const hostPrepGroup: OperationGroup = {
   name: "host-prep",
-  description: "Prepare host for k3s: kernel modules, sysctl, swap, firewall, SELinux, iSCSI",
+  description: "Prepare host for k3s: kernel modules, sysctl, swap, imageFs sizing, firewall, SELinux, iSCSI",
   operations: [
     { name: "Load kernel modules", fn: loadKernelModules },
     { name: "Apply CIS sysctl", fn: applyCisHardening },
-    { name: "Disable swap", fn: disableSwap },
+    { name: "Enable swap", fn: enableSwap },
+    { name: "Grow rancher LV", fn: growRancherLv },
     { name: "Disable firewall", fn: disableFirewall },
     { name: "Set SELinux permissive", fn: setSelinuxPermissive },
     { name: "Enable iSCSI", fn: enableIscsi },

bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/src/operations/index.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export { loadKernelModules } from "./kernel-modules.js";
 export { applyCisHardening } from "./sysctl.js";
-export { disableSwap } from "./swap.js";
+export { enableSwap } from "./swap.js";
+export { growRancherLv } from "./rancher-storage.js";
 export { enableIscsi } from "./iscsi.js";
 export { disableFirewall } from "./firewall.js";
 export { setSelinuxPermissive } from "./selinux.js";

bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/src/operations/rancher-storage.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// Grow the labvg/rancher LV (k3s image store / imageFs) to 120G.
+// 2026-08 incident: the original 20G LV sat at 85% used from steady-state
+// images alone, so one ~5G image pull tripped imagefs eviction and evicted
+// unrelated pods. Fresh installs are sized at 120G by the kickstart; this op
+// covers nodes installed before that change and vanilla nodes converted to
+// k8s later. Never removes or shrinks anything — if the VG lacks free space
+// (e.g. a longhorn --grow LV consumed it), it reports and moves on.
+
+import type { Operation, OperationResult } from "../types.js";
+import { sshOpts } from "../utils.js";
+
+const RANCHER_LV = "labvg/rancher";
+const TARGET_MIB = 122880; // 120G
+
+export const growRancherLv: Operation = async (ctx): Promise<OperationResult> => {
+  const lv = await ctx.ssh.exec(
+    `lvs --noheadings --units m --nosuffix -o lv_size ${RANCHER_LV} 2>/dev/null || true`,
+    sshOpts(ctx),
+  );
+  const sizeMib = Number.parseFloat(lv.stdout.trim());
+  if (Number.isNaN(sizeMib)) {
+    return { success: true, changed: false, message: "No labvg/rancher LV — imageFs shares /var, skipping" };
+  }
+  if (sizeMib >= TARGET_MIB) {
+    return { success: true, changed: false, message: `rancher LV already ${Math.round(sizeMib / 1024)}G` };
+  }
+
+  const vg = await ctx.ssh.exec(`vgs --noheadings --units m --nosuffix -o vg_free labvg`, sshOpts(ctx));
+  const freeMib = Number.parseFloat(vg.stdout.trim());
+  const neededMib = TARGET_MIB - sizeMib;
+  if (Number.isNaN(freeMib) || freeMib < neededMib) {
+    return {
+      success: true,
+      changed: false,
+      message: `VG labvg has ${Math.floor((Number.isNaN(freeMib) ? 0 : freeMib) / 1024)}G free — ` +
+        `need ${Math.ceil(neededMib / 1024)}G to grow rancher LV to 120G (manual LV rebuild required)`,
+    };
+  }
+
+  await ctx.ssh.exec(`lvextend -L ${TARGET_MIB}m /dev/${RANCHER_LV}`, sshOpts(ctx));
+  await ctx.ssh.exec(`xfs_growfs /var/lib/rancher`, sshOpts(ctx));
+
+  return {
+    success: true,
+    changed: true,
+    message: `rancher LV grown ${Math.round(sizeMib / 1024)}G → 120G`,
+  };
+};

bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/src/operations/swap.ts

@@ -1,22 +1,40 @@
-// Disable swap (CIS requirement for k3s).
+// Enable swap so memory pressure spills to disk instead of OOM-killing.
+// kubelet runs with failSwapOn=false (k3s default); zram stays the fast tier,
+// the labvg-swap LV is the overflow tier. Replaces the old CIS-style
+// disableSwap op — a kernel OOM kill of a node daemon is worse than slow swap.
 
 import type { Operation, OperationResult } from "../types.js";
 import { sshOpts } from "../utils.js";
 
-export const disableSwap: Operation = async (ctx): Promise<OperationResult> => {
-  const check = await ctx.ssh.exec("swapon --show --noheadings", sshOpts(ctx));
-  const active = check.stdout.trim().length > 0;
+const SWAP_DEV = "/dev/mapper/labvg-swap";
 
-  if (active) {
-    await ctx.ssh.exec("swapoff -a", sshOpts(ctx));
+export const enableSwap: Operation = async (ctx): Promise<OperationResult> => {
+  const lv = await ctx.ssh.exec(`test -b ${SWAP_DEV} && echo yes || echo no`, sshOpts(ctx));
+  if (lv.stdout.trim() !== "yes") {
+    return { success: true, changed: false, message: "No labvg-swap LV — skipping swap enable" };
   }
 
-  // Remove swap entries from fstab permanently
-  await ctx.ssh.exec("sed -i '/\\sswap\\s/d' /etc/fstab", sshOpts(ctx));
+  const active = await ctx.ssh.exec(
+    `grep -q "^$(readlink -f ${SWAP_DEV}) " /proc/swaps && echo on || echo off`,
+    sshOpts(ctx),
+  );
+  const wasOff = active.stdout.trim() !== "on";
+
+  if (wasOff) {
+    // Format if the LV was never (or wrongly) initialised, then activate
+    await ctx.ssh.exec(`blkid ${SWAP_DEV} | grep -q 'TYPE="swap"' || mkswap ${SWAP_DEV}`, sshOpts(ctx));
+    await ctx.ssh.exec(`swapon ${SWAP_DEV}`, sshOpts(ctx));
+  }
+
+  // Persist across reboots (idempotent)
+  await ctx.ssh.exec(
+    `grep -q "labvg-swap" /etc/fstab || echo "${SWAP_DEV} none swap defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab`,
+    sshOpts(ctx),
+  );
 
   return {
     success: true,
-    changed: active,
-    message: active ? "Swap disabled" : "Swap already disabled",
+    changed: wasOff,
+    message: wasOff ? "LV swap enabled" : "LV swap already active",
   };
 };

bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/tests/operations.test.ts

@@ -72,31 +72,97 @@ describe("applyCisHardening", () => {
 
 // --- Swap ---
 
-import { disableSwap } from "../src/operations/swap.js";
+import { enableSwap } from "../src/operations/swap.js";
 
-describe("disableSwap", () => {
-  it("disables active swap", async () => {
+describe("enableSwap", () => {
+  it("activates LV swap when present but off", async () => {
     const ctx = mockCtx();
     ctx.ssh.exec
-      .mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("/dev/sda2 partition 2G"))  // swap active
-      .mockResolvedValueOnce(OK)   // swapoff
-      .mockResolvedValueOnce(OK);  // sed fstab
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("yes"))  // LV exists
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("off"))  // not in /proc/swaps
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(OK)             // blkid || mkswap
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(OK)             // swapon
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(OK);            // fstab entry
 
-    const result = await disableSwap(ctx);
+    const result = await enableSwap(ctx);
     expect(result.success).toBe(true);
     expect(result.changed).toBe(true);
-    expectCommand(ctx.ssh, "swapoff -a");
+    expectCommand(ctx.ssh, "swapon /dev/mapper/labvg-swap");
   });
 
-  it("is idempotent when swap already off", async () => {
+  it("is idempotent when LV swap already active", async () => {
     const ctx = mockCtx();
     ctx.ssh.exec
-      .mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout(""))  // no swap
-      .mockResolvedValueOnce(OK);          // sed fstab (always runs)
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("yes"))  // LV exists
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("on"))   // already in /proc/swaps
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(OK);            // fstab entry (always ensured)
 
-    const result = await disableSwap(ctx);
+    const result = await enableSwap(ctx);
     expect(result.changed).toBe(false);
-    expectNoCommand(ctx.ssh, "swapoff");
+    expectNoCommand(ctx.ssh, "swapon /dev/mapper/labvg-swap");
+  });
+
+  it("skips when no labvg-swap LV exists", async () => {
+    const ctx = mockCtx();
+    ctx.ssh.exec.mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("no")); // LV missing
+
+    const result = await enableSwap(ctx);
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.changed).toBe(false);
+    expectNoCommand(ctx.ssh, "swapon");
+  });
+});
+
+// --- Rancher LV (imageFs sizing) ---
+
+import { growRancherLv } from "../src/operations/rancher-storage.js";
+
+describe("growRancherLv", () => {
+  it("grows a 20G LV to 120G when the VG has space", async () => {
+    const ctx = mockCtx();
+    ctx.ssh.exec
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("  20480.00"))   // lv_size
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("  747807.00"))  // vg_free
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(OK)                     // lvextend
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(OK);                    // xfs_growfs
+
+    const result = await growRancherLv(ctx);
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.changed).toBe(true);
+    expectCommand(ctx.ssh, "lvextend -L 122880m /dev/labvg/rancher");
+    expectCommand(ctx.ssh, "xfs_growfs /var/lib/rancher");
+  });
+
+  it("is idempotent when the LV is already 120G", async () => {
+    const ctx = mockCtx();
+    ctx.ssh.exec.mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("  122880.00")); // lv_size
+
+    const result = await growRancherLv(ctx);
+    expect(result.changed).toBe(false);
+    expectNoCommand(ctx.ssh, "lvextend");
+  });
+
+  it("reports without failing when the VG has no free space", async () => {
+    const ctx = mockCtx();
+    ctx.ssh.exec
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("  20480.00"))  // lv_size
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("  0.00"));     // vg_free
+
+    const result = await growRancherLv(ctx);
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.changed).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.message).toContain("free");
+    expectNoCommand(ctx.ssh, "lvextend");
+  });
+
+  it("skips when there is no rancher LV", async () => {
+    const ctx = mockCtx();
+    ctx.ssh.exec.mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("")); // lvs empty
+
+    const result = await growRancherLv(ctx);
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.changed).toBe(false);
+    expectNoCommand(ctx.ssh, "lvextend");
   });
 });
 

bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/tests/smoke.test.ts

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe("smoke: full server install pipeline", () => {
     const pipeline: NamedOperation[] = [
       { name: "Kernel modules", fn: ops.loadKernelModules },
       { name: "Sysctl hardening", fn: ops.applyCisHardening },
-      { name: "Disable swap", fn: ops.disableSwap },
+      { name: "Enable swap", fn: ops.enableSwap },
       { name: "Disable firewall", fn: ops.disableFirewall },
       { name: "SELinux permissive", fn: ops.setSelinuxPermissive },
       { name: "Write k3s config", fn: ops.writeK3sConfig },
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ describe("smoke: pipeline stops on failure", () => {
     };
 
     const results = await runSequential(ctx, [
-      { name: "OK op", fn: ops.disableSwap },
+      { name: "OK op", fn: ops.enableSwap },
       { name: "Failing op", fn: failingOp },
       { name: "Never called", fn: neverCalled },
     ]);
@@ -98,11 +98,12 @@ describe("smoke: agent install rejects missing config", () => {
 });
 
 describe("smoke: all operations are exported", () => {
-  it("exports all 15 operations", () => {
+  it("exports all 16 operations", () => {
     const exported = [
       ops.loadKernelModules,
       ops.applyCisHardening,
-      ops.disableSwap,
+      ops.enableSwap,
+      ops.growRancherLv,
       ops.disableFirewall,
       ops.setSelinuxPermissive,
       ops.writeK3sConfig,
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ describe("smoke: all operations are exported", () => {
       ops.checkCertExpiry,
     ];
 
-    expect(exported).toHaveLength(15);
+    expect(exported).toHaveLength(16);
     for (const op of exported) {
       expect(typeof op).toBe("function");
     }

bastion/src/shared/src/index.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ export type {
   DebugConfig,
   BastionState,
   BastionConfig,
+  VyosVlanSpec,
+  VyosInstallSpec,
 } from "./types/index.js";
 
 export { SUPPORTED_OS, SUPPORTED_ROLES, ROLE_REGISTRY, isValidOsId } from "./types/index.js";

bastion/src/shared/src/protocol/index.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Protocol types for agent-labd WebSocket communication.
 
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
+import type { VyosInstallSpec } from "../types/state.js";
 
 // --- Agent -> labd messages ---
 
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ export type BastionMessage =
 export type LabdBastionMessage =
   | { type: "bastion-enrolled"; bastionId: string }
   | { type: "bastion-heartbeat-ack"; serverTime: string }
-  | { type: "command-install"; requestId: string; mac: string; hostname: string; disk?: string; role: string; os: string }
+  | { type: "command-install"; requestId: string; mac: string; hostname: string; disk?: string; role: string; os: string; vyos?: VyosInstallSpec }
   | { type: "command-forget"; requestId: string; mac: string }
   | { type: "command-role-update"; requestId: string; mac: string; role: string }
   | { type: "command-debug"; requestId: string; mac: string; pxeBoot?: boolean }

bastion/src/shared/src/types/config.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ export interface BastionConfig {
   // Ubuntu support
   ubuntuVersion: string;
   ubuntuMirror: string;
+  // VyOS support — netboot artifacts are extracted from the ISO at startup.
+  // LTS ISOs are subscription-only, so this defaults to a rolling release.
+  vyosIsoUrl: string;
+  vyosDefaultPassword: string;
   // Syslog listener for install logs (Anaconda logging --host)
   syslogPort: number;
   // Flags

bastion/src/shared/src/types/index.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ export type {
   InstalledInfo,
   DebugConfig,
   BastionState,
+  VyosVlanSpec,
+  VyosInstallSpec,
 } from "./state.js";
 
 export { SUPPORTED_OS, SUPPORTED_ROLES, ROLE_REGISTRY, isValidOsId } from "./state.js";

bastion/src/shared/src/types/state.ts

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 export type ProvisionStackType = "dhcpproxy" | "iso" | "cloud-init";
 
-export type OsId = "fedora-43" | "ubuntu-26.04";
+export type OsId = "fedora-43" | "ubuntu-26.04" | "vyos-rolling";
 export type Arch = "x86_64" | "aarch64";
 
-export const SUPPORTED_OS: readonly OsId[] = ["fedora-43", "ubuntu-26.04"] as const;
+export const SUPPORTED_OS: readonly OsId[] = ["fedora-43", "ubuntu-26.04", "vyos-rolling"] as const;
 
 export function isValidOsId(value: string): value is OsId {
   return (SUPPORTED_OS as readonly string[]).includes(value);
@@ -75,13 +75,89 @@ export interface ProgressLogEntry {
   timestamp: string;
 }
 
+/** A tagged VLAN sub-interface on the bond (or on the mgmt NIC when unbonded). */
+export interface VyosVlanSpec {
+  id: number;
+  address: string;         // CIDR, e.g. "10.0.10.1/24"
+  description?: string;
+  /**
+   * VRRP virtual address (CIDR) floated on this VLAN. Emitted as a
+   * high-availability vrrp group with vrid = VLAN id, so the same spec on both
+   * HA peers (with different priorities) produces a matching group pair.
+   */
+  vrrp?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * VyOS-specific install parameters. Rendered into the config.boot that the
+ * installer adopts, so the router comes up already configured.
+ *
+ * NOTE: bondMembers must NOT include the interface PXE booted from. Firmware
+ * PXE cannot run over LACP, so the install-time NIC has to stay unbonded.
+ */
+export interface VyosInstallSpec {
+  /** Interfaces aggregated into bond0 with LACP (802.3ad). Omit for no bond. */
+  bondMembers?: string[];
+  /** CIDR address on bond0 itself — the switch trunk's native/untagged VLAN. */
+  bondAddress?: string;
+  /** VRRP virtual address (CIDR) floated on the untagged bond (vrid 1). */
+  bondVrrp?: string;
+  /**
+   * VRRP priority for every group on this box. Higher wins mastership.
+   * The HA pair differs ONLY here (e.g. 200 on the primary, 100 on the
+   * standby) — addresses differ per box, VIPs and vrids match.
+   */
+  vrrpPriority?: number;
+  /** Tagged VLAN sub-interfaces, created on bond0 when bonded, else on mgmtInterface. */
+  vlans?: VyosVlanSpec[];
+  /** Untagged interface the machine PXE booted from. Defaults to "eth0". */
+  mgmtInterface?: string;
+  /** CIDR address for mgmtInterface, or "dhcp". Defaults to "dhcp". */
+  mgmtAddress?: string;
+  /**
+   * Tagged management VLAN on mgmtInterface, separate from the routed VLANs
+   * carried by the bond.
+   *
+   * Needed when the PXE port is a trunk: it boots untagged on the VLAN the
+   * bastion's proxy DHCP serves, and carries the management VLAN tagged so the
+   * router stays reachable there without giving up reinstallability.
+   */
+  mgmtVlan?: VyosVlanSpec;
+  /** Password for the "vyos" user. Falls back to the bastion default. */
+  password?: string;
+  /**
+   * On reinstall the VyOS installer carries the previous on-disk config (and
+   * SSH host keys) forward -- the "reinstall without losing data" default.
+   * Set true to make the bastion-generated config win instead: after install
+   * the driver overwrites the installed image's config.boot.
+   */
+  freshConfig?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * VyOS interface name -> MAC, emitted as `hw-id` so names bind deterministically.
+   *
+   * Discovery runs under Fedora and reports predictable names (enp2s0,
+   * enp1s0f0np0), but VyOS enumerates its own eth<N> names, so a name observed
+   * during discovery cannot be used directly. Pinning by MAC removes the guess
+   * about which physical port a given eth<N> is.
+   */
+  hwIds?: Record<string, string>;
+}
+
 export interface InstallConfig {
   hostname: string;
   disk: string;
   role: Role;
   os?: OsId;          // defaults to "fedora-43" for backward compat
+  vyos?: VyosInstallSpec;  // only consulted when os is "vyos-rolling"
   arch?: Arch;         // detected from HardwareInfo or overridden
   queued_at: string;
+  /**
+   * When dispatch last served this machine an install boot script. Progress
+   * callbacks only start once the installer environment is up, so a machine
+   * dispatched long ago with no progress is wedged before that point (bad
+   * kernel/initrd, no network in the initramfs, wrong NIC picked...).
+   */
+  dispatched_at?: string;
   progress?: string;
   progress_at?: string;
   progress_detail?: string;

bastion/tests/integration/helpers/pxe-vm.ts

@@ -29,6 +29,17 @@ export interface PxeVmConfig {
   diskSize: number;     // GB
   network: string;      // libvirt network name
   arch?: "x86_64" | "aarch64";
+  /**
+   * Extra NICs enumerated BEFORE the PXE NIC, on a network with no route to
+   * the bastion (defaults to libvirt's "default").
+   *
+   * Real multi-NIC boxes expose a class of bug a single-NIC VM cannot: an
+   * initramfs that picks "the first connected interface" grabs one of these
+   * instead of the NIC that PXE booted, and then cannot reach the bastion.
+   * Defaults to 0 (single NIC).
+   */
+  decoyNics?: number;
+  decoyNetwork?: string;
 }
 
 /** Create a blank UEFI VM that PXE boots from the network. */
@@ -61,6 +72,10 @@ export function createPxeVm(config: PxeVmConfig): void {
     `--memory=${config.memory}`,
     `--vcpus=${config.vcpus}`,
     `--disk=path=${diskPath},format=qcow2,bus=virtio`,
+    // Decoys first so they enumerate ahead of the PXE NIC. They are up and
+    // carry a lease, but have no route to the bastion.
+    ...Array.from({ length: config.decoyNics ?? 0 }, () =>
+      `--network=network=${config.decoyNetwork ?? "default"},model=virtio`),
     `--network=network=${config.network},model=virtio`,
     // UEFI firmware — required for PXE boot in modern mode
     `--boot=uefi,network,hd`,
@@ -95,12 +110,21 @@ export function destroyPxeVm(name: string): void {
 }
 
 /** Get the MAC address of a VM's first NIC. */
-export function getVmMac(name: string): string | null {
+export function getVmMac(name: string, network?: string): string | null {
   const result = virsh("domiflist", name);
   if (result.status !== 0) return null;
   // Output format: Interface  Type  Source  Model  MAC
-  const match = result.stdout.match(/([0-9a-f]{2}:[0-9a-f]{2}:[0-9a-f]{2}:[0-9a-f]{2}:[0-9a-f]{2}:[0-9a-f]{2})/i);
-  return match ? match[1].toLowerCase() : null;
+  // With decoy NICs present, match the line for the PXE network so we return
+  // the NIC that actually boots rather than whichever is listed first.
+  const lines = result.stdout.split("\n");
+  const candidates = network === undefined
+    ? lines
+    : lines.filter((l) => l.split(/\s+/).includes(network));
+  for (const line of candidates.length > 0 ? candidates : lines) {
+    const m = line.match(/([0-9a-f]{2}:[0-9a-f]{2}:[0-9a-f]{2}:[0-9a-f]{2}:[0-9a-f]{2}:[0-9a-f]{2})/i);
+    if (m) return m[1].toLowerCase();
+  }
+  return null;
 }
 
 /** Reboot a VM (force off + start). */

bastion/tests/integration/vyos-provision.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,387 @@
+// Integration test: full VyOS unattended provisioning flow.
+//
+// Validates the VyOS install path end-to-end, at the same depth as the Fedora
+// pxe-provision test:
+//   1. Bastion (HTTP + dnsmasq) on the isolated libvirt PXE network
+//   2. Blank UEFI VM PXE boots -> Fedora-based discovery (OS-neutral)
+//   3. Queue os=vyos-rolling -> live boot + live-config hook + pty driver
+//   4. Fresh-install asserts: installed.ip, streamed logs, applied config,
+//      /config/lab-provisioned, boot-order handling
+//   5. REINSTALL round: previous config + /config data carried forward
+//      ("reinstall without losing data", VyOS-flavored)
+//   6. freshConfig round: bastion-generated config wins, /config data kept
+//
+// Prerequisites: libvirtd, OVMF, ipxe-bootimgs-x86, sudo, internet
+// (first run downloads the ~600MB VyOS nightly ISO; artifacts are cached).
+// Run: sudo pnpm run test:integration:vyos
+
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeAll, afterAll } from "vitest";
+import { readFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, rmSync, copyFileSync, symlinkSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { execSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { homedir, tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { log, waitForSsh } from "./helpers/libvirt.js";
+import { ensurePxeNetwork, destroyPxeNetwork, deleteNftablesRejectRules, PXE_NETWORK_NAME, PXE_GATEWAY, PXE_SUBNET } from "./helpers/pxe-network.js";
+import { createPxeVm, destroyPxeVm, getVmMac, rebootPxeVm } from "./helpers/pxe-vm.js";
+import { sshExec } from "./helpers/ssh.js";
+
+const VM_NAME = "lab-vyos-test";
+const VM_MEMORY = 4096;
+const VM_VCPUS = 4;
+const VM_DISK_GB = 10;       // VyOS image install needs ~2GB minimum
+const HTTP_PORT = 8099;
+const SSH_USER = "vyos";     // the only VyOS login user
+const BASTION_IP = PXE_GATEWAY;
+const DHCP_RANGE_START = `${PXE_SUBNET}.100`;
+const DHCP_RANGE_END = `${PXE_SUBNET}.200`;
+
+const DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT_MS = 5 * 60_000;
+const INSTALL_TIMEOUT_MS = 15 * 60_000;  // squashfs fetch + copy; much faster than Anaconda
+const SSH_TIMEOUT_MS = 8 * 60_000;
+
+const HOSTNAME_R1 = "vyos-r1";
+const HOSTNAME_R2 = "vyos-r2";
+const HOSTNAME_R3 = "vyos-r3";
+
+function findSshKey(): { pubKey: string; keyPath: string } {
+  const homes = [homedir()];
+  const sudoUser = process.env["SUDO_USER"];
+  if (sudoUser) homes.push(join("/home", sudoUser));
+  if (process.env["SSH_KEY_PATH"]) {
+    const keyPath = process.env["SSH_KEY_PATH"];
+    const pubPath = `${keyPath}.pub`;
+    if (existsSync(keyPath) && existsSync(pubPath)) {
+      return { pubKey: readFileSync(pubPath, "utf-8").trim(), keyPath };
+    }
+  }
+  for (const home of homes) {
+    for (const name of ["id_ed25519", "id_ecdsa", "id_rsa"]) {
+      const keyPath = join(home, ".ssh", name);
+      const pubPath = `${keyPath}.pub`;
+      if (existsSync(keyPath) && existsSync(pubPath)) {
+        return { pubKey: readFileSync(pubPath, "utf-8").trim(), keyPath };
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  throw new Error("No SSH key found — set SSH_KEY_PATH or ensure keys exist in ~/.ssh/");
+}
+
+function sleep(ms: number): Promise<void> {
+  return new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
+}
+
+async function pollApi<T>(
+  url: string,
+  check: (data: T) => boolean,
+  timeoutMs: number,
+  intervalMs = 5000,
+): Promise<T> {
+  const start = Date.now();
+  while (Date.now() - start < timeoutMs) {
+    try {
+      const res = await fetch(url);
+      if (res.ok) {
+        const data = (await res.json()) as T;
+        if (check(data)) return data;
+      }
+    } catch { /* not ready yet */ }
+    await sleep(intervalMs);
+  }
+  throw new Error(`Timeout after ${timeoutMs}ms polling ${url}`);
+}
+
+type LogsResponse = {
+  status: string;
+  progress: string;
+  progress_detail?: string;
+  ip?: string;
+  log_total?: number;
+  log_lines?: Array<{ line: string }>;
+};
+
+/** Queue a VyOS install, reboot the VM into PXE, wait for completion + SSH. */
+async function installRound(opts: {
+  mac: string;
+  hostname: string;
+  freshConfig?: boolean;
+}): Promise<string> {
+  const body = {
+    mac: opts.mac,
+    hostname: opts.hostname,
+    disk: "/dev/vda",
+    role: "vanilla",
+    os: "vyos-rolling",
+    vyos: {
+      mgmtInterface: "eth0",
+      mgmtAddress: "dhcp",
+      hwIds: { eth0: opts.mac },
+      ...(opts.freshConfig ? { freshConfig: true } : {}),
+    },
+  };
+  const res = await fetch(`http://${BASTION_IP}:${HTTP_PORT}/api/install`, {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+    body: JSON.stringify(body),
+  });
+  log(`Install queued (${opts.hostname}): ${JSON.stringify(await res.json())}`);
+
+  await sleep(5_000);
+  rebootPxeVm(VM_NAME);
+  await sleep(3_000);
+  deleteNftablesRejectRules();
+
+  const finalState = await pollApi<LogsResponse>(
+    `http://${BASTION_IP}:${HTTP_PORT}/api/logs/${encodeURIComponent(opts.mac)}`,
+    (data) => data.status === "installed" || data.progress === "error",
+    INSTALL_TIMEOUT_MS,
+    10_000,
+  );
+  if (finalState.progress === "error") {
+    log(`INSTALL FAILED: ${JSON.stringify(finalState.progress_detail ?? finalState, null, 2)}`);
+    throw new Error(`VyOS install failed for ${opts.hostname}`);
+  }
+  const ip = finalState.ip ?? "";
+  log(`Install complete (${opts.hostname}). IP: ${ip}`);
+
+  // The driver force-reboots; the VM PXE boots, dispatch says installed ->
+  // localboot exit -> GRUB -> VyOS. nftables reject rules do not reappear
+  // (guest reboot, not a libvirt restart), but clearing is harmless.
+  deleteNftablesRejectRules();
+  await waitForSsh(ip, SSH_USER, SSH_TIMEOUT_MS, sshKeyPathGlobal);
+  return ip;
+}
+
+let sshKeyPathGlobal = "";
+
+describe("VyOS provisioning", () => {
+  let bastionApp: { close: () => Promise<void> };
+  let testDir: string;
+  let vmMac: string;
+  let vmIp: string;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    const { pubKey, keyPath } = findSshKey();
+    sshKeyPathGlobal = keyPath;
+
+    log("Setting up PXE test network...");
+    ensurePxeNetwork();
+
+    testDir = join(tmpdir(), `lab-vyos-test-${Date.now()}`);
+    mkdirSync(join(testDir, "tftp"), { recursive: true });
+    mkdirSync(join(testDir, "http"), { recursive: true });
+    mkdirSync(join(testDir, "logs"), { recursive: true });
+
+    log("Starting bastion...");
+    const { createApp } = await import("../../src/bastion/src/server.js");
+    const { loadConfig } = await import("../../src/bastion/src/config.js");
+    const { generateDnsmasqConf, startDnsmasq } = await import("../../src/bastion/src/services/dnsmasq.js");
+    const { generateDiscoverKickstart } = await import("../../src/bastion/src/services/kickstart-generator.js");
+    const { renderBootIpxe } = await import("../../src/bastion/src/templates/boot.ipxe.js");
+    const { prepareVyosArtifacts } = await import("../../src/bastion/src/main.js");
+
+    const config = loadConfig({
+      bastionDir: testDir,
+      httpPort: HTTP_PORT,
+      iface: "virbr-pxe",
+      serverIp: BASTION_IP,
+      network: `${PXE_SUBNET}.0`,
+      gateway: BASTION_IP,
+      dhcpMode: "full",
+      dhcpRangeStart: DHCP_RANGE_START,
+      dhcpRangeEnd: DHCP_RANGE_END,
+      domain: "pxe-test.local",
+      sshKeys: [pubKey],
+      adminUser: "lab",
+    });
+
+    // iPXE binary
+    const ipxeSrc = "/usr/share/ipxe/ipxe-snponly-x86_64.efi";
+    if (!existsSync(ipxeSrc)) {
+      throw new Error(`iPXE not found: ${ipxeSrc}. Install: sudo dnf install ipxe-bootimgs-x86`);
+    }
+    copyFileSync(ipxeSrc, join(config.tftpDir, "ipxe.efi"));
+    try { symlinkSync(join(config.tftpDir, "ipxe.efi"), join(config.httpDir, "ipxe.efi")); } catch { /* exists */ }
+
+    const cacheDir = "/var/lib/libvirt/images/lab-pxe-cache";
+    execSync(`mkdir -p "${cacheDir}"`, { stdio: "pipe" });
+
+    // Fedora kernel+initrd for DISCOVERY (OS-neutral, same as pxe test)
+    const kernel = join(cacheDir, `vmlinuz-${config.fedoraVersion}`);
+    const initrd = join(cacheDir, `initrd-${config.fedoraVersion}.img`);
+    if (!existsSync(kernel)) {
+      log(`Downloading Fedora ${config.fedoraVersion} kernel (discovery)...`);
+      execSync(`curl -# -L -f -o "${kernel}" "${config.fedoraMirror}/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz"`, { stdio: "inherit", timeout: 300_000 });
+    }
+    if (!existsSync(initrd)) {
+      log(`Downloading Fedora ${config.fedoraVersion} initrd (discovery)...`);
+      execSync(`curl -# -L -f -o "${initrd}" "${config.fedoraMirror}/images/pxeboot/initrd.img"`, { stdio: "inherit", timeout: 300_000 });
+    }
+    copyFileSync(kernel, join(config.httpDir, "vmlinuz"));
+    copyFileSync(initrd, join(config.httpDir, "initrd.img"));
+
+    // VyOS netboot artifacts — cache the three extracted files across runs
+    const vyosCache = {
+      kernel: join(cacheDir, "vyos-vmlinuz"),
+      initrd: join(cacheDir, "vyos-initrd"),
+      squashfs: join(cacheDir, "vyos-filesystem.squashfs"),
+    };
+    if (Object.values(vyosCache).every((p) => existsSync(p))) {
+      log("VyOS netboot artifacts cached");
+      copyFileSync(vyosCache.kernel, join(config.httpDir, "vyos-vmlinuz"));
+      copyFileSync(vyosCache.initrd, join(config.httpDir, "vyos-initrd"));
+      copyFileSync(vyosCache.squashfs, join(config.httpDir, "vyos-filesystem.squashfs"));
+    } else {
+      log("Extracting VyOS artifacts from ISO (downloads ~600MB on first run)...");
+      prepareVyosArtifacts(config);
+      copyFileSync(join(config.httpDir, "vyos-vmlinuz"), vyosCache.kernel);
+      copyFileSync(join(config.httpDir, "vyos-initrd"), vyosCache.initrd);
+      copyFileSync(join(config.httpDir, "vyos-filesystem.squashfs"), vyosCache.squashfs);
+    }
+
+    writeFileSync(join(config.httpDir, "discover.ks"), generateDiscoverKickstart(config));
+    writeFileSync(join(config.httpDir, "boot.ipxe"), renderBootIpxe({ serverIp: config.serverIp, httpPort: config.httpPort }));
+    generateDnsmasqConf(config);
+
+    const { app, syslog } = createApp(config);
+    bastionApp = app;
+    await app.listen({ port: config.httpPort, host: "0.0.0.0" });
+    syslog.start();
+    log(`Bastion listening on :${HTTP_PORT}`);
+
+    log("Starting dnsmasq...");
+    startDnsmasq(config).catch((err) => {
+      log(`dnsmasq failed (expected without root): ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`);
+    });
+    await sleep(1000);
+
+    log("Creating PXE VM...");
+    // Two decoy NICs ahead of the PXE NIC, on a network with no route to the
+    // bastion. This reproduces the real VP2440 topology: live-boot scans for
+    // "the first connected interface", and without BOOTIF it picks a decoy,
+    // times out on DHCP/fetch, and dies with "Unable to find a live file
+    // system on the network". A single-NIC VM cannot catch that.
+    createPxeVm({
+      name: VM_NAME,
+      memory: VM_MEMORY,
+      vcpus: VM_VCPUS,
+      diskSize: VM_DISK_GB,
+      network: PXE_NETWORK_NAME,
+      decoyNics: 2,
+    });
+    const mac = getVmMac(VM_NAME, PXE_NETWORK_NAME);
+    if (!mac) throw new Error("Could not determine VM MAC address");
+    vmMac = mac;
+    log(`VM MAC: ${vmMac}`);
+
+    log("Waiting for discovery...");
+    type MachinesResponse = { discovered: Record<string, unknown> };
+    await pollApi<MachinesResponse>(
+      `http://${BASTION_IP}:${HTTP_PORT}/api/machines`,
+      (data) => vmMac in data.discovered,
+      DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT_MS,
+    );
+    log("VM discovered. Running fresh VyOS install (round 1)...");
+
+    await sleep(15_000); // discovery reboot cycle
+    vmIp = await installRound({ mac: vmMac, hostname: HOSTNAME_R1 });
+    log("Round 1 (fresh install) complete.");
+  }, DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT_MS + INSTALL_TIMEOUT_MS + SSH_TIMEOUT_MS + 300_000);
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    log("Cleaning up...");
+    if (bastionApp) await bastionApp.close().catch(() => {});
+    const { stopDnsmasq } = await import("../../src/bastion/src/services/dnsmasq.js");
+    stopDnsmasq();
+    destroyPxeVm(VM_NAME);
+    destroyPxeNetwork();
+    if (testDir) rmSync(testDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  it("machine is installed with a real IP (WI-1: ready-at parsing)", async () => {
+    const res = await fetch(`http://${BASTION_IP}:${HTTP_PORT}/api/machines`);
+    const data = (await res.json()) as { installed: Record<string, { ip: string; os?: string }> };
+    const machine = data.installed[vmMac];
+    expect(machine).toBeDefined();
+    expect(machine.ip).toMatch(/^\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/);
+    expect(machine.os).toBe("vyos-rolling");
+  });
+
+  it("install logs were streamed live (WI-2)", async () => {
+    const res = await fetch(`http://${BASTION_IP}:${HTTP_PORT}/api/logs/${encodeURIComponent(vmMac)}`);
+    const data = (await res.json()) as LogsResponse;
+    expect(data.log_total).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    const lines = (data.log_lines ?? []).map((l) => l.line).join("\n");
+    // Installer transcript lines and driver messages both flow through /api/log
+    expect(lines).toMatch(/Welcome to VyOS installation|>>> answered|base config:/);
+  });
+
+  it("SSH works as the vyos user with the injected key", () => {
+    const result = sshExec(vmIp, SSH_USER, "whoami", { keyPath: sshKeyPathGlobal });
+    expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+    expect(result.stdout.trim()).toBe("vyos");
+  });
+
+  it("generated config was adopted (hostname + ssh key)", () => {
+    const result = sshExec(vmIp, SSH_USER, "cat /opt/vyatta/etc/config/config.boot", { keyPath: sshKeyPathGlobal });
+    expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain(`host-name "${HOSTNAME_R1}"`);
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain("public-keys");
+  });
+
+  it("boot-order step ran and reported (WI-3)", async () => {
+    const res = await fetch(`http://${BASTION_IP}:${HTTP_PORT}/api/logs/${encodeURIComponent(vmMac)}`);
+    const data = (await res.json()) as LogsResponse;
+    const lines = (data.log_lines ?? []).map((l) => l.line).join("\n");
+    expect(lines).toContain("boot order:");
+  });
+
+  it("provisioning metadata persisted to /config (WI-4)", () => {
+    const result = sshExec(vmIp, SSH_USER, "cat /config/lab-provisioned 2>/dev/null || cat /opt/vyatta/etc/config/lab-provisioned", { keyPath: sshKeyPathGlobal });
+    expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain(`hostname=${HOSTNAME_R1}`);
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain("role=vanilla");
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain(`bastion=http://${BASTION_IP}:${HTTP_PORT}`);
+  });
+
+  it("reinstall preserves config and /config data (round 2)", async () => {
+    // Drop a marker in /config — the installer's previous-installation copy
+    // must carry it (and the whole old config) into the new image.
+    // `sync` is REQUIRED: rebootPxeVm uses `virsh destroy` (a hard power-cut),
+    // so an unsynced write never reaches the disk and the marker vanishes for
+    // reasons that have nothing to do with the installer.
+    const marker = sshExec(vmIp, SSH_USER, "echo LAB-MARKER-R2 > /config/lab-marker && sync && cat /config/lab-marker", { keyPath: sshKeyPathGlobal });
+    expect(marker.exitCode).toBe(0);
+    expect(marker.stdout).toContain("LAB-MARKER-R2");
+
+    // Queue with a DIFFERENT hostname: with preserve semantics the previous
+    // config must win, so the hostname must NOT change.
+    vmIp = await installRound({ mac: vmMac, hostname: HOSTNAME_R2 });
+
+    // Assert the config carry-forward first — it is the primary preservation
+    // signal and does not depend on the marker mechanism above.
+    const cfg = sshExec(vmIp, SSH_USER, "cat /opt/vyatta/etc/config/config.boot", { keyPath: sshKeyPathGlobal });
+    expect(cfg.stdout).toContain(`host-name "${HOSTNAME_R1}"`);   // old config carried
+    expect(cfg.stdout).not.toContain(`host-name "${HOSTNAME_R2}"`);
+
+    const markerAfter = sshExec(vmIp, SSH_USER, "cat /config/lab-marker", { keyPath: sshKeyPathGlobal });
+    expect(markerAfter.exitCode).toBe(0);
+    expect(markerAfter.stdout).toContain("LAB-MARKER-R2");
+  }, INSTALL_TIMEOUT_MS + SSH_TIMEOUT_MS + 60_000);
+
+  it("freshConfig makes the generated config win, data still kept (round 3)", async () => {
+    // Re-assert the marker is on disk and synced before the next power-cut.
+    const pre = sshExec(vmIp, SSH_USER, "sync && cat /config/lab-marker", { keyPath: sshKeyPathGlobal });
+    expect(pre.stdout).toContain("LAB-MARKER-R2");
+
+    vmIp = await installRound({ mac: vmMac, hostname: HOSTNAME_R3, freshConfig: true });
+
+    const cfg = sshExec(vmIp, SSH_USER, "cat /opt/vyatta/etc/config/config.boot", { keyPath: sshKeyPathGlobal });
+    expect(cfg.stdout).toContain(`host-name "${HOSTNAME_R3}"`);   // generated config won
+
+    // The marker file (non-config data under /config) still survives —
+    // freshConfig replaces only config.boot, not the carried data.
+    const markerAfter = sshExec(vmIp, SSH_USER, "cat /config/lab-marker", { keyPath: sshKeyPathGlobal });
+    expect(markerAfter.exitCode).toBe(0);
+    expect(markerAfter.stdout).toContain("LAB-MARKER-R2");
+  }, INSTALL_TIMEOUT_MS + SSH_TIMEOUT_MS + 60_000);
+});

labsim/.gitignore

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+# runtime artifacts, not source
+*.log
+labsim_matrix_lib.py
+__pycache__/

labsim/README.md

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+# labsim — libvirt replica of the lab network
+
+A throwaway copy of the production VLAN topology for testing routing, firewall
+rules and failover **without touching the real network**. Same VLAN IDs and
+roles as UniFi, deliberately different IP ranges so nothing can be confused for
+production.
+
+## Topology
+
+Each VLAN is its own isolated libvirt network with one tiny Alpine VM on it.
+
+| VLAN | Name | Sim subnet | VM address | Mirrors production |
+|-----:|------|------------|-----------|--------------------|
+| 1 | management | 172.31.1.0/24 | 172.31.1.10 | 192.168.1.0/24 |
+| 2 | k8s | 172.31.2.0/24 | 172.31.2.10 | 192.168.8.0/23 |
+| 3 | kvm | 172.31.3.0/24 | 172.31.3.10 | 192.168.3.0/24 |
+| 9 | private | 172.31.9.0/24 | 172.31.9.10 | 10.0.9.0/23 |
+| 10 | lot | 172.31.10.0/24 | 172.31.10.10 | 10.0.0.0/23 |
+| 200 | roomates | 172.31.200.0/24 | 172.31.200.10 | 192.168.2.0/24 |
+
+The sim subnet always encodes the VLAN id: `172.31.<vlan>.0/24`.
+
+Address plan, identical on every VLAN:
+
+| Address | Role |
+|---------|------|
+| `.1` | gateway under test — a router VM you add (not created by default) |
+| `.2` | host bridge — how you reach the VMs from this workstation |
+| `.10` | the VLAN's micro VM |
+| `.254` | reserved for a VRRP VIP, mirroring production |
+
+The host sits at `.2` purely so you can SSH in. It is deliberately **not** the
+VMs' default route — that is `.1` — so inter-VLAN tests fail loudly when no
+router is present instead of being silently served by the host's own routing
+table. libvirt also installs reject rules that stop these networks forwarding
+to each other, so traffic between VLANs only works once a router VM bridges
+them.
+
+## Usage
+
+```bash
+./labsim-up.sh              # bring up every VLAN (idempotent)
+./labsim-up.sh 2 3          # only VLANs 2 and 3
+./labsim-down.sh            # destroy VMs + networks, keep the base image
+./labsim-down.sh --purge    # also delete the downloaded Alpine image
+```
+
+Each VM: 256 MB, 1 vCPU, a copy-on-write overlay on one shared 176 MB Alpine
+image (so six VMs cost a few MB of disk, not 1 GB).
+
+## Access
+
+```bash
+ssh alpine@172.31.2.10       # normal user (password: labsim)
+ssh root@172.31.2.10         # privileged — this image has no sudo
+curl http://172.31.2.10/     # hello-world page naming the VLAN
+```
+
+Console, when the network is the thing that is broken:
+
+```bash
+sudo virsh console labsim-2-k8s     # root / labsim
+```
+
+## Watching it
+
+```bash
+./labsim-matrix.py --watch 2     # terminal grid, changed cells highlighted
+./monitoring-up.sh               # topology page + Prometheus + Grafana
+```
+
+- **http://localhost:9101/** — live mesh: a node per VLAN, the router in the
+  middle, one line per pair coloured green/red with the ICMP RTT on it. Hover a
+  line for per-direction detail. Refreshes every 5s. This is the one to watch
+  while changing firewall rules.
+- **http://localhost:3000/d/labsim-matrix** — Grafana (anonymous, no login) for
+  *history*: when did a path flip, and how has latency moved.
+- **http://localhost:9101/metrics** — `labsim_reachable{src,dst,proto}` and
+  `labsim_rtt_ms{src,dst}`.
+
+## Notes for whoever extends this
+
+Things that cost time the first time round, all verified on this image:
+
+- **No `sudo`.** Alpine ships `doas`; cloud-init's `sudo:` directive is inert
+  here. Use `root@` for privileged work.
+- **cloud-init leaves users locked** (`!*` in `/etc/shadow`) unless
+  `lock_passwd: false`, and sshd then refuses key auth for that user.
+- **One failing `runcmd` aborts every command after it.** Each entry is
+  `|| true` for that reason.
+- **busybox here has no `httpd` applet**, and the VMs have no internet to
+  `apk add` one — so the hello-world server is `python3 -m http.server`
+  (python3 is already present because cloud-init depends on it).
+- **`start-stop-daemon --exec /usr/bin/python3` matches cloud-init's own
+  python3** at boot and refuses to start anything.
+- **busybox `pgrep -f PATTERN` matches its own argv**, so a "skip if already
+  running" guard always fires. Verified: `guard_exit=0` with nothing listening.
+
+## Not modelled (yet)
+
+VLANs are separate L2 segments rather than one 802.1Q trunk, so this exercises
+inter-VLAN routing but not a `bond0.<vif>` trunk config specifically. A router
+VM would attach one NIC per VLAN. Adding a tagged-trunk variant is the obvious
+next step if the bond/vif config itself needs testing.

labsim/labsim-down.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+# Tear down the lab network simulation.
+#
+# By default this destroys VMs and networks but KEEPS the downloaded base
+# image, so the next bring-up is fast. Pass --purge to remove that too.
+#
+# Usage: ./labsim-down.sh [--purge] [vlan-id ...]
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR/lib.sh"
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR/ovs.sh"
+
+PURGE=false
+ARGS=()
+for a in "$@"; do
+  case "$a" in
+    --purge) PURGE=true ;;
+    *) ARGS+=("$a") ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+selected_vlans "${ARGS[@]+"${ARGS[@]}"}"
+
+for entry in "${SELECTED[@]}"; do
+  IFS=: read -r vid name prefix _r <<<"$entry"
+  vm="$(vm_name "$vid" "$name")"
+
+  if virsh_q dominfo "$vm" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    log "destroying VM $vm"
+    virsh_q destroy "$vm" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    virsh_q undefine "$vm" --nvram >/dev/null 2>&1 || virsh_q undefine "$vm" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  fi
+  sudo rm -f "$IMG_DIR/${vm}.qcow2" "$IMG_DIR/${vm}-seed.iso"
+
+done
+
+# Legacy per-VLAN Linux-bridge networks from before the OVS migration. If
+# these survive they keep a duplicate <prefix>.2/24 on a dead bridge, and the
+# kernel may prefer that route over the OVS host leg — which looks exactly
+# like "the VM is unreachable" while ping -I hostvN works fine.
+for entry in "${SELECTED[@]}"; do
+  IFS=: read -r vid _n _p _r <<<"$entry"
+  legacy="labsim-vlan${vid}"
+  if virsh_q net-info "$legacy" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    log "removing legacy network $legacy"
+    virsh_q net-destroy "$legacy" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    virsh_q net-undefine "$legacy" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  fi
+done
+
+log "removing OVS fabric"
+ovs_down
+
+if [ "$PURGE" = true ]; then
+  log "purging base image $BASE_IMAGE"
+  sudo rm -f "$BASE_IMAGE"
+  sudo rmdir "$IMG_DIR" 2>/dev/null || true
+fi
+
+log "environment is DOWN"

labsim/labsim-exporter.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Prometheus exporter for the labsim connectivity matrix.
+
+Runs the same sweep as labsim-matrix.py on an interval and exposes it as
+metrics, so Grafana can show the mesh as a heatmap and — more usefully — a
+history of exactly when a cell flipped after a firewall change.
+
+  labsim_reachable{src,dst,proto}   1 = reachable, 0 = blocked
+  labsim_sweep_seconds              how long the last sweep took
+  labsim_sweep_total                sweeps completed since start
+  labsim_up                         1 while the exporter is alive
+
+Deliberately stdlib-only (http.server + threads): this runs on the workstation
+next to libvirt, and adding a dependency to watch a lab network is silly.
+
+  ./labsim-exporter.py --port 9101 --interval 15
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import http.server
+import json
+import os
+import threading
+import time
+
+import labsim_matrix_lib as m  # thin import shim, see below
+
+
+class Collector:
+    def __init__(self, interval: int, timeout: int) -> None:
+        self.interval = interval
+        self.timeout = timeout
+        self.vlans = m.load_vlans()
+        self.lock = threading.Lock()
+        self.results: dict = {}
+        self.duration = 0.0
+        self.sweeps = 0
+
+    def loop(self) -> None:
+        while True:
+            started = time.time()
+            try:
+                results = m.sweep(self.vlans, self.timeout)
+                with self.lock:
+                    self.results = results
+                    self.duration = time.time() - started
+                    self.sweeps += 1
+            except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 - never let the loop die
+                pass
+            time.sleep(max(1.0, self.interval - (time.time() - started)))
+
+    def snapshot(self) -> dict:
+        """Everything the topology page needs, in one JSON payload."""
+        with self.lock:
+            results, duration = dict(self.results), self.duration
+        reach = total = 0
+        for data in results.values():
+            if "__error__" in data:
+                continue
+            for protos in data.values():
+                for proto, ok in protos.items():
+                    if proto == "rtt_ms":
+                        continue
+                    total += 1
+                    if ok:
+                        reach += 1
+        return {"vlans": self.vlans, "results": results, "reachable": reach,
+                "total": total, "sweep_seconds": duration}
+
+    def render(self) -> str:
+        with self.lock:
+            results, duration, sweeps = dict(self.results), self.duration, self.sweeps
+
+        out = [
+            "# HELP labsim_reachable 1 if dst is reachable from src over proto",
+            "# TYPE labsim_reachable gauge",
+        ]
+        rtts = []
+        for src, data in results.items():
+            if "__error__" in data:
+                continue
+            for dst, protos in data.items():
+                for proto, ok in protos.items():
+                    if proto == "rtt_ms":
+                        if isinstance(ok, (int, float)):
+                            rtts.append((src, dst, ok))
+                        continue
+                    out.append(
+                        f'labsim_reachable{{src="{src}",dst="{dst}",proto="{proto}"}} {1 if ok else 0}')
+        out += ["# HELP labsim_rtt_ms ICMP round-trip time",
+                "# TYPE labsim_rtt_ms gauge"]
+        for src, dst, val in rtts:
+            out.append(f'labsim_rtt_ms{{src="{src}",dst="{dst}"}} {val}')
+        out += [
+            "# HELP labsim_sweep_seconds duration of the last sweep",
+            "# TYPE labsim_sweep_seconds gauge",
+            f"labsim_sweep_seconds {duration:.3f}",
+            "# HELP labsim_sweep_total sweeps completed",
+            "# TYPE labsim_sweep_total counter",
+            f"labsim_sweep_total {sweeps}",
+            "# HELP labsim_up exporter liveness",
+            "# TYPE labsim_up gauge",
+            "labsim_up 1",
+        ]
+        return "\n".join(out) + "\n"
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    ap.add_argument("--port", type=int, default=9101)
+    ap.add_argument("--interval", type=int, default=15)
+    ap.add_argument("--timeout", type=int, default=30)
+    args = ap.parse_args()
+
+    collector = Collector(args.interval, args.timeout)
+    threading.Thread(target=collector.loop, daemon=True).start()
+
+    here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+    class Handler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+        def _send(self, body: bytes, ctype: str) -> None:
+            self.send_response(200)
+            self.send_header("Content-Type", ctype)
+            self.send_header("Content-Length", str(len(body)))
+            self.send_header("Cache-Control", "no-store")
+            self.end_headers()
+            self.wfile.write(body)
+
+        def do_GET(self) -> None:  # noqa: N802 - stdlib API
+            path = self.path.split("?")[0].rstrip("/")
+            if path in ("", "/topology"):
+                # Live topology view — the thing you actually watch.
+                try:
+                    with open(os.path.join(here, "topology.html"), "rb") as fh:
+                        self._send(fh.read(), "text/html; charset=utf-8")
+                except OSError:
+                    self.send_error(500, "topology.html missing")
+            elif path == "/api/matrix":
+                self._send(json.dumps(collector.snapshot()).encode(), "application/json")
+            elif path == "/metrics":
+                self._send(collector.render().encode(), "text/plain; version=0.0.4")
+            else:
+                self.send_error(404)
+
+        def log_message(self, *_args) -> None:  # keep the console quiet
+            return
+
+    srv = http.server.ThreadingHTTPServer(("0.0.0.0", args.port), Handler)
+    print(f"labsim topology  http://localhost:{args.port}/")
+    print(f"labsim metrics   http://localhost:{args.port}/metrics  (sweep every {args.interval}s)")
+    srv.serve_forever()
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())

labsim/labsim-matrix.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Full-mesh connectivity matrix for the labsim VLANs.
+
+Probes every VLAN VM from every other VLAN VM (ICMP + TCP/22 + TCP/80) and
+prints a grid. Use --watch to keep it live: cells that changed since the last
+sweep are highlighted, so adding or removing a VyOS firewall rule shows up
+within one refresh.
+
+Deliberately dependency-free on the guests: the probe runs with python3, which
+is already installed there (cloud-init needs it), so nothing has to be
+installed on VMs that have no internet.
+
+  ./labsim-matrix.py                 # one sweep
+  ./labsim-matrix.py --watch         # live, refresh every 5s
+  ./labsim-matrix.py --watch 2       # live, every 2s
+  ./labsim-matrix.py --proto icmp    # single protocol
+  ./labsim-matrix.py --json          # machine-readable
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import concurrent.futures
+import json
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import time
+
+HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+CONF = os.path.join(HERE, "vlans.conf")
+
+GREEN, RED, GREY, YELLOW, BOLD, RESET = (
+    "\033[0;32m", "\033[0;31m", "\033[0;90m", "\033[1;33m", "\033[1m", "\033[0m")
+
+PROTOS = ("icmp", "tcp22", "tcp80")
+
+# Runs ON the guest. Keep it stdlib-only and quick — a hung probe delays the
+# whole sweep, so every check is hard-bounded by a timeout.
+PROBE = r'''
+import json, re, socket, subprocess, sys
+targets = json.load(sys.stdin)
+out = {}
+for name, ip in targets.items():
+    res = {}
+    try:
+        p = subprocess.run(["ping", "-c", "1", "-W", "1", ip],
+                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL, timeout=4)
+        res["icmp"] = p.returncode == 0
+        # RTT as well as pass/fail: a path that is up but slow is a different
+        # problem from one that is down, and the grid alone cannot show it.
+        res["rtt_ms"] = None
+        if res["icmp"]:
+            m = re.search(r"time[=<]\s*([0-9.]+)\s*ms", p.stdout.decode("utf-8", "replace"))
+            if m:
+                res["rtt_ms"] = float(m.group(1))
+    except Exception:
+        res["icmp"] = False
+        res["rtt_ms"] = None
+    for port in (22, 80):
+        s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        s.settimeout(1.5)
+        try:
+            s.connect((ip, port)); res["tcp%d" % port] = True
+        except Exception:
+            res["tcp%d" % port] = False
+        finally:
+            try: s.close()
+            except Exception: pass
+    out[name] = res
+print(json.dumps(out))
+'''
+
+
+def load_vlans() -> list[dict]:
+    vlans = []
+    with open(CONF) as fh:
+        for line in fh:
+            line = line.strip()
+            if not line or line.startswith("#"):
+                continue
+            vid, name, prefix, real = line.split(":", 3)
+            vlans.append({"vid": vid, "name": name, "ip": f"{prefix}.10",
+                          "label": f"{vid}:{name}", "real": real})
+    return vlans
+
+
+def probe_from(src: dict, targets: list[dict], timeout: int) -> tuple[str, dict]:
+    """SSH once into src and probe every target from there."""
+    payload = json.dumps({t["label"]: t["ip"] for t in targets if t["label"] != src["label"]})
+    cmd = [
+        "ssh", "-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=no", "-o", "UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null",
+        "-o", "BatchMode=yes", "-o", "ConnectTimeout=5", "-o", "LogLevel=ERROR",
+        f"alpine@{src['ip']}", "python3", "-",
+    ]
+    try:
+        # The probe script goes on stdin, the target list follows it — the guest
+        # reads the script from argv-less stdin, so send both in one stream.
+        proc = subprocess.run(
+            cmd, input=PROBE.replace("json.load(sys.stdin)", f"json.loads({payload!r})"),
+            capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=timeout)
+        if proc.returncode != 0:
+            return src["label"], {"__error__": (proc.stderr or "ssh failed").strip()[:60]}
+        return src["label"], json.loads(proc.stdout)
+    except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+        return src["label"], {"__error__": "probe timed out"}
+    except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 - report, never crash the sweep
+        return src["label"], {"__error__": f"{type(exc).__name__}: {exc}"[:60]}
+
+
+def sweep(vlans: list[dict], timeout: int) -> dict:
+    results: dict = {}
+    with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=len(vlans)) as pool:
+        futures = [pool.submit(probe_from, v, vlans, timeout) for v in vlans]
+        for fut in concurrent.futures.as_completed(futures):
+            label, data = fut.result()
+            results[label] = data
+    return results
+
+
+def cell(ok: bool | None, changed: bool) -> str:
+    if ok is None:
+        return f"{GREY} ·  {RESET}"
+    mark = "ok  " if ok else "--  "
+    colour = GREEN if ok else RED
+    if changed:
+        return f"{YELLOW}{BOLD}{'OK*' if ok else 'XX*':<4}{RESET}"
+    return f"{colour}{mark}{RESET}"
+
+
+def render(vlans: list[dict], results: dict, prev: dict | None, protos: tuple[str, ...]) -> None:
+    labels = [v["label"] for v in vlans]
+    width = max(len(x) for x in labels) + 2
+
+    for proto in protos:
+        print(f"\n{BOLD}{proto.upper()}{RESET}   (rows = source, columns = destination)")
+        header = " " * width + "".join(f"{lbl:<{width}}" for lbl in labels)
+        print(f"{GREY}{header}{RESET}")
+
+        for src in vlans:
+            row = f"{src['label']:<{width}}"
+            data = results.get(src["label"], {})
+            if "__error__" in data:
+                print(row + f"{RED}{data['__error__']}{RESET}")
+                continue
+            for dst in vlans:
+                if dst["label"] == src["label"]:
+                    row += f"{GREY}{'·':<{width}}{RESET}"
+                    continue
+                ok = data.get(dst["label"], {}).get(proto)
+                was = (prev or {}).get(src["label"], {}).get(dst["label"], {}).get(proto)
+                changed = prev is not None and was is not None and was != ok
+                txt = cell(ok, changed)
+                row += txt + " " * (width - 4)
+            print(row)
+
+    reach = sum(1 for s in results.values() if "__error__" not in s
+                for d in s.values() for p in protos if d.get(p) is True)
+    total = sum(1 for s in results.values() if "__error__" not in s
+                for _d in s.values() for _p in protos)
+    print(f"\n  reachable: {reach}/{total}   "
+          f"{GREEN}ok{RESET}=allowed  {RED}--{RESET}=blocked/no route  "
+          f"{YELLOW}*{RESET}=changed since last sweep")
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__,
+                                 formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
+    ap.add_argument("--watch", nargs="?", const=5, type=int, metavar="SECONDS",
+                    help="refresh continuously (default every 5s)")
+    ap.add_argument("--proto", choices=PROTOS, help="only this protocol")
+    ap.add_argument("--json", action="store_true", help="emit raw JSON and exit")
+    ap.add_argument("--timeout", type=int, default=30, help="per-host probe timeout")
+    args = ap.parse_args()
+
+    vlans = load_vlans()
+    protos = (args.proto,) if args.proto else PROTOS
+
+    if args.json:
+        print(json.dumps(sweep(vlans, args.timeout), indent=2))
+        return 0
+
+    prev = None
+    while True:
+        started = time.time()
+        results = sweep(vlans, args.timeout)
+        if args.watch:
+            os.system("clear")
+            print(f"{BOLD}labsim connectivity matrix{RESET}   "
+                  f"{time.strftime('%H:%M:%S')}   (refresh {args.watch}s, Ctrl-C to stop)")
+        render(vlans, results, prev, protos)
+        if not args.watch:
+            return 0
+        prev = results
+        time.sleep(max(0.0, args.watch - (time.time() - started)))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    try:
+        sys.exit(main())
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print()
+        sys.exit(130)

labsim/labsim-up.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+# Bring up the lab network simulation: one isolated libvirt network per VLAN,
+# each with a single tiny Alpine VM offering SSH + a hello-world HTTP page.
+#
+# Idempotent: re-running only creates what is missing. Safe to run repeatedly.
+#
+# Usage: ./labsim-up.sh [vlan-id ...]      (default: every VLAN in vlans.conf)
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR/lib.sh"
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR/ovs.sh"
+
+require_tools
+[ -f "$BASE_IMAGE" ] || die "base image missing: $BASE_IMAGE (see README)"
+
+SSH_PUB="$(find_ssh_pubkey)"
+log "Using SSH key: ${SSH_PUB%% *} ...${SSH_PUB##* }"
+
+selected_vlans "$@"
+
+# --- switch fabric ------------------------------------------------------
+log "bringing up OVS fabric ($OVS_BR) with host legs per VLAN"
+ovs_up
+
+# --- VMs ------------------------------------------------------------------
+for entry in "${SELECTED[@]}"; do
+  IFS=: read -r vid name prefix real <<<"$entry"
+  vm="$(vm_name "$vid" "$name")"
+  ip="${prefix}.10"
+
+  if virsh_q dominfo "$vm" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    state="$(virsh_q domstate "$vm" 2>/dev/null | head -1 | tr -d '\n')"
+    if [ "$state" = "running" ]; then
+      log "VM $vm already running ($ip)"
+      continue
+    fi
+    log "VM $vm exists but is $state — starting"
+    virsh_q start "$vm" >/dev/null
+    continue
+  fi
+
+  log "creating VM $vm  ($ip on vlan $vid/$name)"
+
+  disk="$IMG_DIR/${vm}.qcow2"
+  seed="$IMG_DIR/${vm}-seed.iso"
+
+  # Copy-on-write overlay: each VM costs a few MB, not 176.
+  sudo qemu-img create -q -f qcow2 -F qcow2 -b "$BASE_IMAGE" "$disk" "$VM_DISK" >/dev/null
+
+  build_seed "$seed" "$vm" "$vid" "$name" "$prefix" "$ip" "$real" "$SSH_PUB"
+
+  sudo virt-install \
+    --connect "$LIBVIRT_URI" \
+    --name "$vm" \
+    --memory "$VM_MEM" --vcpus "$VM_CPUS" \
+    --disk "path=$disk,format=qcow2,bus=virtio" \
+    --disk "path=$seed,device=cdrom,readonly=on" \
+    --network "network=$OVS_NET,portgroup=vlan${vid},model=virtio" \
+    --os-variant alpinelinux3.18 \
+    --graphics none --noautoconsole --import >/dev/null
+done
+
+echo
+log "waiting for VMs to answer on SSH + HTTP..."
+wait_ready
+echo
+status_table
+echo
+log "environment is UP. Tear down with: $SCRIPT_DIR/labsim-down.sh"

labsim/lib.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+# Shared helpers for the lab network simulation.
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
+
+LIBVIRT_URI="${LIBVIRT_URI:-qemu:///system}"
+IMG_DIR="${IMG_DIR:-/var/lib/libvirt/images/labsim}"
+BASE_IMAGE="${BASE_IMAGE:-$IMG_DIR/alpine-base.qcow2}"
+ALPINE_URL="${ALPINE_URL:-https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/latest-stable/releases/cloud/generic_alpine-3.24.1-x86_64-bios-cloudinit-r0.qcow2}"
+
+VM_MEM="${VM_MEM:-256}"      # MB — Alpine is happy here
+VM_CPUS="${VM_CPUS:-1}"
+VM_DISK="${VM_DISK:-1G}"
+PREFIX="labsim"
+
+CONF="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/vlans.conf"
+
+log()  { printf '\033[0;36m[labsim]\033[0m %s\n' "$*"; }
+warn() { printf '\033[1;33m[labsim]\033[0m %s\n' "$*" >&2; }
+die()  { printf '\033[0;31m[labsim]\033[0m %s\n' "$*" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+virsh_q() { sudo virsh --connect "$LIBVIRT_URI" "$@"; }
+
+net_name() { echo "${PREFIX}-vlan$1"; }
+vm_name()  { echo "${PREFIX}-$1-$2"; }          # labsim-2-k8s
+# Linux bridge names are capped at 15 chars — keep it short and unique.
+br_name()  { echo "vbr-ls$1"; }
+
+require_tools() {
+  for t in virsh virt-install qemu-img genisoimage; do
+    command -v "$t" >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "missing required tool: $t"
+  done
+  sudo -n true 2>/dev/null || warn "sudo may prompt for a password"
+}
+
+find_ssh_pubkey() {
+  local home="${SUDO_USER:+/home/$SUDO_USER}"
+  home="${home:-$HOME}"
+  for n in id_ed25519 id_ecdsa id_rsa; do
+    [ -f "$home/.ssh/$n.pub" ] && { cat "$home/.ssh/$n.pub"; return; }
+  done
+  die "no SSH public key found in $home/.ssh"
+}
+
+# Populate SELECTED[] from argv (VLAN ids) or the whole config.
+selected_vlans() {
+  SELECTED=()
+  local want=("$@")
+  while IFS= read -r line; do
+    [[ "$line" =~ ^[[:space:]]*# ]] && continue
+    [[ -z "${line// }" ]] && continue
+    local vid="${line%%:*}"
+    if [ ${#want[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+      SELECTED+=("$line")
+    else
+      for w in "${want[@]}"; do [ "$w" = "$vid" ] && SELECTED+=("$line"); done
+    fi
+  done < "$CONF"
+  [ ${#SELECTED[@]} -gt 0 ] || die "no VLANs selected (checked $CONF)"
+}
+
+# cloud-init NoCloud seed: static addressing + SSH key + hello-world HTTP.
+build_seed() {
+  local iso="$1" vm="$2" vid="$3" name="$4" prefix="$5" ip="$6" real="$7" pubkey="$8"
+  local tmp; tmp="$(mktemp -d)"
+
+  cat > "$tmp/meta-data" <<EOF
+instance-id: $vm
+local-hostname: $vm
+EOF
+
+  # Alpine's cloud-init does not reliably apply netplan-style network-config,
+  # and these networks have no DHCP server on purpose — so configure the
+  # interface the Alpine-native way instead (verified: hostname applied but no
+  # address, i.e. the seed was read and network-config was ignored).
+  #
+  # The default route deliberately points at the router under test (.1), not
+  # the host (.2), so a broken/absent router shows up as a failed test rather
+  # than being silently papered over by host routing. post-up ... || true keeps
+  # the interface up even while no router exists yet.
+  cat > "$tmp/network-config" <<EOF
+version: 1
+config:
+  - type: physical
+    name: eth0
+    subnets:
+      - type: static
+        address: $ip
+        netmask: 255.255.255.0
+        # Default route via the router under test. Without this the VMs can
+        # reach their own /24 and their gateway, but nothing beyond it — which
+        # looks exactly like "the router is broken" in the matrix.
+        gateway: ${prefix}.1
+EOF
+
+  cat > "$tmp/user-data" <<EOF
+#cloud-config
+hostname: $vm
+users:
+  - name: alpine
+    # NOTE: this Alpine image ships no sudo (and cloud-init's sudo: directive
+    # is therefore inert). For privileged work in these VMs, ssh as root —
+    # the key is installed there too.
+    shell: /bin/ash
+    # Without this cloud-init leaves the account locked ("!*" in /etc/shadow)
+    # and sshd refuses key auth for it — verified on the first build.
+    lock_passwd: false
+    plain_text_passwd: labsim
+    ssh_authorized_keys:
+      - $pubkey
+ssh_authorized_keys:
+  - $pubkey
+disable_root: false
+chpasswd:
+  list: |
+    root:labsim
+  expire: false
+write_files:
+  - path: /etc/network/interfaces
+    content: |
+      auto lo
+      iface lo inet loopback
+      auto eth0
+      iface eth0 inet static
+        address $ip
+        netmask 255.255.255.0
+        post-up ip route add default via ${prefix}.1 || true
+  - path: /var/www/index.html
+    content: |
+      <html><body>
+      <h1>labsim vlan $vid — $name</h1>
+      <p>host: $vm</p>
+      <p>address: $ip/24</p>
+      <p>gateway under test: ${prefix}.1</p>
+      <p>mirrors production: $real</p>
+      </body></html>
+  - path: /etc/local.d/labsim-http.start
+    permissions: '0755'
+    content: |
+      #!/bin/sh
+      # This image's busybox has no httpd applet ("applet not found"), and the
+      # VMs are isolated so apk cannot fetch one. python3 is already present
+      # (cloud-init depends on it), so serve with http.server — no packages,
+      # no internet.
+      #
+      # Two traps already hit here, both silent:
+      #  - start-stop-daemon --exec /usr/bin/python3 matches cloud-init's OWN
+      #    python3 at boot, says "already running", starts nothing.
+      #  - busybox pgrep -f PATTERN matches its own argv, so a
+      #    "skip if running" guard always fires (verified: guard_exit=0 with
+      #    nothing listening).
+      # So: no guard, no start-stop-daemon. Binding twice is harmless — the
+      # second just fails to bind.
+      nohup /usr/bin/python3 -m http.server 80 --directory /var/www \\
+        >/var/log/labsim-http.log 2>&1 &
+runcmd:
+  # cloud-init's network-config (v1, above) already applies the address, so do
+  # NOT restart networking here — it fails, and one failing runcmd aborts every
+  # command after it, which is what silently left httpd unstarted. Each command
+  # is || true for the same reason.
+  - [ sh, -c, "rc-update add sshd default || true" ]
+  - [ sh, -c, "rc-update add local default || true" ]
+  - [ sh, -c, "/etc/local.d/labsim-http.start || true" ]
+EOF
+
+  # Validate before building the ISO. The heredoc above is intentionally
+  # unquoted (it interpolates $ip/$prefix), which means backticks or $( ) in
+  # ANY line — including comments — get executed by the host shell and their
+  # output silently corrupts the YAML. Cheap check, expensive bug.
+  python3 -c "import yaml,sys; yaml.safe_load(open(sys.argv[1]))" "$tmp/user-data" \
+    || die "generated user-data is not valid YAML (backticks or \$( ) in build_seed?): $tmp/user-data"
+
+  sudo genisoimage -quiet -output "$iso" -volid cidata -joliet -rock \
+    "$tmp/user-data" "$tmp/meta-data" "$tmp/network-config"
+  rm -rf "$tmp"
+}
+
+ssh_to() {
+  local ip="$1"; shift
+  timeout 12 ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null \
+    -o ConnectTimeout=5 -o BatchMode=yes -o LogLevel=ERROR \
+    "alpine@$ip" "$@" 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+wait_ready() {
+  local deadline=$((SECONDS + 240)) pending=1
+  while [ $SECONDS -lt $deadline ]; do
+    pending=0
+    for entry in "${SELECTED[@]}"; do
+      IFS=: read -r vid _n prefix _r <<<"$entry"
+      # Wait for BOTH: sshd is up well before cloud-init's runcmd starts the
+      # web server, so checking SSH alone reports "ready" then shows HTTP FAIL.
+      ssh_to "${prefix}.10" true >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+        && curl -sS -o /dev/null --max-time 4 "http://${prefix}.10/" 2>/dev/null \
+        || pending=$((pending + 1))
+    done
+    [ $pending -eq 0 ] && { log "all ${#SELECTED[@]} VMs reachable"; return 0; }
+    sleep 5
+  done
+  warn "$pending VM(s) still not answering SSH after 240s — see status below"
+  return 0
+}
+
+status_table() {
+  printf '  %-18s %-6s %-16s %-9s %-7s %s\n' VM VLAN ADDRESS STATE SSH HTTP
+  printf '  %-18s %-6s %-16s %-9s %-7s %s\n' ------------------ ------ ---------------- --------- ------- ----
+  for entry in "${SELECTED[@]}"; do
+    IFS=: read -r vid name prefix _r <<<"$entry"
+    local vm ip state ssh http
+    vm="$(vm_name "$vid" "$name")"; ip="${prefix}.10"
+    state="$(virsh_q domstate "$vm" 2>/dev/null | head -1 | tr -d '\n')"
+    [ -z "$state" ] && state="absent"
+    ssh_to "$ip" true >/dev/null 2>&1 && ssh=ok || ssh=FAIL
+    if curl -sS -o /dev/null --max-time 5 "http://$ip/" 2>/dev/null; then http=ok; else http=FAIL; fi
+    printf '  %-18s %-6s %-16s %-9s %-7s %s\n' "$vm" "$vid" "$ip" "$state" "$ssh" "$http"
+  done
+}

labsim/monitoring-up.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+# Prometheus + Grafana for the labsim connectivity matrix.
+#
+# Grafana runs with anonymous auth as Admin — NO LOGIN. That is deliberate for
+# a throwaway lab on localhost; do not copy this into anything reachable.
+#
+#   ./monitoring-up.sh          start exporter + prometheus + grafana
+#   ./monitoring-up.sh --down   stop and remove them
+#
+# Grafana:    http://localhost:3000   (dashboard "labsim — VLAN connectivity matrix")
+# Prometheus: http://localhost:9090
+# Exporter:   http://localhost:9101/metrics
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR/lib.sh"
+
+GRAFANA_PORT="${GRAFANA_PORT:-3000}"
+PROM_PORT="${PROM_PORT:-9090}"
+EXPORTER_PORT="${EXPORTER_PORT:-9101}"
+NET="labsim-mon"
+
+if [ "${1:-}" = "--down" ]; then
+  pkill -f "labsim-exporter.py" 2>/dev/null || true
+  podman rm -f labsim-grafana labsim-prometheus >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  podman network rm -f "$NET" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  log "monitoring stopped"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+command -v podman >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "podman not installed"
+
+# --- exporter (on the host: it needs SSH access to the VMs) ----------------
+if pgrep -f "labsim-exporter.py" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  log "exporter already running on :$EXPORTER_PORT"
+else
+  log "starting exporter on :$EXPORTER_PORT"
+  nohup "$SCRIPT_DIR/labsim-exporter.py" --port "$EXPORTER_PORT" --interval 15 \
+    > /tmp/labsim-exporter.log 2>&1 &
+  sleep 3
+fi
+curl -sS --max-time 5 "http://127.0.0.1:${EXPORTER_PORT}/metrics" >/dev/null \
+  || die "exporter not answering on :$EXPORTER_PORT (see /tmp/labsim-exporter.log)"
+
+podman network exists "$NET" 2>/dev/null || podman network create "$NET" >/dev/null
+
+# --- prometheus -----------------------------------------------------------
+podman rm -f labsim-prometheus >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+log "starting prometheus on :$PROM_PORT"
+podman run -d --name labsim-prometheus --network "$NET" \
+  -p "${PROM_PORT}:9090" \
+  -v "$SCRIPT_DIR/monitoring/prometheus.yml:/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml:ro,Z" \
+  --add-host "host.containers.internal:host-gateway" \
+  docker.io/prom/prometheus:latest >/dev/null
+
+# --- grafana (anonymous, no login) ----------------------------------------
+podman rm -f labsim-grafana >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+log "starting grafana on :$GRAFANA_PORT (anonymous auth — no password)"
+podman run -d --name labsim-grafana --network "$NET" \
+  -p "${GRAFANA_PORT}:3000" \
+  -e GF_AUTH_ANONYMOUS_ENABLED=true \
+  -e GF_AUTH_ANONYMOUS_ORG_ROLE=Admin \
+  -e GF_AUTH_DISABLE_LOGIN_FORM=true \
+  -e GF_AUTH_BASIC_ENABLED=false \
+  -e GF_SECURITY_ALLOW_EMBEDDING=true \
+  -e GF_USERS_DEFAULT_THEME=dark \
+  -v "$SCRIPT_DIR/monitoring/grafana/provisioning:/etc/grafana/provisioning:ro,Z" \
+  docker.io/grafana/grafana:latest >/dev/null
+
+log "waiting for grafana..."
+for _ in $(seq 1 40); do
+  if curl -sS --max-time 3 "http://127.0.0.1:${GRAFANA_PORT}/api/health" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    break
+  fi
+  sleep 3
+done
+
+echo
+log "Topology:   http://localhost:${EXPORTER_PORT}/   <- live mesh, red/green + RTT"
+log "Grafana:    http://localhost:${GRAFANA_PORT}/d/labsim-matrix  (no login, history)"
+log "Prometheus: http://localhost:${PROM_PORT}"
+log "Exporter:   http://localhost:${EXPORTER_PORT}/metrics"

labsim/monitoring/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/dashboards.yml

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+apiVersion: 1
+providers:
+  - name: labsim
+    folder: ''
+    type: file
+    disableDeletion: false
+    updateIntervalSeconds: 10
+    options:
+      path: /etc/grafana/provisioning/dashboards

labsim/monitoring/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/labsim.json

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+{
+  "uid": "labsim-matrix",
+  "title": "labsim — VLAN connectivity matrix",
+  "tags": ["labsim"],
+  "timezone": "browser",
+  "refresh": "10s",
+  "time": { "from": "now-30m", "to": "now" },
+  "panels": [
+    {
+      "type": "stat",
+      "title": "Reachable paths",
+      "gridPos": { "h": 4, "w": 6, "x": 0, "y": 0 },
+      "targets": [ { "expr": "sum(labsim_reachable)", "refId": "A" } ],
+      "fieldConfig": { "defaults": { "thresholds": { "mode": "absolute",
+        "steps": [ { "color": "red", "value": null }, { "color": "green", "value": 90 } ] } } }
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "stat",
+      "title": "Blocked paths",
+      "gridPos": { "h": 4, "w": 6, "x": 6, "y": 0 },
+      "targets": [ { "expr": "count(labsim_reachable == 0) or vector(0)", "refId": "A" } ],
+      "fieldConfig": { "defaults": { "thresholds": { "mode": "absolute",
+        "steps": [ { "color": "green", "value": null }, { "color": "orange", "value": 1 } ] } } }
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "stat",
+      "title": "Sweep duration (s)",
+      "gridPos": { "h": 4, "w": 6, "x": 12, "y": 0 },
+      "targets": [ { "expr": "labsim_sweep_seconds", "refId": "A" } ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "stat",
+      "title": "Sweeps",
+      "gridPos": { "h": 4, "w": 6, "x": 18, "y": 0 },
+      "targets": [ { "expr": "labsim_sweep_total", "refId": "A" } ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "heatmap",
+      "title": "ICMP matrix (src → dst) — green = reachable",
+      "gridPos": { "h": 10, "w": 24, "x": 0, "y": 4 },
+      "targets": [ { "expr": "labsim_reachable{proto=\"icmp\"}",
+                     "legendFormat": "{{src}} → {{dst}}", "refId": "A" } ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "state-timeline",
+      "title": "Every path over time — a firewall change shows up here immediately",
+      "gridPos": { "h": 12, "w": 24, "x": 0, "y": 14 },
+      "targets": [ { "expr": "labsim_reachable",
+                     "legendFormat": "{{proto}} {{src}} → {{dst}}", "refId": "A" } ],
+      "fieldConfig": { "defaults": {
+        "mappings": [ { "type": "value", "options": {
+          "0": { "text": "blocked", "color": "red", "index": 0 },
+          "1": { "text": "ok", "color": "green", "index": 1 } } } ] } },
+      "options": { "mergeValues": true, "showValue": "never" }
+    }
+  ],
+  "schemaVersion": 39,
+  "version": 1
+}

labsim/monitoring/grafana/provisioning/datasources/prometheus.yml

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+apiVersion: 1
+datasources:
+  - name: Prometheus
+    type: prometheus
+    access: proxy
+    url: http://labsim-prometheus:9090
+    isDefault: true

labsim/monitoring/prometheus.yml

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+# Scrapes the labsim connectivity exporter running on the host.
+global:
+  scrape_interval: 15s
+  evaluation_interval: 15s
+
+scrape_configs:
+  - job_name: labsim
+    static_configs:
+      - targets: ['host.containers.internal:9101']

labsim/ovs.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+# Open vSwitch fabric for labsim — the "switch" the whole sim hangs off.
+#
+# Why OVS and not a Linux bridge: a Linux bridge cannot do LACP at all, and its
+# VLAN support is awkward to drive from libvirt. OVS gives real 802.1Q access
+# and trunk ports plus real LACP bonds, so a router VM can run the SAME bond0 +
+# vif config as the production VP2440s instead of an approximation.
+#
+# Layout:
+#   ovs-labsim            the switch
+#     ├─ vm ports         access ports, tag=<vlan>       (micro VM per VLAN)
+#     ├─ hostv<vlan>      internal ports, tag=<vlan>     (host leg, for SSH)
+#     └─ lag-vyos         LACP bond, trunk of all VLANs  (router under test)
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
+
+OVS_BR="${OVS_BR:-ovs-labsim}"
+OVS_NET="${OVS_NET:-labsim-ovs}"          # libvirt network wrapping the bridge
+LAG_NAME="${LAG_NAME:-lag-vyos}"
+
+ovs() { sudo ovs-vsctl "$@"; }
+
+ovs_require() {
+  command -v ovs-vsctl >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "openvswitch not installed (dnf install openvswitch)"
+  systemctl is-active --quiet openvswitch || sudo systemctl start openvswitch \
+    || die "could not start openvswitch"
+}
+
+# All VLAN ids from the config, comma separated — used for trunk ports.
+vlan_id_list() {
+  local ids=()
+  for entry in "${SELECTED[@]}"; do ids+=("${entry%%:*}"); done
+  (IFS=,; echo "${ids[*]}")
+}
+
+ovs_up() {
+  ovs_require
+  ovs --may-exist add-br "$OVS_BR"
+
+  # Host leg per VLAN: an OVS internal port carrying that VLAN's tag, given the
+  # .2 address. This is how you SSH to the VMs. It is deliberately NOT their
+  # default route (.1 is), so inter-VLAN tests exercise the router, not the
+  # host's routing table.
+  for entry in "${SELECTED[@]}"; do
+    IFS=: read -r vid _name prefix _real <<<"$entry"
+    local port="hostv${vid}"
+    ovs --may-exist add-port "$OVS_BR" "$port" tag="$vid" \
+      -- set interface "$port" type=internal
+    sudo ip link set "$port" up 2>/dev/null || true
+    sudo ip addr replace "${prefix}.2/24" dev "$port"
+  done
+
+  ovs_define_libvirt_net
+}
+
+# A libvirt network that hands out OVS ports: one portgroup per VLAN (access)
+# plus a trunk portgroup for the router.
+ovs_define_libvirt_net() {
+  local pg="" ids
+  for entry in "${SELECTED[@]}"; do
+    IFS=: read -r vid name _p _r <<<"$entry"
+    pg+="  <portgroup name='vlan${vid}'>
+    <vlan><tag id='${vid}'/></vlan>
+  </portgroup>
+"
+  done
+
+  # Trunk: VLAN 1 native/untagged, everything else tagged — the production
+  # shape. libvirt expresses this declaratively via nativeMode='untagged'
+  # (see libvirt formatnetwork.html), so it does not need fixing up by hand.
+  # It also matters functionally: LACPDUs are untagged, and a trunk with no
+  # native VLAN has nowhere to put them.
+  local trunk="  <portgroup name='trunk'>
+    <vlan trunk='yes'>
+"
+  for entry in "${SELECTED[@]}"; do
+    IFS=: read -r vid _n _p _r <<<"$entry"
+    if [ "$vid" = "1" ]; then
+      trunk+="      <tag id='1' nativeMode='untagged'/>
+"
+    else
+      trunk+="      <tag id='${vid}'/>
+"
+    fi
+  done
+  trunk+="    </vlan>
+  </portgroup>
+"
+
+  local xml="<network>
+  <name>${OVS_NET}</name>
+  <forward mode='bridge'/>
+  <bridge name='${OVS_BR}'/>
+  <virtualport type='openvswitch'/>
+${pg}${trunk}</network>"
+
+  if virsh_q net-info "$OVS_NET" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    virsh_q net-destroy "$OVS_NET" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    virsh_q net-undefine "$OVS_NET" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  fi
+  echo "$xml" | virsh_q net-define /dev/stdin >/dev/null
+  virsh_q net-start "$OVS_NET" >/dev/null
+  log "libvirt network $OVS_NET bound to $OVS_BR (access portgroups + trunk)"
+}
+
+# Replace the router VM's two individual OVS ports with a single LACP bond.
+# libvirt attaches each NIC separately; only ovs-vsctl can bond them, and the
+# taps only exist once the VM is running — so this runs post-start.
+ovs_bond_router() {
+  local vm="$1"
+  local taps
+  # NB: domiflist indents its rows, so anchor on the FIELD not the line —
+  # /^vnet/ silently matches nothing and the bond never gets built.
+  taps="$(virsh_q domiflist "$vm" 2>/dev/null | awk '$1 ~ /^vnet/ {print $1}')"
+  local count; count="$(echo "$taps" | grep -c .)"
+  [ "$count" -eq 2 ] || { warn "router $vm has $count tap(s), expected 2 — skipping bond"; return 1; }
+
+  # Already bonded? (idempotent re-runs)
+  if ovs list-ports "$OVS_BR" 2>/dev/null | grep -qx "$LAG_NAME"; then
+    log "LACP bond $LAG_NAME already present"
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  local t1 t2; t1="$(echo "$taps" | sed -n 1p)"; t2="$(echo "$taps" | sed -n 2p)"
+  log "bonding $t1 + $t2 into $LAG_NAME (LACP active, balance-tcp)"
+  ovs del-port "$OVS_BR" "$t1" 2>/dev/null || true
+  ovs del-port "$OVS_BR" "$t2" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+  # bond_mode=balance-tcp is REQUIRED: OVS defaults a bond to active-backup,
+  # which does not speak LACP at all (confirmed on ovs-discuss). It is also the
+  # equivalent of VyOS's 802.3ad + layer2+3 hashing.
+  #
+  # lacp-fallback-ab breaks a genuine deadlock: OVS keeps members disabled
+  # until LACP negotiates, while the partner needs carrier before it will send
+  # LACPDUs. Falling back to active-backup brings the links up so negotiation
+  # can start.
+  #
+  # native-untagged + tag=1 carries the untagged LACPDUs and the management
+  # VLAN, matching production. libvirt's portgroup VLAN config does NOT apply
+  # here — the bond is a port libvirt never created — so set it inline.
+  local tagged; tagged="$(vlan_id_list | tr ',' '\n' | grep -vx 1 | paste -sd, -)"
+  ovs add-bond "$OVS_BR" "$LAG_NAME" "$t1" "$t2" \
+      lacp=active bond_mode=balance-tcp \
+      vlan_mode=native-untagged tag=1 trunks="$tagged" \
+    -- set port "$LAG_NAME" other_config:lacp-time=fast \
+    -- set port "$LAG_NAME" other_config:lacp-fallback-ab=true
+}
+
+ovs_bond_status() {
+  echo "--- ovs bond ---"
+  sudo ovs-appctl bond/show "$LAG_NAME" 2>/dev/null | grep -E "bond_mode|lacp_status|^member|may_enable" || echo "(no bond)"
+  echo "--- lacp ---"
+  sudo ovs-appctl lacp/show "$LAG_NAME" 2>/dev/null | grep -E "status|aggregation key|^member|attached" || true
+}
+
+ovs_down() {
+  virsh_q net-destroy "$OVS_NET" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  virsh_q net-undefine "$OVS_NET" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  if command -v ovs-vsctl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    ovs --if-exists del-br "$OVS_BR" 2>/dev/null || true
+  fi
+}

labsim/router-install.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Drive the labsim VyOS router over its serial console.
+
+Three phases:
+  --phase live       wait for the live system and log in
+  --phase install    run `install image` unattended
+  --phase configure  apply bond0 (LACP) + per-VLAN gateway addresses
+
+The installer prompt list is the same one the bastion's install driver answers
+(src/bastion/src/templates/vyos-install.py.ts). Two of them are easy to miss and
+both hang forever rather than failing: the reinstall-only "copy data to the new
+image?", and "choose two disks for RAID-1 mirroring?" — every RAID prompt
+defaults to YES.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import sys
+import time
+
+import pexpect
+
+PASSWORD = "vyos"
+PROMPT = r"[\$#] $"
+
+
+def console(vm: str, timeout: int = 60) -> pexpect.spawn:
+    c = pexpect.spawn(f"sudo virsh console {vm} --force", encoding="utf-8", timeout=timeout)
+    c.expect("Connected to domain", timeout=30)
+    return c
+
+
+def login(c: pexpect.spawn, timeout: int = 300) -> None:
+    """Get to a shell prompt, whether we land at a login or an open session."""
+    deadline = time.time() + timeout
+    while time.time() < deadline:
+        c.sendline("")
+        i = c.expect(["login:", PROMPT, pexpect.TIMEOUT], timeout=20)
+        if i == 0:
+            c.sendline("vyos")
+            c.expect("assword:", timeout=20)
+            c.sendline(PASSWORD)
+            j = c.expect([PROMPT, "incorrect", pexpect.TIMEOUT], timeout=30)
+            if j == 0:
+                return
+        elif i == 1:
+            return
+    raise SystemExit("timed out waiting for a VyOS shell")
+
+
+def run(c: pexpect.spawn, cmd: str, timeout: int = 60) -> str:
+    c.sendline(cmd)
+    c.expect(PROMPT, timeout=timeout)
+    return c.before or ""
+
+
+def phase_install(c: pexpect.spawn) -> None:
+    """Answer `install image` end to end."""
+    rules: list[tuple[str, str]] = [
+        (r"Would you like to continue\?", "yes"),
+        (r"What would you like to name this image\?", ""),
+        (r"Please confirm password for the .vyos. user:", PASSWORD),
+        (r"Please enter a password for the .vyos. user:", PASSWORD),
+        (r"What console should be used by default", "K"),
+        # every RAID variant defaults to YES — decline them all
+        (r"Would you like to [^?]*RAID-1 mirroring", "no"),
+        (r"Installation will delete all data on (?:the drive|both drives)\. Continue\?", "yes"),
+        (r"Which one should be used for installation\?", "/dev/vda"),
+        (r"Would you like to use all the free space on the drive\?", "yes"),
+        (r"Which file would you like as boot config\?", "1"),
+        # reinstall-only; unanswered it blocks on stdin until the world ends
+        (r"Would you like to copy data to the new image\?", "yes"),
+        (r"From which image would you like to save config information\?", "1"),
+    ]
+    patterns = [r for r, _ in rules] + [r"The image installed successfully",
+                                        r"Unable to install VyOS", pexpect.TIMEOUT]
+
+    c.sendline("install image")
+    for _ in range(60):
+        i = c.expect(patterns, timeout=180)
+        if i < len(rules):
+            c.sendline(rules[i][1])
+            continue
+        if i == len(rules):
+            print("  installer: success")
+            return
+        if i == len(rules) + 1:
+            raise SystemExit("installer reported failure")
+        raise SystemExit("installer went quiet (unanswered prompt?)")
+    raise SystemExit("installer exceeded expected prompt count")
+
+
+def phase_configure(c: pexpect.spawn, vlans: list[tuple[str, str, str]]) -> None:
+    """bond0 over eth0+eth1 with LACP, then a gateway address per VLAN."""
+    # Production shape: VLAN 1 (management) is the NATIVE/untagged VLAN on the
+    # bond, everything else is a tagged vif. This matters beyond fidelity —
+    # LACPDUs are untagged, so a trunk with no native VLAN has nowhere to put
+    # them and the bond never negotiates.
+    native = [v for v in vlans if v[0] == "1"]
+    tagged = [v for v in vlans if v[0] != "1"]
+
+    cmds = [
+        "configure",
+        "set interfaces bonding bond0 mode '802.3ad'",
+        "set interfaces bonding bond0 hash-policy 'layer2+3'",
+        "set interfaces bonding bond0 lacp-rate 'fast'",
+        "set interfaces bonding bond0 member interface 'eth0'",
+        "set interfaces bonding bond0 member interface 'eth1'",
+        "set service ssh port '22'",
+        "set system login user vyos authentication plaintext-password 'vyos'",
+    ]
+    for vid, name, prefix in native:
+        cmds.append(f"set interfaces bonding bond0 address '{prefix}.1/24'")
+        cmds.append(f"set interfaces bonding bond0 description '{name} (native)'")
+    for vid, name, prefix in tagged:
+        cmds.append(f"set interfaces bonding bond0 vif {vid} address '{prefix}.1/24'")
+        cmds.append(f"set interfaces bonding bond0 vif {vid} description '{name}'")
+    cmds += ["commit", "save", "exit"]
+
+    for cmd in cmds:
+        out = run(c, cmd, timeout=180)
+        low = out.lower()
+        if "invalid" in low or "syntax error" in low or "commit failed" in low:
+            print(f"  !! {cmd}\n{out.strip()[-300:]}")
+            raise SystemExit(f"config command rejected: {cmd}")
+    print("  config committed and saved")
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    ap.add_argument("--vm", required=True)
+    ap.add_argument("--phase", required=True, choices=["live", "install", "configure"])
+    ap.add_argument("--vlans", default="", help="space separated vid:name:prefix:real entries")
+    args = ap.parse_args()
+
+    c = console(args.vm)
+    try:
+        login(c)
+        if args.phase == "live":
+            print("  live system reachable")
+        elif args.phase == "install":
+            phase_install(c)
+        else:
+            vlans = []
+            for entry in args.vlans.split():
+                parts = entry.split(":")
+                if len(parts) >= 3:
+                    vlans.append((parts[0], parts[1], parts[2]))
+            if not vlans:
+                raise SystemExit("no VLANs passed to configure")
+            phase_configure(c, vlans)
+        return 0
+    finally:
+        try:
+            c.sendline("")
+            c.close(force=True)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())

labsim/router-up.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+# Add the VyOS router under test to labsim.
+#
+# Mirrors the production VP2440 pair: TWO NICs bonded with LACP carrying a
+# trunk of every VLAN, then bond0.<vlan> sub-interfaces holding the .1 gateway
+# address on each. That is the same config shape the real firewalls run, so a
+# rule tested here means something.
+#
+# NIC model is e1000e, NOT virtio, and that is load-bearing: with virtio the
+# guest's bonding driver reports its slaves "MII Status: down" despite
+# carrier=1 and never emits a single LACPDU, so the bond sits in
+# AD_STATE_DEFAULTED forever. Known issue — see the netdev thread "bonding
+# (IEEE 802.3ad) not working with qemu/virtio"; e1000e fixes it with no other
+# change. 802.3ad also requires the MII link monitor, which virtio cannot back.
+#
+#   host                       OVS "switch"                    VyOS VM
+#   hostv<vlan> (.2) ──────── ovs-labsim ──── lag-vyos ═════ eth0 + eth1
+#                              (tagged)       (LACP, trunk)   └─ bond0.<vlan> = .1
+#
+# Usage: ./router-up.sh            build + install + configure
+#        ./router-up.sh --status   show bond/LACP + interface state
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR/lib.sh"
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR/ovs.sh"
+
+ROUTER_VM="${ROUTER_VM:-labsim-vyos}"
+ROUTER_MEM="${ROUTER_MEM:-2048}"
+ROUTER_CPUS="${ROUTER_CPUS:-2}"
+ROUTER_DISK_GB="${ROUTER_DISK_GB:-8}"
+VYOS_ISO="${VYOS_ISO:-$IMG_DIR/vyos.iso}"
+VYOS_CACHE="/var/lib/libvirt/images/lab-pxe-cache"
+
+selected_vlans
+
+if [ "${1:-}" = "--status" ]; then
+  ovs_bond_status
+  echo "--- vyos gateway addresses (probed from each host leg) ---"
+  for entry in "${SELECTED[@]}"; do
+    IFS=: read -r vid _n prefix _r <<<"$entry"
+    printf '  vlan %-5s %-16s ' "$vid" "${prefix}.1"
+    ping -c1 -W2 "${prefix}.1" >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo up || echo down
+  done
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+ovs_require
+
+# --- ISO ------------------------------------------------------------------
+if [ ! -f "$VYOS_ISO" ]; then
+  # Reuse the bastion's cached nightly if it is already on this box.
+  if [ -f "$VYOS_CACHE/vyos.iso" ]; then
+    log "reusing cached VyOS ISO"
+    sudo cp "$VYOS_CACHE/vyos.iso" "$VYOS_ISO"
+  else
+    log "resolving latest VyOS nightly ISO..."
+    url="$(curl -sSL https://api.github.com/repos/vyos/vyos-nightly-build/releases/latest \
+      | python3 -c "import json,sys;print(next(a['browser_download_url'] for a in json.load(sys.stdin)['assets'] if a['name'].endswith('generic-amd64.iso')))")"
+    log "downloading $url"
+    sudo curl -sSL --max-time 1800 -o "$VYOS_ISO" "$url"
+  fi
+fi
+[ -f "$VYOS_ISO" ] || die "no VyOS ISO at $VYOS_ISO"
+
+# --- VM -------------------------------------------------------------------
+if virsh_q dominfo "$ROUTER_VM" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  log "router VM $ROUTER_VM exists"
+  virsh_q start "$ROUTER_VM" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+else
+  log "creating router VM $ROUTER_VM (2 NICs on the trunk, for LACP)"
+  sudo qemu-img create -q -f qcow2 "$IMG_DIR/${ROUTER_VM}.qcow2" "${ROUTER_DISK_GB}G" >/dev/null
+
+  # Two trunk NICs — OVS bonds them after boot (libvirt cannot create bonds).
+  sudo virt-install \
+    --connect "$LIBVIRT_URI" \
+    --name "$ROUTER_VM" \
+    --memory "$ROUTER_MEM" --vcpus "$ROUTER_CPUS" \
+    --disk "path=$IMG_DIR/${ROUTER_VM}.qcow2,format=qcow2,bus=virtio" \
+    --disk "path=$VYOS_ISO,device=cdrom,readonly=on" \
+    --network "network=$OVS_NET,portgroup=trunk,model=e1000e,trustGuestRxFilters=yes" \
+    --network "network=$OVS_NET,portgroup=trunk,model=e1000e,trustGuestRxFilters=yes" \
+    --boot cdrom,hd \
+    --os-variant debian12 \
+    --graphics none --noautoconsole --import >/dev/null
+fi
+
+log "waiting for the live system to boot (VyOS live login)..."
+python3 "$SCRIPT_DIR/router-install.py" --vm "$ROUTER_VM" --phase live || die "live boot failed"
+
+log "installing VyOS to disk (unattended over the console)..."
+python3 "$SCRIPT_DIR/router-install.py" --vm "$ROUTER_VM" --phase install || die "install failed"
+
+# Boot the INSTALLED system from here on. Without this the VM was created with
+# --boot cdrom,hd and every restart re-runs the ISO, so the live system comes
+# back with no config and every `commit; save` silently evaporates.
+log "switching boot to disk and ejecting the install media..."
+virsh_q destroy "$ROUTER_VM" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+sleep 2
+sudo virt-xml "$ROUTER_VM" --edit --boot hd >/dev/null
+sudo virt-xml "$ROUTER_VM" --remove-device --disk device=cdrom >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+virsh_q start "$ROUTER_VM" >/dev/null
+sleep 10
+
+# Bond the taps only now: they are recreated by the restart above, so bonding
+# before this would bond stale interfaces.
+ovs_bond_router "$ROUTER_VM"
+
+log "applying router config (bond0 LACP + VLAN gateways)..."
+python3 "$SCRIPT_DIR/router-install.py" --vm "$ROUTER_VM" --phase configure \
+  --vlans "$(printf '%s\n' "${SELECTED[@]}" | tr '\n' ' ')" || die "configure failed"
+
+log "waiting for LACP to negotiate..."
+for _ in $(seq 1 30); do
+  if sudo ovs-appctl lacp/show "$LAG_NAME" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "current attached"; then
+    log "LACP negotiated"; break
+  fi
+  sleep 5
+done
+
+echo
+ovs_bond_status
+echo
+log "router is up. Check reachability with: $SCRIPT_DIR/labsim-matrix.py --watch 2"

labsim/topology.html

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+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+<meta charset="utf-8">
+<title>labsim — live VLAN topology</title>
+<style>
+  :root {
+    --bg:#0e1116; --panel:#161b22; --line:#30363d; --text:#e6edf3; --dim:#8b949e;
+    --ok:#3fb950; --bad:#f85149; --warn:#d29922; --router:#58a6ff;
+  }
+  * { box-sizing:border-box; }
+  body { margin:0; background:var(--bg); color:var(--text);
+         font:14px/1.5 ui-sans-serif,system-ui,-apple-system,"Segoe UI",sans-serif; }
+  header { display:flex; align-items:baseline; gap:16px; flex-wrap:wrap;
+           padding:14px 20px; border-bottom:1px solid var(--line); }
+  h1 { font-size:16px; margin:0; font-weight:650; letter-spacing:.2px; }
+  .meta { color:var(--dim); font-size:12px; }
+  .pill { padding:2px 8px; border-radius:999px; font-size:12px; font-weight:600; }
+  .pill.ok { background:rgba(63,185,80,.15); color:var(--ok); }
+  .pill.bad { background:rgba(248,81,73,.15); color:var(--bad); }
+  main { display:grid; grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1.35fr) minmax(320px,.65fr);
+         gap:16px; padding:16px 20px; align-items:start; }
+  @media (max-width:1000px){ main { grid-template-columns:1fr; } }
+  .card { background:var(--panel); border:1px solid var(--line); border-radius:10px; padding:14px; }
+  .card h2 { margin:0 0 10px; font-size:13px; font-weight:600; color:var(--dim);
+             text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:.6px; }
+  svg { width:100%; height:auto; display:block; }
+  .edge { stroke-width:2.5; transition:stroke .25s, opacity .25s; }
+  .edge.ok { stroke:var(--ok); opacity:.55; }
+  .edge.bad { stroke:var(--bad); opacity:.95; stroke-dasharray:7 5; }
+  .edge:hover { opacity:1; stroke-width:4; }
+  .node circle { fill:#0d1117; stroke-width:2.5; }
+  .node text { text-anchor:middle; font-size:11px; font-weight:600; fill:var(--text); }
+  .node .sub { font-size:9.5px; font-weight:400; fill:var(--dim); }
+  .rtt { font-size:9px; fill:var(--dim); text-anchor:middle; }
+  table { width:100%; border-collapse:collapse; font-size:12.5px; }
+  th,td { text-align:left; padding:5px 8px; border-bottom:1px solid var(--line); }
+  th { color:var(--dim); font-weight:600; font-size:11px; text-transform:uppercase; }
+  td.n { text-align:right; font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums; }
+  .b-ok { color:var(--ok); } .b-bad { color:var(--bad); }
+  .empty { color:var(--dim); padding:10px 4px; }
+  .legend { display:flex; gap:14px; align-items:center; color:var(--dim);
+            font-size:11.5px; margin-top:10px; flex-wrap:wrap; }
+  .swatch { display:inline-block; width:22px; height:0; border-top:2.5px solid; margin-right:5px;
+            vertical-align:middle; }
+</style>
+</head>
+<body>
+<header>
+  <h1>labsim — live VLAN topology</h1>
+  <span id="summary" class="pill ok">…</span>
+  <span class="meta">every path is probed <em>from</em> a VM <em>to</em> every other VM, through the VyOS router</span>
+  <span class="meta" id="clock" style="margin-left:auto"></span>
+</header>
+
+<main>
+  <section class="card">
+    <h2>Mesh — line colour is reachability, label is ICMP RTT</h2>
+    <svg id="topo" viewBox="0 0 720 560" role="img" aria-label="VLAN topology"></svg>
+    <div class="legend">
+      <span><i class="swatch" style="border-color:var(--ok)"></i>reachable</span>
+      <span><i class="swatch" style="border-color:var(--bad); border-top-style:dashed"></i>blocked</span>
+      <span>hover a line for detail · node ring turns red if anything to/from it is blocked</span>
+    </div>
+  </section>
+
+  <aside style="display:grid; gap:16px">
+    <section class="card">
+      <h2>Blocked paths</h2>
+      <div id="blocked"></div>
+    </section>
+    <section class="card">
+      <h2>Latency (ICMP, ms)</h2>
+      <table><thead><tr><th>path</th><th class="n">rtt</th></tr></thead>
+      <tbody id="lat"></tbody></table>
+    </section>
+  </aside>
+</main>
+
+<script>
+const REFRESH_MS = 5000;
+const CX = 360, CY = 250, R = 185;
+
+function polar(i, n) {
+  const a = (i / n) * Math.PI * 2 - Math.PI / 2;
+  return { x: CX + R * Math.cos(a), y: CY + R * Math.sin(a) };
+}
+
+function render(data) {
+  const vlans = data.vlans, res = data.results;
+  const svg = document.getElementById('topo');
+  const n = vlans.length;
+  const pos = vlans.map((_, i) => polar(i, n));
+  let out = '';
+
+  // Router in the middle — every inter-VLAN packet really does traverse it.
+  out += `<circle cx="${CX}" cy="${CY}" r="40" fill="#0d1117" stroke="var(--router)" stroke-width="2.5"/>`;
+  out += `<text x="${CX}" y="${CY-6}" text-anchor="middle" font-size="12" font-weight="700" fill="var(--router)">VyOS</text>`;
+  out += `<text x="${CX}" y="${CY+9}" text-anchor="middle" font-size="8.5" fill="var(--dim)">bond0</text>`;
+  out += `<text x="${CX}" y="${CY+20}" text-anchor="middle" font-size="8.5" fill="var(--dim)">LACP</text>`;
+
+  const bad = new Set();
+  // One line per unordered pair; a pair is bad if EITHER direction fails.
+  for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    for (let j = i + 1; j < n; j++) {
+      const a = vlans[i].label, b = vlans[j].label;
+      const ab = (res[a] || {})[b] || {}, ba = (res[b] || {})[a] || {};
+      const okAB = ab.icmp === true, okBA = ba.icmp === true;
+      const ok = okAB && okBA;
+      if (!ok) { bad.add(a); bad.add(b); }
+      const rtts = [ab.rtt_ms, ba.rtt_ms].filter(v => typeof v === 'number');
+      const rtt = rtts.length ? (rtts.reduce((s,v)=>s+v,0)/rtts.length) : null;
+      // Place the label ~32% along the edge, not at the midpoint: diagonals of
+      // a 6-node mesh all cross the centre, so midpoint labels stack on top of
+      // the router node. Plus a small perpendicular nudge off the line itself.
+      const dx = pos[j].x - pos[i].x, dy = pos[j].y - pos[i].y;
+      const len = Math.hypot(dx, dy) || 1;
+      const t = 0.32;
+      const mx = pos[i].x + dx * t + (-dy / len) * 8;
+      const my = pos[i].y + dy * t + ( dx / len) * 8;
+      const tip = `${a} ↔ ${b}\n→ ${okAB ? 'ok' : 'BLOCKED'}   ← ${okBA ? 'ok' : 'BLOCKED'}` +
+                  (rtt !== null ? `\nrtt ${rtt.toFixed(2)} ms` : '');
+      out += `<line class="edge ${ok?'ok':'bad'}" x1="${pos[i].x}" y1="${pos[i].y}" x2="${pos[j].x}" y2="${pos[j].y}"><title>${tip}</title></line>`;
+      if (ok && rtt !== null)
+        out += `<text class="rtt" x="${mx}" y="${my}">${rtt.toFixed(2)}</text>`;
+    }
+  }
+
+  vlans.forEach((v, i) => {
+    const p = pos[i], isBad = bad.has(v.label);
+    out += `<g class="node"><circle cx="${p.x}" cy="${p.y}" r="30" stroke="${isBad?'var(--bad)':'var(--ok)'}"/>` +
+           `<text x="${p.x}" y="${p.y-2}">${v.name}</text>` +
+           `<text class="sub" x="${p.x}" y="${p.y+11}">vlan ${v.vid}</text>` +
+           `<text class="sub" x="${p.x}" y="${p.y+47}">${v.ip}</text></g>`;
+  });
+  svg.innerHTML = out;
+
+  // Blocked list — the thing you actually act on.
+  const rows = [];
+  for (const src of vlans) for (const dst of vlans) {
+    if (src.label === dst.label) continue;
+    const d = (res[src.label] || {})[dst.label] || {};
+    for (const proto of ['icmp','tcp22','tcp80'])
+      if (d[proto] === false) rows.push(`${src.label} → ${dst.label} <span style="color:var(--dim)">(${proto})</span>`);
+  }
+  document.getElementById('blocked').innerHTML = rows.length
+    ? `<table><tbody>${rows.map(r=>`<tr><td class="b-bad">${r}</td></tr>`).join('')}</tbody></table>`
+    : `<div class="empty">none — all ${vlans.length*(vlans.length-1)*3} paths open</div>`;
+
+  // Latency table, slowest first.
+  const lat = [];
+  for (const src of vlans) for (const dst of vlans) {
+    if (src.label === dst.label) continue;
+    const d = (res[src.label] || {})[dst.label] || {};
+    if (typeof d.rtt_ms === 'number') lat.push([`${src.label} → ${dst.label}`, d.rtt_ms]);
+  }
+  lat.sort((a,b) => b[1]-a[1]);
+  document.getElementById('lat').innerHTML = lat.slice(0,12)
+    .map(([k,v]) => `<tr><td>${k}</td><td class="n">${v.toFixed(2)}</td></tr>`).join('')
+    || `<tr><td class="empty" colspan="2">no RTT data</td></tr>`;
+
+  const total = data.total, reach = data.reachable;
+  const pill = document.getElementById('summary');
+  pill.textContent = `${reach}/${total} paths open`;
+  pill.className = 'pill ' + (reach === total ? 'ok' : 'bad');
+  document.getElementById('clock').textContent =
+    `updated ${new Date().toLocaleTimeString()} · sweep ${data.sweep_seconds.toFixed(2)}s · refresh ${REFRESH_MS/1000}s`;
+}
+
+async function tick() {
+  try {
+    const r = await fetch('/api/matrix', {cache:'no-store'});
+    render(await r.json());
+  } catch (e) {
+    document.getElementById('clock').textContent = 'exporter unreachable — ' + e;
+  }
+}
+tick(); setInterval(tick, REFRESH_MS);
+</script>
+</body>
+</html>

labsim/vlans.conf

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+# Lab network simulation — VLAN map.
+#
+# Mirrors the real UniFi topology (same VLAN IDs, same roles) but with
+# deliberately DIFFERENT IP ranges so nothing here can collide with, or be
+# confused for, production. The sim subnet always encodes the VLAN id:
+#
+#     172.31.<vlan-id>.0/24
+#
+# Per-subnet address plan (same shape on every VLAN):
+#   .1    gateway under test   (VyOS/router VM — not created by default)
+#   .2    host bridge          (how you SSH in from this workstation)
+#   .10   the micro VM for this VLAN
+#   .254  VRRP VIP             (reserved, mirrors production)
+#
+# Format: vlan_id:name:sim_subnet_prefix:real_subnet(for reference)
+1:management:172.31.1:192.168.1.0/24
+2:k8s:172.31.2:192.168.8.0/23
+3:kvm:172.31.3:192.168.3.0/24
+9:private:172.31.9:10.0.9.0/23
+10:lot:172.31.10:10.0.0.0/23
+200:roomates:172.31.200:192.168.2.0/24