Together with sysrepo, this software provides "general system management" of embedded devices. The target platform is anything that runs Linux with systemd. This runs in production on CzechLight SDN DWDM devices.
This component tracks the overal health state of the system, including various sensors, or the state of systemd units.
As an operator-friendly LED at the front panel of the appliance shows the aggregated health state.
Firmware can be updated via RAUC, and various aspects of the system's configuration can be adjusted. This includes a firewall, basic network settings, and authentication management.
For a full list, consult the yang/ directory in this repository.
ietf-access-control-list, RFC 8519 (with deviations)ietf-hardware, RFC 8348ietf-system, RFC 7317 (partial support)ietf-interfaces, RFC 8343 (generating config forsystemd-networkd, with extensions)ietf-routing, RFC 8349 (see above)czechlight-system
For building, one needs:
- C++20 compiler (e.g., GCC 10.x+, clang 10+)
- CMake 3.19+
- Boost (we're testing with
1.78) pkg-configlibnl-routefor talking to the Linux kernellibsystemdandsystemdat runtimelibyang-cpp- C++ bindings for libyangsysrepo-cpp- C++ bindings for sysrepospdlog- a logging librarysdbus-c++- C++ library for D-Busfmt- C++ string formatting librarynlohmann_json- C++ JSON librarydocoptfor CLI option parsingnft- the netfilter tool- optionally, Doctest as a C++ unit test framework
- optionally, trompeloeil for mock objects in C++
- optionally,
iproute2- theiptool for testing - optionally,
jqto run some CLI utilities and for testing them
The build process uses CMake.
A quick-and-dirty build with no fancy options can be as simple as mkdir build && cd build && cmake .. && make && make install.