Building Resilient Internet Routing: How InfraCare Powers Data Center Services with VyOS

““VyOS lets us build a fully redundant, standards-compliant BGP solution on our own hardware. It's flexible, cost-effective, and does exactly what we need.””
— InfraCare Team

Customer Overview

InfraCare, based in the Netherlands, delivers consulting, design, implementation, and management of advanced network infrastructures. Their services span SD-WAN, SD-LAN, Wi-Fi, and private cloud hosting—providing customers with reliable, high-quality connectivity. InfraCare operates its own dual data center infrastructure to host SD-WAN hubs and backend services, ensuring availability and stability for clients.

Challenge

As InfraCare's data center business grew, they required a redundant and scalable BGP routing solution to advertise their own public IP addresses (via RIPE NCC membership) and ensure reliable internet connectivity. Their new design called for four BGP routers across two geographically separated data centers, each with full redundancy. The team needed a solution that was:

Standards Compliance: Standards-compliant (IPv4/IPv6, OSPFv3, eBGP/iBGP)
Advanced Features: Capable of integrating RPKI for route validation and BFD for fast failovers
High Availability: Redundant at the gateway level with VRRP
Cost-Effective: Cost-effective compared to traditional router hardware

Why VyOS

InfraCare evaluated hardware routers but chose VyOS after a clear cost-benefit analysis. With prior positive experience using VyOS (and earlier Vyatta), the team trusted the platform's maturity and flexibility. Key reasons for choosing VyOS:

Hardware Flexibility: Runs seamlessly on standard server hardware for flexible performance scaling
Enterprise Features: Enterprise-grade features like BGP, OSPFv3, VRRP, RPKI, and BFD
Familiar CLI: Modern CLI workflow familiar to network engineers
Open Source: Open-source transparency avoiding vendor lock-in
Simple Deployment: Smooth deployment with no external services required

Implementation

InfraCare built a new dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 setup across both data centers in just one month. The solution was deployed fully in-house by InfraCare's engineering team, leveraging their strong knowledge of VyOS. The configuration included:

Results

By choosing VyOS, InfraCare established a trusted backbone for data center growth and customer services. Key outcomes included:

Stable Routing: Stable and scalable routing across both edge and core environments
Cost Savings: Lower costs compared to other proprietary licensed commercial routers
Operational Efficiency: Operational efficiency with a modern CLI and commit workflows
Performance Flexibility: Flexibility to scale performance using commodity servers

Looking Ahead

InfraCare continues to rely on VyOS as the foundation of its internet routing, with plans to expand automation and monitoring integration. With VyOS, InfraCare has the freedom to evolve its infrastructure without the constraints of proprietary vendors.