Open Network Install Environment

The Open Network Install Environment (ONIE) defines an open “install environment” for modern networking hardware. ONIE enables an open networking hardware ecosystem where end users have a choice among different network operating systems.

Please read the Overview, the User Guide and the Design Specification for more information.

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News

Aug 13, 2022

Released version 2022.08

The master branch supports four new platforms, and DNS resolution has been fixed for armv8a builds.

May 01, 2022

Released version 2022.05

The master branch supports three new hardware platforms, and an Alpha Networks design update.

Feb 12, 2022

Released version 2022.02

The master branch supports four new hardware platforms, and DropBear was upgraded.

Nov 16, 2021

Released version 2021.11

This releaese has many upgraded components, so building the master branch requires Debian 10, and platforms that have not been updated can still build in a Debian 9 environment using the 2021.08 branch.

An ONIE Secure Boot build and demonstration tutorial is available to introduce the new features in this release.

Aug 31, 2021

Release candidate version 2021.11-rc1

This releaese has many upgraded components, so building the master branch requires Debian 10, and platforms that have not been updated can still build in a Debian 9 environment using the 2021.08 branch.

An ONIE Secure Boot build and demonstration tutorial is available to introduce the new features in this release.

Aug 03, 2021

Released version 2021.08 This is the last widely compatible release before component upgrade requires platform updates.

May 12, 2021

Released version 2021.05

February 11, 2021

Released version 2021.02

January 12, 2021

Introduced development branch component-upgrade-2020 It features newer software components, and much less testing.

November 14, 2020

Released version 2020.11

August 18, 2020

Released version 2020.08

May 14, 2020

Released version 2020.05

April 24, 2020

Open Compute talk on Buiding ONIE in a Docker container

February 19, 2020

Released version 2020.02

November 24, 2019

Released version 2019.11

August 15, 2019

Released version 2019.08

May 7, 2019

Released version 2019.05

February 12, 2019

Released version 2019.02

November 14, 2018

Released version 2018.11 Notes are also available on the old list archives server

September 5, 2018

OCP Networking Workshop Presentation

August 14, 2018

Released version 2018.08

May 16, 2018

Version 2018.05 now supports UEFI x86 Secure Boot

May 16, 2018

Released version 2018.05

March 27-28, 2018

OCP U.S. Summit 2018 Presentation Video and Slides

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