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.
Browse the source code and participate opencomputeproject/onie.
News¶
- Aug 19, 2026
Released version 2026.08
- Nov 18, 2025
Released version 2025.11
- Aug 20, 2025
Released version 2025.08
- May 21, 2025
Released version 2025.05
- Feb 19, 2025
Released version 2025.02
- Aug 21, 2024
Released version 2024.08
- Feb 20, 2024
Released version 2024.02
Add support of 1 new Netberg platform.
- Nov 15, 2023
Released version 2023.11
Add support of 10 new Accton platforms.
- Aug 16, 2023
Released version 2023.08
Add support of 2 new Accton platforms and multple changes of existing Accton systems.
- May 17, 2023
Released version 2023.05
Add support of 3 new Accton and 1 Netberg platforms, patches of efivars package.
- Feb 20, 2023
Released version 2023.02
Add support of 6 new Pegatron platforms.
- 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
- August 14, 2018
Released version 2018.08
- May 16, 2018
Version
2018.05now supports UEFI x86 Secure Boot- May 16, 2018
Released version 2018.05
- March 27-28, 2018
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