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Documents the new client-class match types (hostname, vendor-class-id, each with exact and substring forms) and per-class options added in vyos-1x, with a worked example handing out model-specific provisioning URLs to VoIP phones sharing a subnet.
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Updated matching rules and Yealink example docs/configuration/service/dhcp-server.md:795-862 |
Documents plain ASCII, case-insensitive substring matching without single quotes or an offset parameter. Updates the Yealink example to match T42S and T54W anywhere in the hostname. |
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The DHCP client-class documentation adds model-specific provisioning examples, but the worked example may configure the wrong DHCP option for the stated provisioning behavior. Correct the option reference before merge so deployments receive the intended configuration.
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In `@docs/configuration/service/dhcp-server.md`:
- Around line 841-843: Correct the provisioning configuration examples at the
referenced option entries so they use a supported option/value pair: do not use
bootfile-name for option 66 or place an HTTPS URL in tftp-server-name unless
validation is updated accordingly. Keep the implementation and documentation
consistent across both affected examples.
- Around line 869-872: Update the client-class guidance near the discussion of
Kea evaluating every defined class to document that classes are emitted in
client_classes.items() order and, when multiple matching classes define the same
option, the first matching class takes precedence.
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Learning: In vyos/vyos-documentation, the 80-character line-length rule documented under Source conventions / Formatting applies only to documentation source files located under docs/ (e.g., docs/**/*.rst and docs/**/*.md). The rule is enforced by the vyoslinter (doc-linter.py from vyos/.github) when reviewing changed files via lint-doc.yml, and only for files within docs/**. Do not suggest hard-wrapping CLAUDE.md (repo-root documentation) because GitHub renders and reflows content. For CLAUDE.md, reviews should not enforce the 80-char wrapping; apply the rule only to files matching **/docs/**/*.{rst,md}.
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Learning: For the VyOS documentation (MyST-based docs), MyST directive opener lines must keep the entire directive arguments on a single line. This includes MyST fenced-directive openers like ```{opcmd} ... ``` and the RST-equivalent form .. opcmd:: ... when ported/used in MyST. Because the MyST parser does not support wrapped/continued directive arguments across multiple lines, do not raise/keep review warnings suggesting line wrapping for these directive opener lines due to line-length (even if they exceed 80 characters).
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Learning: Limit line length to 80 characters only for documentation sources under the docs directory (docs/**/*.rst and docs/**/*.md). This is enforced by the vyoslinter doc-linter.py (from the vyos/.github repo) via lint-doc.yml on changed files under docs/**. Do not flag line-length violations in repository-root Markdown files like CLAUDE.md or README.md, as they are rendered by GitHub and reflow in the UI.
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Learning: In vyos/vyos-documentation, enforce the 80-character line-length limit (Source conventions / Formatting) only for Sphinx documentation source files under docs/**/*.rst and docs/**/*.md. The lint-doc.yml workflow runs the doc-linter (doc-linter.py) and checks only docs/** changed files. Files in the repository root (e.g., CLAUDE.md, README.md) are rendered by GitHub and are not subject to this rule; do not flag line-length violations in those files.
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Learning: In vyos/vyos-documentation, do not raise line-length (>80 chars) review findings for MyST directive opener lines (the directive “opener” that uses MyST directive syntax such as `{cfgcmd}` / `{opcmd}` fence/openers). CI does not enforce the 80-character limit for these specific opener lines, and existing documentation contains longer opener lines that pass lint.
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Additional relevant context
- Phorge T9267 matches the PR’s use case: multiple Yealink models share one subnet, with DHCP Option 12 substring matchers (
T42S,T54W,T73U,T74U,W70B) selecting model-specific Option 66 option sets. The task remains open and has no implementation/testing details beyond the request. - Kea documentation describes client classes with expression-based
testfields and class-specificoption-data. It also states that when multiple classes match, assignment is determined by alphabetical class-name order; this should be reconciled with the PR’s statement that matching options are merged. - Existing DHCP reports flag validation concerns relevant to the examples:
vendor-class-idpreviously rejected values containing dots.- Option 66 URLs/arbitrary strings were reported as rejected because the existing
tftp-server-namevalidation expects an IPv4 address. - A related request uses vendor-class ID
"ShoreTel IP Phone"and a text Option 156, demonstrating that spaces and vendor-specific text values are real use cases.
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799-801: 🎯 Functional CorrectnessEstablish the backend contract before changing this wording.
No inspected source establishes how VyOS maps an omitted
lengthfor raw-hex values. Kea requires an explicit length orall, so the decoded-byte default is unsubstantiated.
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Based on a review of the VyOS project and its associated repositories, there is no public GitHub pull request identified as "5436" in the vyos/vyos-1x repository [1]. While issue trackers like T5414 and T6873 exist regarding DHCP options and configuration constraints [2][3], pull request 5436 does not appear to be a current or documented reference for this feature. Regarding Kea DHCP Option 66 in VyOS: The setting name for DHCP Option 66 in VyOS configuration is tftp-server-name [4][5]. As of the current rolling release, VyOS configuration interfaces often enforce validation patterns that may restrict input to specific characters (e.g., [-_a-zA-Z0-9./]+) [3]. Users have reported that these constraints can prevent the entry of full URLs (which include characters like:), as the system may treat them as invalid [3]. While Option 66 is technically defined in the Kea DHCP server as a string type [2], the VyOS command-line interface implementation currently imposes these character-based restrictions on configuration values [3].
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- 2: https://vyos.dev/T6873
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- 4: https://docs.vyos.io/en/rolling/configuration/service/dhcp-server.html
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Search vyos.dev and public VyOS sources for T9267, T5414, T6873, and the implementation of service dhcp-server ... option tftp-server-name, focusing on whether a URL such as https://provisioning.example.com/t42s/` is accepted and emitted.`
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In VyOS, the command service dhcp-server... option tftp-server-name does not accept a URL like https://provisioning.example.com/t42s/ [1]. Technical details regarding this behavior include: 1. Protocol/Standard Compliance: VyOS developers maintain that DHCP Option 66 (tftp-server-name) is strictly intended for the hostname or IP address of a TFTP server, per RFC 2132 [2][1]. Consequently, the system enforces validation that rejects URI/URL strings containing characters like ":" (required for the schema part of a URL) [2][1]. 2. T6873 and T5414 Context: - T6873 specifically discusses the request for Option 66 to accept arbitrary strings to support provisioning for various IP phones [2]. As of the latest discussions, VyOS continues to restrict this to names or IP addresses [2][1]. - T5414 addressed similar validation issues for Option 67 (bootfile-name) [3]. While this task resulted in updates to allow a wider range of characters for bootfile-name (including URLs/paths with schemas and ports) to support modern zero-touch provisioning [3][4], these changes do not apply to Option 66 [2][1]. 3. Recommended Practice: For provisioning scenarios requiring full URLs, VyOS documentation and maintainers advise using standard options intended for that purpose, such as Option 209 (configuration-file) and Option 210 (path-prefix), often in conjunction with Option 66 or Option 67, rather than embedding a URL into the tftp-server-name field [2][1]. Top results: [2][3][1]
Citations:
- 1: https://forum.vyos.io/t/dhcp-server-tftp-server-name/13965
- 2: https://vyos.dev/T6873
- 3: https://vyos.dev/T5414
- 4: https://vyos.dev/transactions/detail/PHID-XACT-TASK-kfiuyywdd3f373j/
Correct the provisioning option and value.
bootfile-name emits DHCP option 67, not option 66. tftp-server-name is the option-66 setting, but current VyOS validation rejects HTTPS URLs in this field. Use a supported option/value pair, or update the implementation and documentation together. Apply the correction at lines 842 and 853.
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In `@docs/configuration/service/dhcp-server.md` around lines 841 - 843, Correct
the provisioning configuration examples at the referenced option entries so they
use a supported option/value pair: do not use bootfile-name for option 66 or
place an HTTPS URL in tftp-server-name unless validation is updated accordingly.
Keep the implementation and documentation consistent across both affected
examples.
Source: MCP tools
Per CodeRabbit review on PR vyos#2227: when multiple client classes match and hand out the same option, the class evaluation order determines which value wins.
vyos-1x commit 611013f78 dropped the standalone "substring length" CLI option: the compared byte count is always derived from "value", so a separately settable length only invited a mismatch between the two. Update the docs accordingly.
vyos-1x commit 08621a3bc reworked client-class "substring" matching from a fixed-offset exact-slice comparison to a case-insensitive contains-anywhere search, and dropped the "offset" leaf along with it. Update the docs and example accordingly, and switch the example to the T42S/T54W model strings the T9267 ticket itself referenced instead of the mismatched Cisco-style SEP0/SEP1 values.
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Summary
Documents the new client-class match types (
hostname,vendor-class-id,each with exact and substring forms) and per-class options added in
vyos/vyos-1x#5436, with a worked example handing out model-specific
provisioning URLs to VoIP phones sharing a subnet.
Addresses https://vyos.dev/T9267.
Depends on vyos/vyos-1x#5436.
Test plan
scripts/doc-linter.pyclean for the touched file