- Written by Bartlomiej Nowak
- Posted on January 19, 2026
- Updated on January 19, 2026
- 498 Views
The current workflow for installing extensions involves multiple manual steps: copying, installing, and setting to install at boot, and on dual supervisor systems these steps have to be repeated in a peer supervisor CLI session. This feature introduces new CLI commands automating this process, improving EOS extension management for both dual supervisor and fixed system devices, and easing set up of EOS devices at scale. They are modeled to resemble existing install source commands and should behave similarly for EOS extensions. Both commands are available in enable mode.
- Written by Zhen Xue
- Posted on March 3, 2023
- Updated on March 28, 2023
- 9531 Views
A “boot extension” is an extension that gets installed automatically at switch boot time. This feature introduces a new CLI command boot extension <EXTENSION> to simplify the boot extension management and EOS upgrade/downgrade process.
- Written by Michelle Wang
- Posted on June 8, 2020
- Updated on July 21, 2023
- 12162 Views
EOS provides a way to extend its capabilities through the installation of extensions. An extension is a pre packaged