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RouterOS

RouterOS is MikroTik's networking-oriented operating system. Its main purpose is to build VPN infrastructures, e.g. using Wireguard®, OpenVPN or SSTP as well as to provide routing and firewalling functionality.

The following sections describe quirks and good-to-know information about the RouterOS versions we offer for installation at VPS2day.

Versions​

RouterOS 7.x​

Although not explicitly stated, RouterOS 7.x is a so-called CHR (Cloud Hosted Router) installation. This has implications on the licensing of the operating system. We deliver RouterOS installations without a paid license.

As of today, there's no LTS (Long Term Support) version for RouterOS 7.

LicenseSpeed LimitPrice
Free (Default)1 MBit/s-
P11 GBit/s45 USD
P1010 GBit/s95 USD
P-UnlimitedUnlimited250 USD

You can find more information on the licensing options at MikroTik's Wiki.

info

If you’re facing very slow network speed on RouterOS servers, this is most likely due to the fact that you are using the Free license and which results in having your speed limited to 1 MBit/s.

Autoconfiguration​

The installation is not available for use with SSH key authentication. While that's a theoretical feature of RouterOS, the auto-provisioning process of the installation doesn't really support it.

During the first start, we configure the following things for you:

  • The initial password for the admin user is set
  • The IPv4 address, netmask and gateway for the ether1 interface is configured
  • The IPv6 address, netmask and gateway for the ether1 interface is configured
note

The default username is admin and not root.

The autoconfiguration process writes a file called firstrun.txt to indicate that your RouterOS installation has been configured. The autoconfiguration script will not run again if the file is present. However, it's possible for you to find and remove that file.

caution

Removing the firstrun.txt file will cause the autoconfiguration script to run again on the next reboot. This will override the password for the admin user! Networking settings should be untouched as they already should exist as configured.

Resources​