port the SwOS web UI to RouterOS to generate common configurations graphically
I just thought of a cute alternative to this that would likely be easier to implement and more reliable besides. Quoting what is now SUP-131051:
MikroTik has several switches in the CRS line with dual-booting, which implies that the SwOS configuration is available in flash somewhere after you reboot into RouterOS.
Therefore, I suggest this new feature: a QuickSet mode that reads the SwOS configuration in from flash and translates it to the equivalent RouterOS configuration.
This would let people start out with SwOS, then migrate seamlessly to RouterOS in a safe one-way fashion. Going back to SwOS would still mean reverting any changes made under RouterOS, as would reapplying the “mirror” command, but in the main, it would act as a shallower on-ramp to RouterOS.
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