update routerOS via vrf by check for update

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Until MikroTik update the RouterOS update check function with a VRF selector, you can use this workaround if you really need the update process to go through a different VRF:

How to keep CHR renewal when main VRF does not have internet access (but a different VRF has)?

MikroTik can probably easily add the setting option to select the VRF to Update Check / License / IP Cloud. They have added the option to choose the VRF to more and more RouterOS services with each update. And the "Check For Updates" menu recently gained a few more options already, so adding one more will not break the UI. I've thought about your idea of the tunnel and came up with this implementation that appears to be working. The idea is to abuse MACVLAN interfaces for a light weight "tunne…