Distributed Network Configuration Management for MSPs & Large Operators
rConfig Vector gives MSPs, telcos, and large enterprises a modern, distributed NCM platform for managing thousands of devices across many customers and regions. Centralise control, keep customers isolated, and run configuration backups, compliance, and automation at scale.
Why MSPs and large operators choose rConfig Vector
Vector is designed for teams managing many networks, not just one. It gives you clean tenant separation, distributed collectors close to devices, and a single place to enforce standards, compliance, and automation for every customer.
Multi-tenant by design
Segment customers, regions, or business units with clear boundaries and RBAC. Each tenant gets isolated inventories, jobs, and audit history, while your NOC team keeps a single pane of glass.
Distributed, close to the edge
Deploy lightweight Vector collectors into customer sites, POPs, and regions. Run backups, checks, and scripts next to the devices, not across the WAN, to keep things fast, resilient, and predictable.
Centralised governance, simple ops
Use one central manager to search, report, and prove compliance across every customer. Standardise policies once, reuse them everywhere, and keep your NCM story consistent for audits and QBRs.
A modern NCM control plane with collectors everywhere you need them
rConfig Vector separates the control plane from execution. The central manager sets the rules; collectors handle work where the devices live, giving you low-latency NCM and clear governance at MSP scale.
Tier 1 — Central Manager
One central UI and API to manage tenants, policies, jobs, and compliance. Inventory, history, and audit trails live here, giving your NOC and engineering team a trusted source of truth.
Tier 2 — Vector collectors
Stateless, horizontally scalable engines you deploy per customer, per region, or per network zone. They handle backups, config retrieval, command execution, and policy checks close to the devices.
Tier 3 — Devices & services
Routers, switches, firewalls, CPEs, GPON/FTTH kit, DC networks, wireless, IoT, and OT. Vector gives you one consistent way to back up, validate, and report on configuration state for all of them.
Built to keep MSPs and customers safe
Vector is self-hosted and designed for regulated environments. You control where collectors run, which networks they can see, and how credentials are managed. Tight RBAC, tenant isolation, and full audit data make it easier to answer hard questions from security, regulators, and customers.
✓Deployment flexibility
- →Deploy central manager on-prem or in private cloud
- →Run collectors in DCs, branches, POPs, or customer sites
- →Support for HA patterns and regional failover designs
- →No SaaS dependency — keep data inside your own perimeter
Everything from rConfig V8 Pro, baked into Vector
Vector inherits the full rConfig V8 Pro feature set. You still get automated multi-vendor configuration backups, fast search, diff and rollback, real-time change detection, and compliance checks — now scaled out across collectors and customers.
Use Vector as your MSP-wide control plane while giving each customer the same reliable NCM capabilities you expect from V8 Pro. Standards stay consistent; operations stay predictable.
Explore V8 Pro featuresAutomated multi-vendor backups
Scheduled, policy-driven configuration backups across routers, switches, firewalls, wireless, DC, and edge devices — now orchestrated across many collectors.
Search, diff & history
Global search, per-device history, and line-by-line diffs across tenants. Quickly answer what changed, where, and when — even in busy MSP environments.
Safe rollbacks & change windows
Use structured change workflows and rollback plans to support maintenance windows across many customers without relying on one-off scripts.
Compliance & drift control
Apply baseline standards and compliance policies consistently, then reuse them per tenant. Detect drift before it becomes an incident or audit finding.
Built specifically for MSPs, telcos, and multi-region enterprises
Vector takes everything from rConfig V8 Pro and extends it with multi-tenant controls, distributed collectors, and MSP-grade governance features. It is the NCM platform you can standardise on across all customers.
Multi-tenant segmentation
Per-customer & regional collectors
Hierarchical RBAC for MSPs
Collector health & job observability
Global policies, local enforcement
Enterprise & MSP ready compliance
Hybrid & multi-region deployment
Standardised runbooks & workflows
Ready for AI & automation pipelines
How rConfig Vector is used in production today
Vector is built for operators that live in the real world: SLAs, audits, outages, and growth. These are the patterns we see most often across our MSP, telco, and enterprise customers.
MSPs consolidating NCM across dozens of customers
Managed Service Providers often inherit a mess of tools: RANCID here, Oxidized there, Python scripts on someone's laptop, and a few legacy commercial platforms. Vector replaces that patchwork with a single, distributed NCM control plane.
Onboard new customers by deploying a dedicated collector and assigning a tenant
Apply baseline standards, policies, and compliance rules consistently across all customers
Give selected customers read-only or admin access to just their devices and reports
Use global search and reporting to prepare for QBRs and security reviews
Why operators replace SolarWinds, ManageEngine, and script-based NCM with Vector
Vector is not another monolithic NCM bolt-on. It is a distributed, self-hosted control plane designed for MSPs and operators who need multi-tenant control, predictable performance, and a clean security story.
Vector vs legacy "single-tenant" NCM
SolarWinds, ManageEngine
Multi-tenant segmentation instead of "one big instance per customer"
Distributed collectors instead of centralised polling that struggles across WAN links
Modern, API-first architecture instead of add-on NCM modules bolted to monitoring platforms
Self-hosted, security-conscious design built in a post-SolarWinds-breach world
Vector vs homegrown scripts
Oxidized, RANCID, CatTools
One platform instead of a mix of Git repos, cron jobs, and custom pipelines
Built-in inventory, compliance, reporting, and RBAC instead of spreadsheets and ad-hoc access
Central manager with distributed collectors instead of manually maintained script runners
A clear roadmap and support model instead of "who still remembers how this works?"
Vector and security/regulation
NIS2, DORA, Sovereignty
Self-hosted NCM with no external SaaS dependency — important for NIS2, DORA, and sovereignty
Designed to help you demonstrate control over configuration, change, and access
Clear, maintained roadmap and an active, supported product family
Built with a strong security track record in mind — not inherited from legacy product lines
Note: Many legacy tools in this space are reaching end-of-life or are no longer strategically developed, pushing operators to look for modern, supported NCM platforms.
A distributed, compliant and MSP-ready Network Configuration Manager
Built for MSP & multi-tenant network operations
rConfig Vector is a distributed Network Configuration Manager designed for MSPs, telcos and large enterprises that operate many networks, not just one. It combines the core NCM features you expect — automated backups, configuration history, change detection, diff and rollback — with a three-tier architecture that separates the central NCM control plane from the collectors that run in customer sites, POPs, or regions. This lets you deliver reliable configuration management and compliance at scale while keeping each customer isolated and under clear control.
Vector’s API-first design makes it easy to integrate with existing monitoring, ITSM, SIEM and automation platforms. You can sync devices from tools like Zabbix or NetBox, attach NCM workflows to ServiceNow change records, or feed configuration and compliance events into your SIEM. For teams currently using script-based NCM (Python, Ansible, Oxidized, RANCID, CatTools and similar), Vector provides a structured upgrade path: you keep the flexibility of automation while gaining a centralised inventory, policy engine, and audit-ready reporting.
Designed for integration, migration & automation
Scalable, secure & ready for NIS2, DORA and modern regulation
Vector is self-hosted and built to support regulatory frameworks such as NIS2, DORA, ISO 27001 and sector-specific controls in finance, energy, healthcare and public sector. You control where data lives, how collectors are deployed, and which networks they see. Configuration backups, changes and policy checks are fully auditable, with per-tenant reporting to support regulators, customers and internal risk teams. Whether you are replacing legacy NCM platforms like SolarWinds add-ons, ManageEngine, Cisco Prime, or script-heavy Oxidized/RANCID stacks, Vector gives you a modern, long-term foundation for network configuration management at MSP scale.
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