System type in 'show version' output defaults to bare metal since no hypervisor detected. Tested on AWS c7g.large instance:
vyos@VyOS-for-Smoke-Tests:~$ sh ver Version: VyOS 2026.02.27-0814-rolling ... Architecture: aarch64 Boot via: installed image System type: bare metal Secure Boot: disabled Hardware vendor: Amazon EC2 Hardware model: c7g.large
It is expected to assume that this is bare metal if we cannot detect any hypervisor
https://github.com/vyos/vyos-1x/blob/ef710a5acbd7af9f60ba63716912b0c9a20f5329/python/vyos/version.py#L78-L81
What are you expecting here?
amd64:
Version: VyOS 1.5-rolling-202602271438 Release train: current Release flavor: aws Built on: Fri 27 Feb 2026 14:38 UTC Build UUID: 66abc37e-764e-43d2-bcf9-bdaff8e3f134 Build commit ID: 524b89e945844e Architecture: x86_64 Boot via: installed image System type: KVM guest Secure Boot: n/a (BIOS) Hardware vendor: Amazon EC2 Hardware model: c5.4xlarge
seems like hvinfo has limited detection of hypervisors in dmi data - https://github.com/vyos/hvinfo/blob/current/src/hypervisor_check.ads#L85