Well we’re gonna find out.
My networking skills will be undergoing a bit of a transformation as the organization I support begins to adopt a DevOps approach to networking, including the deployment of Open Source and other non-traditional networking components, to include automation.
Couple the above facts with the additional desire of wanting to nerd out on my setup at home – one of the more adventurous and anticipated projects will be an attempt to replace my Google Fiber Network Box (GFNB)!
So, this is where I’m going to take notes as I begin gathering information and learning the “new stuff”. The “new stuff” is a mashup of things for work, home, or both and currently consists of (this list will expand over time):
Replacing the Google Fiber Network Box
Hopefully by using the procedure documented here
Cumulus
Cumulus VX – a free virtual appliance that allows for test driving the “new stuff”
Data Center Management
Docker
Mattermost
Recipe for (hopefully) enabling in-line video previews
Miscellaneous/Yet to be categorized
ELK
Metric tank
Kafka
ONIE – Open Network Install Environment
ZTP – Zero touch provisioning
Active Directory on Linux via SAMBA
Active directory on a trial version of Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Network Monitoring
Zabbix, Nagios, etc for network monitoring
Zabbix font bug
NGINX Stuff
Passing real source IP address
Passing real source IP address #2
And yet another page dedicated to passing real source IP
One more for good measure
Hypervisors
oVirt – Virtualization Hypervisor
Security Stuff
Recommendations for TLS/SSL Cipher Hardening
Miscellaneous
Apache Guacamole – clientless remote desktop gateway
Some notes regarding setting up Guacamole and UnRaid
Mini-computing – Site 1 – Site 2
IPAM – phpipam
Backups — Veeam