Looking for idea's for my Home Lab
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You could check out the ZeroTier One (http://www.zerotier.com)... After you get comfy with it on their system, you can build your own controller... It works kinda like Pertino / Hamachi where anybody connected to your network can join you for LAN Games or you can use it to provide VPN services to specific servers, etc. They have a gateway piece built in to it as well, but I haven't tested that yet.
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Zerotier looks useful, I'm wondering if it could be setup as a VM, to support a VM that receives public traffic hrmmm..... now the possibilities.
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Yeah... the possibilities, lol. I'm trying to get my own controller working. They give you all the client bits, but from what I have found so far, the controller bits have to be managed by hand with cURL, unless you are using their website.
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@DustinB3403 said:
Zerotier looks useful, I'm wondering if it could be setup as a VM, to support a VM that receives public traffic hrmmm..... now the possibilities.
I think that you would want it hosted to do the things that it needs to do. Look at Digital Ocean and Vultr.
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So use a third party, or dedicated machine to do this, rather than configure it directly myself.
Defeats the goal then.
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Scott is thinking of this as more for a production system... Spinning it up on your own and testing it and getting a feel for it is a great idea... If you decide you like it and you want to not have to worry about what happens if your home internet goes down, then move it to DO or Vultr, et al.
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@DustinB3403 said:
So use a third party, or dedicated machine to do this, rather than configure it directly myself.
Defeats the goal then.
The goal is VPN access to anywhere, from anywhere, right? If not, what is your goal... and this is not likely the right tool for you.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@DustinB3403 said:
So use a third party, or dedicated machine to do this, rather than configure it directly myself.
Defeats the goal then.
The goal is VPN access to anywhere, from anywhere, right? If not, what is your goal... and this is not likely the right tool for you.
For a home lab environment, the purpose is learning to use it 8-) Besides -- he can run the controller bits out of his home lab as well. Just... if his home loses power or internet, there will obviously be issues, lol.
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@dafyre said:
For a home lab environment, the purpose is learning to use it 8-)
Are we sure. That's not the purpose of my home lab. I would state that my purpose is to learn how to use and operate equipment as if it was production. Learning the tech bits is good, learning the full operational mindset associated is better. Run it like a business rather than like a lab (even though it is a lab.)
http://www.smbitjournal.com/2015/06/make-your-business-jealous/
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@dafyre said:
Besides -- he can run the controller bits out of his home lab as well. Just... if his home loses power or internet, there will obviously be issues, lol.
How does it handle the connections if he IP address changes?
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It appears to operate in a similar fashion to P2P is the way it is described on their site. So I'm not 100% certain on that. My home IP is static (or very rarely changes).
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A service such as NO-IP would be capable of handling a dynamic IP for VPN service. Not an ideal solution but it is possible.
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@dafyre said:
It appears to operate in a similar fashion to P2P is the way it is described on their site. So I'm not 100% certain on that. My home IP is static (or very rarely changes).
That would still require the controller node to have a static IP. That's how Pertino and Hamachi work, they host the necessarily static portion.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Learning the tech bits is good, learning the full operational mindset associated is better. Run it like a business rather than like a lab (even though it is a lab.)
http://www.smbitjournal.com/2015/06/make-your-business-jealous/This is fine and I agree, when personal budget allows.
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@DustinB3403 said:
A service such as NO-IP would be capable of handling a dynamic IP for VPN service. Not an ideal solution but it is possible.
I haven't had to set up an IP address for anything to work. I set up my controller and made the network (I can share shell scripts if you are interested) and then told my clients to join the network and it figured everything out.
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@DustinB3403 said:
A service such as NO-IP would be capable of handling a dynamic IP for VPN service. Not an ideal solution but it is possible.
that probably would work
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Important to note that many end users call these clouds. But there is no cloud technology or approach in Pydio or ownCloud. There are just fileservers, nothing cloud about them.
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Many IT people know what is meant, but many do not. ownCloud having Cloud in their name is very confusing, of course. But it is just a normal application. The Cloud bit is just marketing.
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Try and find something that's fun or interesting and furthers your career!
