Wanted to share a recent project of mine from past few weeks to turn my #nanopi r5s #sbc into a really potent pure debian Linux router that was sane to manage.

I was able to successfully switch over this weekend and retire my edgerouter-6p.

The formula is basically #ansible #systemd stuff #netplan #dnsmasq #frrouting and #foomuuri -- the lynchpin solution for sanely doing robust zone-to-zone firewalls using #nftables

Repo linked below has more details:

https://github.com/lanefu/clammy-ng

wanted to share super quick and dirty zone firewall demo using #foomuuri on my #nanopi r5s

foomuuri is very sane.. I have all my configs generated with ansible.

https://asciinema.org/a/oicZHCzBCD3uJET7eZ4Pwrr30

#nanopi r5s progress. Blinky lights blinking appropriately.

#armbian #SBC

I got a #nanopi r5s and I'm just weirdly excited about it unlike most #SBC I have, because I truly believe I can make it a sane all-linux router/firewall

Thanks to other people's hard work there's bleeding edge mainline kernel and uboot support. I added a CSC for it to #armbian

@ampledata Well that's cool.

What hardware are you using? The 'official' TAK server is pretty heavy, but some of the alternative server implementations are pretty lightweight.

(I wonder if it would run on a #NanoPi? Might have to test that out.)
#TAK #ATAK

For the curious, it's a #NanoPi "Duo 2", a not-too-terrible little SBC built around the #Allwinner H3 SoC (aka sun8iw7p1), which is itself built around the #ARM Cortex-A7 quad-core processor.

In keeping with the finest traditions of low-cost Chinese hardware, the manufacturer seemingly only produced 2 Linux builds for it, they're both ancient, and contain an alarming number of mysterious binary blobs and arguable GPL violations. 😬

However, #Armbian 6.1.30-sunxi runs just fine!

It's been a while since I've posted progress pics for the NanoPi.cloud cluster build, so here's a few recent ones. In more normal times this cluster would have been finished in Q1, but balancing work with ongoing medical treatment has mostly consumed my free time and cognitive space.

The build is made up of 4x R5S (+2TB NVMe for Ceph), 4x R6S for compute, 3x R86S for the K3s mgmt nodes. Stay tuned for a blog and wiki that covers more details.

#homelab #linux #k3s #cloud #nanopi

I get a surprising amount of, "so... how are _you_ doing?" lately. I'm not sure if it's a positive or deep concern being voiced, but I guess it's nice to be asked. Anyway!

Some recent #homelab stuff, recabled the 12U rack under my desk, reimaged the #NanoPi nodes with #DietPi.

The NanoPi R6S is a single-board PC with an RK3588S processor and three Ethernet ports (2 x 2.5 GbE and 1 x Gigabit). The NanoPi R6C is similar, but cheaper and has an M.2 NVMe socket, loses one 2.5 GbE port. https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/03/13/85-nanopi-r6c-2-5gbe-router-and-sbc-gets-m-2-nvme-ssd-socket/

#MiniPC #NanoPi #NanoPiR6C #FriendlyELEC

#saturday nerdery: a few MODBUS TCP gateways for the #NanoPi cluster, and a super messy desk in back of my monitors. Removed most of the stuff back there, then reorganized + cleaned up.

Should be finished tomorrow after cable managing a VESA mounted #NUC 11 with RTX-2060M, running #FreeBSD.

#Armbian 22.11 has been released.

What’s New?
- added Bananapi M5, Odroid M1 and Rockpi 4C plus
- enabled community images with weekly release cycle
- added ultra minimal images optimized for software deployment
- added RiscV64 UEFI build support
- improved support for Rockpi S
- kernel upgrade is frozen by default to improve stability
[...]

https://www.armbian.com/newsflash/armbian-22-11/

Regular downloads: https://www.armbian.com/download/
Community downloads: https://github.com/armbian/community

#sbc #bananapi #rockpi #odroid #raspberrypi #nanopi #orangepi #khadas #radxa #tinkerboard #zeropi #raspbian #debian

J'ai reçu ma petite board #arm v8. Si je vais installer une instance perso dessus ? Ouais. Je sens que ça va être super à faire.

#nanopi R5C #staytuned

Ich bin etwas genervt ;)

https://linux-nerds.org/topic/1333/nanopi5-emmc

#openwrt #nanopi #r5s #linux

Running on 3hrs of #insomnia "sleep", with slightly bloodshot eyes, #nomakeup, and detangled #curls.

This is as normal as it gets for me on a #SundayMorning during the winter before starting #100DaysOfHomeLab #NanoPi #soldering tasks.

Also, I do love #cupcakes🧁🥰

#100daysofHomeLab More fun on the #NanoPi cluster. Forgot to tag #homelab or #linux on the previous post.

Non-eMMC storage: SanDisk Extreme in 256GB for each node, and an IR thermometer to take point readings once the #cluster is mounted.

Then, a GlobalSAT #GPS for local PPS time server to run without #NTP or chrony sync lags on the network, as well as air-gapped testing. I've had to install RTCs to all nodes, completed today, to facilitate the expectation of consistent time across reboots.

After being patient for several weeks to deliver, the four replacement #NanoPi R6S units have arrived.

So, that brings the count to 4x R5S (NVMe storage nodes) + 4x R6S (as compute nodes) + 3x R4SE (as control plane nodes).

In Q1 the control plane will be upgraded (mid-January) to 3x R86S-G3 (N6005, 16GB, 3x 2.5G + 2x 10G for ingress).

Finally, the parts are all here to build the cluster. The R6S units will be opened to install an RTC (hey NanoPi, just include the RTC on the board).

#100DaysOfHomeLab I'm seriously going to finish setting up the #NanoPi R5S nodes w/ NVMe + RTC battery, mounted to its DIN rail bracket, and cable them up... they've definitely not been in the same spot for four weeks.🤦🏼‍♀️

Definitely no major life distractions recently.😌💁🏼‍♀️

#dietpi als OS für ein #sbc #nanopi neo3 problemlos möglich. Habe einige #docker Conainer installiert 👍🏻

#obfs4 im #docker container siehe https://community.torproject.org/relay/setup/bridge/docker/
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Meine Hardware #sbc #nanopi neo3

NanoPi R5C is tiny PC with dual 2.5 Gbps Ethernet ports, HDMI 2.0 and RK3568B2 for $49 and up

https://liliputing.com/nanopi-r5c-is-tiny-pc-with-dual-2-5-gbps-ethernet-ports-hdmi-2-0-and-rk3568b2-for-49-and-up/

#MiniPC #computers #SingleBoardComputer #FrriendlyElec #NanoPi #router #firewall #networking #IoT