Open and cheap DIY IP-KVM based on Raspberry Pi VS Ansible-NAS

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Open and cheap DIY IP-KVM based on Raspberry Pi Ansible-NAS
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Open and cheap DIY IP-KVM based on Raspberry Pi

Posts with mentions or reviews of Open and cheap DIY IP-KVM based on Raspberry Pi. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-12.
  • Thoughts, learnings and regrets after three years on Home Assistant
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Feb 2024
  • Hrvach/Deskhop: Fast Desktop Switching Device
    20 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Dec 2023
  • List of your reverse proxied services
    29 projects | /r/selfhosted | 5 Dec 2023
    PiKVM
  • Raspberry Pi 5
    13 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Sep 2023
    I've been using one for https://pikvm.org/ and it's been a rare case of "the Raspberry Pi is neither ridiculously overpowered or ridiculously underpowered or beat out by any off the shelf solution, let alone at the same price point". It's literally the best IP KVM I've ever used or owned. The use case is almost a perfect match for the exact hardware capabilities of the Pi: hardware encoding, video input, gigabit network (with Wi-Fi alternative, which has saved me a few times), GPIO, USB OTG, the hat system, open source web KVM software which doesn't suck ass and sit untouched for 13 years with endless security vulnerabilities piling up.
  • Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on demand – the simple way
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Apr 2023
    Another option is to control a power-hungry NAS with a PiKVM device.

    Got the idea from this youtuber[1], he has some nice ideas on setting up a home server.

    [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5jNJDaztqk&t=395s

    [2] https://pikvm.org/

  • Remotely control a laptop with no software installed on the laptop being controlled
    2 projects | /r/digitalnomad | 14 Apr 2023
    This is a popular one: https://pikvm.org/
  • Totally blind software engineer, searching for a motherboard for a CPU heavy workstation
    2 projects | /r/homelab | 10 Apr 2023
    I think it would be better to explore standalone KVM options like the Asus card on in another motherboard, it just seems to be a standard BMC chip, or something like the PiKVM (https://pikvm.org/) - I think it would make life easier for you if you could find an external solution that works - meaning you could potentially plug and play it on other devices as needed - or even buy multiples.
    2 projects | /r/homelab | 10 Apr 2023
  • Any actually useful uses for Raspberry Pi and alternative sbc?
    11 projects | /r/homelab | 24 Mar 2023
    So I got a Libre AML-S905X-CC (Le Potato) to play around with but all the ideas I see online are about emulating games, running a nas, running ad blocker, vpn server, 3d printer, website hosting. All these just seem like these would be better to run on an actual server or the ideas are lame, basic, and overused. I just want some useful things that only these single board computers can do to justify their purpose. I like stuff like the PiKVM or wireless usb like VirtualHere. The Arduino has their spot for robotics and what not, but what do SBC have to offer besides being small and broad purpose? Stuff like can I make it auto start my car in the morning, attached it to a pcie port on my pc, make a cellular wifi hotspot modem thing, make a smart tv, make a robot with AI, bypass wifi router settings, make a smart door deadbolt or smart window blinds, AI caht bots, transmit landline calls to the internet, drones with facial recognition, spy balloons, kiss under the bicycle racks in walmart, watch the rat movie that cooks food, ratatoot toot, overthrow the government? Those types of ideas are stuff I see as useful but also I want to look up later if those are something that exists already.
  • Desktop Sharing to work from another computer
    2 projects | /r/selfhosted | 15 Mar 2023
    It's not a kvm as you're imagining it. The topology would be your work computer plugged into pikvm, say. There's no fucking about with anything on your computer or moving cables around etc., you simply access your work computer from a browser session on any other device - in your case your computer.

Ansible-NAS

Posts with mentions or reviews of Ansible-NAS. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-22.
  • My selfhosted Backup Solution
    2 projects | /r/selfhosted | 22 May 2023
    Ansible-NAS
  • Can't decide on an OS
    2 projects | /r/HomeServer | 27 Feb 2023
    Ubuntu supports ZFS as well. I use this at the moment which works very well. https://github.com/davestephens/ansible-nas
  • IaaC through Cloudflare Zero trust, proxmox, traefik and pihole
    3 projects | /r/selfhosted | 27 Dec 2022
    Right now I manage docker mule with ansible. Traefik and dashboard is autopopulated with labels ( homepage is great, ansible-nas is sometimes outdated but can be easily fixed ) .
  • NAS with NFSv4.2
    2 projects | /r/linuxadmin | 24 Nov 2022
    Never used this thing but it seems popular https://github.com/davestephens/ansible-nas freenas is fine for me
  • Reliable DIY home NAS/server suggestions
    2 projects | /r/HomeNAS | 29 Aug 2022
    - NAS software and solutions: -- FreeNas or TrueNas, I heard they are good file storage solutions, but I cross them out because I read there is limited Docker or VMs support; -- Unraid, I cross it out since needs paid license I am not sure if I need all the features. Maybe I am cheapscate, but I would like to see if I can get what I need using free software first. I probably would invest if I build a proper NAS from scratch, and not reporpusing old hardware; -- OpenMediaVault. Something I am considering, but I heard it is a decent open source NAS based on Linux, has it limitations, doesn't really like USB storage and so on. -- Synology hardware. Friend has it because he knows he has no time to mess around. Don't want to go this rout since I have the hardware already. -- Roling out your own solution or using ubuntu or ansible-nas. Sounds like a great learning experience. BUT for some reason, people who create their own solution end up switching to some different framework like this guy.
  • Is there a more up-to-date guide than this?
    5 projects | /r/selfhosted | 16 Apr 2022
    Not an up to date article, but if you're interested in an alternative which also has portainer for some management, I've used https://github.com/davestephens/ansible-nas in the past with great results. It's managed with ansible, but all docker containers.
  • someone please tell me linux equivalent to Microsoft Storage spaces
    2 projects | /r/sysadmin | 20 Feb 2022
    Thanks for all the responses, I read and watched a lot about ZFS again tonight after posting this and my only thing I'm not sure on is if I can have the SSDs as a write cache or like how storage spaces does tiering. so, I'm going to start with Truenas core. I also found this other project which looks really good and that I might consider later on down the track: https://github.com/davestephens/ansible-nas
  • My self-hosting infrastructure, fully automated from empty disk to operating services.
    15 projects | /r/selfhosted | 21 Jan 2022
  • What do you use Ansible and automation for?
    2 projects | /r/ansible | 10 Nov 2021
    I'm using ansible to deploy containers on my nas setup, forked from here https://github.com/davestephens/ansible-nas
  • Synology died, migrate to TrueNAS?
    2 projects | /r/freenas | 9 May 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Open and cheap DIY IP-KVM based on Raspberry Pi and Ansible-NAS you can also consider the following projects:

OpenMediaVault - openmediavault is the next generation network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux. Thanks to the modular design of the framework it can be enhanced via plugins. openmediavault is primarily designed to be used in home environments or small home offices.

tinypilot - Use your Raspberry Pi as a browser-based KVM.

DietPi - Lightweight justice for your single-board computer!

FreeNAS - TrueNAS CORE/Enterprise/SCALE Middleware Git Repository [Moved to: https://github.com/truenas/middleware]

docker-idrac6 - iDRAC 6 web interface and VNC proxy

pimox - Proxmox for the Raspberry Pi

mistborn

DockSTARTer - DockSTARTer helps you get started with running apps in Docker.

ustreamer - µStreamer - Lightweight and fast MJPEG-HTTP streamer

budibase - Budibase is an open-source low code platform that helps you build internal tools in minutes 🚀