SONiC
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SONiC
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OpenWrt One/AP-24.XY: new open source router board by OpenWrt and Banana Pi
Running FOSS software on a switch is an awkward endeavor. Some switches have okay-to-decent support, mostly via OpenWRT, and you’re mostly getting VLAN control. With Ruckus or Cisco, etc, you also get ACLs, some “layer 3” capabilities, sFlow, SNMP, real support for various loop detection schemes, network mapping capabilities, possible diagnosis of cable problems, and lots more. And a configuration system that is quite a bit better than you will find in most Linux networking config software. (Although OpenWRT actually tries pretty well, in contrast to, say, Ubuntu. Sigh.)
I would not want to run a large network using OpenWRT switches. Maybe if OpenWRT took management of multiple devices seriously some day.
FWIW, in theory you can run a mostly-open Linux stack on some of the very software-defined switches, supporting OpenFlow and such. See, for example, https://github.com/sonic-net/SONiC/wiki This did not seem like an easy thing to get working.
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Switches That You Actually Own
For switches? OpenWrt supports a few models toward the lower end, and SONiC support a bunch at the higher-end datacenter ToR market, but none of these options are SME production-ready like Linux servers or OPNsense firewalls.
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IPv4-only ISPs, IPv6-only websites and EU regulation 2015/2120
I have all sorts of expensive and cheap hardware, personally and professionally. SoCs are SoCs, and these need to run Linux or BSD for a reason. There's plenty of big silicon running Linux, but if you know any better small silicon, by all means, let us know.
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Question regarding switch vendors for 25GbE 48-port switches with 100GbE uplinks
To see more of what's on offer, check Colfax (not as broad a range as they once carried) and the HCLs for the main ONI OSes, starting with SONiC.
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SONiC with a home grade device?
You can scour ebay for hardware on the HCL, but they're all going to be pretty loud and power hungry. I have some hardware at work that SONiC would run on and I wouldn't want to run them at home. It looks like you can run it in containers though as described here.
- [SONiC-VS] EVPN-VXLANv4 w/ BGP unnumbered
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How to use SONiC on CML
SONiC on virtual machine for Windows https://github.com/sonic-net/SONiC/wiki/SONiC-on-virtual-machine-for-Windows
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Ask HN: Dear Cisco, how about our home labs?
If you aren’t going for a Cisco-specific certification I would forget about getting exclusively Cisco gear and look for any open/‘gray box’ hardware that run newer open network OSes like SONiC [0], or Pica8 [1]. The skills are transferable and second-hand hardware from a variety of manufacturers like Edge-Core, QCT, or Dell or others is available for super cheap on eBay.
The advantage here is having a wide variety of experience outside of Cisco lock-in with open software (normally Linux based, some are based on *BSDs) and the actual software license is free and open for the most part. You also will get a full linux distro with a familiar cli so you can run automation and config management code directly on the switch, which would help you learn multiple things at once. Also it doesn’t hurt that you’d get 10 gigabit, or even 100g(!), Ethernet for your homelab for super cheap :).
For your shopping, look at the SONiC hardware compatibility list [2], often you can find lots of these for cheap.
[0] https://github.com/sonic-net/SONiC
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Would you use white label switches in a small enterprise setting?
I'd lean toward Edge-Core or something from a specific HCL instead of FS. Some of the other brands previously available to us have either disappeared or are being highly affected by supply-chain disruptions.
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How to get started Dell S4112F-ON / ONIE
with https://github.com/Azure/SONiC but I dont have a BIN file and I am not sure that was even the right Sonic?
DietPi
- Home Lab Guide
- DietPi – Highly optimised minimal Debian OS
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DietPi released a new version 9.1
DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts.
The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi
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Considerations for a long-running Raspberry Pi
That's a good point, but the array of devices supported by the DietPi team is extensive: https://dietpi.com/
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The Orange Pi 5
Before someone starts the usual yadda yadda about the RPi biger community, the OS not having long time support etc. I would repeat one more time: do not rely on board vendor supplied images; this is valid for pretty much all boards. Just go to Armbian or DietPi pages and you'll almost certainly find one or more images that work on your board and forums to discuss about them with very knowledgeable people.
https://www.armbian.com/download/
https://dietpi.com/#download
Those projects are well worth a contribution, as they don't have a giant like Broadcom behind them.
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OpenWrt One/AP-24.XY: new open source router board by OpenWrt and Banana Pi
> bananapi do a lot of boards but their software story has been a bit poor
This is quite common with other board manufacturers too. I'd rather suggest to ignore completely their cobbled together distros, often also tainted by proprietary modifications, that become unmaintained in a few years, and see if they're among the many supported by Armbian or DietPi.
https://www.armbian.com/download/
https://dietpi.com/#download
- DietPi: Lightweight Debian OS, optimised for minimal CPU, RAM usage
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DietPi released a new version 8.25
The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v8_25/
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Looking for a way to remote in to K's of raspberry pi's...
RPi OS = diet pi https://dietpi.com/ - initial config via text file - SDcard burning out partially mitigated as writes log files to ram then flushes to SDcard reducing write cycles
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Laptop so slow that even XFCE is laggy. What distro could run better?
You could also try very minimalistic distros like TwisterUI or DietPi which are most known for their use in the RasprebbyPi / SBC computers but which also have editions for desktop / laptop.
What are some alternatives?
sonic-buildimage - Scripts which perform an installable binary image build for SONiC
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.
core - OPNsense GUI, API and systems backend
NextCloudPi - 📦 Build code for NextcloudPi: Raspberry Pi, Odroid, Rock64, curl installer...
sonic-utilities - Command line utilities for the SONiC project
Open and cheap DIY IP-KVM based on Raspberry Pi - Open and inexpensive DIY IP-KVM based on Raspberry Pi
DockSTARTer - DockSTARTer helps you get started with running apps in Docker.
FreeNAS - TrueNAS CORE/Enterprise/SCALE Middleware Git Repository [Moved to: https://github.com/truenas/middleware]
Ansible-NAS - Build a full-featured home server or NAS replacement with an Ubuntu box and this playbook.
podman - Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods.
Piratebox - PirateBox Scriptcollection for running in Webserver
Yacht - A web interface for managing docker containers with an emphasis on templating to provide 1 click deployments. Think of it like a decentralized app store for servers that anyone can make packages for.