Frood, an Alpine Initramfs NAS (2024)

16 points by ethanpil1 hour ago

4 comments

yjftsjthsd-h37 minutes ago
If you already have a ZFS pool, I'd probably personally just throw on zfsbootmenu and a ZFS-root Alpine install. But, this is cooler and does have advantages:)
- sunshine-o24 minutes ago
  ZFSBootMenu and Alpine are a beautiful match.
cassianoleal37 minutes ago
> root/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key and root/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub and root/root/.ssh/authorized_keys for obvious reasons.What are the _obvious_ reasons for the NAS root to have an SSH key?
- yjftsjthsd-h25 minutes ago
 To log in and administer it? There's even an example; search for "extlinux --once". (There are other options, like a web UI or non-root SSH, but that's the obvious thing. Also if you want to advocate non-root I'm going to want to hear a threat model.)
 - cassianoleal11 minutes ago
 You don't need a private key on the host for that, only your public key in authorized_keys.Edit: Oh boy I should have paid more attention. Those are the host keys. :facepalm:
seemaze27 minutes ago
Previously -> <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42428722">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42428722</a>
- tomhow18 minutes ago
 Thanks, macroexpanded!Frood, an Alpine Initramfs NAS - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42428722">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42428722</a> - Dec 2024 (13 comments)