Frood, an Alpine Initramfs NAS (2024)

29 pointsposted 6 hours ago
by ethanpil
(words.filippo.io)

10 Comments

yjftsjthsd-h

5 hours 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:)

FiloSottile

4 hours ago

TIL about ZFSBootMenu! Still, the whole frood system is significantly less complex than ZFSBootMenu alone.

sunshine-o

5 hours ago

ZFSBootMenu and Alpine are a beautiful match.

MuffinFlavored

13 minutes ago

I'd like the see the author achieve the same setup but with Nix

cassianoleal

5 hours 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-h

5 hours 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.)

cassianoleal

5 hours 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: