Ask HN: Dev/Ops/DevOps tools you use and more people should

15 points by zaat 1 year ago | 14 comments

I'm looking for useful, working but less known tools that I can introduce my clients too. Either commercial (hopefully, which I can partner with and sell) or free (that I can implement for my customers benefit).

I'm extra interested in tools that can be used on-prem, in disconnected environments, but don't limit yourself to those only.

Tell us about any tool or service that is useful for you, that we may not be familiar with and that we should. Thanks!

mcsniff 1 year ago |

Tailscale, and Headscale to fit your on-prem request.

I still run my own WireGuard server at home for getting on my internal LAN, but Tailscale for side projects is great.

linkdd 1 year ago |

Hurl ( https://hurl.dev ) for testing HTTP APIs.

And self-promotion a bit: https://github.com/link-society/flowg An easy to setup/use log processing facility:

  Because OpenObserve didn't have the features I wanted
  Because ELK is too heavy for my usecase
  Because Splunk is too expensive
  Because I wanted something KISS

codegeek 1 year ago |

Not sure about lesser known but my top tools are:

- Caddy server (Auto SSL, Dead simple Reverse Proxy) [0]

- mkcert(local SSL) [1]

- AWS Global Accelerator [2] (Static IP, Route traffic based on location) [2]

[0] https://caddyserver.com/

[1] https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert

[2] https://aws.amazon.com/global-accelerator/

iurisilvio 1 year ago |

Honeycomb. Amazing observability tool and reasonably cheaper/better than alternatives.

noop_joe 1 year ago |

Noop [0] is a cloud platform that runs entire application ecosystems (including edge routing) locally and deploys the same setups globally -- it's a departure from the plug and play paradigm of kubernetes, but it means a lot less integration work. Full disclosure, I work @Noop.

0. https://noop.dev

t_believ-er873 1 year ago |

GitProtect backup and DR for DevOps

SteveNuts 1 year ago |

I don’t think I could survive without Netbox

linkdd 1 year ago | |

If you use Netbox, take a look at:

https://github.com/SaaShup/netbox-docker-plugin & https://github.com/SaaShup/netbox-docker-agent

I am one of the contributors, and we use it extensively at work. There are still a few quirks to iron out, but it's a really nice experience.

LogrBaron 1 year ago | |

Aside from learning how to use it, is there any value for Netbox in a home lab?

zaat 1 year ago | |

Do you use the community edition or SaaS?

bithavoc 1 year ago |

Tailscale

Tailscale Subnet routers

Tailscale ACL

Pulumi

aborsy 1 year ago |

Tailscale, Caddy.

stephenr 1 year ago |

Don't you usually find tools to solve a problem, rather than the other way round? It sounds like you're literally asking for solutions looking for a problem.

cdaringe 1 year ago | |

Totally fine to do. I have solutions for all sorts of stuff—doesn’t mean they’re good ones. Lets folks talk about stuff they’re stoked on.