Frood, an Alpine Initramfs NAS (2024)

Frood, an Alpine Initramfs NAS (2024)(words.filippo.io)

22 points by ethanpil 2 hours ago | 8 comments

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 1 hour ago | |

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

sunshine-o 1 hour ago | |

ZFSBootMenu and Alpine are a beautiful match.

cassianoleal 2 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 1 hour 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 1 hour 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:

seemaze 1 hour ago |

Previously -> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42428722

tomhow 1 hour ago | |

Thanks, macroexpanded!

Frood, an Alpine Initramfs NAS - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42428722 - Dec 2024 (13 comments)