Setting up a fully remote home network

terrorgenterrorgen OG
edited July 23 in Help

I wonder how you guys set up your data center network to be as remotely manageable as possible minimizing the hassle of going into the DC when things happen.

I know about ssh and kvm. But what about other technologies used?

Something that I can replicate at home.

For situations like when I am not at home and my wife called saying Internet is out because I misconfigured something.

The all seeing eye sees everything...

Comments

  • orangevpsorangevps

    IPMI, ILO, IDRAC, DCIManager

  • jqrjqr OG

    There's PiKVM, but that will need internet in order to be accessible remotely. You would have to have a backup way of providing internet access. Maybe an LTE modem with a cheap plan?

    It's pronounced hacker.

  • terrorgenterrorgen OG
    edited July 23

    @orangevps said:
    IPMI, ILO, IDRAC, DCIManager

    I use consumer grade products so these are unavailable to me.

    @jqr said:
    There's PiKVM, but that will need internet in order to be accessible remotely. You would have to have a backup way of providing internet access. Maybe an LTE modem with a cheap plan?

    I was thinking about PiKVM but isn't there a shortage for the Compute Module? I don't really want to overpay for stuff.

    I have fiber and if the ISP let me DHCP a second IP, v4 or v6, would just be awesome.

    Else a cheap LTE plan might be needed.

    I am also virtualizing everything so I don't have to rely upon PiKVM, if I could help it.

    How often does one need to power cycle their equipment? Should I throw in a few smart power strips for good measure?

    The all seeing eye sees everything...

  • datakillerdatakiller

    Smart power strips might default to off, depends, I think most default to off since they don't want things to randomly turn on.

    That's important since after a power outage, I have my heater on one for example, imagine if one had multiple of those and suddenly they all turn on. I doubt it's configurable on most but maybe some allow defaulting to on.

  • lowendspiritxdaxlowendspiritxdax
    edited July 23

    • UPS

      • I experience around 5x power outage a year

    • Have 2 router with different upstream

      • I have one normal router + one „emergency“ cellular router
      • My normal router can be accessed and configured from the „emergency“ network
      • Load balancing and failover possible, if one upstream suddenly dies (happens)

    Normal ISP ➡️ Normal Router
    Cellular ISP ➡️ Cellular Router ➡️ Normal Router

    Within the emergency network you can even completely reinstall your normal router and restore backups via IPMI.

  • havochavoc OGContent Writer

    Instead of pikvm I'd rather look at the upcoming sipeed kvm

    Same concept but smaller, compact and cheaper cause you don't need a pi

  • heyhey OG

    I set up a VPN on VPS and use it for my server at home

    Then I've Raspberry PI acting as DNS Server, which is always on and can start (using ether-wake) the home server if it's down or needs a reboot.

    Separation is the key, at least the main devices for the internet, like routers and DNS. So no matter what happens with the home server you still have internet access.

  • dgc1980dgc1980

    I use a self-hosted version of RustDesk to remotely access my PCs while out and about.

    I also have IPv6 access to a linux system on my network if need be also, but mostly just remote to one of my PC's if needed.

  • foxonefoxone OG

    I setup a separate VLAN which can be accessed only through wireguard (even locally) and i can use to manage machines (from there i get the proxmox control panel, access points, network devices)...

    Wireguard makes sure the VLAN is inaccessible to anybody except who owns the private key (me).

    Additionally, it's all IPv6-only so i filter out 90% of potential hackers.

    For remote management of machines without ilo or other similar system i was thinking about buying a NanoKVM which seem to be really interesting and cheap: https://aliexpress.com/item/1005007369816019.html

  • coolicecoolice
    edited July 24

    @terrorgen said:

    @orangevps said:
    IPMI, ILO, IDRAC, DCIManager

    I use consumer grade products so these are unavailable to me.

    @jqr said:
    There's PiKVM, but that will need internet in order to be accessible remotely. You would have to have a backup way of providing internet access. Maybe an LTE modem with a cheap plan?

    I was thinking about PiKVM but isn't there a shortage for the Compute Module? I don't really want to overpay for stuff.

    Shortage ended at least in Europe there is stock every where... Scalpers are out of luck - can keep their €225 Pi4 from last year for ever

    I payed 75 euro for mine Pi5 4G with "free shipping" and express 24 hours delivery and there are offers from multiple vendors in Europe starting from around €66 + shipping and a bit longer delivery time

    just check for the closest vendor at the bottom of thepage https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-5/?variant=raspberry-pi-5-4gb

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