Re: [Astlinux-devel] Can astlinux-project be extended to a Home Gateway Appliance

[David K. <da...@ke...>]

Ramesh,
  I think you will find that there are several people on this list that use
AstLinux in SMB settings... making their living selling and supporting
services with AstLinux at the core.  On each of your points AstLinux has a
way to address.

   - Routing and Firewall is built in.   Uses Arno iptables firewall.
   - DNS... we use dnsmasq
   - DHCP... dnsmasq is our dhcp server.  IPv4 only.
   - We recommend an external cellular modem like NetGear LB1121.  Astlinux
   has WAN failover that will work with that.
   - Current development builds include LXC containers.  With that you
   could add a full mail server (I installed Postfix the other day).
   - You could do a custom build of AstLinux to include python.  But with
   LXC I think you're better off putting that, and Java, into a container.

Regards,
David



On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 1:15 PM Ramesh GK <ram...@ho...> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have been an avid follower of your project since last 1.5yrs and at one
> point used it to fit my needs as a Home Gateway Appliance however I was
> looking to make it extensible by bringing in other components to make it as
> a full blown suite which can also be used by SMBs too.
>
> - routing & firewall - shorewall (optional)
> - dns - bind
> - dhcp - isc dhcp server
> - mail server - exim4 & dovecot
> - in-built cellular services using modem manager & network manager for
> sending alerts/notifications when primary network goes down
> - java/python for developing additional/extending the existing
> functionality. For example support for openhab or homeassistant home
> automation
>
> Please let know if this is of your interest.
>
> Thanks
> Ramesh GK
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