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Re: [Astlinux-devel] Can astlinux-project be extended to a Home Gateway Appliance
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From: Ramesh GK <ram...@ho...> - 2020-06-08 02:23:02
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Hi Lonnie, I concur with what you have mentioned. I did go that way and was able to build it very quickly but my conscience was keep on asking me to stick with astlinux-project because this project is the one through which I have seen buildroot and every documentation of yours has helped me to learn more about building a minimal linux system from scratch. so I started migrating astlinux-project on the latest stable buildroot 2019.02.11 and in the plans to merge another project motioneyeos to make it a complete suite for the home. astlinux-project also has to upgrade at somepoint to the latest buildroot to make it extensible and have more people use it in future. I am planning to upload the repository to sourceforge.net since it is the pioneer of source code repository. And whatever you do do not upgrade the kernel to v4. that is my personal suggestion but I cannot share any more further details why. Please let know if I am violating any rules of the project and I will gladly correct them. Thanks Ramesh GK Phone: 408-462-0408 Strive not to be a success but rather to be of value - Albert Einstein ________________________________ From: Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lo...> Sent: Saturday, June 6, 2020 2:39 PM To: AstLinux Developers Mailing List <ast...@li...> Subject: Re: [Astlinux-devel] Can astlinux-project be extended to a Home Gateway Appliance Ramesh, If I were you, I would start with latest Buildroot and enable the packages you want, disable the ones you don't. This will be required to get ARM support. The Buildroot folks pioneered, and the AstLinux Project is based on Buildroot, so your principle should be honored. Lonnie > On Jun 6, 2020, at 11:02 AM, Ramesh GK <ram...@ho...> wrote: > > Hi All, > > Thanks for your valuable feedback. I have two principles that I am trying to adhere to it. > > • My first principle is I will use the software that pioneered rather than the software that came later for convenience. I feel that pioneer should always be a pioneer and anyone or anything that is replacing a pioneer is like a father bringing a newer mother for his and your convenience when you have an existing mother who has given birth to you. > • Apply the above principle no matter what. > > That was the reason I am trying to stick with astlinux-project because this project is the one that has given me the idea behind my project. So not trying to reinvent the wheel with great respect to astlinux-project but at the same time trying to get my vision done. I am facing several challenges to backport the newer packages to astlinux-project and one of the reasons is my expertise is not in embedded devices programming even though I am a software developer. I am learning the things slowly but need to get this done asap within this month. I am trying to use astlinux-project as my base stack but change certain components to fit my vision. > > Not sure if this is the platform to ask but can anyone help me with my project. I can pay depending upon the budget > > This is my to-do list > > Mandatory > • Migrate to newer buildroot builds for wider supportability > • Switch DNS to bind > • Switch DHCP to isc2 dhcp server > • Switch arno ip tables firewall to shorewall. I see that Lonnie is one of the core developers for Arno and have due respect for him however I could not able to part from my principle and the reason I chose shorewall is because of the developer even if he retired recently. > • Switch HTTP to Apache > • Mail Server - exim > • IMAP Server - dovecot > • Upgrade iptables to newer version > > Additional Items > • Native JDK Supportability > • Native Python Supportability > • LetsEncyrpt > • Support for Raspberri PI and OdroidXU4 and Other devices > • LXC is the last one I would like to use because I am trying to support SBCs as well > > Thanks > Ramesh GK > Phone: 408-462-0408 > > Strive not to be a success but rather to be of value - Albert Einstein > > From: David Kerr <da...@ke...> > Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 2:13 PM > To: AstLinux Developers Mailing List <ast...@li...> > Subject: Re: [Astlinux-devel] Can astlinux-project be extended to a Home Gateway Appliance > > 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 > Strive not to be a success but rather to be of value - Albert Einstein > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-devel mailing list > Ast...@li... > https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.sourceforge.net%2Flists%2Flistinfo%2Fastlinux-devel&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ca58e3ec45fa64fb5b12308d80a48fc09%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637270655859460006&sdata=4jBTEuMbi7aA2iEX%2BiMsvTXaU9QcowM0jgrU7Tb2Ezk%3D&reserved=0 > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-devel mailing list > Ast...@li... > https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.sourceforge.net%2Flists%2Flistinfo%2Fastlinux-devel&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ca58e3ec45fa64fb5b12308d80a48fc09%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637270655859460006&sdata=4jBTEuMbi7aA2iEX%2BiMsvTXaU9QcowM0jgrU7Tb2Ezk%3D&reserved=0 _______________________________________________ Astlinux-devel mailing list Ast...@li... https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.sourceforge.net%2Flists%2Flistinfo%2Fastlinux-devel&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ca58e3ec45fa64fb5b12308d80a48fc09%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637270655859460006&sdata=4jBTEuMbi7aA2iEX%2BiMsvTXaU9QcowM0jgrU7Tb2Ezk%3D&reserved=0 |
