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- > 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?
by cassianoleal - 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.)by yjftsjthsd-h
- Previously -> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42428722by seemaze
- Thanks, macroexpanded!
Frood, an Alpine Initramfs NAS - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42428722 - Dec 2024 (13 comments)
by tomhow - I'd like the see the author achieve the same setup but with Nix
- Unlikely to happen (with the author anyway). From TFA:
> Importantly to me, it’s not defined in some complex DSL
by sudobash1 - You can do the same from an USI made from mkosi (mainstream distros support) with kernel boot parameter systemd.volatile=overlay. https://github.com/rhee876527/UKIfy-Xubuntuby s_ting765
- This looks interesting. I just set up an Alpine Diskless system that boots from a USB stick.
I originally tried to set up a NixOS diskless system with persistence for the same reason as the author but the LLM jerked me around and I had little understanding of the implications of the commands I was using. So I thought it best to pull the plug on that and stick with something more familiar.
- 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:)by yjftsjthsd-h
- ZFSBootMenu and Alpine are a beautiful match.by sunshine-o
- TIL about ZFSBootMenu! Still, the whole frood system is significantly less complex than ZFSBootMenu alone.by FiloSottile
- Reminds me of https://github.com/poettering/diskomatorby moondev