Setting up HomeLab, and Networking with help of Ubuntu and Ansible

N.A.S. - Nasaal, the Averager of the Storage

One server to rule them all.
One server to find them.
One server to bring them all
and in the darkness store them.

W.R.T. - Wireaal, Ruler of the Traffic

One router to rule them all.
One router to find them.
One router to bring them all
and in the darkness bind them.

Disclaimer: do this at your own risk. No fancy web GUI here (except monitoring), just raw Unix power.

Table of Contents

• Setting up HomeLab, and Networking with help of Ubuntu and Ansible
  • Table of Contents
  • Articles
  • Overview
    • NAS Spec
    • Linksys WRT3200ACM Spec
    • Original projects
  • NAS automation (./00-nas)
    • Cloud-install
      • autoinstall-generator.yml
      • tools/prepare.sh
      • Ventoy
    • Ansible
    • Extras
  • WRT automation (./01-wrt)

Articles

• https://www.nearshore-it.eu/articles/technologies/getting-started-with-homelab/

Overview

NAS Spec

• MoBo: Asus X99-E WS/USB 3.1
• CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2699v4 (22c/44t, 2.2GHz, 145W)
• RAM: 256GB (8 x 32GB) SK Hynix DDR4-2400 ECC RDIMM
• Bays: 21 x 3.5"
• 7x PCI-E x16:
  • LSI SAS 9400-16i 16-port 12Gb/s SAS/SATA HBA
  • 2x Qnap QM2-4P-384 4x M.2 NVMe
  • Radeon Pro WX 7100 8GB
• LAN: 2 x 1 Gbit/s Ethernet
• Storage:
  • NVME: 1 x M.2 2280 Samsung 980 PRO 1TB
  • NVME: 8 x 2280 WD Red SN700 2TB
  • HDD: 8x 3.5" WD UltraStar HC550 16TB
  • HDD: 4x 3.5" WD Red 4TB

Linksys WRT3200ACM Spec

• CPU: Marvell Armada 385 88F6820
• RAM: 512MB
• Flash: 256MB
• LAN: 4 x 1 Gbit/s Ethernet
• WLAN: 2.4GHz + 5GHz
• USB: 1 x 3.0

Original projects

• WD PR4100
• HPE ProLiant G10
• Custom FDD7

NAS automation (./00-nas)

Cloud-install

autoinstall-generator.yml

Check roles/autoinstall_generator/templates for more info.

> ansible-playbook autoinstall-generator.yml

tools/prepare.sh

Download chosen iso from here, and run you fools:

> ./tools/prepare.sh <iso_path>/ubuntu-22.04.3-live-server-amd64.iso tmp/user-data-<generated>

Ventoy

Place the iso on the USB stick, and boot from it.

Ansible

Just run:

> cd ./playbooks/00-all
> ansible-playbook all_in_one.yml

... and watch the magic.

Extras

• 00-inventory.md
• 10-create-and-import.md
• 20-sanoid-config.md
• 30-user-and-permission.md
• 40-docker.md
• 99-fuckup.md

WRT automation (./01-wrt)

TBD