Ask HN: Dev/Ops/DevOps tools you use and more people should
I'm looking for useful, working but less known tools that I can introduce my clients too. Either commercial (hopefully, which I can partner with and sell) or free (that I can implement for my customers benefit).
I'm extra interested in tools that can be used on-prem, in disconnected environments, but don't limit yourself to those only.
Tell us about any tool or service that is useful for you, that we may not be familiar with and that we should. Thanks!
Tailscale, and Headscale to fit your on-prem request.
I still run my own WireGuard server at home for getting on my internal LAN, but Tailscale for side projects is great.
Hurl ( https://hurl.dev ) for testing HTTP APIs.
And self-promotion a bit: https://github.com/link-society/flowg An easy to setup/use log processing facility:
Because OpenObserve didn't have the features I wanted
Because ELK is too heavy for my usecase
Because Splunk is too expensive
Because I wanted something KISSNot sure about lesser known but my top tools are:
- Caddy server (Auto SSL, Dead simple Reverse Proxy) [0]
- mkcert(local SSL) [1]
- AWS Global Accelerator [2] (Static IP, Route traffic based on location) [2]
Honeycomb. Amazing observability tool and reasonably cheaper/better than alternatives.
Noop [0] is a cloud platform that runs entire application ecosystems (including edge routing) locally and deploys the same setups globally -- it's a departure from the plug and play paradigm of kubernetes, but it means a lot less integration work. Full disclosure, I work @Noop.
GitProtect backup and DR for DevOps
I don’t think I could survive without Netbox
If you use Netbox, take a look at:
https://github.com/SaaShup/netbox-docker-plugin & https://github.com/SaaShup/netbox-docker-agent
I am one of the contributors, and we use it extensively at work. There are still a few quirks to iron out, but it's a really nice experience.
Aside from learning how to use it, is there any value for Netbox in a home lab?
Do you use the community edition or SaaS?
Tailscale
Tailscale Subnet routers
Tailscale ACL
Pulumi
Tailscale, Caddy.
Don't you usually find tools to solve a problem, rather than the other way round? It sounds like you're literally asking for solutions looking for a problem.
Totally fine to do. I have solutions for all sorts of stuff—doesn’t mean they’re good ones. Lets folks talk about stuff they’re stoked on.