Cloud

Frontend. Passive mode Cost was the main requirement for the solution. Static web site is used to provide placeholder during off Net hours since it doesn’t have any purpose other than handling the Net. Amazon S3 static web site allows to handle any amount of traffic and provide millisecond replies for static data. It also makes convenient to handle switchover between active and passive solutions using AWS native toolset. One of the downsides is that S3 hosted website can only handle http traffic. [Read More]

Project description The goal of the project is to provide cheap and convenient solution to handle HAM Nets. Solution is built using AWS cloud services but can be ported to any other major cloud service provider with minimal changes. It consists of four main components: Scheduler Frontend. Login/status page Docker container to automate check-ins for keyups during the Net Backend. Net control station interface Data flow diagram: Scheduler Scheduler (based on AWS Lambda) is handling enabling/disabling procedure for the frontend. [Read More]

Oracle Cloud came up with interesting “forever free” proposal. As a result, you will get ARM instance with up to 24GB RAM. Should be good to run minor workloads like containers. Not a fan of OCI but getting it for free instead of paying 5-7$ a month? Can’t resist. Pros: instance has decent performance most of the opensource software will work on ARM platform can server as software VPN hub for your needs (external IP included) Cons: [Read More]