Cloud

Ever wanted to learn about cloud computing, but were worried about monthly costs confusing product options?

Wanted something new to learn that's stay-at-home compatible?

Hacksburg has computing resources on-site which members can use from anywhere.

What Hacksburg Offers

• Member Virtual Machines
  • 2 cores, 6GiB RAM, 64GiB hard drive space
  • Private IP address on Hacksburg's network. Laptops, Raspberry Pis, etc. can all communicate directly with each other.
  • Gigabit Internet connection
  • *.<name>.cloud.hacksburg.org DNS wildcard
  • HTTP(S) for DNS wildcard to your server(s)
• Colocation (bring your own server/Pi/etc.)
  • Subject to power limits (please don't blow the breaker)
  • Colocated servers also on Hacksburg network
• VPN
  • Access your projects on Hacksburg's network from anywhere.

Hacksburg Physical Hardware

• Main Server
  • HP ProLiant DL370 G6
  • 2x Xeon E5530, 8 Core / 16 Thread
  • 48GB of memory
  • 4x Gigabit Ports
  • 2x 10G SFP+ cages
  • Fibre channel
  • 8x 146GB 10K SAS in RAIDZ1 configuration (Total space reported: 1.06TB)
  • Runs ProxMox VM hosting software
• Second Server
  • IBM System x3650 M3
  • 2x Xeon X5675, 12 Core / 24 Thread
  • 96GB of memory
  • 10x Gigabit Ports
  • 2x Fibre channel
  • Hard Drives TBD
  • Will run ProxMox VM hosting software
• Sun Servers 1 and 2
  • SunFire X4200
  • Do not turn on the Sun Servers because they are unacceptably loud.
• Switch
  • tp-link 8-port Gigabit switch, TL-SG108

Hacksburg Network Layout

• pfSense Router
  • Internet comes in here
  • 192.168.15.1
• Docker Host
  • Runs NGINX reverse proxy. All HTTP(S) traffic at Hacksburg runs through this NGINX reverse proxy. Members can request forwarding to their containers.
  • Containers:
    • Jitsi Meet
      • https://meet.hacksburg.org
      • Hosts our open meetings and classes
    • PeerTube
      • https://video.hacksburg.org
      • Hosts recordings of our classes