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I want to say that prgmr.com used (uses?) something like this for out of band access to VMs for serial console access or reboots, etc [0]. It certainly can be a
by mbreese 7y ago
I want to say that prgmr.com used (uses?) something like this for out of band access to VMs for serial console access or reboots, etc [0]. It certainly can be a powerful tool to give someone limited access to infrastructure.
I swear I read about this in a blog post, but that was many years ago and I couldn't quickly find it.
[0] https://wiki.prgmr.com/mediawiki/index.php/Management_Console https://wiki.prgmr.com/mediawiki/index.php/Management_Consol...
- sn 7y agoWe still do this, though the implementation has had a complete rewrite. It's very accessible.
- peatfreak 7y agoWhat do you mean by "very accessible"? Are you referring to the design and implementation of this interaction technique? Or the accessibility of the UI?
- mbreese 7y agoProbably meaning the amount of access you get to configure your VM. I’ve never had a need for one from them, but the amount of configuration they describe in their documentation from an SSH/CLI to your VM is pretty comprehensive. It’s a slick way to avoid the overhead and infrastructure needed to support a big web GUI. You can pretty much see the entire interface from the link above.