After spending a bit of time tidying up cables in my rack, I figured I’d take the opportunity to write about my current setup. Here it is in all its glory: Not the greatest picture. From top to bottom: Here’s a diagram of how it’s all connected together. Not in the diagram is a UniFi … Read more
I previously blogged about how you can get BGP working between a UDM-SE and NSX Edge. I wanted to revisit the topic as BGP is now built into the UDM itself as of GW firmware 4.1 I believe, and there is no requirement to visit the command line except to troubleshoot and verify. I also … Read more
I’ve seen a few cases in the field where a HCX Manager has been deployed onto the same network which is use by workload VMs, and to make matters worse, the network is in scope for being stretched and then moved to the target environment. The issue here is that when you come to unstretch … Read more
I previously blogged that you can install and enable FRR on a UniFi UDM (or UDM SE) running UniFi OS 3.0.x. which gives you the ability to run BGP; in my case I was using it to talk to my NSX Tier-0 Edge. I noticed I started getting some weird issues after the first 3.1.x … Read more
HCX OS Assisted Migration (OSAM for short) is a VMware tool where VMs hosted on either KVM or Hyper-V or can be migrated into vSphere. It’s designed to work at scale and can do 50 concurrent migrations per Service Mesh and will scale up to four Service Meshes; allowing up to 200 total parallel migrations. … Read more
Although I have previously documented my homelab, there have been some changes as well as a housemove. This is part 1 of my 2023 update. This is how it was around a week ago, and as you can see it’s a bit of a mess. The Lack ‘Rack’ was only tempoary and I’ve had it … Read more
Update 26/07/23 – if you are running 3.1.x then follow my updated post here: https://chrisdooks.com/2023/06/26/configure-bgp-on-a-unifi-dream-machine-udm-v3-1-x-or-later/ Update 23/07/23 – it seems UniFi are now bundling FRR into their UDM to support UniFI Site Magic – source. I’ll create a new blog post soon, essentially you just need to enable the BGP daemon in /etc/frr/daemons and then … Read more
For my home firewall I’ve recently switched from using a UniFi USG Pro to a virtual Untangle Next Generation Firewall (Untangle NG Firewall) appliance. The USG has served me well, however with no future developments for USG firmware, it’s starting to show its age somewhat. More advanced VPN support is lacking, there’s no 10 Gbps … Read more