Hands-on notes about Cloud Infrastructure, cloud networking, VPN setups, home lab connectivity and practical architecture lessons. This section collects technical articles from real-world experiments, talks and migration work around cloud infrastructure.
- Minecraft Server on OCI Free Tier with Rootless Podman
My ten-year-old son wanted a Minecraft server for playing online with friends. I wanted something small, controlled, allowlisted, and useful as a real-world excuse to run rootless Podman with systemd on an Oracle OCI Free Tier ARM instance. - IPv4-to-IPv6 Relay for Home Services Behind CGNAT
My home network has public IPv6 but no public IPv4 because of CGNAT. This article describes how I use a small Oracle Cloud Free Tier Ubuntu VM, systemd and socat to relay public IPv4 SSH and WireGuard traffic into IPv6-reachable home systems. - Connect Your Home Office to Oracle Cloud – DOAG 2024
On Tuesday, November 19, 2024, I had the opportunity to speak about Oracle Cloud. Have you ever wondered how to connect your home office to the Oracle Cloud and exchange - Install OPNsense® on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
Easily install OPNsense® on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to secure your cloud environment with a community-driven firewall solution. - WireGuard VPN over IPv6 with OSPF on OCI – Part IV
This post will describe the way to setup a WireGuard site-to-site VPN using IPv6 and OSPF in the Oracle Cloud Free Tier. Part IV is focused on routing and OSPF. - WireGuard VPN over IPv6 with OSPF on OCI – Part III
This post will describe the way to setup a WireGuard site-to-site VPN using IPv6 and OSPF in the Oracle Cloud Free Tier. Part III is focused on the WireGuard setup and configuration of the home router. In my case it’s an EdgeRouter™-X with version 2.0.9. - WireGuard VPN over IPv6 with OSPF on OCI – Part II
This post will describe the way to setup a WireGuard site-to-site VPN using IPv6 and OSPF in the Oracle Cloud Free Tier. Part II is focused on WireGuard setup and configuration in the cloud. - WireGuard VPN over IPv6 with OSPF on OCI – Part I
This post will describe the way to setup a WireGuard site-to-site VPN using IPv6 and OSPF in the Oracle Cloud Free Tier