Layer 2 overview

Below you can find the structure of the network as of 06-05-2022. Fat lines are 2 x 1GE LACP trunks

Layer 3 overview

we have a single-vlan flat network. The following prefix is active on this network:

10.208.0.0/22

Within this prefix, we have multiple ranges for multiple purposes:

10.208.0.x Network devices
10.208.1.x Servers
10.208.2.x DHCP clients
10.208.3.x DHCP clients

If you are unsure which range you should use, stick with DHCP. DHCP clients can set their hostname via dynamic DNS. Clients in statically managed networks must specify a hostname in IPAM.

The default gateway on this network is 10.208.0.1

DNS

search nurd.space lan.nurd.space vm.nurd.space management.nurd.space router.nurd.space dhcp.nurd.space
nameserver 10.208.1.53

Rack info

       Voorkant        Achterkant

Keyboard Keyboard
Pachtpaneel
Rangeerrack
Switch
Harmony Racklight
Harmony
Plank
Gateway
Gateway
Gateway
Gateway
Gpubak
Gpubak
Gpubak
Gpubak
Plank
Erratic
Erratic
Erratic
Erratic
Blind Aardlek switch

Management

Network management administrative interfaces

You can manage our devices using the URLs below:

Product	URL	User	Used for	Notes
Edgerouter Lite	https://gateway.lan.nurd.space:8443/	ubnt	Routing and NATting towards internet
Aruba core switch	http://core-sw.lan.nurd.space	admin	Main switch in the space
Access points	https://10.208.43.254:4343/	admin	Virtual controller for WIFI
Proxmox erratic	https://erratic.lan.nurd.space:8006/	root	Deploy LXC/KVM instances on our hypervisor
Erratic IPMI	https://erratic-bmc.lan.nurd.space/	ADMIN	Remote management of erratic
Synology	https://harmony.lan.nurd.space:5001/	nurds	Used for backups and storage	Has a different password due to pwd requirements. Ask in the bofh channel.
IPAM ip+dns	https://ipam.nurd.space/	ldap	IP and DNS registration
LibreNMS	http://librenms.vm.nurd.space/	nurds	Network device metrics
Weathermap	http://weathermap.vm.nurd.space		Network traffic map
Smokeping	http://smokeping.vm.nurd.space		Network latency measurements
Icinga2	https://monitor.vm.nurd.space/	admin	Monitoring service

Virtual machine

We support hosting multiple virtual machines, using both the KVM and the LXC model. These are deployed using proxmox. We have introduced the 'managed vm', which is a vm which adheres to nurdspace standards. For more information, see the ManagedVM and the Ansible pages.

VPN tunnels

We support Roadwarrior and Site-to-Site VPN tunnels, using Wireguard and OpenVPN. Contact someone from the BOFH team to discuss the possibilities and get connected.

Backups

We do daily full backups of managed systems. More details can be found on the Backup page.

TLS

All servers have a unique ECDSA certificate which can be used for both client and server authentication. Details about this setup can be found on the TLS page.

Network discovery

In order to make devices available for discovery, a couple of protocols can be enabled. Note that this only applies to physical systems, not VM/LXCs.

LLDP

The first one of these is lldp (Link-Layer Discovery Protocol). This protocol communicates device attributes to connected peers via ethernet frames. Lldp is enabled on all networking devices. Enabling these should only be done for systems that are physically connected to the network (eg, using an ethernet cable or wifi). Under debian, this is done as follows:

apt install lldpd
systemctl enable --now lldpd

SNMP

The second protocol to enable is snmp (Simple Network Management Protocol). This protocol allows a device to be queried for various network and host metrics, and allowing us to keep a precise count of per-device traffic rates. But above all, this gives us shiney graphs ^_^

First, install the required daemons and MIBs:

apt install snmp snmpd snmp-mibs-downloader
download-mibs

Next, configure snmpd for use. Edit /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf and set the following two administrative fields:

sysLocation    NURDspace,MODIFY_LOCATION_WITHIN_NURDSPACE
sysContact     Admins <bofh@nurdspace.nl>

Next, make sure that snmpd can listen on all ip addresses and can be queried using the default community

#agentaddress  127.0.0.1,[::1] # ADD A HASH IN FRONT OF THIS LINE
rocommunity  public default
rocommunity6 public default

Finally, enable snmpd and perform a testrun to verify if it is working:

systemctl enable --now snmpd
root@erratic:~# snmpwalk -v2c -c public localhost
iso.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0 = STRING: "Linux erratic.lan.nurd.space 5.15.30-2-pve #1 SMP PVE 5.15.30-3 (Fri, 22 Apr 2022 18:08:27 +0200) x86_64"
iso.3.6.1.2.1.1.2.0 = OID: iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.10
iso.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0 = Timeticks: (8715381) 1 day, 0:12:33.81
iso.3.6.1.2.1.1.4.0 = STRING: "Admins <bofh@nurdspace.nl>"
iso.3.6.1.2.1.1.5.0 = STRING: "erratic.lan.nurd.space"
iso.3.6.1.2.1.1.6.0 = STRING: "NURDspace,Bar"
...

Upcoming features and functionality

See [Network/Roadmap|our roadmap] for a list of upcoming features and functionality. If you think something should be added, add this to either the backlog or ideas, depending on the feature. You are more then welcome to join the bofh team to implement features and functionality yourself!