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aaronds 4 hours ago

A bit lower level than most things discussed here but on the topic of overlay networks, I’ve used nebula for years and can recommend it

https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

ysleepy 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I've used it for some time, it feels very much like it is in maintenance mode.

You manage a PKI and have to distribute the keys yourself, no auth/login etc.

it's much better than wireguard, not requiring O(N) config changes to add a node, and allowing peoxy nodes etc.

iirc key revocation and so on are not easy.

PLG88 8 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

This problem has been brought up in the OpenZiti community many times. I like Nebula, but it's not 'truly open source'.

dave78 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Nebula just had a major release that added IPv6 support for overlay networks. Hardly maintenance mode.

The main company working on it now seems to be adding all the fancy easy-to-use features as a layer on top of Nebula that they are selling. I personally appreciate getting to use the simple core of Nebula as open source. It seems very Unix-y to me: a simple tool that does one thing and does it well.

c0balt 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Nebula does not require O(n) config changes for adding a node.

O(n) is only required for:

- active revocation of a certificate (requires adding the CA fingerprint to the config file)

- adding/removing a lighthouses (hub for publishing IPs for p2p) or relay (for going over p2p)

- CA rotation

eddyg 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

+1 on Nebula. I don’t know why it doesn’t get mentioned more as an overlay network option.

sreekanth850 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

it his much complex to setup then wireguard based?

prmoustache 2 hours ago | parent [-]

It is the easiest to setup and understand really. There are no users, just hosts and their keys.

What it doesn't offer is a gui or tool to handle copying/installing/revocating keys so you trade super easy setup for a handful of nodes to management overhead if you are scaling up and down regularly.