Below is the minimum config you would need to get a functional VDSL connection on an SRX. The platform I am using is the old (but still supported!) SRX110H2-VA. One gotcha is the vlan-id setting on the pt- interface, a significant amount of searching was required to determine what this value should be; VLAN ID... Continue Reading →
Homelab 2021
Time to leave the four core world behind and build something bigger for my lab topologies.
Running Palo Alto VM under bhyve
Try as I might I had no luck in running the Palo Alto VM under VirtualBox. It is not a supported environment but VMware Player is not available under FreeBSD. this post will look at getting the VM running under the BSD homegrown bhyve. # uname -r 13.0-RELEASE To covert a VMDK file into a... Continue Reading →
Palo Alto – BGP Load sharing, dual-homed to single ISP
Using Local Preference and MED for symmetric routing in a dual-homed topology.
Running a Palo Alto 10.0.2 VM on EVE-NG
Using the latest PAN-OS (v10.0.2) ESXi (PAN-OS for VM-Series Base Images) on EVE-NG
Ansible – export Palo Alto config
Create a Ansible playbook for configuration export.
DNS blackhole using FreeBSD
Roll your own DNS blackhole with bind and a little bit of scripting.
Cisco VIP kit
During this current lockdown nearly everything arrives by post and each box contains the same sort of items on a weekly basis, so it was great when a box from the states arrived. Inside was the Cisco Designated VIP kit for 2020; trinkets, drinks container, huge glass paperweight and most importantly new clothes. Sweet! I... Continue Reading →
SNMP monitoring with Grafana and telegraf on FreeBSD
Monitoring a Squid cache with Grafana using FreeBSD
wireguard remote access VPN using FreeBSD
Configure FreeBSD as a remote access VPN server terminating Wireguard tunnels
CS7 Networks 