Show HN: Terraform Provider for Inexpensive Switches

82 points · brennoo · 2 days ago

Hi HN,

I’ve been building this provider for (web managed) network switches manufactured by HRUI. These switches often used in SMBs, home labs, and by budget-conscious enthusiasts. Many HRUI switches are also rebranded and sold under various OEM/ODM names (eg. Horaco, XikeStor, keepLiNK, Sodola, etc) making them accessible/popular but often overlooked in the world of infrastructure automation.

The provider is in pre-release, and I’m looking for owners of these switches to test it and share feedback. My goal is to make it easier to automate its config using Terraform/OpenTofu :)

You can use this provider to configure VLANs, port settings, trunk/link aggregation etc.

I built this provider to address the lack of automation tools for budget-friendly hardware. It leverage goquery and has an internal SDK sitting between the Terraform resources and the switch Web UI.

If you have one of these switches, I’d love for you to give it a try and let me know how it works for you!

    Terraform Registry: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/brennoo/hrui
    OpenTofu Provider: https://search.opentofu.org/provider/brennoo/hrui

I’m happy to answer any questions about the provider or the hardware it supports. Feedback, bug reports, and ideas for improvement are more than welcome!

jfuwjasddf · 16 hours ago

My feedback:

1) the internal sdk client does not respect golang's context so will not terminate gracefully, most tf providers fail to respect golang context, so this is not out of the ordinary.

2) thank you for not saving environment credentials to state, 99% of tf providers fuck this up.

stargrazer · 1 days ago

Does any one know of switches similar to this but might be loadable with Linux? Maybe able to run with switchdev or similar?

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lanaotek.com has something similar but use a command line ability.