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OpenWISP: Multi-device fleet management for OpenWrt routers

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Re: OpenWISP: Multi-device fleet management for OpenWrt routers

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Post by zorgmonkey »

phoronixrly wrote: post #13

I've always wondered why this project needs to be so complex... I need to administer 10-20aps... why is it necessary to run 9 services to achieve this? A mail server? An OpenVPN server? Docker is still not advised for prod use.

The docs seem to suggest that docker is fully supported. I wonder if that note on the github repo about prod use of the docker image is out of date.

https://openwisp.io/docs/stable/docker/index.html

Re: OpenWISP: Multi-device fleet management for OpenWrt routers

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Post by j45 »

phoronixrly wrote: post #13

I've always wondered why this project needs to be so complex... I need to administer 10-20aps... why is it necessary to run 9 services to achieve this? A mail server? An OpenVPN server? Docker is still not advised for prod use.

Many people might use a different 10-20% of it and it's quite valid.

Re: OpenWISP: Multi-device fleet management for OpenWrt routers

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Post by dguerri »

phoronixrly wrote: post #13

I've always wondered why this project needs to be so complex... I need to administer 10-20aps... why is it necessary to run 9 services to achieve this? A mail server? An OpenVPN server? Docker is still not advised for prod use.

WISP stands for Wireless ISP, so the target is not SoHo. It can be used with 10-20 aps, but I agree that in that case can be overkill.

This software has been used to run public wireless services in many Italian towns, in collaboration with local government institutions.

Docker not recommended for prod? I believe that the industry is going in a different direction :)

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