How to Manually Install #Mikrotik CHR on #VPS from Custom ISO or Image

This article provides a guide for how to manually install Mikrotik CHR on VPS from custom ISO or image.
What is Mikrotik CHR?
Mikrotik CHR (or Cloud Hosted Router) is a full-featured #router designed for use in virtual environments. Installing CHR on a VPS can be beneficial for managing network ...
Continued 👉 https://blog.radwebhosting.com/manually-install-mikrotik-chr-on-vps-from-custom-iso-or-image/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon.raddemo.host #selfhosting #mikrotikchr #vpsguide #routeros #installguide #selfhosted #kvmvps

Mikrotik RouterOS backups: /export is good, but not enough

For… reasons… I had to restore my Mikrotik router from a backup yesterday. TIL:

* /import verbose=progress can use the from-line=x option to continue restoring after a failing line

* /export doesn’t export things such as keys and certificates

* /system/backup/save is a more complete approach to system backup

has anyone configured DHCP option 108 on RouterOS's DHCP server in a useful way?

you can add the option, clients request and receive it, but they are still allocated an IPv4 address which makes it pretty useless.

#mikrotik #routeros

How to Manually Install #Mikrotik CHR on #VPS from Custom ISO or Image

This article provides a guide for how to manually install Mikrotik CHR on VPS from custom ISO or image.
What is Mikrotik CHR?
Mikrotik CHR (or Cloud Hosted Router) is a full-featured #router designed for use in virtual environments. Installing CHR on a VPS can be beneficial for managing network ...
Continued 👉 https://blog.radwebhosting.com/manually-install-mikrotik-chr-on-vps-from-custom-iso-or-image/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon.social #routeros #selfhosted #mikrotikchr #installguide #kvmvps #selfhosting #vpsguide

seems like MikroTik have fixed the OSPF bug where adding "lo" as an OSPFv3 interface would try to advertise an LSA for ::1/128, so you no longer need a separate bridge interface for your loopbacks to avoid that.

tested with 7.23.1 (stable), it's still broken in 7.21.4 (long-term).

#mikrotik #routeros

I think I actually figured the sweet spot:
1. Author #routeros config in #nix.

It just makes sense. It's declarative but with good options, and I can model all of my routers and cross-reference the configuration with Nix modules support. The options hierarchy loosely follows Mikrotik, the modules offer logical slicing.

2. Nix outputs JSON.

As JSON is a valid YAML, this can be fed straight into Pulumi’s YAML SDK. Even better, #pulumi calls Nix itself!

3. Pulumi actuates the state.

This solves the problem of secrets in Nix (no secrets), the diff calculation (3-way sync between plan, state, live), and tolerance to manual router config changes that I might forget about.

4. A script runs Pulumi up and does a real diff.

Everything above is vibecoded, so this is the guardrail: even if Pulumi provider fucks up, the script will show the real diff between the live config export before and after. It's not a state diff, it's a semantic diff of routeros export, and it's 100% reliable in telling what did actually change.

How to Manually Install #Mikrotik CHR on #VPS from Custom ISO or Image

This article provides a guide for how to manually install Mikrotik CHR on VPS from custom ISO or image.
What is Mikrotik CHR?
Mikrotik CHR (or Cloud Hosted Router) is a full-featured #router designed for use in virtual environments. Installing CHR on a VPS can be beneficial for managing network ...
Continued 👉 https://blog.radwebhosting.com/manually-install-mikrotik-chr-on-vps-from-custom-iso-or-image/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon.raddemo.host #vpsguide #selfhosted #mikrotikchr #kvmvps #routeros #installguide #selfhosting