22 lines
2.5 KiB
YAML
22 lines
2.5 KiB
YAML
headline: What is Clan
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description: >
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A peer-to-peer computer management<br/>framework that has
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list:
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- title: Uniform<br/>interface
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description: Manage your networks from<br/>a single source of truth
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long: Clan allows you specify everything about the machines you control, using a single Git repository. Declare disk layout, service configuration, access control, backup strategies, and more in the Nix language or JSON. Scale your IT infrastructure on your own terms. No need to rely on a centralized provider.
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- title: Automated<br/>secret management
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description: Automatically generate<br/>and provision secrets
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long: Passwords and other sensitive information are encrypted next to your configuration data, and automatically decrypted during deployment of services and their clients. This keeps your secrets safe while also simplifying their management.
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- title: Automated<br/>service setup
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description: Install services as if<br/>they were applications
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long: "Setting up a service can be quite complex: many server adjustments need to be made, from setting up a database to adjusting webserver configurations and generating the correct private keys. Clan aims to make setting up a service as easy as installing an application. Through the Modules system, everything down to secrets can be set up through a smooth automated process."
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- title: Automated<br/>backups
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description: Synchronize state and backup<br/>to other peers automatically
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long: Each clan service designates a state directory where all service state data is stored. This setup enables the automatic backup of every service to other peers, including Postgres databases. Using the Syncthing clan module, you can create perfect replicas of your laptop.
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- title: Peer-to-peer<br/>Mesh VPN
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description: Securely connect machines over<br/>a private network
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long: All machines in your Clan are interconnected through a self-configuring peer-to-peer mesh VPN. This additional layer of protection ensures that sensitive services, which might have too much attack surface to be hosted on the public internet, can still be made available on your Clan's network.
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- title: Live<br/>Overwrites
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description: Deploy configuration over existing Linux distributions via SSH
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long: With Clan, you can skip the cumbersome task of bootstrapping specific installation images. Clan allows you to overwrite any existing Linux distribution live over SSH, eliminating time-consuming setup processes. Deploy updates or new configurations swiftly and efficiently, maximizing uptime and minimizing hassle. |