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Life & fun · January 18, 2025

Terraform Provider for Inexpensive Switches

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 :)…

Terraform Provider for Inexpensive Switches launched on January 18, 2025 with 90 votes, #402 of 6,142 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

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In plain words

This Terraform provider enables infrastructure automation for HRUI web-managed network switches, commonly found in small businesses, home labs, and budget-conscious environments. Often sold under various rebranded names, these switches previously lacked automation tooling. The provider allows users to configure VLANs, port settings, and link aggregation through Terraform or OpenTofu, using an internal SDK that interfaces with the switch's web UI. Currently in pre-release, it seeks user feedback from switch owners.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Terraform provider for HRUI (Horaco, Sodola, XikeStor, etc) switches - brennoo/terraform-provider-hrui

This is a hobby project to create a Terraform provider for HRUI switches that are web-managed. It relies on goquery for interfacing with the web UI. This provider is developed using a Horaco (ZX-SWTG124AS) switch. Other brands that are likely to work with this provider, as they seem to be the same hardware, include: terraform { required_providers { hrui = { source = " brennoo/hrui " version = " = 0.1.4 " } } } provider "hrui" { url = " http://192.168.2.1 " username = " admin " # The password can be set in HRUI_PASSWORD environment variable } Refer to the examples folder for usage of available resources and data sources. Contributions are welcome! Please see the CONTRIBUTING.md file for…from github.com

In the maker’s words, at launch

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…

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