[wplug] ArmHFF Powered cloud in a box - Introducing the Clementine Box

[Charles Butler]

About 2 weeks ago John Lewis wanted some posts about what people have been
working on, and I prattled off a list of software projects I've been toying
with in my spare time.

I just received the last of the hardware components for my newest pet
project of interest, and I thought I'd share it here as this might be
something the rest of WPLUG wants to look into, and remix into their own
configuration of awesomeness.

I took the liberty to write a blog post over the build of what I'm dubbing
the "Clementine Box" - an ARMHF powered alternative to the Ubuntu Orange
Box.

http://blog.dasroot.net/2015-clementinebox-an-armhf-fueled-orangebox-alternative.html

The project goal is to build a cluster of RaspberryPi's (R2 model B) that
can run a full gambit of not only app containers (read: docker) but also
LXC containers (Read: os containers). I chose Ubuntu Snappy Core as the
base OS considering its so light weight and engineered for transnational
package updates, along with the base OS which should make
building/maintenance of this trivial as the technology evolves.

I'm nearly to the point where I'm ready to build the enclosure for the
hardware, but I'm a bit stuck on how I want to design this. Does anyone at
WPLUG have experience in designing hardware enclosures and what specific
considerations I should be mindful of?

Thanks for taking a look, and all the best!

Chuck