Sextant, our own fleet management
Enrol and manage a fleet of NixOS laptops from one interface
About the project
Why Sextant
For DAWO we build Linux workplaces on NixOS. Setting up one laptop well is doable. Enrolling a whole fleet of new machines and keeping them up to date is something else. We wanted to do that easily, from one interface.
- Enrol a fleet of NixOS machines quickly and the same way every time.
- Manage everything from one interface, without manual work per device.
- Be able to show what runs on every laptop, for audits and NIS2.
- Roll out updates without one mistake hitting the whole fleet.
What we built
BB Open built Sextant specifically for this. What we built for DAWO we now also use for our own customers, as part of the Linux workplace. We provide hosting, implementation and support.
- Enrol and manage new machines from one console.
- One document describes what every laptop installs. Nobody changes a laptop by hand.
- Every change is built and tested first, then goes to a few machines, and only then to the rest.
- The console shows what every laptop actually runs, down to the version.
- Integrations with existing systems, such as sign-in via the directory, Netbird, Wazuh and OpenBao.
Result
- A new laptop ready in one go
- The whole fleet in one interface
- Evidence for ISO 27001 and NIS2, per control
- You can always roll back, machines are reproducible
- On your own infrastructure or with a partner
Your project here?
Start the conversation