Lexicon

This lexicon defines key terms, expressions, and internal concepts used across the Nasqueron open source project.

B

Bastion

A hardened entry point to connect securely to the Nasqueron infrastructure, generally via SSH. Only the bastion is exposed to the Internet; internal hosts are accessed through it.

📖 Operations grimoire/Recommended SSH configuration

D

DevCentral

The name of the Phabricator/Phorge instance used at Nasqueron to coordinate tasks, track issues, and perform code reviews across projects.

E

Eglide

A shell hosting project operated by Nasqueron members. Focused on providing traditional Linux shell environments for learning, scripting, and digital minimalism.

📖 Eglide

H

Hackerspace

A collaborative community space where members share tools, skills, and ideas. Wolfplex Hackerspace serves as a physical counterpart to the online Nasqueron ecosystem.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

The practice of defining system configuration and provisioning entirely through cod using tools like Ansible, Terraform, SaltStack, ensuring reproducibility and transparency.

K

Keycloak

The preferred open source solution for implementing Single Sign-On (SSO) and Identity Management (IDM) across Nasqueron services.

Keruald

Set of libraries to build PHP applications.

Keruald

M

Manifest

A YAML or JSON file describing configuration or metadata for a project, service, or deployment. Manifests are versioned in Git.

Manyrepo

A hybrid approach between monorepo and polyrepo, where related components are grouped together in a few larger repositories. Used in a few Nasqueron projects to balance modularity with ease of maintenance.

A repository which looks like its own separate repository, but exported from a monorepo. Needed for some packages tooling like Composer. That's the strategy used to publish Keruald libraries.

Monorepo

A single repository containing multiple projects or components, allowing shared tooling, consistent dependency management, and atomic changes across modules.

O

OmniTools

A PHP library developed by Nasqueron, providing reusable utilities and abstractions across projects

Omni-OS

The infrastructure strategy combining FreeBSD, Rocky Linux / CentOS Stream, and Debian to leverage the strengths of multiple operating systems.

P

Polyrepo

A source code organization strategy where each project or service has its own separate repository. Common when projects evolve independently or have different lifecycles.

S

SSO

Single Sign-On. A centralized authentication mechanism allowing contributors to log in once to access multiple Nasqueron services seamlessly.

Salt

Refers to SaltStack, the configuration management tool used for provisioning and maintaining Nasqueron infrastructure nodes.

T

Tigraki

Former server name, originating from the Aion universe. Represents curiosity and technical creativity.

W

Waystone

A namespace for Obsidan Workspaces ecosystem, to use on Packagist/Composer, inspired by magical or navigational stones guiding travelers.

WindRiver

Dedicated development server

📖 WindRiver, Devserver reference

Wolfplex

The physical hackerspace and community in Belgium linked to Nasqueron. Hosts events, experimentation, and outreach.

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This lexicon evolves with the project. Contributors are encouraged to expand and refine it as new terms appear or gain significance at Nasqueron.