Asylum Software · infrastructure
The machine that
doesn't go to sleep.
One always-on host carrying the things that cannot be down when nobody is watching — the podcast feed, the static sites, the mail relay and the monitoring that grades all of it. Everything below runs here.
Services
running on this host
Podcast →
podcast.aspl.net
Castopod — Chai & Chronicles with Kirti. Episodes, show notes and the subscriber feed.
RSS feed →
/@chaiandchronicles/feed.xml
What Apple, Spotify and every podcast app actually read. Audio is served by Castopod at
/audio/ so downloads get counted.Status →
status.aspl.net
Uptime Kuma. Reachability for this host and every site it serves.
Capacity →
live.aspl.net/metrics
CPU, memory, disk and feed latency over time, with a projection of when the disk fills.
Entra ID
VM On Demand →
aspl.azurewebsites.net
Start, stop and rebuild the on-demand
Entra ID
axa box — the machine that does sleep, so it only bills when in use.Web terminal →
ssh.aspl.net
Browser shell for when there is no laptop. Entra sign-in, then a system login.
Entra ID
Media assets
media.aspl.net/media/…
Artwork origin for the feed — the cover art every podcast app fetches. No browsable index; only referenced paths resolve.
Sites hosted here
static, served by Caddy
Poker game & settlement tracker — deep links for the app
RRingo — housie & tambola, played together
ChipScan — count poker chips from a photo
Stars — end-to-end encrypted messaging
Rajas of Rock — the band's home page
KinHound — family trees; static mirror of kinhound.com
KinCoffer — digital legacy vault; redirects to the app
Open source
public repositories · github.com/jchirayath
MediaHound →
jchirayath/mediahound
Turn photos of a movie & music shelf — DVD, VHS, Blu-ray, CD, vinyl, cassette — into a searchable web catalog. Offline-first and zero-key.
Python
Net Inventory →
jchirayath/netinventory
Home-network device inventory, keyed by MAC so it survives DHCP. Wired/wireless detection, router and SSDP discovery, Wi-Fi neighbour classifier, xlsx reports.
Python
Azure IaC →
jchirayath/azure
The infrastructure behind this page — ARM/Bicep and az-CLI for the on-demand lab VM, its Entra-gated portal, and this always-on host.
Bicep · Bash
Fortanix KMIP →
jchirayath/fortanix-kmip
Connectivity and workflow tests for Fortanix DSM over KMIP with mutual TLS.
Python
AAD Login →
jchirayath/aad-login
Authenticate Linux logins against Entra ID through PAM
PAM · Node
pam_exec and a small Node helper.AWS Cost Sweep →
jchirayath/aws_dev
Read-only boto3 utility that flags stale or idle EC2, RDS, S3 and Lambda resources for cost cleanup.
Python
Tools & consoles
90 links · mirrored from the VM On Demand portal
Consoles
Cloud management portals, service health, and code repos.
DNS & Email
Diagnose DNS records, mail routing, and deliverability.
dnschecker.orgGlobal DNS propagation
intodns.comDNS health report
mail-tester.comScore your email setup
mxtoolbox.comMX / DNS lookups
MxToolbox blacklistsCheck IP/domain blacklists
glockapps.comInbox placement test
whatsmydns.netDNS propagation map
dnsperf.comDNS provider speed
dnsdumpster.com ★Domain recon / subdomains
learndmarc.com ★Visualize DMARC flow
Monitoring & Performance
Uptime, page speed, and synthetic web testing.
Uptime Kuma ★Your self-hosted uptime monitors (HTTPS)
pingdom.comUptime & speed test
gtmetrix.comPage performance report
uptimerobot.comFree uptime monitoring
websiteplanet SSLSSL certificate checker
webpagetest.orgDeep waterfall analysis
speedtest.netBandwidth test
PageSpeed ★Google Lighthouse scores
Security & TLS
Scan TLS config, HTTP headers, and exposure.
SSL Labs testGrade a site's TLS
Sucuri SiteCheckMalware / blacklist scan
securityheaders.comHTTP security headers
SSL Labs my clientYour browser's TLS
Mozilla Observatory ★Web security scan
hardenize.com ★Domain security report
hstspreload.org ★HSTS preload status
haveibeenpwned ★Breach exposure check
Network
IP, ports, geo, and connectivity diagnostics.
Domains
Search, register, and manage domain names.
Certificates
Issue, inspect, and audit TLS certificates.
Crypto & Encoding
Encode, decode, hash, and generate secrets.
CryptoToolCrypto playground
CyberChefSwiss-army encode/decode
tools4noobsDecrypt / encode tools
base64decode.orgBase64 encode / decode
md5hashgeneratorMD5 hashes
passwordsgeneratorHash generators
random.orgRandom passwords
LastPass genPassword generator
it-tools.tech ★Big dev-tools collection
regex101.com ★Regex tester / debugger
jsonlint.com ★JSON validator
epochconverter ★Unix time converter
JWT & SAML
Decode and debug tokens and SAML assertions.
Internet Testing
Browser, IP-leak, and privacy checks.
BGP & Routing
Inspect ASNs, prefixes, and global routing.
bgp.he.netASN / prefix lookups
bgpview.ioBGP / ASN explorer
bgpmon.ioBGP monitoring
stat.ripe.netRIPE routing stats
routeviews.orgRouting tables
lookingglass.ripeRIPE looking glass
lg.he.netHE looking glass
peeringdb.comPeering database
radar.qrator.netGlobal routing radar
bgp.toolsModern BGP explorer
Recon / OSINT ★
Discover hosts, certificates, and threat intel.
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