I’ve wanted a simple solution to handle Wake-on-LAN sequences for my home and work labs to boot up servers in the right order. I was already dabbling in Rust and thought this would be an interesting project to dive deeper and see if it could work well for this kind of network tool. The result is rallyup.

rallyup lets you set up server dependencies in a YAML file, so each service (e.g., firewalls, storage, VM hosts) comes online in the right order. It verifies each server’s status before moving to the next.

Features:

- Dependency-based WOL with VLAN support - Built-in health checks (HTTP, open ports, shell commands) - Lightweight enough to run on a Raspberry Pi or similar device

Would love any feedback. Thanks for taking a look!