OpenWrt now has a feature called Attended Sysupgrade that removes the friction required to do a sysupgrade. Previously, we needed to take note of the user installed packages on a system so they could be manually re-installed after the sysupgrade, but now the ASU backend dynamically builds an image with our custom packages pre-installed. This … OpenWrt: sysupgrade using Attended Sysupgrade
By default, LuCI, the web admin interface for OpenWrt is not HTTPS enabled. This may not be a critical issue for you since it is a LAN facing service, but the type of infrastructure information being exchanged combined with the fact that it is usually accessed over WiFi protocols might make you want to consider … OpenWrt: Enabling HTTPS for the LuCI Web Admin Interface
The stable OpenWrt images are built with LuCI, an OpenWrt web administration interface. But if you are using the bleeding edge or trunk OpenWrt images, then you won’t get this package. Luckily, it is not difficult to add the LuCI package to the install. As long as you have Dropbear enabled for ssh access, or … OpenWrt: Installing LuCI Web Interface after Deploying latest OpenWrt Image