Migrating from an Old Linux Server to a New FreeBSD Machine
I believe it’s time to bid farewell to this venerable Linux server - 1690 days of uptime since last reboot
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Boosting Network Performance in FreeBSD's VNET Jails
In the recently created FreeBSD VPS, the network performance of vnet-enabled jails was significantly lower compared to that of traditional jails. Upon investigation, it appears that there is an issue related to Virtio drivers.
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Creating a Mikrotik CHR (RouterOS 7) bhyve VM in FreeBSD
RouterOS 6 is running great on bhyve. Unfortunately, things change when dealing with RouterOS 7. It doesn’t boot at all. Here’s how to solve.
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How we are migrating (many of) our servers from Linux to FreeBSD - Part 3 - Proxmox to FreeBSD
This is the story of a successful migration from Proxmox to FreeBSD. VMs, LXC containers and services are now running on the new server.
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Deploying a piece of the Fediverse
The Fediverse is composed by thousands of servers (instances). I’ve started to explore the different software solutions. Here’s what I’ve found out.
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How to force reboot a frozen Linux or FreeBSD machine
Sometimes your filesystem gets stuck. No operations can be done and a “reboot” will just cause an indefinite waiting time for I/O. There’s a “magical” code that triggers a specific kernel condition - and a reboot.
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Creating an Alpine Linux VM on bhyve - with root on ZFS (optionally encrypted)
bhyve on FreeBSD is great and Alpine Linux can be a great VM for docker or lxc/lxd container deployment, especially if using ZFS for rootfs.
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How we are migrating (many of) our servers from Linux to FreeBSD - Part 2 - Backups and Disaster Recovery
Backup is not a tool. Backup is not a software you can buy. Backup is a strategy you need to study and implement to be able to solve your specific problems.
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Why we're migrating (many of) our servers from Linux to FreeBSD
We started a complex, continuous and not always linear operation, that is to migrate, where possible, most of the servers from Linux to FreeBSD. Here’s why.
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Efficient backup of lxc containers in Proxmox - ZFS
If you are using Proxmox, ZFS is one of the best local storage options. You can easily backup your lxc containers using Borg.
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