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How to force reboot a frozen Linux or FreeBSD machine - Featured image

How to force reboot a frozen Linux or FreeBSD machine

FreeBSD

08/01/2023 10:56:41 by Stefano Marinelli

freebsd, server, tutorial, linux, ha, recovery

freebsd, server, tutorial, linux, ha, recovery

Installing Mastodon inside a FreeBSD jail: A Comprehensive Guide - Featured image

Installing Mastodon inside a FreeBSD jail: A Comprehensive Guide

FreeBSD

23/11/2022 07:52:02 by Stefano Marinelli

freebsd, container, hosting, jail, networking, server, tutorial, web, fediverse, mastodon, ownyourdata

freebsd, container, hosting, jail, networking, server, tutorial, web, fediverse, mastodon, ownyourdata

A comprehensive guide to installing Mastodon on a FreeBSD jail using BastilleBSD

Creating an Alpine Linux VM on bhyve - with root on ZFS (optionally encrypted) - Featured image

Creating an Alpine Linux VM on bhyve - with root on ZFS (optionally encrypted)

FreeBSD

01/11/2022 15:47:35 by Stefano Marinelli

alpine, linux, server, tutorial, zfs, freebsd, hosting, filesystems, bhyve, virtualization

alpine, linux, server, tutorial, zfs, freebsd, hosting, filesystems, bhyve, virtualization

New FreshRSS freely available - Featured image

New FreshRSS freely available

10/10/2022 04:21:07 by Stefano Marinelli

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free-service, hosting

FreeBSD, Caddy and PHP - a perfect match - Featured image

FreeBSD, Caddy and PHP - a perfect match

FreeBSD

18/07/2022 04:53:45 by Stefano Marinelli

freebsd, tutorial, caddy, server, hosting

freebsd, tutorial, caddy, server, hosting

How we are migrating (many of) our servers from Linux to FreeBSD - Part 2 - Backups and Disaster Recovery - Featured image

How we are migrating (many of) our servers from Linux to FreeBSD - Part 2 - Backups and Disaster Recovery

FreeBSD

30/05/2022 03:03:52 by Stefano Marinelli

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freebsd, data, filesystems, jail, linux, backup, restore, borg, recovery, snapshots, tutorial, container, server, security, zfs, ownyourdata, series

Some details on how we're performing backups and disaster recovery of the migrated servers.

How we are migrating (many of) our servers from Linux to FreeBSD - Part 1 - System and jails setup - Featured image

How we are migrating (many of) our servers from Linux to FreeBSD - Part 1 - System and jails setup

FreeBSD

05/02/2022 10:10:47 by Stefano Marinelli

freebsd, networking, security, server, tutorial, zfs, container, jail, hosting, ownyourdata, series

freebsd, networking, security, server, tutorial, zfs, container, jail, hosting, ownyourdata, series

Why we're migrating (many of) our servers from Linux to FreeBSD - Featured image

Why we're migrating (many of) our servers from Linux to FreeBSD

FreeBSD

24/01/2022 06:55:00 by Stefano Marinelli

freebsd, linux, filesystems, hosting, jail, lxc, server, snapshots, zfs, btrfs, container, alpine, ownyourdata, series

freebsd, linux, filesystems, hosting, jail, lxc, server, snapshots, zfs, btrfs, container, alpine, ownyourdata, series

Efficient backup of lxc containers in Proxmox - ZFS - Featured image

Efficient backup of lxc containers in Proxmox - ZFS

20/01/2022 07:05:00 by Stefano Marinelli

proxmox, borg, container, linux, snapshots, backup, tutorial, lxc, zfs

proxmox, borg, container, linux, snapshots, backup, tutorial, lxc, zfs

FreeBSD - assign OVH failover IPs to FreeBSD Jails - Featured image

FreeBSD - assign OVH failover IPs to FreeBSD Jails

FreeBSD

14/01/2022 13:11:54 by Stefano Marinelli

freebsd, server, security, tutorial, jail, container, networking, hosting, ovh

freebsd, server, security, tutorial, jail, container, networking, hosting, ovh

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