Tag: freebsd

A practical guide to installing FreeBSD on hosting providers that don't officially support it, using the powerful mfsBSD tool for rescue mode installations.

Announcing the public release of BSSG, a Bash Static Site Generator born from a personal journey away from complex dynamic CMS. Discover a simple, portable alternative for your blog.

The slides, the notes, and the text behind my presentation at OSDay 2025 in Florence, Italy - 'Why Choose to Use the BSDs in 2025.

How a simple idea turned into an international weather service on the Fediverse.

Using nginx to cache snac multimedia files to boost performance

A simple approach to prevent ZFS pools from getting stuck due to a lack of free space.

I share my experience migrating a client’s Windows BIOS VMs from Proxmox to FreeBSD/uefi, using bhyve and ZFS.

I share my experience migrating a client’s VMs from Proxmox to FreeBSD, using bhyve and ZFS.

The slides, the video, and the text behind my presentation at EuroBSDCon 2024 - 'Why and how we're migrating many of our servers from Linux to the BSDs.

A comprehensive guide on how to move a FreeBSD installation, including the operating system, from one host to another, with a focus on ZFS and bootloader configurations (UEFI and BIOS).

After revisiting my old Fediverse instances and helping friends set up new ones, I took the chance to update and evaluate several platforms. Here's my experience with Akkoma, GoToSocial, Mitra, Snac2, and Mastodon.

Learn how to build a self-hosted CDN using FreeBSD jails, Nginx, Varnish, WireGuard, and PowerDNS to improve media delivery for your website without relying on external providers.

Learn to automate ZFS snapshots using zfs-autobackup for effortless system protection and easy file recovery.

Explore the evolution of the BSD Cafe network setup using FreeBSD, showcasing how to leverage advanced routing techniques for improved scalability and security.

Monitor your services efficiently by installing Uptime-Kuma in a FreeBSD Jail.

Learn how to bridge networks across multiple VPS instances using Wireguard and VXLAN on FreeBSD, enabling secure and flexible service distribution.

A simple method to limit the priority of processes within a FreeBSD jail using the nice(1) command.

Experience a journey from Kubernetes to FreeBSD, achieving major cost savings and efficiency through real-world optimization.

Learn how to block access from specific countries on your FreeBSD server using pf and ipdbtools to enhance security and manage traffic efficiently.

Learn how to block access from specific countries on your FreeBSD server using pf and ipdbtools to enhance security and manage traffic efficiently.

Comparative tests show FreeBSD's virtualization performance surpasses Proxmox, especially with NVMe drivers.

Make your own E-Mail server - Part 1 - FreeBSD, OpenSMTPD, Rspamd and Dovecot included

I recently faced the task of moving an Alpine Linux-based VPS onto a FreeBSD host. I decided to use a jail.

A detailed walkthrough of migrating from FreeBSD VMs to a hierarchical jail setup using BastilleBSD, optimizing resource usage and simplifying management without sacrificing isolation.

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