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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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.
FreeBSD on Raspberry PI - enable and use Watchdog
Watchdog devices are important to be sure our servers are working.
Unfortunately, watchdog daemon seem to crash if enabled on Rasbperry PI.
The problem is that our Pis have a strange watchdog hardware
Proxmox - Enable and use Watchdog to reboot stuck servers
Sometimes servers can become unresponsive. Both physical and virtual, you may be unable to connect to them, especially when overloaded. So a watchdog can be a solution.