Installing Mastodon inside a FreeBSD jail
This time I decided to install Mastodon on a FreeBSD jail, managed by BastilleBSD. I'll describe a simple, one jail installation, with the related rc files.
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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.
FreeBSD, Caddy and PHP - a perfect match
FreeBSD and Caddy play very well together for static websites/reverse proxies but we often need to serve dynamic websites. Adding PHP is quite easy.
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.
How we are migrating (many of) our servers from Linux to FreeBSD - Part 1 - System and jails setup
Many Linux users are asking how we’re migrating to FreeBSD, how jails can replace lxc or (in part) Docker, and how we’re monitoring and performing backups/restores.