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Migrating from VM to Hierarchical Jails in FreeBSD

Posted on November 27, 2023 | 6 minutes | 1183 words | Stefano Marinelli

Using VMs is a traditional and efficient way to separate servers but is it really needed when creating a FreeBSD VM on a FreeBSD host? [Read More]

Migrating from an Old Linux Server to a New FreeBSD Machine

Posted on October 25, 2023 | 6 minutes | 1089 words | Stefano Marinelli

I believe it’s time to bid farewell to this venerable Linux server - 1690 days of uptime since last reboot [Read More]

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The Evolution of Email Notifications: Saving Battery Life with NotiMail

Posted on October 19, 2023 | 3 minutes | 604 words | Stefano Marinelli

How I Managed to Save at Least 15% Battery Life Daily Thanks to NotiMail [Read More]

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Make your own VPN - FreeBSD, Wireguard, ipv6 and ad-blocking included

Posted on September 23, 2023 | 9 minutes | 1787 words | Stefano Marinelli

VPNs are very useful both for management and personal use. Many people turn to commercial companies that provide them, but it is easy to install your own on a FreeBSD VPS. Be the owner of your data. [Read More]

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That Old NetBSD Server, Running Since 2010

Posted on August 27, 2023 | 3 minutes | 635 words | Stefano Marinelli

In 2010, one morning, a client called. My task was to set up a new complex server within a tight two-day window. Given the constraints, I opted for my top choice at the time for such tasks: NetBSD and Xen. To my astonishment, over 10 years later, the server was still up and running perfectly [Read More]

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Boosting Network Performance in FreeBSD's VNET Jails

Posted on August 14, 2023 | 2 minutes | 291 words | Stefano Marinelli

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. [Read More]

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Make your own VPN - Wireguard, ipv6 and ad-blocking included

Posted on April 3, 2023 | 10 minutes | 2053 words | Stefano Marinelli

VPNs are very useful both for management and personal use. Many people turn to commercial companies that provide them, but it is easy to install your own on a OpenBSD VPS. Be the owner of your data. [Read More]

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Creating a Mikrotik CHR (RouterOS 7) bhyve VM in FreeBSD

Posted on March 21, 2023 | 3 minutes | 506 words | Stefano Marinelli

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. [Read More]

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How we are migrating (many of) our servers from Linux to FreeBSD - Part 3 - Proxmox to FreeBSD

Posted on March 14, 2023 | 11 minutes | 2288 words | Stefano Marinelli

This is the story of a successful migration from Proxmox to FreeBSD. VMs, LXC containers and services are now running on the new server. [Read More]

Deploying a piece of the Fediverse

Posted on January 15, 2023 | 15 minutes | 3098 words | Stefano Marinelli

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. [Read More]