Fundraising for new hardware
I’m asking for donations to purchase new hardware. Details are in this FreeBSD Diary article. Thank you.
Fundraising for new hardware Read More »
FreeBSD
Over 1 year of uptime
This is the webserver you’re reading from: $ uptime 5:31AM up 366 days, 12:48, 1 user, load averages: 0.45, 0.41, 0.50 This server does about 10 websites, and about 45GB a month, and does mail for about 15 domains.
Over 1 year of uptime Read More »
Avoiding deadlock on FreshPorts
FreshPorts is an automated reporting mechanism for the FreeBSD ports and package. You may be familiar with freshmeat, upon which FreshPorts is loosely based. The major difference is that FreshPorts is 100% automated; everything operates off scripts. Features The key features of FreshPorts includes a powerful search tool and the ability to create custom watch lists that allow you to track changes to any port and receive automated notification via email. FreshPorts uses
Avoiding deadlock on FreshPorts Read More »
Firewall upgrade – progress
I’m getting through the firewall upgrade process. The first error was forgetting to set up the NAT rules. That was a silly error. Right now, I just have to get stunnel installed and configured. I used that for publishing my websites. From the web server, I run cvsup and get the latest files from my CVS repository. Hopefully, I’ll have the firewall on 5.4 and running later this week.
Firewall upgrade – progress Read More »
Upgrading the Firewall
I have a firewall that’s running FreeBSD 4.11. I’m planning to upgrade to 5.4 tonight. The backups are running (via Bacula [of course!]) now. I installed 5.4 on a separate HDD a few weeks ago, but have not copied over the configuration files etc. I’ll have to do that tonight. I’ll be documenting what is required and post it on The FreeBSD Diary.
Upgrading the Firewall Read More »