The vnet (network subsystem virtualization infrastructure) on FreeBSD is both a blessing and a curse. For me, it isn’t working well with IPv6. I’ve hit issues with pf (since solved, I’m sure). It’s a useful feature but can be confusing. It helps to have lots of time to think about it and what you’re doing. […]
Changing how I use IP address with FreeBSD’s vnet – so IPv6 works Read More »
FreshPorts make use of a simple python daemon (fp_listen). It has been in use since at least 2006. It was (I think) vermaden who mentioned it (I can’t find the reference) and it triggered an idea. The role of fp_listen is to listen for backend notifications and respond accordingly. One of its primary goals is
Using FreeBSD’s daemon(8)? Consider -r Read More »
Today I removed and added the same package. The add failed. Background: I install from my own custom package repo server I do not install from the FreeBSD package servers My packages are built via poudriere The same basic repo configuration file has been in use for years This is what I just encountered: [tallboy
pkg: No SRV record found for the repo ‘local’ Read More »
NOTE: this problem was fixed by moving all the IP addresses to the bridge. See Changing how I use IP address with FreeBSD’s vnet – so IPv6 works I just restarted my pkg01 jail. Now Nagios can’t see it on IPv6. In fact, none of the jails on this host can now ping pkg01. This
vnet jail on FreeBSD not letting pings through from another non-vnet jail Read More »
It’s good to do automated backups. When you do that, add monitoring to make sure the backups are occurring successfully. In my case, I backup using Bacula. Each job creates a new .bsr file. I copy these files to another location each day. Then I monitor the dates on those files and they should all
Monitor your backups Read More »
Yesterday, I noticed this message in one of the “daily security run output” emails which FreeBSD host can send out. I’ve used net-mgmt/nrpe3 for several years. It checks remote hosts and runs any number of predetermined commands and returns the results. It’s stable, highly configurable, and just keeps running. I had a look at the
Nagios 3: moving from nrpe 3 to nrpe 4 – what needs changing? Read More »
I have jails with both IP4 and IPv6 addresses. Lately, I’ve been noticing this in /var/log/messages: And this in console messages: Looking in the jail, it had IPv6 addresses. What gives? In this post: FreeBDS 13.1 The jail example I had a jail, similar to this: After the jail started, I could see both IP
Is your jail not getting an IPv6 address soon enough? Blame DAD. Read More »
I like Postfix. I’ve been a fan of it for over 20 years. I deployed it on every host for outgoing email. Lately, I’ve taken to using dma (DragonFly Mail Agent) as my preferred mail handler on jails and hosts which don’t need to deal with incoming mail, only outgoing mail. After first getting serious
Replacing postfix with dma Read More »
This is is mostly written after-the-fact without good notes. Much of what I’m writing is pulled from a tweet and from things I did as I later copied this VM from one host to another. In this post: FreeBSD 13.1 vm-bhyve-1.5. edk2-bhyve-g202202_1 qemu-7.2.0 Much of what I’m doing is based up David Reid’s blog post:
Home Assistant running natively on FreeBSD via bhyve Read More »
Now that I’ve filled up data01, I bought some more SSDs and created another zpool. Today, on this snow-is-anticipated Saturday winter morning, I’m going to move some ZFS filesystems/datasets around. Side note: I like the term dataset better than filesystem. man zfs talks about datasets, which can be a file system, a volume, a snapshot,
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