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Configuring unbound on FreeBSD 10.x

NOTE: I found out these settings do not persist after a reboot. Annoying. I’ll get back to that soon for a fix. EDIT 2021-05-05: On more recent FreeBSD, say 12.2, to disable resolvconf.conf, do this, as provided by [dvl@r720-02:~] $ cat /etc/resolvconf.conf resolvconf=NO [dvl@r720-02:~] $ The above is documented in man 8 resolvconf.conf (search for disable). I now return you to the original article. Today I was setting up my new server, varm, […]

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Installing packages from a custom FreeBSD repository

One of the great things about FreeBSD is the poudriere tool. With it, you can create your own set of customized packages for installation on your server. Today, I will be installing packages in a FreeBSD 9.2 jail. Although I am installing in a jail, the same steps apply to any FreeBSD 9.2 host. In this post, I will cover how to deliver the packages produced by poudriere. I have already written about

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Using poudriere to create a custom FreeBSD repository for package installation

I just showed you how I installed ezjail 3.3 on FreeBSD 9.2 and how it uses ZFS for each jail. Today I’m writing about using poudriere to create custom packages for use by pkng. In this post, I will be creating packages on a FreeBSD 9.2 server. Those packages are for running Bacula on FreeBSD 9.2. To accomplish this, we will need: A list of ports to install for running Bacula. In poudriere

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Installing ezjail 3.3 on FreeBSD 9.2 using ZFS

Today I will be installing ezjail 3.3 on a FreeBSD 9.2 system. I will give an overview of the installation and go straight to the configuration of the first jail. As I type this, I’m looking back at my old notes from 2008. Installation I installed ezjail with this command: pkg install ezjail Configuration Enable ezjail by adding this command to /etc/rc.conf: ezjail_enable=”YES” This system is configured with ZFS and each jail will

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Bootstrapping / installing pkg on FreeBSD unattended and without answering Yes

Sometimes you want to do things alone. Or rather, without intervention. Unattended. Bootstrapping the pkgng package management tool is one of those things. From the pkgng documentation, “FreeBSD 9.1 and later includes a bootstrap utility which can be used to download and install pkgng, along with its manual pages”. Let me show you how that goes: # pkg The package management tool is not yet installed on your system. Do you want to

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