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FreeBSD 10.4-RC1 Now Available

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The developers of FreeBSD have made available the first RELEASE candidate for version 10.4. Check out the detailed list of changes at the mailing list page. Download the latest ISO here. Note that RC2 may be released shortly after the time of this posting.


=== Noteworthy Changes Since 10.4-BETA4 ===

o An upstream fix for zlib compression has been merged.  The bug
  had caused the embedded Tomcat web server of UniFi Controllers
  to send out incorrectly compressed responses.

o The Linux statfs ftype is now aware of ZFS.

o A bug in bsdinstall(8) causing ifconfig_$INTERFACE lines to be
  added to /etc/rc.conf for unsuccessful DHCP attempts has been
  addressed.

o The usermod command of the pw(8) utility now correctly handles
  empty secondary group lists (`pw usermod <user> -G ''`) and its
  useradd command no longer will add entries with invalid user
  names, e. g. ones containing spaces.

o The zfs(8) error message displayed when rejecting a checksum
  selection now no longer suggests unsupported hash algorithms
  itself.
Installer images and memory stick images are available here:

    https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/ISO-IMAGES/10.4/

 

Official announcement: https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2017-September/087817.html

FreeBSD 10.4 release schedule: https://www.freebsd.org/releases/10.4R/schedule.html

FreeBSD 10.4 RELEASE notes: https://www.freebsd.org/releases/10.4R/relnotes.html

Related – FreeBSD Foundation Aug 2017 Release Engineering update: https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/blog/august-2017-release-engineering-update/

[How-To] Apache + SSL & Let’s Encrypt in FreeBSD

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This guide by user  shows us how to setup a secure Apache HTTP server with Let’s Encrypt on FreeBSD. Let’s Encrypt is a free / automated / open Certificate Authority. Follow the link below for the full set of instructions.

In this tutorial we’ll learn how to secure Apache HTTP server with TLS/SSL certificates offered by Let’s Encryptin FreeBSD 11.x. We will also cover how to automate the process of the certificate renewal for Lets’ Encrypt.

TLS/SSL certificates are used by Apache web server to encrypt the communication between end nodes, or more ordinary between the server and client in order to provide security. Let’s Encrypt provides cerboot command line utility, which is an application that can facilitate the way you can obtain trusted certificates for free.

Full tutorial: https://www.tecmint.com/install-lets-encrypt-ssl-certificate-for-apache-on-freebsd/

BSDNow.TV Episode 209 – Signals: gotta catch ‘em all

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In this BSD Now episode, hosts Benedict & Allan discuss the recent FreeBSD conference in China, how Unix deals with Signals, DragonFlyBSD stats collector, and more. Press play below to tune in:

BSD Now weekly content roundup: http://www.bsdnow.tv/episodes/2017_08_30-signals_gotta_catch_em_all

Jupiter Broadcasting: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/117861/signals-gotta-catch-em-all-bsd-now-209/

[How-To] Install ProFTPD On FreeBSD

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User  shows us how to get ProFTPD set up on FreeBSD. ProFTPD is a highly configurable and open-source FTP server software. Follow the link below for the full set of instructions.

A Step By Step Guide On How To Install ProFTPD On FreeBSD
Getting ProFTPD to run on FreeBSD is quite simple and can be done in a few steps. Now before you start you will need to consider this. ProFTPD does not use “Virtual Users” like it’s sister PureFTPD. That means you need to have a “Real User Account” in your master password file on your system for each ftp account. Unlike PureFTPD which is able to use it’s own user database. Also worth mentioning is the fact the ProFTPD has not been translated to all languages which may cause some strange behavior truncating files with international characters.

Installing ProFTPD

  1. cd /usr/ports/ftp/proftpd && make install clean BATCH=yes

Once done we need to adjust the configuration slightly to our needs. The configuration file for Proftp is located here /usr/local/etc/proftpd.conf

Change the Server Name. Please note this will have no effect if you are using “ServerIdent Off” So find this line …

Full tutorial: http://www.xfiles.dk/guide-on-how-to-install-proftpd-on-freebsd/

FreeBSD – AMD Zen/Ryzen Temp Monitoring [Phoronix]

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Michael Larabel of Phoronix reports that FreeBSD developers have figured out temperature monitoring on the AMD Zen/Ryzen processor. You may also see a detailed bug report from the FreeBSD mailing list below.
While Linux users of AMD’s new Zen-based Ryzen/Threadripper/Epyc processors are still waiting for thermal driver support to hit the mainline Linux kernel, FreeBSD developers have already managed to produce the Zen “Family 17h” CPU thermal monitoring support on their own.

From this FreeBSD bug report, developers have managed to get the AMD CPU temperature monitoring working for Zen processors under Linux with their existing temperature driver.

Original post: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AMD-Zen-FreeBSD-Temps
FreeBSD Bugzilla:  https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=218264
Discussion: https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/software/bsd-mac-os-x-hurd-others/974991-freebsd-developers-tackle-amd-zen-ryzen-temperature-monitoring-before-linux

[How-To] Install Apache, MariaDB and PHP (FAMP) Stack on FreeBSD

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In this tutorial, user  shows us how to get the FAMP stack set up on FreeBSD. FAMP stands for FreeBSD, Apache HTTP server, MariaDB, and PHP. Follow the link below for the full set of instructions.

This guide will describe how to install and configure FBAMP in FreeBSD operating system, which is similar to a LAMP stack on Linux. FBAMP is an acronym which stands for a collection of software based on FreeBSD OS, Apache HTTP server, the most popular open-source web server in internet, MariaDB relational database management system (RDBMS), a fork of MySQL database engine, and PHP server-side.

Requirements

  1. A fresh installation of FreeBSD
  2. FreeBSD Initial Configurations
  3. Direct console access or SSH in case of a remote connection to FreeBSD.
  4. A static IP Address configured on a Network Interface.

Step 1: Install Apache on FreeBSD …

Full instructions: https://www.tecmint.com/install-apache-mariadb-and-php-famp-stack-on-freebsd/

[Phoronix] FreeBSD/TrueOS On The Xeon Scalable + Tyan GT24E-B7106

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Michael Larabel of Phoronix has tried out TrueOS & FreeBSD on a Xeon scalable platform / Tyan GT24E-B7106 1U server. Check out the link below for the results of his test.

While we have tested a number of Linux distributions on Intel’s new Xeon Scalable platform, here are some initial BSD tests using two Xeon Gold 6138 processors with the Tyan GT24E-B7106 1U barebones server.

FreeBSD 11.1 and the FreeBSD-derivative desktop/workstation-focused TrueOS (formerly known as PC-BSD) were the primary candidates for testing. TrueOS stable is currently tracking FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT development. Both TrueOS and FreeBSD 11.1 x64 were running fine on this Tyan + Xeon Gold server. No immediate problems to note and was able to put it through its benchmarking paces without any sweat.

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Nevertheless, it’s great to see TrueOS / FreeBSD running fine with the Intel Xeon Scalable CPUs and the Tyan GT24E-B7106.

Original post: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=xeon-gold-bsd&num=1

[How-To] 10 Things to Do After Fresh Installation of FreeBSD

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User  goes over 10 things to do after installing FreeBSD on your system, from updating, configuring IPs, to installing the essentials. Follow the link below for the full set of instructions.

This tutorial will cover some initial configurations you need to perform on a fresh installed FreeBSD operating system and some basics on how to manage FreeBSD from command line.

Requirements

  1. FreeBSD 11.1 Installation Guide

1. Update FreeBSD System

The first thing every system administrator should perform after a fresh installation of an operating system is to make sure the system is up-to-date with the latest security patches and the latest versions of the kernel, package manager and software packages.

In order to update FreeBSD, open a console in the system with root privileges and issue the following commands.

# freebsd-update fetch
# freebsd-update install ......

Full tutorial: https://www.tecmint.com/things-to-do-after-installing-freebsd/

[How-To] Install Qmail-Scanner On FreeBSD

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User  shows us how to get Qmail-Scanner set up on FreeBSD. Qmail-Scanner scans your emails received from Qmail for viruses and spam, and allows you to configure “policy blocks” on your email server. Follow the link below for the full set of instructions.

Step By Step Guide On How To Install Qmail Scanner On FreeBSD
Qmail-Scanner is an application that scans mail received from Qmail and then performs some simple task’s accordingly. This could be reacting to a certain spam threshold set in Spamassassin. Or do other mail manipulation when a virus is detected.

Preflight checklist

Make sure your perl location is adequate. qmail-scanner, is assuming perl to be located in /usr/bin

  1. cd /usr/bin
  2. mv perl perl.old
  3. ln -s /usr/local/bin/perl perl

If you plan on using qmail-scanner you will need to replace unzip shipped with FreeBSD with a newer version like this ….

Full tutorial: http://www.xfiles.dk/guide-on-how-to-install-qmail-scanner-on-freebsd/