FreeBSDNews.com

NFV Express, Cloud Computing Platform for *BSD

By 1 Comment

Alexander Nusov brings to us OpenStack cloud platform to FreeBSD with his latest project NFV Express. OpenStack is an open-source cloud computing software primarily designed to run on Linux operating system, and allows you to manage compute instances to allocate your available storage. The screenshots below also show an instance of FreeNAS running. Check out the links below for a detailed guide on setting up NFV Express, OpenStack for FreeBSD.

openstackfreebsdimg1

Requirements

  • Fresh installed FreeBSD® 11 server on x86-64 hardware with 8GB RAM
  • Configured Xen® Dom0
  • At least 1 NIC with Static IP

NFV Express: http://nfvexpress.com/

OpenStack Installation Tutorial for FreeBSD

The OpenStack system consists of several key services that are separately installed. These services work together depending on your cloud needs and include the Compute, Identity, Networking, Image, Block Storage, Object Storage, Telemetry, Orchestration, and Database services. You can install any of these projects separately and configure them stand-alone or as connected entities.

This guide will walk through an installation by using packages available through NFV Express repository for FreeBSD 11.0 (amd64).

Explanations of configuration options and sample configuration files are included.

This guide documents the OpenStack Newton release.

Full tutorial: http://docs.nfvexpress.com/install-guide/

Screen Shot 2017-02-28 at 1.24.22 AM Screen Shot 2017-02-28 at 1.31.58 AM

[How-To] ownCloud with RaspberryPi 3 and FreeNAS

By Leave a Comment

In this tutorial, user ro55mo of Level1Tech shows us how to get an ownCloud setup on Raspberry Pi 3, using a FreeNAS system as a data store. Follow the link below for the full set of instructions.

owncloudfreenasThis guide is intended for the installation of OwnCloud on a RaspberryPi 3 with a FreeNAS server as the storage backend.

I am aware this is rather backward as FreeNAS has an OwnCloud plug-in you can install but I wanted to see if it was possible.

Objective

The object is to have the RaspberryPi act as a web front end for the backend storage. Their are guides on doing this with external USB drives but a FreeNAS server with ZFS and RAID struck me as a more sensible storage solution.

The storage must be totally transparent to the user (me). I don’t want to have to rely on the “external” storage module that comes with OwnCloud as these all end up with seperate folders inside your view of OwnCloud. If this was the case and I forgot to upload something to the right folder I could exhaust the 16GG MicroSD card on the RaspberryPi very fast.

As stated elsewhere in the guide my FreeNAS box is not in its “final form” yet. But once it is and I have an offsite backup in place I will replace Dropbox and Google drive with this solution.

Full tutorial: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/guide-owncloud-with-raspberrypi-3-and-freenas/112919/7

Minio, Google Go-powered object storage server

By Leave a Comment

Google-Go object storage server Minio is an open source alternative to Amazon Web Services. Minio offers object storage and supports FreeBSD, and is compatible with existing Amazon Web Service S3 tools. Read more at the link below.open_cloud_app-100586535-primary.idge

There’s a new object storage server that has been introduced as an open source alternative to Amazon S3 and other API-compatible services.

Minio, written in Go and available under the Apache license, allows unstructured data (up to 5TB per object) to be stored on a pool of drives of your choosing. Included in the box are protections against data loss and an event-notification system that can be used to build AWS Lambda-like functionality.

Simple and sturdy wins the race

A guiding principle of the service is to keep things simple, because “only simple things scale,” Minio says. The standalone binary for Minio’s 64-bit Windows server is 23.5MB; the client is 10MB. It can run on a single node or can gang together pools of drives across a cluster of machines. The service runs on a variety of OS platforms: Linux, MacOS, Microsoft Windows, FreeBSD, and—in theory—any other platform that supports the Go runtime.

Minio can be accessed using the program’s own command-line utility or any Amazon S3-compatible CLI or SDK. The documentation for Minio outlines various recipes for using the server in conjunction with other services or clients. Those running FreeNAS, a FreeBSD-based storage system that supports ZFS, can run Minio directly on FreeNAS by way of the FreeBSD version of the server.

Original article: http://www.infoworld.com/article/3163433/cloud-storage/google-go-powered-object-storage-server-offers-open-source-aws-alternative.html

[How-To] Install FreeBSD 11 Google Cloud Compute

By Leave a Comment

This tutorial by user Vivek Gite will show us how to get FreeBSD 11 set up in a virtual machine on your Google Cloud Compute platform. The current list of available operating systems does not include FreeBSD. Follow the link below for the full set of instructions on how to get it running.

google-cloud-platform

How can I deploy or install FreeBSD version 11.x Unix operating system on the Google cloud engine? Do I need to create my own FreeBSD disk image to start with the Google Cloud Compute?

It is true that the Google Compute Engine support for Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, SUSE, and FreeBSD Unix. However, create an instance page only display handful of operating systems as follows: …

Full tutorial: https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-deploying-freebsd11-unix-on-google-cloud/

[How-To] OwnCloud 9 with Nginx & OpenSSL on FreeBSD 11

By Leave a Comment

This tutorial by user shows us how to set up ownCloud, an open-source cloud platform ideal for those who prefer having cloud storage on their own network, along with Nginx and OpenSSL, web server and security protocol, on FreeBSD 11. Follow the link below for the full set of instructions.

owncloudOwnCloud is a PHP and MySQL based free and open source file sharing application platform which allows us to create our very own cloud storage platform. The OwnCloud server which is a free edition is released under GNU AGPLv3 license whereas the Enterprise edition is under OwnCloud Commercial license. It is a client-server architectural software in which, the files are stored on the server whereas the clients are used to access and share the files. The client for OwnCloud is available for every platform making it easy to manage and access the files from every devices. FreeBSD is a free and open source Unix-like operating system based on BSD systems. Unlike Linux, FreeBSD is developed as an entire operating system from kernel, device drivers to the userland utilities whereas linux is a kernel with device drivers. Nginx is a free and open source web server which is popular for its speed and ability of balancing server loads and caching. It is one of the most popular web server and proxy server used in large numbers of servers.

Currently while writing this article, the latest release of OwnCloud is 9.1.1 so, we’ll be performing its setup on our freshly installed FreeBSD 11 server.

Full tutorial: http://linoxide.com/storage/setup-owncloud-nginx-ssl-freebsd-11/

FreeBSD is available in Microsoft’s Azure Marketplace

By Leave a Comment

Microsoft has announced that FreeBSD 10.3 is now available as a virtual machine image in the Azure Marketplace. Azure is Microsoft’s cloud computing platform and infrastructure for deploying various applications.

freebsdazure

Today, I’m excited to announce the availability of FreeBSD 10.3 as a ready-made VM image available directly from the Azure Marketplace. This means that not only can you quickly bring-up a FreeBSD VM in Azure, but also that in the event you need technical support, Microsoft support engineers can assist.

Here’s how easy it is to get up and going through the Azure portal. Simply click on the +New on the left pane (or the marketplace tile on your dashboard), type “FreeBSD 10.3” in the search text box, and you’re there.

Original announcement: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/freebsd-now-available-in-azure-marketplace/

Create and Upload a FreeBSD VHD to Azure

This article shows you how to create and upload a virtual hard disk (VHD) that contains the FreeBSD operating system so you can use it as your own image to create a virtual machine (VM) in Azure.

Important:

Azure has two different deployment models for creating and working with resources: Resource Manager and classic. This article covers using the classic deployment model. Microsoft recommends that most new deployments use the Resource Manager model.

Full tutorial: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-linux-classic-freebsd-create-upload-vhd/

Related links:

News Hub – Microsoft unveils FreeBSD build for virtual appliances among Azure updates
The Register – Microsoft has created its own FreeBSD image. Repeat. Microsoft has created its own FreeBSD image
The VAR Guy – FreeBSD vs. Linux: Which Open Source OS Does Microsoft Now Love More?
Redmond Magazine – Microsoft Releases FreeBSD 10.3 Image in Azure Marketplace
Softpedia – FreeBSD Now Available on Microsoft’s Azure
fossBytes – Microsoft Creates Its Own Distribution Of FreeBSD Operating System
Build Azure – Azure Marketplace: FreeBSD 10.3
Slashdot – Microsoft Has Created Its Own FreeBSD
iTWire – Microsoft announces its own FreeBSD to ensure Azure support
WinBeta – Microsoft creates its own FreeBSD distribution to run on Azure
The Cloud Mouth – Hacking your way to root on FreeBSD in Azure
More from the FreeBSD Foundation on the Project’s Partnership with Microsoft

How-To: Build a FreeBSD 10.3-release OpenStack Image with bsd-cloudinit

By Leave a Comment

openstackUser Remy van Elst shows us how to get OpenStack setup with bsd-cloudinit on FreeBSD 10.3. OpenStack is a an open-source cloud managing software used to control large pools of compute, storage, and networking resources via the OpenStack API. See the link below for the full instructions.

We are going to prepare a FreeBSD image for Openstack deployment. We do this by creating a FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE instance, installing it and converting it using bsd-cloudinit. We’ll use the CloudVPS public Openstack cloud for this. Create an account there and install the Openstack command line tools, like nova, cinder and glance.

You can see all my Openstack related articles here. For example, how to use Duplicity to create Encrypted backups to the Openstack Swift Object Store

If you like this article, consider sponsoring me by trying out a Digital Ocean VPS. With this link you’ll get a $5 VPS for 2 months free (as in, you get $10 credit). (referral link)

This tutorial is also available for FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE..

Command Line tools

Make sure you have the Openstack command line tools installed. Follow the official openstack guide here. If you have pip installed you can use that to install the tools: ….

Full tutorial: https://raymii.org/s/tutorials/FreeBSD_10.3-release_Openstack_Image.html

How-To: OwnCloud 8, Nginx, SSL on FreeBSD 10.2

By Leave a Comment

Thanks to user , we can install OwnCloud 8 along with Nginx and SSL on FreeBSD 10.2.

owncloud-logo-150x74NGINX_logo_rgb-01

OwnCloud is suite of application client-server for creating hosting services, it is allow you to create your own cloud storage and allow you to share your data, contacts, calendar with other users and devices. OwnCloud is open source project that provides an easy way for you to sync and share your data that is hosted in your data center. it Has a beautiful and user-friendly front-end design, so that make a user easy for browse and access the data, then share to others users. OwnCloud an online secure enterprise file sync and file sharing.

In this tutorial, I will guide you a step by step to install owncloud 8, and we use Nginx(engine-X) as web server, php-fpm and mariaDB as the database system on FreeBSD 10.2.

Full tutorial: http://linoxide.com/linux-how-to/install-owncloud-8-nginx-ssl-freebsd-10-2/

How-To: FEMP Stack (Nginx, MariaDB, PHP) on FreeBSD

By Leave a Comment

Here’s another tutorial, by user , on how to get the FEMP stack set up on your FreeBSD server.

NGINX_logo_rgb-01 Mariadb-seal-shaded-browntext

Nginx (pronounced engine-x) is a free and open-source high-performance HTTP server. Nginx focus on high concurrency, performance and low memory usage. And it is make nginx a one of the most popular a web server. You can use nginx also as reverse proxy for HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP protocols, as well as a load balancer.

MariaDB is one of the relational database management system (RDBMS) forked from MySQL and it is drop-in replacement for MySQL and developed by some of the original authors of MySQL. MariaDB strives to be logical choice for database professionals looking for a robust, scalable, and reliable SQL server.

FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is an alternative PHP FastCGI implementation. come with some additional features, like a process management, stdout and stderr logging, accelerated upload support, ability to start workers with different uid or gid and listening on different port. It is very useful for heavy-loaded sites.

Full tutorial: http://linoxide.com/linux-how-to/install-configure-femp-stack/

Installing FEMP (FreeBSD 10, Nginx, MySQL, PHP) on a Cloud or VPS Server

By Leave a Comment

This tutorial by user Jose Velazquez (Atlantic.net) shows us how to get Nginx, MySQL, and PHP set up on your FreeBSD cloud server.

Original: https://www.atlantic.net/community/howto/installing-femp-freebsd-10-nginx-mysql-php-cloud-vps-server/

Introduction

This how-to will guide you through installing a FEMP stack. FEMP is simply a software bundle that consists of 4 components that work together to form a powerful web server.  However, in this setup the acronym’s are as follows: FreeBSD 10 (F) is the core of the platform which will sustain the other components. Nginx (E) is used for the web service. MySQL (M) is used for database management,  and PHP (P) is used as the programming language.

Prerequisites

You need a FreeBSD server that is configured with a static IP address. If you do not have a server already, you can visit our Cloud Hosting page here and spin a new server up in under 30 seconds.

Install FEMP on FreeBSD 10

To get started, login to your FreeBSD server via SSH or Console. If you are using the Atlantic.Net cloud service, note that they are setup as minimal installations to avoid having unnecessary packages from being installed and never used. If some software packages that you’re used to using aren’t installed by default, feel free to install them as needed.

Let us download nano so we can simplify this tutorial.

  • pkg install nano

Let’s make sure that your server is fully up-to-date so we can complete the preparation.

  • freebsd-update fetch
  • freebsd-update install

With the server up-to-date, we can continue the process and install FEMP on your server.

[Read more…]