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[How-To] Creating FreeBSD Virtual Machine Using Azure Marketplace

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This tutorial by user Romil Bheda shows us how to get a  FreeBSD virtual machine set up in the Azure Marketplace. FreeBSD was recently added as an option to Microsoft’s cloud virtualization platform. See the link below for the full instructions.

Azure_FreeBSD is a free Unix-like operating system descended from Research Unix via the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).

Microsoft has invested in porting their virtualization support (Hyper-V) for FreeBSD. Hyper-V support is available for FreeBSD-9 through the ports tree, but starting with FreeBSD-10 support for Hyper-V is included in the main tree. Currently 10.3 of FreeBSD version is available.

Azure VM guest agent is also available for the communication between FreeBSD Virtual Machine and Azure Fabric. This can perform various operations such as provisioning the virtual machine on first use and enabling the functionality for the selective virtual machine extensions.

Full tutorial: http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/creating-freebsd-virtual-machine-using-azure-marketplace/

 

BSDNow.TV Episode 146: Music to Beastie’s ears

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In this BSD Now episode, hosts Kris Moore and Allan Jude recap BSDCan, discuss the newly announced Microsoft support & service-level agreements for FreeBSD, the cons of select(), in addition to an interview with Hans Petter Selasky regarding USB drivers for FreeBSD. Press play below to tune in:

For this week’s round up of BSD related content from BSD Now – http://www.bsdnow.tv/episodes/2016_06_16-music_to_beasties_ears

FreeBSD is available in Microsoft’s Azure Marketplace

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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.

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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
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Microsoft Loves Linux Deep Dive #12: Summary of Running and Managing Linux and FreeBSD in Your Datacenter

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HyperV Foundation.png-550x0In part 12 of the Microsoft Loves Linux Deep Dive series, user Michael Kelley gives us a summary of using Linux and FreeBSD in your datacenter. Take a look at the link below to read the full article.

Second, doing a great job of running Linux and FreeBSD as guest operating systems on Hyper-V is fundamental.  We’ve heard your feedback as customers that your datacenters are heterogeneous.  You run workloads on Windows, you run workloads on Linux, and you probably run some workloads on UNIX.  Being able to run Linux and FreeBSD as a guest on Hyper-V enables you to operate a single infrastructure for both workloads, and not have to bifurcate the underlying hardware, the hypervisor, and the management infrastructure.  The first few posts in this series describe how Microsoft works with the Linux and FreeBSD communities to build the drivers for running these operating systems on Hyper-V.  The posts also describe how high I/O performance is achieved in a virtual environment, and the sophisticated management features, such as online backup and dynamic memory, that accrue to Linux and FreeBSD guests running on Hyper-V.

Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2015/12/17/microsoft-loves-linux-deep-dive-12-summary-of-running-and-managing-linux-and-freebsd-in-your-datacenter.aspx

Microsoft Loves Linux Deep Dive: FreeBSD on Hyper-V

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If you haven’t seen already, users Michael Kelley and Jason M. Anderson focused their recent Microsoft Loves Linux series on FreeBSD on Hyper-V. It’s a five part blog which details the usage of Linux and FreeBSD on Microsoft’s very own virtualization platform.

 

 

Microsoft’s CoreCLR Now Works On FreeBSD

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Microsoft has recently made CoreCLR to work on FreeBSD.

microsoftIt was back in February that Microsoft open-sourced CoreCLR, the execution engine of the core .NET stack. Besides coming to Linux and other platforms, this MIT-licensed engine has now been ported and is working for FreeBSD.

As of this week the CoreCLR code can now produce a working build on FreeBSD and are setting up FreeBSD as part of their continuous integration infrastructure to ensure the FreeBSD support remains in top condition moving forward.

Details on this feat are mentioned via this GitHub issue report and this milestone comes just one month after they were organizing a FreeBSD port team.

You can find the discussion here, as well as follow the updates on Github.

Original post: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=FreeBSD-CoreCLR-Build