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[How-To] Build a FreeBSD 11.0-release Openstack Image with bsd-cloudinit

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This tutorial by user Remy van Elst shows us how to deploy an OpenStack environment on FreeBSD 11.0 with bsd-cloudinit. OpenStack is an open-source cloud platform, deployed as infrastructure-as-a-service, along with Cinder block storage-as-a-service and many other useful applications. See the link below for the in-depth set of instructions.

openstackWe are going to prepare a FreeBSD image for Openstack deployment. We do this by creating a FreeBSD 11.0-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.

A FreeBSD image with Cloud Init will automatically resize the disk to the size of the flavor and it will add your SSH key right at boot. You can use Cloud Config to execute a script at first boot, for example, to bootstrap your system into Puppet or Ansible. If you use Ansible to manage OpenStack instances you can integrate it without manually logging in or doing anything manually.

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

Full tutorial: https://raymii.org/s/tutorials/FreeBSD_11.0-release_Openstack_Image.html

Related link: http://docs.openstack.org/image-guide/freebsd-image.html

FreeBSD comes to 64-bit ARM

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User (Computerworld) writes about the developments of FreeBSD on the ARM 64-bit processor. ARM is known for its low-power and is mainly used in mobile devices. Lately, there has been an interest in using the ARM 64-bit processor in servers for cloud and web applications. To learn more, head on over to the link below.

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Want to run something other than Linux on a ARM 64-bit server? Soon you can: a small software company has shown FreeBSD running on a 96-core server.

Semihalf, which is based in Poland, demonstrated a beta version of FreeBSD running on a server board built with Cavium’s ThunderX processors. That’s the first hardware based on ARM’s 64-bit processors to run FreeBSD.

FreeBSD is a flavor of the Unix OS developed by the University of California, Berkeley. The OS runs on a broad array of platforms.

Original article: http://www.computerworld.com/article/3000517/servers/freebsd-comes-to-64-bit-arm.html

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

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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/

[How-To] Install/Configure FreeNAS 9.10 on VMware

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This tutorial by user Systems Engineer shows us how to set up FreeNAS 9.10 in a virtual environment on VMware Workstation or VMware Player. FreeNAS is a storage operating system based on FreeBSD. Testing out the network-attached storage software in a VM may be useful for those who’d like to try it out before installing on bare-metal or actual hardware. Follow the link below for further details, and watch the tutorial video below to begin installing:

This tutorial shows how to install, configure and review FreeNAS 9.10 Storage on VMware Workstation/Player step by step. We also configure RAID-5 Storage Volume and setup NFS and Samba/SMB/CIFS shares. This tutorial is also helpful to installing FreeNAS 9.10 on physical computer hardware or bare-metal server.

Original post: https://linux-video-tutorials.blogspot.com/2016/11/install-configure-freenas-9-10-storage-vmware.html

FreeBSD Q3’2016 Status Report

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For those who have not seen it yet, the folks at FreeBSD have published their status report for the 3rd Quarter of 2016. Head over to the link below for a detailed report from the Release Engineering, Ports Collection, Core, and Foundation Teams, along with updates on various projects, Kernel, Google Summer of Code, etc.

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As focused as we are on the present and what is happening now, it is sometimes useful to take a fresh look at where we have come from, and where we are going. This quarter, we had our newest doc committer working to trace through the tangled history of many utilities, and we also get a glimpse looking forward at what may come in FreeBSD 12.

Though 11.0-RELEASE was not finalized until after the period covered in this report, we can still have some anticipatory excitement for the features that will be coming in 12.0. The possibilities are tantalizing: a base system with no GPL components, arm64 as a Tier-1 architecture, capsicum protection for common utilities, and the CloudABI for custom software are just a few.

The work of the present is no less exciting, with 11.0 making its way out just after the end of Q3, the new core coming into its own, and much more that you’ll have to read and find out.

—Benjamin Kaduk

Full Q3 2016 Status Report: https://www.freebsd.org/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.html

BSDNow.TV Episode 168: The Post Show Show

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In this BSD Now episode, hosts Kris Moore and Allan Jude discuss their time at MeetBSD 2016, which was held this past weekend at UC Berkeley. Click play below to tune in:

This week’s roundup of BSD related content from BSD Now: http://www.bsdnow.tv/episodes/2016_11_16-the_post_show_show

Show notes from Jupiter Broadcasting: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/104751/the-post-show-show-bsd-now-168/

[How-To] WordPress with FAMP stack in FreeBSD

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This tutorial by Linux Help Linux Help shows us how to set up WordPress along with the FAMP (Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack on FreeBSD. WordPress is an open-source content management software for managing websites and blogs. Follow the link below for the full tutorial or watch the video tutorial below:

To Install WordPress with FAMP on FreeBSD

WordPress is a widely used open source CMS software which is supported by PHP and MySQL. WordPress makes creating and maintaining a website or a blog  an easy task for even a person with non programming background. In this article, you’ll be briefed about the installation procedure of WordPress by utilizing FAMP on FreeBSD.

To Install and configure FAMP

First procedure is to install the FAMP stack. Initiate the FAMP installation by installing Apache server as follows.

How to install WordPress with FAMP stack in FreeBSD

Testing simple ZFS failure on FreeBSD

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User voltagex blogs about his experience in testing simple ZFS failure on FreeBSD. He uses VirtualBox as a testing ground for the drive failure experiment and shows how the robust ZFS file system will deal with it. See the full article in the link below. zfsx

ZFS is one of the most robust and fault tolerant filesystems around. It can also be fairly tricky to set up and maintain so I’m writing at least one blog post based on my experiences setting up my NAS. I definitely did make some mistakes when I configured my storage but it’s served me well for a while now. Unfortunately, other parts of the motherboard I selected have been a bit temperamental. See https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=213877 for details. By writing this I’m hoping I feel a bit more confident with my upcoming drive replacement – one of the issues I have is only 4 storage drives, so increasing the total storage available means replacing all of the drives, one by one.

Full article: https://blog.voltagex.org/2016/11/06/testing-simple-zfs-failure-on-freebsd/

iXsystems Announces TrueOS Launch

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iXsystems Inc. has announced the launch of TrueOS, a desktop FreeBSD based operating system that evolved from the PC-BSD name. Notable features are its rolling release updates, Lumina Desktop Environment, and more features such as TrueOS Pico coming soon. Head on over to TrueOS.org to download the latest release.

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Features include rolling release distribution, ZFS boot environments, and SysAdm administration suite for a reliable desktop experience

SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwired – November 10, 2016) – iXsystems announced today the launch of TrueOS®, the next evolution of PC-BSD. TrueOS is a modern, cutting-edge distribution of FreeBSD, combining the convenience and features of a rolling release distribution with the failsafe technology of ZFS boot environments.

TrueOS tracks the FreeBSD “Current” branch and merges features from select developer branches to improve support for newer hardware and technologies. Weekly automatic updates keep the user’s system up-to-date, and all updates are performed safely within system snapshots known as boot environments.

Original announcement: https://www.ixsystems.com/blog/ixsystems-announces-trueos-launch/

Related link: DistroWatch – TrueOS Review by Jesse Smith

[How-To] Automatically mount zfs file system on Linux/Unix/FreeBSD

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User Vivek Gite shows us how to automatically mount the ZFS file system in FreeBSD and other UNIX systems. Follow the link below for the full set of instructions.

have created a zfs file system called data/vm_guests on Ubuntu Linux server. After the server reboot, zpools do not automatically mount at /data/vm_guests. It is failing my KVM guest machines. How can I mount my ZFS (zpool) automatically after the reboot?

By default, a ZFS file system is automatically mounted when it is created. Any file system whose mountpoint property is not legacy is managed by ZFS.

List your pools

Type the following command: …

Full tutorial: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/freebsd-linux-unix-zfs-automatic-mount-points-command/