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Automate deploying a bunch of thin jails
I'm setting up the *ARR suite apps in jails (using the Bastille manager). I used to do this in debian and docker but this time I moved to freeBSD to try out it's native zfs support.
In setting up I ...
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Forgejo pid file (/var/run/forgejo.pid) : not readable in Truenas Core (FreeBSD Jail)
I have been trying to get Forgejo running in a Truenas Core (FreeBSD jail) for over a week. When I manually start Forgejo as the git user it runs as expected, however attempting to get it to run with ...
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Why is keyboard and mouse unable to be hotplugged in FreeBSD jail?
I have an entire system with xorg-x11 running in a jail. My only issue is that I am unable to add or remove a keyboard or mouse while X is running. If I restart X, the newly connected keyboard or ...
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Run firefox within a Linux chroot jail in FreeBSD 13.1
I have managed to install a Ubuntu chroot jail within FreeBSD 13.1. However, I need to run Firefox from it to launch Jupyter Lab from a python virtual environment within the chroot subsystem. I was ...
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Resolve local webserver to public domain
Is there a way to forward traffic on mydomain.com to local web server hosted on virtual machine ( bhyve )?
Let's say my local machine has local IP - 1.1.1.1
And my registered domain in X hosting ...
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What is the `/` command displayed by htop?
I’m running FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE on my home server.
From time to time, the server’s HDDs thrash for hours on end, even though the server itself should be idle. (I have no cron jobs scheduled, and I ...
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Confusion about FreeBSD jail being up to date (or not)
I'm new to FreeBSD system administration and I'm a little confused about keeping jails up to date. Different commands seem to give conflicting information:
After sudo pkg -j 18 upgrade, re-running ...
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How do I access my jail by hostname on a home network?
I'm using FreeNAS (FreeBSD), and I've created a jail, and I've given the jail a hostname, and I can access the jail via IP address, but I can't access the jail by it's hostname. (within my home ...
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Ezjail network in aws ec2 instance
I am trying to connect a jail to the internet in a aws ec2 instance. I am able to create the jail and execute a console inside, the problem is that the jail does not have any connection to the outside....
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Upgrading base jail with iocage fails on FreeBSD/FreeNAS
I have tried to upgrade a few 11.3 base jails to 11.4 on my FreeNAS server running FreeBSD 11.3. I used:
iocage upgrade -r 11.4-RELEASE my-jail-name
Some of the jails were failing with etcupdate ...
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how can I manage services running in freebsd jail
I've inherited some systems that run on freebsd and inside jails. Basically the services running are old versions of qmail, spamd, dovecot, etc. None of the versions are up to date or even ...
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First time installing TinyDNS as a service in a FreeBSD jail - how to do it?
I'm using FreeBSD 11.2 at the moment (likely to move to 12 in a while). I need a tiny authoritative-only DNS server (no lookup or caching needed, under 10 domains and under 10 queries/hr, almost no ...
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Multi-jail /var separation
I'm setting up multiple jails in FreeBSD to serve dynamic websites. The host environment has a webserver that dispatches connection based on HTTP Host header, and each jail has a /var/lib/www-db ...
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Securing an open FTP on FreeBSD for visitor wifi speed testing?
I'd like to add a really simple local FTP server to my FreeBSD system, to allow guests to do wifi speed testing.
Because of the use, I don't need more than very basic functionality - anon R/W to a ...
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What is the reason FreeBSD jails don't get the entropy pool
I've noticed that the FreeBSD script that
generates entropy,
bails out if it finds it
itself is running from within a jail.
# uname -srm ## notice: install of mfsBSD (https://mfsbsd.vx.sk)
FreeBSD ...
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