Learn how to build a self-hosted CDN using OpenBSD base and just 2 packages



Founder and System Administrator, Unix enthusiast (FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonflyBSD, and Linux), with a keen eye for everything happening in this world and the fascinating beings that populate it. I enjoy music, photography, and, of course, technology.
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Learn how to build a self-hosted CDN using OpenBSD base and just 2 packages


Learn how to bridge networks across multiple VPS instances using Wireguard and VXLAN on FreeBSD, enabling secure and flexible service distribution.



Experience a journey from Kubernetes to FreeBSD, achieving major cost savings and efficiency through real-world optimization.


Comparative tests show FreeBSD's virtualization performance surpasses Proxmox, especially with NVMe drivers.

cross-posted from: https://blendit.bsd.cafe/post/140936
cross-posted from: https://blendit.bsd.cafe/post/140935
Since migrating many servers from Proxmox to FreeBSD, we have consistently felt that the VMs are more responsive. It's time to conduct some concrete tests.


Comparative tests show FreeBSD's virtualization performance surpasses Proxmox, especially with NVMe drivers.

Since migrating many servers from Proxmox to FreeBSD, we have consistently felt that the VMs are more responsive. It's time to conduct some concrete tests.


FreeBSD has many hidden gems, including native support for booting in read-only mode.



Escape the cloud: Own your data with FreeBSD and be the owner of your data.


Make your own E-Mail server - FreeBSD, OpenSMTPD, Rspamd and Dovecot included - Part 1

Escape the cloud: Own your email with FreeBSD and be the owner of your data.



Having a remote desktop can be useful, and keeping it into a FreeBSD jail can be both secure and efficient. Here’s how to do it.



Using VMs is a traditional and efficient way to separate servers but is it really needed when creating a FreeBSD VM on a FreeBSD host?

Bastille Releases 0.10.20231125 - Thanksgiving 2023 Edition
We're Thankful For First-Time Contributors! This release had eight first-time contributors. Thank you for becoming a part of Bastille history. Welcome to the club! New Contributors @tub5ta made th...
cross-posted from: https://blendit.bsd.cafe/post/7865
cross-posted from: https://blendit.bsd.cafe/post/7858
We spent the weekend putting the final touches on Bastille 0.10.20231125!
Major features and fixes include:
- bootstrap #FreeBSD BETA and RC releases
- bootstrap EOL #FreeBSD releases (>=9.0)
- improved jail startup dependency using rcorder(8)
- combine create options, eg: -CV, -TB, etc
- fixes to bastille setup
- more!


manpageblog is a small, lightweight blog engine written in Python and offers several advantages in a look of a man page (Unix like manual page). - GitHub - gyptazy/manpageblog: manpageblog is a sma...

cross-posted from: https://blendit.bsd.cafe/post/6140
manpageblog 1.2 has just been released!

Of course, Darwin is more than welcome!


BSD Cafe - The community for BSD based systems like FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, helloSystem etc.



While we all wait for the official FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE announcement – the FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE Release Notes are mostly ready. In this short article I would like to summarize the most valuab…



The blue versus green bubble debate may not be as bad.


For server-to-server connection is great. For username/password authentication, it's surely not the best tool

You can try this, it should be working for you. If you prefer, there's also a FreeBSD version linked at the beginning of the blog post.

In 1996, with Linux. From 1998, I stopped using Windows. In 2002, I met the BSDs. After all these years, I am even more convinced that the only way to preserve data conservation, accessibility, and freedom is to manage and store them through open tools and protocols.