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BSD Leftovers

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 16, 2023

=> changes from before it was curl | Ultra-compact 45x43mm CPU module features TI Sitara AM6231, AM6252, or AM6254 Arm SoC

Self-hosting Pixelfed on OpenBSD

=> ↺ Self-hosting Pixelfed on OpenBSD

In case you don’t already know, Pixelfed is a media sharing oriented solution that federates with Fediverse using the ActivityPub . And I like it also because it is based on PHP. This makes it quite simple to be hosted on OpenBSD. And here’s how I do this.

[Repeat] Changing how I use IP address with FreeBSD’s vnet – so IPv6 works

=> ↺ Changing how I use IP address with FreeBSD’s vnet – so IPv6 works

The vnet (network subsystem virtualization infrastructure) on FreeBSD is both a blessing and a curse. For me, it isn’t working well with IPv6. I’ve hit issues with pf (since solved, I’m sure). It’s a useful feature but can be confusing. It helps to have lots of time to think about it and what you’re doing.

Testing two 12TB drives to a Dell R730 on FreeBSD

=> ↺ Testing two 12TB drives to a Dell R730 on FreeBSD

I’m ready to downsize. I’m going to replace knew with r730-03. The former has 20 5TB drives. I don’t need all that space now. I’ll settle for 12TB instead.

Some explanations about OpenBSD memory usage

=> ↺ Some explanations about OpenBSD memory usage

I regularly see people reporting high memory usage on OpenBSD when looking at some monitoring program output.
Those programs may be not reporting what you think. The memory usage can be accounted in different ways.
Most of the time, the file system cache stored in-memory is added to memory usage, which lead to think about a high memory consumption.

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