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Dendrobatus Azureus<p>Slides have been released on this wonderful piece of balancing software for your proxmox clusters proxyLB <br>Now you can learn even more about this piece of wonderful software</p><p>Courtesy of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/@gyptazy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gyptazy</span></a></span> </p><p>🖋️ <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/bash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bash</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/proxyLB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>proxyLB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/freeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/boxyBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boxyBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/sh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/zsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zsh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/ksh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ksh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/csh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>csh</span></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/netBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>netBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/openBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/POSIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POSIX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/proxmox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>proxmox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/loadbalancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loadbalancer</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://github.com/gyptazy/ProxLB" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/gyptazy/ProxLB</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Daniel Wayne Armstrong<p>Freezing rain outside. Cup of hot coffee and Sunday reading the OpenBSD FAQ inside. :cupofcoffee: :openbsd: </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a></p>
Denis :flan_le_french:<p>Any user of <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/VictoriaLogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VictoriaLogs</span></a> by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@victoriametrics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>victoriametrics</span></a></span> ? It seems that v1.17 broke syslog ingestion.</p><p>I tried with VictoriaLogs on <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> /amd64 and Linux/ARM64, with syslog and rsyslog. Ingestion metrics are updated (vl_bytes_ingested_total,vl_rows_ingested_total,vl_udp_reqests_total), error metrics are 0 but I cannot find the logs in the UI or REST API.</p><p>EDIT: The solution is to add "-syslog.timezone='Europe/Paris'" to the command-line :flan_facepalm: </p><p><a href="https://bsd.network/tags/SysadminLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SysadminLife</span></a></p>
Dr. Brian Callahan<p>Do you have a Mac (running macOS) and an <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> machine? Would you like your OpenBSD machine to act as a secondary monitor for your Mac via AirPlay?</p><p>Test out this port and reply to the list if it works for you: <a href="https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&amp;m=174331110811177&amp;w=2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&amp;m=1</span><span class="invisible">74331110811177&amp;w=2</span></a></p><p>Thanks! Let's get this in before 7.7.</p>
Dr. Brian Callahan<p>Got UxPlay (<a href="https://github.com/FDH2/UxPlay" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/FDH2/UxPlay</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>) ported to <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a>. Now I can use this underpowered (but free) Chromebook I got last year to some actual use as a secondary monitor for my MacBook Pro.</p>
Sinza Contoso<p>What's the best way to achieve server-side cosmetic effects (*not* web app functionality) with an <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> webserver while using the base system to its fullest. I'm not against installing other components such as PHP or Apache if the benefits are great enough, however.</p><p>I am aware that there is Perl, as well as sh/AWK/sed, in OpenBSD's base, but a lack of Server Side Includes with httpd does make this a bit... tricky. It'd feel weird to use a pure CGI page for a landing page.</p>
Paul SomeoneElseI just sysupgraded my openams server 7.5 -&gt; 7.6.<br>It was weird I couldn't 'su -' to root after.<br>(I think it was on my end, still not sure.)<br><br>I ssh'd into the host machine and logged into the console from<br>vmctl directly to root. That worked fine, and proved my password<br>was what i thought it was. Anywho it was fun.<br>I was able to 'su -' from another terminal session, so it's<br>weird. Like once i am on the VM what does my local terminal<br>do? Maybe some character code was getting entered wrong<br>like locally and it passed thru to the password entry.<br>And closing the local terminal and using a new identical one worked.<br><br>Also cool is how nice sysupgrade, sysmerge, and sysclean all are.<br>You can upgrade an openbsd machine w/o looking at notes :)<br>I like running 'pkg_delete -a' because it seems so ominous looking<br>at it :)<br><br><a href="https://snac.d34d.net?t=openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openbsd</a><br>
roman<p>how well do you think <a href="https://mas.to/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> would run on <a href="https://mas.to/tags/framework" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>framework</span></a>? </p><p><a href="https://frame.work/ee/en/laptop13" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">frame.work/ee/en/laptop13</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Lobsters<p>where do the bytes go? <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/evrduc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lobste.rs/s/evrduc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a><br><a href="https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/where-do-the-bytes-go" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flak.tedunangst.com/post/where</span><span class="invisible">-do-the-bytes-go</span></a></p>
Dr. Brian Callahan<p>A new <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> post appears!</p><p>I built a native GCC 14.2.0 for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger PowerPC.</p><p><a href="https://briancallahan.net/blog/20250329.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">briancallahan.net/blog/2025032</span><span class="invisible">9.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://bsd.network/tags/macos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macos</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/macosx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macosx</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/tiger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tiger</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/powerpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>powerpc</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/bsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bsd</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freebsd</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/netbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>netbsd</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/dragonflybsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dragonflybsd</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/solaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solaris</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/illumos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illumos</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/gcc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gcc</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/llvm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>llvm</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/clang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clang</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/compiler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compiler</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/compilers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compilers</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/assembler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assembler</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/linker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linker</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/toolchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toolchain</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/gnu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gnu</span></a></p>
EK :a_openbsd:<p>Adventures in <a href="https://exquisite.social/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> episode 0x3310fd: </p><p>"The M1 Macbook Can Run OpenBSD But Shouldn't"</p><p>So I was really quite proud that I managed to install (with some great help from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://exquisite.social/@h3artbl33d" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>h3artbl33d</span></a></span>) OpenBSD 7.7-current on my M1 MacBook Pro. Great stuff. Ran a bit sluggish, but it ran. Very happy to have been able to dual-boot...</p><p>...Until last night when I tried to install a MacOS system upgrade. Since then I have been stuck in a Recovery Mode boot loop. BSD won't boot either. It seems to me that the presence of U-Boot is confusing the delicate soul of <a href="https://exquisite.social/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MacOS</span></a>. In any case, at least I managed to boot to system rescue and am currently imaging my MacOS home folder and copying it over to an external disk (taking AGES). Then it's going to be a full-on DFU mode system restore with Reverend Madam's Macbook Air assisting. Then, unfortunately, I don't think I will be reinstalling PuffyOS on the M1. It can run it, but it seems like it shouldn't.</p>
r1w1s1<br><br>Another LSM we don't talk enough about<br><a href="https://github.com/Zouuup/landrun" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/Zouuup/landrun</a><br><br>The landlock LSM isn't frequently spoken about, it's Linux equivalent of OpenBSD unveil. See also "Following landlock development" in 204, "Landlock" in 161 among others. Or what I've written about it.(<a href="https://venam.net/blog/unix/2023/02/28/access_control.html#landlock--seccomp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://venam.net/blog/unix/2023/02/28/access_control.html#landlock--seccomp</a>)<br><br>Love Linux/Unix? Subscribe to the Nixers Newsletter: <a href="https://newsletter.nixers.net/entries.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://newsletter.nixers.net/entries.php</a> !<br><a href="https://snac.bsd.cafe?t=landlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#landlock</a> <a href="https://snac.bsd.cafe?t=landrun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#landrun</a> <a href="https://snac.bsd.cafe?t=linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://snac.bsd.cafe?t=openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openbsd</a><br>
Tom<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@nuintari" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nuintari</span></a></span> Awesome. I have done almost the exact same thing in <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> 👍</p>
pela0🏴‍☠️<p><a href="https://mstdn.sysops.cl/tags/viernesdeescritorio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>viernesdeescritorio</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.sysops.cl/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.sysops.cl/tags/runbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>runbsd</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.sysops.cl/tags/desktopfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desktopfriday</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.sysops.cl/tags/cwm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cwm</span></a></p>
pela0🏴‍☠️<p><a href="https://mstdn.sysops.cl/tags/viernesdeescritorio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>viernesdeescritorio</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.sysops.cl/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.sysops.cl/tags/runbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>runbsd</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.sysops.cl/tags/desktopfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desktopfriday</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.sysops.cl/tags/i3wm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>i3wm</span></a></p>
Stefano Marinelli<p>My wife says that the BSDs are always in my head...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/NetBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/DragonFlyBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DragonFlyBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/RunBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RunBSD</span></a></p>
Doug<p>I like <a href="https://beige.party/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> so much because it respects my time. </p><p>Wanna run a mail server? Handful of lines of configuration and you're up and running. Here's effective documentation with examples.</p><p>Wanna host a Linux VM so you can run Docker stuff? Handful of lines of configuration. Here's effective documentation with examples.</p>
Antonio Frecentese<p>Giving another try to <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/vifm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vifm</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a></p>
EK :a_openbsd:<p>The REAL take-away from this all?</p><p>The *BSD community is utterly amazing and without all these people mentioned and without all these services I wouldn't get very far. Best. Crowd. Ever.</p><p><a href="https://exquisite.social/tags/RunBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RunBSD</span></a> <a href="https://exquisite.social/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> <a href="https://exquisite.social/tags/BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a> <a href="https://exquisite.social/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a></p>
EK :a_openbsd:<p>Adventures in <a href="https://exquisite.social/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> episode 0x819fa:</p><p>"I want my own secure cloud storage."</p><p>EASY. </p><ol><li>Get a Hetzner storage box and set up an <code>rclone</code> mount with <code>sftp</code> and <code>crypt</code> enabled on it on the Macbook</li><li>Try to mount the same thing on OpenBSD only to realise after a lot of digging that the <code>mount</code> option is missing for <code>rclone</code> on fishlinux because of underlying FUSE implementation incompatibilites; THEREFORE do the logical thing and </li><li>Ask <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/@gyptazy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gyptazy</span></a></span> really nicely for a <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@BoxyBSD" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BoxyBSD</span></a></span> VM running FreeBSD</li><li>Figure out how to connect to it from home internet that doesn't have IPV6 (the answer is, jump host from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@OpenBSDAms" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OpenBSDAms</span></a></span> for initial setup of <code>tailscale</code>, then once BoxyBSD VM is in the Tailnet, can <code>ssh / mosh</code> in from home)</li><li>set up stuff on FreeBSD like <code>doas</code> and whatnot</li><li>Finally get to a point where I can install <code>rclone</code></li><li>Copy over config from MacOS using <code>tailscale file cp</code> ( :flan_heart: tailscale)</li><li>Scratch head over file permissions as usual</li><li>Screw up some file system stuff as usual</li><li>Finally mount the encrypted Hetzner box over rclone on the FreeBSD vm</li><li>Mount the blasted thing over <code>sshfs</code> using <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsd.network/@solene" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>solene</span></a></span> 's tutorials on the home box</li></ol><p>NOTHING COULD BE SIMPLER. :flan_XD:</p>