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on [Vermaden] FreeBSD · c/freebsd · 2 pts · 12d

@CiotBSD said:

> OpenShift

For people who never heard of it (there's no link in the article …)

r/openshift in old and new Reddit:

> The OpenShift Application Platform is Red Hat's enterprise-ready Kubernetes distribution, optimized for continuous application development and multi-tenant deployment.

> A professional community to discuss OpenShift and OKD, Red Hat's auto-scaling Platform as a Services (PaaS) for applications.

Red Hat OpenShift

> Build, accelerate, and scale with an application platform that’s built for today's workloads and tomorrow's innovation. Deliver a comprehensive experience to modernize and build new applications, accelerate AI adoption, and fuel growth.

Red Hat’s OpenShift vs FreeBSD Jails - Klara Systems (2022)

> Kubernetes has become a hot technology for managing clusters of applications, but it is famously difficult technology to use and understand. RedShift is an Enterprise cloud platform for running and managing Kubes without tying you into a single platform. FreeBSD is our favorite platform for running applications here at Klara, how does RedShift relate to the technologies that FreeBSD provides and can we create similar environments on top of FreeBSD?

on FreeBSD pkg from 2.7.5 to 2.8.0_1 with pkg-upgrade(8): Your packages are up to date. · c/freebsd · 1 pts · 31d

An example

root@freebsd-15-amd64-qemu:~ # pkg upgrade -Fqy
root@freebsd-15-amd64-qemu:~ # pkg upgrade -U
New version of pkg detected; it needs to be installed first.
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
        pkg: 2.7.5 -> 2.8.0_1 [FreeBSD-ports]

Number of packages to be upgraded: 1

The process will require 25 MiB more space.

Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y
[1/1] Upgrading pkg from 2.7.5 to 2.8.0_1...
[1/1] Extracting pkg-2.8.0_1: 100%
pkg: need to re-create repo FreeBSD-ports to upgrade schema version
pkg: Repository FreeBSD-ports cannot be opened. 'pkg update' required
pkg: need to re-create repo FreeBSD-ports-kmods to upgrade schema version
pkg: Repository FreeBSD-ports-kmods cannot be opened. 'pkg update' required
Checking for upgrades (0 candidates): 100%
Processing candidates (0 candidates): 100%
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Your packages are up to date.
root@freebsd-15-amd64-qemu:~ # pkg update
Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue...
pkg: need to re-create repo FreeBSD-ports to upgrade schema version
Fetching meta.conf: 100%     168 B   0.2 kB/s    00:01    
Fetching data: 100%    12 MiB 907.0 kB/s    00:14    
Processing entries: 100%
FreeBSD-ports repository update completed. 38008 packages processed.
Fetching files: 100%    41 MiB   1.3 MB/s    00:33    
Processing file entries: 100%
Updating FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository catalogue...
pkg: need to re-create repo FreeBSD-ports-kmods to upgrade schema version
Fetching meta.conf: 100%     179 B   0.2 kB/s    00:01    
Fetching data: 100%    35 KiB  36.0 kB/s    00:01    
Processing entries: 100%
FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository update completed. 240 packages processed.
All repositories are up to date.
root@freebsd-15-amd64-qemu:~ # pkg upgrade -Fqy
root@freebsd-15-amd64-qemu:~ # pkg upgrade -U
Checking for upgrades (124 candidates): 100%
Processing candidates (124 candidates): 100%
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
The following 123 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
        boost-libs: 1.89.0_2 -> 1.89.0_3 [FreeBSD-ports]
        …
        xwud: 1.0.7 -> 1.0.8 [FreeBSD-ports]

Installed packages to be REINSTALLED:
        xorg-docs-1.7.3,1 [FreeBSD-ports] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:15:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:*')

Number of packages to be upgraded: 122
Number of packages to be reinstalled: 1

The operation will free 5 MiB.

Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y
[  1/123] Upgrading boost-libs from 1.89.0_2 to 1.89.0_3...
[  1/123] Extracting boost-libs-1.89.0_3: 100%
…
[123/123] Upgrading xwud from 1.0.7 to 1.0.8...
[123/123] Extracting xwud-1.0.8: 100%
==> Running trigger: desktop-file-utils.ucl
Building cache database of MIME types
==> Running trigger: gtk-update-icon-cache.ucl
Generating GTK icon cache for /usr/local/share/icons/oxygen
Generating GTK icon cache for /usr/local/share/icons/breeze-dark
Generating GTK icon cache for /usr/local/share/icons/breeze
Generating GTK icon cache for /usr/local/share/icons/hicolor
==> Running trigger: gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders.ucl
Generating gdk-pixbuf modules cache
==> Running trigger: shared-mime-info.ucl
Building the Shared MIME-Info database cache
==> Running trigger: glib-schemas.ucl
Compiling glib schemas
Warning: Schema “org.gnome.crypto.cache” has path “/desktop/gnome/crypto/cache/”.  Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/system/” are deprecated.
Warning: Schema “org.gnome.crypto.pgp” has path “/desktop/gnome/crypto/pgp/”.  Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/system/” are deprecated.
Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.locale” has path “/system/locale/”.  Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/system/” are deprecated.
Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy” has path “/system/proxy/”.  Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/system/” are deprecated.
Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.http” has path “/system/proxy/http/”.  Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/system/” are deprecated.
Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.https” has path “/system/proxy/https/”.  Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/system/” are deprecated.
Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.ftp” has path “/system/proxy/ftp/”.  Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/system/” are deprecated.
Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.socks” has path “/system/proxy/socks/”.  Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/system/” are deprecated.
root@freebsd-15-amd64-qemu:~ # history 7
   363  19:03   exit
   364  7:17    pkg upgrade -Fqy
   365  7:22    pkg upgrade -U
   366  7:23    pkg update
   367  7:27    pkg upgrade -Fqy
   368  7:27    pkg upgrade -U
   369  7:31    history 7
root@freebsd-15-amd64-qemu:~ # exit
logout
blah@freebsd-15-amd64-qemu:~ % freebsd-version -kru ; uname -mvKU
15.1-RELEASE-p1
15.1-RELEASE-p1
15.1-RELEASE-p1
FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE-p1 releng/15.1-n283582-0f691888dc56 GENERIC amd64 1501000 1501000
blah@freebsd-15-amd64-qemu:~ % pkg repos -el | sort -f ; sleep 5 ; pkg repos -e | grep -B 1 -e url
FreeBSD-ports
FreeBSD-ports-kmods
FreeBSD-ports: { 
    url             : "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/latest",
--
FreeBSD-ports-kmods: { 
    url             : "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/kmods_latest_1",
blah@freebsd-15-amd64-qemu:~ % date
Sun Jul 26 07:32:34 BST 2026
blah@freebsd-15-amd64-qemu:~ %

Note:

…
[1/1] Extracting pkg-2.8.0_1: 100%
pkg: need to re-create repo FreeBSD-ports to upgrade schema version
pkg: Repository FreeBSD-ports cannot be opened. 'pkg update' required
pkg: need to re-create repo FreeBSD-ports-kmods to upgrade schema version
pkg: Repository FreeBSD-ports-kmods cannot be opened. 'pkg update' required
Checking for upgrades (0 candidates): 100%
Processing candidates (0 candidates): 100%
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Your packages are up to date.
…
on RedBSD with RTFMv2 · c/freebsd · 1 pts · 31d
redbsd@redbsd:~ $ pkg leaf
7-zip-26.02
ImageMagick7-7.1.2.25_1
aircrack-ng-1.5.2_4
apache-ant-1.10.15_2
apache24-2.4.68
automake-1.18.1
bind-tools-9.20.24_1
ca_root_nss-3.125
cherrytree-1.7.0
cmake-3.31.12
crunch-3.6_1
doas-6.4
dotnet-9.0.14
dotnet8-8.0.27
engrampa-1.28.2_1
firefox-esr-153.0,2
freerdp3-3.30.0
gcc-14_5
gdb-15.1_5
geany-2.1
git-2.54.0
go-1.25_20,2
gradle-9.6.1
hashcat-7.1.2_11,1
hs-pandoc-3.10
htop-3.5.1
john-1.9.0.j.1_1
kismet-2016.07.r1_2,1
kubectl-1.36.1_2
libtool-2.5.4_1
lighttpd-1.4.84_1
linux-rl9-libxkbcommon-1.0.3_2
linux-rl9-xcb-util-0.4.0_2
llvm-19_1,1
lsof-4.99.5,8
mariadb1011-client-10.11.18
maven-3.8.9_3
mercurial-7.1.2
nano-9.0
nginx-1.30.4,3
ninja-1.13.2,4
nmap-7.99_1
node-24.18.0_3
noto-basic-2.0_4
npm-11.18.0
open-vm-tools-13.1.0,2
openjdk17-17.0.18+8.1
openjdk21-21.0.10+7.1_1
openssl-3.0.21,1
papirus-icon-theme-20250501
pavucontrol-6.1
php83-curl-8.3.32_1
php83-mbstring-8.3.32_1
php83-mysqli-8.3.32_1
php83-pdo_sqlite-8.3.32_1
php83-zip-8.3.32_1
pixiewps-1.4.1
podman-5.8.4_1
postgresql16-client-16.14
proxychains-ng-4.17
py312-certbot-4.2.0,1
py312-podman-compose-1.5.0
py312-pwntools-4.15.0_1
py312-virtualenv-21.2.3
python3-3_4
radare2-6.1.4
reaver-1.6.6_1
redis-8.8.0
ripgrep-15.1.0_6
ristretto-0.14.0
rizin-0.9.1
rsync-3.4.4_1
ruby-3.4.9_2,1
rust-1.96.1
screen-5.0.1_6
sddm-0.21.0.36_3
socat-1.8.1.3
sqlitebrowser-3.13.1
subversion-1.14.5_1
sudo-1.9.17p2_2
tcpdump-4.99.6
thunar-archive-plugin-0.6.0
tmux-3.7b
tree-2.3.2
trivy-0.72.0_1
vim-9.2.0738
virtualbox-ose-additions-72-7.2.14.1500068
vscode-1.127.0_1
wget-1.25.0
whois-5.5.7_1
xf86-video-vmware-13.4.0
xfce-4.20_2
xfce4-screenshooter-plugin-1.11.3
xmlstarlet-1.6.1_5
xorg-7.7_3
yq-4.1.1
zig-0.16.0
zip-3.0_5
zsh-5.9.1
redbsd@redbsd:~ $
on RedBSD with RTFMv2 · c/freebsd · 1 pts · 31d

Note

Without the changes to /boot/loader.conf and /etc/rc.conf:

  1. SDDM failed to start
  2. the virtual display was too large for my screens.

SDDM fails to start after installation in VirtualBox · Issue #5 · shanefarris/RedBSD

General information

redbsd@redbsd:~ $ redbsd-version
RedBSD 1.0 - Initial Release
Based on FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE
Kernel: FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE
Architecture: amd64

FreeBSD base: 15.1-RELEASE
Kernel: FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE
Architecture: amd64

OS release file: /etc/os-release
redbsd@redbsd:~ $ freebsd-version -kru ; uname -mvKU
15.1-RELEASE
15.1-RELEASE
15.1-RELEASE
FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE releng/15.1-n283562-96841ea08dcf GENERIC amd64 1501000 1501000
redbsd@redbsd:~ $ pkg iinfo virtualbox
virtualbox-ose-additions-72-7.2.14.1500068
redbsd@redbsd:~ $

/boot/loader.conf

redbsd@redbsd:~ $ cat /boot/loader.conf

# Console resolution + font (set by 07_set_console_resolution.sh)
# efi_max_resolution="1920x1080"
# kern.vt.fb.default_mode="1920x1080"
# vt.font="/usr/share/vt/fonts/spleen-8x16.fnt"
loader_logo="redbsd"
loader_color="YES"
kern.geom.label.disk_ident.enable="0"
kern.geom.label.gptid.enable="0"
zfs_load="YES"
hw.efi.poweroff=0
redbsd@redbsd:~ $

/etc/rc.conf

redbsd@redbsd:~ $ cat /etc/rc.conf
hostname="redbsd"
keymap="uk.kbd"
ifconfig_em0="DHCP"
ifconfig_em0_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv"
lightdm_enable="NO"
sddm_enable="YES"
# vmware_guest_vmblock_enable="YES"
# vmware_guest_vmhgfs_enable="YES"
# vmware_guest_vmmemctl_enable="YES"
# vmware_guestd_enable="YES"
moused_enable="YES"
allscreens_flags="-f /usr/share/vt/fonts/spleen-8x16.fnt"
linux_enable="YES"
# vmware_guest_vmxnet_enable="YES"
wlans_iwm0="wlan0"
sshd_enable="YES"
ntpd_enable="YES"
ntpd_sync_on_start="YES"
moused_nondefault_enable="NO"
# Set dumpdev to "AUTO" to enable crash dumps, "NO" to disable
dumpdev="AUTO"
zfs_enable="YES"
vboxguest_enable="YES"
vboxservice_enable="YES"
redbsd@redbsd:~ $

Bonus

This line in /boot/loader.conf is for FreeBSD to truly power off, when required, in a VirtualBox guest that uses UEFI:

hw.efi.poweroff=0

Not just VirtualBox. It's sometimes required with real hardware.

on [Klarasystems.com] · c/freebsd · 1 pts · 32d

Thanks,

> Jails, Not Containers: FreeBSD Isolation Done Right

Posted separately in Mastodon,

() can not find your .)

on [FreeBSD.org] && [FreeBSD Foundation] · c/freebsd · 2 pts · 33d

> ⇒ BSDCan 2026 Travel Report – Patrick McEvoy

From his report:

> I have 4 days of videos to edit and post to the web.

I guess, they'll appear in YouTube at .

on Modernised use of freebsd-update for minor and major upgrades to FreeBSD · c/freebsd · 1 pts · 57d

Users of freebsd-update(8) with 14.4-RELEASE, please note:

Noted:

> freebsd-update(8) may prompt to rebuild or reinstall all third-party software due to changes in system libraries. Follow those instructions as needed.

If I recall correctly, the instructions do not demonstrate use of --force.

Steps 28-35 above do include pkg commands that will ultimately force a combined upgrade from two repositories, excluding FreeBSD-base:

  • FreeBSD-ports and FreeBSD-ports-kmods

– there should be comparable advice in official documentation.