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Larvitz
Larvitz :fedora:
@Larvitz@burningboard.net · Jun 05, 2026
Just released ansible_jailexec v1.3.0 It's an Ansible connection plugin I wrote for managing FreeBSD jails. No SSH required. New in this version: you can now run it without a privilege escalation method (sudo/doas) if you connect Ansible directly to the host as root. Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/Larvitz/ansible_jailexec/releases/tag/v1.3.0 PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/ansible-jailexec/1.3.0/ GitHub: https://github.com/chofstede/ansible_jailexec/releases/tag/v1.3.0 #python #ansible #freebsd #jails #devops
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Graham Perrin
@grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe · May 22, 2026
Not all users of FreeBSD agree that cohesiveness is a strength Hover or focus to reveal Sensitive
Quoting Will Orr @worr@bsd.network at (April 2025): ＂… My impression as a user is that FreeBSD isn't concerned with providing a cohesive OS experience for end users. Other BSDs like OpenBSD (the other server OS I run), NetBSD, etc. are much more concerned with this. One of the big examples has been talked about here: jails. There isn't a cohesive end user experience for jails in the base OS, instead you're given some of the low-level building blocks, and expected to build it yourself. There are a number of jail managers that work various degrees of ok. Another way this manifests is the 3 different firewalls they ship, with differing feature sets and ways of interacting with them. More debatable would be bhyve, in that the tools for it are quite low-level, and even the docs refer you to an example script for common operations. The user experience pains around tools like these end up pushing people towards 3rd party tools, which kills a lot of the cohesiveness typical of other BSDs. That's not to say that low-level tools aren't useful, but there seems to be a huge gap between tools targeted towards end-users and what the OS provides out-of-the-box.＂ Cc @encthenet@flyovercountry.social @david_chisnall@infosec.exchange @FreeBSDFoundation@mastodon.social #FreeBSD #jails #UX
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@rss_bot@social.koti.site · Apr 22, 2026
Un hombre violó a otro hombre en una cárcel en Rovaniemi, según el gobierno policial, muy raro. https://yle.fi/a/74-20221848?origin=rss #Delitossexuales #Rovaniemi #Violación #Interior #Lapland #Delito #Jails
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Larvitz
Larvitz :fedora:
@Larvitz@burningboard.net · Apr 12, 2026
A FreeBSD jail should be small. Installing Python into every jail just so your config management can run is the tail wagging the dog. I wrote two tiny wrappers to plug cdist directly into jexec on the host. The result? Full configuration management that asks for nothing but POSIX sh inside the jail itself. Zero daemons. Zero agents. https://blog.hofstede.it/automating-freebsd-jails-with-cdist-zero-dependencies-inside-the-jail/ My cdist-jexec connection plugin scripts: https://codeberg.org/Larvitz/jexec-cdist #FreeBSD #Jails #Unix #SysAdmin #cdist #DevOps
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Larvitz :fedora: :redhat:
@Larvitz__dup_34529@burningboard.net · Mar 02, 2026
New series: FreeBSD Foundationals Part 1 is about Jails - specifically VNET Jails. What epair interfaces actually are (virtual ethernet cables), how bridges tie them together, why the host is basically a router for your jails, and what devfs rulesets control. Covers the full lifecycle from jail.conf through pf firewalling with NAT/RDR for IPv4 and direct routing for IPv6. Plus the gotchas that'll cost you hours if nobody warns you. Not a beginner tutorial, hardcore details. The useful middle. https://blog.hofstede.it/freebsd-foundationals-jails-from-chroot-on-steroids-to-full-virtual-networks/ #Unix #FreeBSD #Networking #Jails #DevOps #SelfHosting #Sysadmin
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