Post #1493414
2026-04-20 16:28 UTC
I started reading about netgraph on FreeBSD.
I think I understood the basic theory of what nodes, hooks and edges are and a bit on how ngctl can be used to configure those.
I definitely still have enough questions about it, which will hopefully be able to be resolved by just playing with it. Gotta spin up a VM and break some stuff.
I wanna skip tools like ngbuddy, because at first glance they seem like they are opinionated in ways that don’t match what I want to do, but I‘m used to that. After all I had the same „problem“ with Bastille and vm-bhyve :D
Replies (2)
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@goeranh@mastodon.online 2026-04-20 18:11
@jana would you mind sharing some sample setups when you are up and running? I tried to look into netgraph about a year back and didnt really get anywhere, but the concepts sound really promising!
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@jana@social.jsteuernagel.de 2026-04-22 11:26
Found this PDF, which has a nice overview over Netgraph commands and some helpful explainer graphics. https://wiki.freebsd.org/OnePageTech?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=Netgraph.pdf