Posts Tagged hacks
Side-loading FreeBSD versions using Boot Environments
Tuesday, 23 Feb 2021
In other words, upgrading a FreeBSD box the dirty way. This is very much a “works on my machine” approach but it should get you 90% of the way to dealing with your own. Expect annoying breakages and m…
Upgrading FreeBSD the Dirty Way
Thursday, 29 Nov 2018
For some reason, you’re unable to simply upgrade this system the normal way. Instead, we’ll use the new bectl feature to provide a boot environment, and do a dirty upgrade inside that, out of the way …
The Command-Line RESTafarian
Wednesday, 15 Jul 2015
Almost any modern-day service or application provides an HTTP endpoint to work with. Whether they provide metrics, allows remote administration, or accepts complex requests, a system administrator wil…
A RAM-disk based workflow
Friday, 5 Sep 2014
It’s easy to pick up a laptop today with 16 or more GB of memory. Or spin up a cloud instance with as much as you need. ramdisks are scary fast, and as most cloud instances have poor IO, it’s a great …