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Larvitz :fedora: @Larvitz@burningboard.net
· 2mo ago
I was ill last week and discovered something uncomfortable: a huge Jellyfin library isn't entertainment, it's homework. Every time I opened it, it asked "what do you want?" and I just scrolled. So I built a TV station instead. ErsatzTV turns a media library into real linear channels with schedules and logos. It ships for Linux, Windows and macOS. My server runs FreeBSD. Turns out the entire porting effort was one conditional. The code asked "is this Linux?" when it meant "is VAAPI available?" VAAPI is userspace, FreeBSD has it, and .NET has had OSPlatform.FreeBSD for years. One || later: Intel hardware transcoding in a Bastille jail that can see exactly one GPU and one read-only dataset. I now have a sci-fi channel. I don't know what's on tonight. That's the point. https://blog.hofstede.it/building-my-own-tv-station-ersatztv-in-a-freebsd-jail-with-intel-hardware-transcoding/ #FreeBSD #ErsatzTV #Jellyfin #SelfHosting #Jails #dotnet
Building My Own TV Station: ErsatzTV in a FreeBSD Jail, With Intel Hardware Transcoding
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Building My Own TV Station: ErsatzTV in a FreeBSD Jail, With Intel Hardware Transcoding

Being ill for a week taught me that a large Jellyfin library is not entertainment, it is homework. ErsatzTV turns a media library back into linear television with real channels and schedules, but i...

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― @grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe
· 2mo ago
Jails, Not Containers: FreeBSD Isolation Done Right – Umair Khurshid | Klara Systems Containers play a major role in modern infrastructure, but they are not the right answer for every workload. This article explores how FreeBSD jails provide purpose-built isolation, predictable security boundaries, and deep ZFS integration—making them ideal infrastructure-grade services where stability is essential. … Via | #FreeBSD #jails #Linux #containers
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Larvitz :fedora: @Larvitz@burningboard.net
· 4mo ago
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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― @grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe
· 4mo ago
Boosted by @oxy@social.bsdlab.au
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Not all users of FreeBSD agree that cohesiveness is a strength
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Larvitz :fedora: @Larvitz@burningboard.net
· 5mo ago
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
Automating FreeBSD Jails with cdist - Zero Dependencies Inside the Jail
Larvitz Blog

Automating FreeBSD Jails with cdist - Zero Dependencies Inside the Jail

cdist is refreshingly minimal - the target only needs POSIX sh, and the control machine speaks ssh. But cdist expects one ssh endpoint per host, and FreeBSD jails are not normally their own ssh tar...

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Larvitz :fedora: :redhat: @Larvitz__dup_34529@burningboard.net
· 7mo ago
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
FreeBSD Foundationals: Jails - From Chroot on Steroids to Full Virtual Networks
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FreeBSD Foundationals: Jails - From Chroot on Steroids to Full Virtual Networks

The first in a series on FreeBSD fundamentals. This one covers Jails from the ground up: why they exist, how classic Jails differ from VNET Jails, what epair interfaces actually are, how bridges ti...

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