====== Information ======

  * FreeBSD ((https://www.freebsd.org/))
  * 16.0

  * Alira = VPS ((1 vCPU, 1024MB, 25 GB NVMe (:?: ''vhp-1c-1gb-intel'', [[https://www.vultr.com/?ref=6906013|Vultr]]), Legacy/MBR))

  uname -aKU

  FreeBSD Alira 16.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT main-n289153-77535f91f623 GENERIC-NODEBUG amd64 1600025 1600025

====== Download ======

  * https://download.freebsd.org/snapshots/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/16.0/

  FreeBSD-16.0-CURRENT-amd64-20260907-nullhash-nullcount-bootonly.iso

====== Installation Notes ======

  * Packages

===== Network =====

  * Manual (''vtnet0'')
  * Static IPv4 ((Dashboard -> Instance -> Settings -> IPv4))
  * No IPv6

===== Partitioning =====

==== Alira ====

  * https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/#bsdinstall-partitioning
  * Auto (UFS)
  * MBR

<code>
DEVICE         MAJ:MIN  SIZE TYPE                                    LABEL MOUNT
vtbd0            0:85    25G MBR                                         - -
  <FREE>         -:-     512 -                                           - -
  vtbd0s1        0:86    25G BSD                               gpt/freebsd -
    vtbd0s1a     0:88    24G freebsd-ufs                                 - /
    vtbd0s1b     0:89  1024M freebsd-swap                                - SWAP</code>

===== System Components =====

  * https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/#bsdinstall-components
  * ''[x]'' base
  * ''[x]'' optional

===== System Configuration =====

  * https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/#bsdinstall-sysconf
  * ''[x]'' sshd
  * ''[x]'' ntpd
  * ''[x]'' ntpd_sync_on_start

===== System Hardening =====

  * https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/#bsdinstall-hardening
  * ''[x]'' Everything

===== User =====

  * Invite to other groups: ''wheel''
  * Shell: ''sh''

====== Initial Set-up ======

  * Continue from ''ssh''

===== Update =====

  su -

  pkg update -f

  pkg upgrade

===== Non-Debug Kernel =====

  su -

  pkg install 'FreeBSD-kernel-generic-nodebug'

==== Default Boot ====

  su -

  ee '/boot/loader.conf'

  kernel="kernel.GENERIC-NODEBUG"

==== Remove Debug ====

  su -

  pkg remove 'FreeBSD-kernel-generic'

====== Software ======

===== General =====

  su -

  pkg install htop libressl

====== Settings ======

===== loader.conf =====

==== Alira ====

  su -

  ee '/boot/loader.conf'

<code>
security.bsd.allow_destructive_dtrace="0"
console="nullconsole"
autoboot_delay="1"</code>

===== rc.conf =====

==== Alira ====

  su -

  ee '/etc/rc.conf'

<code>
clear_tmp_enable="YES"
syslogd_flags="-ss"
hostname="Alira"
ifconfig_vtnet0="x"
defaultrouter="x"
sshd_enable="YES"
moused_nondefault_enable="NO"
# Set dumpdev to "AUTO" to enable crash dumps, "NO" to disable
dumpdev="NO"
nginx_enable="YES"
php_fpm_enable="YES"
moused_enable="NO"
moused_type="NO"
mixer_enable="NO"</code>

===== Drive Maintenance =====

==== UFS ====

  * TODO

====== Tweaks ======

===== General =====

  su -

  mkdir -p '/usr/local/etc/profile.d' && echo "export LD_BIND_NOW='1'" | tee '/usr/local/etc/profile.d/general-tweaks.sh' > '/dev/null'

===== jemalloc =====

  * [[https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=malloc.conf&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+15.1-RELEASE&format=html|malloc.conf]]

  su -

  echo 'abort:false,confirm_conf:false,abort_conf:false,percpu_arena:phycpu,dirty_decay_ms:-1,muzzy_decay_ms:-1,stats_print:false,junk:false,zero:false,utrace:false,xmalloc:false,zero_realloc:free,trust_madvise:true,retain:true' | tee '/etc/malloc.conf' > '/dev/null'

===== fstab =====

  su -

  ee '/etc/fstab'

==== UFS ====

  ,noatime

====== Scripts ======

===== Updater =====

  mkdir -p ~/'.local/scripts' && ee ~/'.local/scripts/freebsd-updater.sh' && chmod +x ~/'.local/scripts/freebsd-updater.sh'

<code>
#!/bin/sh

'/usr/sbin/ntpd' -g -q > '/dev/null'

'/usr/sbin/pkg' update -f
'/usr/sbin/pkg' upgrade -y
'/usr/sbin/pkg' autoremove -y

'/bin/sync'
'/sbin/shutdown' -r 'now' 'FreeBSD OS Updater'

# End</code>

  su 'root' -c ~/'.local/scripts/freebsd-updater.sh'

====== cron ======

===== Updater =====

  * Daily ''06:00:00 AM'' (Alira)

  su -

  ee '/etc/cron.d/freebsd-updater'

<code>
#
SHELL=/bin/sh

0 6 * * * root '/home/espionage724/.local/scripts/freebsd-updater.sh'

# End</code>

====== Notable Folders and Commands ======

  * See [[bsd;notes;misc]]