• FreeBSD ¹⁾
• CURRENT ^{2) 3)} (TODO: 15.1)
• 15.1

• Alira = Dell Precision M6500 ⁴⁾
• 2026/03/04: hw-probe

uname -aKU

ssh '192.168.1.152' -T 'uname -aKU'

FreeBSD Alira 15.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 15.1-PRERELEASE stable/15-n283063-43caeea1eac8 GENERIC amd64 1500507 1500507

• https://download.freebsd.org/snapshots/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/15.0/

FreeBSD-15.0-STABLE-amd64-20260416-e4f02a72f7f6-283007-memstick.img

• Packages

• https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/#bsdinstall-partitioning
• Auto (ZFS)
• TODO: Etc (no 4K force, compress=off, BIOS)

DEVICE         MAJ:MIN SIZE TYPE                                    LABEL MOUNT
ada0             0:101 466G GPT                                         - -
  ada0p1         0:103 512K freebsd-boot                     gpt/gptboot0 -
  ada0p2         0:105   2G freebsd-swap                 gpt/freebsd-swap SWAP
  ada0p3         0:107 464G freebsd-zfs                   gpt/freebsd-zfs <ZFS>

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

• https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/#bsdinstall-sysconf
• [x] sshd
• [x] powerd

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

• Invite to other groups: wheel
• Shell: sh

• Manual Ethernet (bge0)
• Static IPv4
• Auto IPv6 with SLAAC

• Continue from ssh

su -

ntpd -g -q

su -

pkg update -f

pkg upgrade

sync && shutdown -r 'now'

su -

pkg install en-freebsd-doc htop libressl

• hw-probe

fastfetch lsblk

clear && fastfetch -l 'freebsd_small' && uname -aKU && date

ssh '192.168.1.152' -t 'clear && fastfetch -l 'freebsd_small' && uname -aKU && date'

• malloc.conf

su -

pkg install 'FreeBSD-kernel-generic-nodebug'

ee '/boot/loader.conf'

kernel="kernel.GENERIC-NODEBUG"

pkg remove 'FreeBSD-kernel-generic'

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'

su -

ee '/boot/loader.conf'

kernel="kernel.GENERIC-NODEBUG"
autoboot_delay="1"
hw.bge.allow_asf="0"

ssecurity.bsd.allow_destructive_dtrace=0
kern.geom.label.disk_ident.enable="0"
kern.geom.label.gptid.enable="0"
zfs_load="YES"

su -

ee '/etc/rc.conf'

clear_tmp_enable="YES"
syslogd_flags="-ss"
hostname="Alira"
ifconfig_bge0="inet 192.168.1.152 netmask 255.255.255.0"
defaultrouter="192.168.1.1"
ifconfig_bge0_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv"
sshd_enable="YES"
powerd_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"

vsftpd_enable="YES"
mysql_enable="YES"

• -p pauses scrub

zpool status 'zroot'

su 'root' -c "zpool scrub 'zroot'"

su 'root' -c "zpool scrub -p 'zroot'"

• vsftpd ⁵⁾
• Following few commands are done from regular user and not root

exit

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

#!/bin/sh

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

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

'/usr/sbin/service' 'vsftpd' stop

'/sbin/zpool' upgrade -a

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

# End

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

ssh '192.168.1.152' -t "su 'root' -c ~/'.local/scripts/freebsd-updater.sh'"

• Daily 06:00:00 AM (Alira)

su -

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

#
SHELL=/bin/sh

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

# End

• See misc