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Running Windows virtual machines on Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) has improved dramatically over the past few years.

Proxmox Backup Server is an essential component for anyone running Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) or managing backups in a modern virtualized infrastructure.

When deploying an open-source chat solution like Matrix Synapse, authentication is a critical component.

Kleene is a container management (jail manager) platform designed specifically for FreeBSD, bringing familiar concepts from Docker while fully embracing FreeBSDs native tools and philosophy.

Creating and managing a Kubernetes cluster from scratch can be challenging and there’re definitely a way too many possibilities to do so in 2025.

FOSDEM, the Free and Open Source Developers’ European Meeting, is an annual pilgrimage for open-source enthusiasts from all over the world.

The Fediverse is an interconnected world of diverse platforms, brought together by the ActivityPub protocol.

As part of my BoxyBSD project, which is designed to operate on IPv6 only network connectivity, I recently implemented and provided DNS64 and NAT64 gateway support to bridge the gap between IPv6 and the legacy IPv4 world.

The year 2024 marked a turning point for the virtualization industry.

This weekend marks an incredible milestone for BoxyBSD : the provisioning of our 500th free VPS instance .

The bhyve hypervisor on FreeBSD is an impressive tool that brings lightweight, efficient virtualization capabilities directly into the FreeBSD ecosystem.

When I think about bhyve Live Migration, it’s something I encounter almost daily in my consulting calls.

In one of my recent blog posts, I shared my journey as a long-time FreeBSD user.

For nearly 15 years, FreeBSD has been at the core of my personal infrastructure, and my passion for it has only grown over time.

In today’s fast-paced IT environments, automation is essential for maintaining efficiency and staying competitive.

When you connect an external USB network (Ethernet) dongle to a node running XCP-ng, you might encounter an issue where the device appears as a "side-NUMBER-eth0" interface.

After Broadcom increased the license fees, other virtualization solutions than VMware ESXi become very popular.

ProxLB (PLB) is an open-source Proxmox loadbalancer, but different!

After Broadcom increased the license fees, other virtualization alternatives become very popular.

In the realm of virtualization, there are already several robust and well-established platforms like Proxmox and OpenStack.

In today's digital landscape, ensuring the security of online communications is paramount, and SSL certificates play a crucial role in this process.

Freedive emerges as an innovative standalone tool for FreeBSD, offering a graphical user interface (GUI) that revolutionizes the way systems are managed, enabling both newcomers and experienced users to administer their FreeBSD installations with ease.

In today's interconnected world, ensuring high availability (HA) across multiple sites is crucial for businesses to maintain continuity and reliability.

Unfortunately, Grafana does not support Matrix notification by default.

BoxyBSD is a non-profit project dedicated to providing free virtual machine (VM) hosting on IPv6, with a particular emphasis on BSD-based systems such as FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD.

Proxmox just released its new import wizard which makes it much easier to migrate virtual machines from a VMware ESXi system to a Proxmox environment.

Security patch management is a critical aspect of maintaining the security and resilience of an organization's digital infrastructure.

QualvoSec is a robust open-source (based on GPLv3) security patch management tool designed for unattended upgrades on a variety of systems, encompassing mainstream Linux distributions (like Debian, Ubuntu, Garden Linux, RedHat, CentOS, RockyLinux etc.) and

In the ever-evolving landscape of virtualization and server management, one name has consistently stood out for its reliability, versatility, and innovation – Proxmox.

One of the standout features is the automatic utilization of modern virtualization functionalities supported by KVM, such as Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller virtualization (APICv).

The VisionFive2 board, built on the innovative RISC-V hardware architecture, has found a powerful ally in Ubuntu.

This HowTo guides you through the setup process of snac2 on a minimalistic FreeBSD (FreeBSD 14) system to run and serve your own ActivityPub instance within the Fediverse. snac2 is also compatible with Mastodon instances for further interactions. snac2 is…

In homebrew and macPorts, still an older version is included when it comes to csshx .

BoxyBSD is an innovative service hosted and developed by gyptazy that provides a unique opportunity for enthusiasts, developers, and curious minds to explore the powerful FreeBSD operating system in a risk-free and hassle-free environment.

The BSD Cafe is a thriving community that goes beyond being just a gathering of BSD enthusiasts; it serves as a comprehensive repository of knowledge and experiences shared by its members.

Finally, I rejoined the ntppool.org project again.

manpageblog - a small, lightweight blog engine written in Python and offers several advantages in a look of a man page (Unix like manual page).

This mini How-To guide describes how to install Semaphore UI 2.8.75 in addition to Ansible 8.5 on Linux Debian 12 (Bookworm).

Changelog Fragments Creator just got released in V1.3.

This overview offers you an insight into my self-created Vagrant compatible boxes and images of different Linux and BSD operating systems for Apple Silicon based Macs.

Creating packages for Debian (Ubuntu), RedHat (CentOS, Fedora) & FreeBSD can easily be done by CMake’s CPacks feature.

In an era where our lives are increasingly intertwined with technology, the concept of a digital detox has gained significant traction.

AI is on everyone’s mind but what happens when we use our own and custom content like documents on different LLMs (Large Langauge Models)?

Changelog Fragments Creator (a changelog generator in Python) may be used in development setups where working on a single CHANGELOG.md file might result in ongoing merge conflicts due to too many changes on the same file.

Ansible’s yum_versionlock module has been available in Ansible for several years.

Many DevOps used Vagrant together with VirtualBox (Box) in their default setups to quickly spawn new VMs.

Unfortunately, many companies still have security policies according to frequently password changes for endusers.

My new module pf (packet filter) allows managing the BSD’s packet filter (pf – as a firewall) which is compatible with FreeBSD, OpenBSD etc.

FreeBSD is even in year 2022 and 2023 a popular open-source operating system that is used as the basis for many different types of servers, including web servers, email servers, and database servers.

Plutono is an interactive visualization web application that provides graphs, charts and also alerts.