#beadm — Public Fediverse posts

I know it's not supposed to be like this; but I swear every time I need to recover an #illumos zone - including transferring them between installs using snapshots - I feel like motherfucking Indiana Jones. Between things like #zoneadmd and #beadm and magic #zfs flags, it's the worst kind of archeology trip.

Say what you might about #incus or #zones - IMHO, nobody matches the user-friendly ergonomics of @BastilleBSD for persistent containers.

New 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗣𝗞𝗚𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗽𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀 [FreeBSD PKGBASE Minor Upgrades] article on vermaden.wordpress.com blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/05/10/freebsd-pkgbase-minor-upgrades/

#verblog #beadm #bectl #server #desktop #freebsd #laptop #pkg #pkgbase #zfs

New 𝟭𝟱𝟬 𝗠𝗕 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 [150 MB Minimal FreeBSD Installation] on vermaden.wordpress.com blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/02/01/150-mb-minimal-freebsd-installation/

#verblog #freebsd #beadm #bectl #desktop #laptop #minimal #pkg #server #space #sqlite #storage #zfs

New 𝗭𝗙𝗦 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 [ZFS Boot Environments Explained] article on vermaden.wordpress.com blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/zfs-boot-environments-explained/

#verblog #beadm #bectl #dataset #desktop #freebsd #laptop #pool #server #zfs

New 𝗖𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗶𝘁 [Crucial FreeBSD Toolkit] article on the blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/crucial-freebsd-toolkit/

#verblog #beadm #bectl #devfs #diskinfo #free #freebsd #fstab #gstat #jails #linux #lsblk #sensors #sockstat #systat #tar #truss #truncate #zfs

New 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗞𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗸𝗴(𝟴) 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 [FreeBSD Kernel Modules pkg(8) Repositories] article ready.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/06/22/freebsd-kernel-modules-pkg8-repositories/

#freebsd #desktop #laptop #server #beadm #bectl #pkg #repos #kmod #kernel

New 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗣𝗞𝗚𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗿 (Personal FreeBSD PKGBASE Update Server) article on my vermaden.wordpress.com blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2023/12/09/personal-freebsd-pkgbase-update-server/

#verblog #beadm #pkg #pkgbase #poudriere #server #update #upgrade #zfs

Really good comment on #FreeBSD #Jails #ZFS #beadm #bectl #BE capabilities.

Compared to #Linux - not even the same league ... yet 'blind' industry 'sheep' just follow the 'market'.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38310169

@kurb42 Check out tools like# bectl (in base) and #beadm (in ports) on FreeBSD. They let you manage your boot environments on #ZFS so if the update process does go to plan then you can always boot into the system version from before the update.

New 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗣𝗕𝗨𝗚 article is available on the vermaden.wordpress.com blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2020/02/12/freebsd-enterprise-storage-at-pbug/

#verblog #freebsd #enterprise #storage #zfs #beadm #bectl #linux #data #stratis #redhat #pbug #POLANDSTRONK #PBUG

The latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬/𝟬𝟭/𝟮𝟳 are now available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2020/01/27/valuable-news-2020-01-27/

#vernews #verblog #news #freebsd #linux #openbsd #freenas #zfs #beadm #bectl #plex #ghostbsd #arm #sqlite #librem

Today #FreeBSD turns 26 years old.

19 June is International #FreeBSDDay.

Its why I got something special today :)

𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝟭 𝗣𝗕 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2019/06/19/freebsd-enterprise-1-pb-storage/

#verblog #backup #beadm #enterprise #freebsd #freenas #linux #storage #zfs

New 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗽𝗸𝗴(𝟴) 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 article about FreeBSD pkg(8) package manager.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2019/01/17/less-known-pkg8-features/

#freebsd #pkg #beadm #update #upgrade #sqlite

@zac #freebsd-update(8) is the way to go. You may want to read about #beadm (or #bectl) for smoother experience.

On 𝗭𝗙𝗦 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗱 talk I showed that Ansible has dedicated module for #beadm support.

It seems that #Webmin module called ZFS Manager also supports managing Boot Environments with beadm tool.

More information:
https://github.com/jonmatifa/zfsmanager/issues/28 …

Today I was honored to give 𝗭𝗙𝗦 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗱 talk at the 𝗡𝗟𝗨𝗨𝗚 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟴 (@nluug).

Check PDF slides - https://is.gd/BECTL - available here.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2018/11/15/zfs-boot-environments-reloaded-at-nluug-autumn-conference-2018/

#verblog #NLUUG #bectl #beadm

@worr Remember to create a new boot environment with #beadm or #bectl so that you can roll back everything if you are using #ZFS.

Added 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝟮 to the 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗭𝗙𝗦 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹 article about recently introduced 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚕 tool from FreeBSD base and its improvements in latest FreeBSD-12.0-ALPHA6 version.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2018/08/24/new-zfs-boot-environments-tool/

#verblog #freebsd #beadm #bectl