ZFS Bare Metal Restore
This article documents the procedure to do a full bare metal restore of a FreeBSD ZFS system that has been backed up with ZFS send.
FreeBSD Articles
Using sockstat to look at open ports in FreeBSD
If you need to know what ports are open and listening on your FreeBSD servers, you can use a few commands. Netstat -An used to me my goto command for pulling up a list of ports that are listening but […]
Convert Certificates from PFX to PEM
This artice shows how to extract all the certificates and key file from .pfx file using openssl and remove any password if required.
Let’s Encrypt Certificate – Synology NAS Howto
I own a Synology NAS and it now supports the free certificates from Let’s Encrypt. The only problem with Synology’s implimentation is that they only allow the web (HTTP-01) method of certificate verification. This means that I have to map […]
MySQL: Search and Replace
There are a number of times when I have had to change one string to another in a MySQL table. In the past I would do a MySQL dump, edit the file, and then import it back in. This worked […]
Setup OpenVPN on FreeBSD 12.1
This acticle will go through the install and configuration to use FreeBSD as your OpenVPN server and how to create the client config files.
Adding a Second Drive
This article documents how to add a second drive to your FreeBSD system and format it as UFS. If you have a system that allows hot-plugging (like the Dell line of servers) then this can be done live without shutting […]
Stop PHP files from executing.
If you are a maintainer of a websiter or CMS, don’t always trust the built in security. If the user can upload images or stories to the web site then a hacker may be able to upload script or code […]
What SSL protocols is a site using.
Wondering what SSL encryption and protocols a site is using. Cipherscan is free and work well. You can find it here: Cipherscan
Port or Package Installation Date
There are a number of times that I need to find out when a port or package was last upgraded or installed. This comes in very handy every time I need to upgrade all my ports and I can’t remember […]