While I have been using Jails (a built in capability of FreeBSD) to obtain some of the functionalities of virtualization (and I love the simplicity and well as the low memory and hardware footprint that come with this solution) there are cases in which an actual virtualization is preferred or required. Virtual Box might be…
Category: FreeBSD
Bind – DNSSEC
DNSSEC is basically a way to verify the authenticity of DNS information. You can read more about it in the DNSSEC wikipedia page. I’m simply going to address how to properly configure it. We start from a working Bind installation and some zone files. The process that we are going to use is: The way…
Bind – the zone files
This post deals exclusively with the zone files. I have written another post that deals with the installation of a bind server. For all practical purposes Zone files are separate files that are included from the main configuration file (typically named.conf ). These zine files follow a specific syntax and define all the specific domain…
Bind – Setup and Configuration of a Authoritative DNS Server
Let me start by saying that the last time I have configured and managed a DNS server was sometime around 2008. In most circumstances you don’t need one. Virtually all domain name registrars offer to host your DNS for free and they usually do a reasonably good job at it. Sometimes you have to gain…
GitLab on a FreeBSD Jail
GitLab is a great open source git repository and much, much, more. The thing i like the most about it is that I can deploy it myself and create my own place to store code, track needed changes, collaborate with others. There is a port and a great tutorial, provided by Matthias Fechner on how…