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Hi, I have a problem with network connectivity on FreeBSD 13.2 on Google Cloud Platform. After the first startup, the machine cannot reach the internet. When I reboot it the connectivity appears. Here are two serial console logs: First boot Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]...

Hi FreeBSD Gurus! Please suggest me tool (ready-to-use package with webGUI for tuning and operation, would be perfect) to automate/schedule backup (whole ZFS drive or part of it) on the fly to cloud drive like AWS. Ability to making backup on external mass storage (USB/SATA/FC-connected) would...

Hi all, I've been noting some weird networking issues with FreeBSD 13.0 on Google Cloud. After setting up the server, connectivity would be fine but a few days later on, without any configuration changes to FreeBSD or the VPC, would loose inbound connectivity for HTTP or SSH. The VM gets...

Starting cloud instances and waiting for freebsd-update to complete is really tedious. And it gets worse with each patch level for a release. I understand that keeping FreeBSD up to date is important, but I dare say this is draconian. Is there a way to prevent the freebsd-update process on...

Hello, I installed Freebsd 12.0 in Google Cloud but I can't create a new user. I tried with adduser and pw. In both cases there isn't a response from the OS, however, I can create groups, Also, I have seen that "home" directory doesn't exist after the initial installation, I created the...

Cirrus Labs has just released support for FreeBSD on their CI service. And they've made it free for OSS! Cirrus-CI is a cloud-based CI system for cloud-hosted software, much like Travis-CI, Appveyor, Circle-CI, etc. But it's the first* such system to support FreeBSD with no weird hacks...

Good news! It is more convenience to use FreeBSD on Google GCE now. GCE Launcher for FreeBSD https://console.cloud.google.com/launcher/details/freebsd-cloud/freebsd-10 https://console.cloud.google.com/launcher/details/freebsd-cloud/freebsd-11 News...