FreeBSD Jails (VPS) related tutorial/FAQ

How to add users on FreeBSD using adduser or pw

last updated September 22, 2019 in FreeBSD, FreeBSD Jails (VPS), UNIX, User Management

I am a new FreeBSD system administrator. How do I add users on FreeBSD Unix operating systems using command line?

How to install htop on FreeBSD

last updated November 22, 2019 in FreeBSD, FreeBSD Jails (VPS), Package Management, UNIX

I am a new user of FreeBSD operating system. How do I install htop on FreeBSD using the pkg command?

FreeBSD Applying Security Updates Using pkg/freebsd-update

last updated April 28, 2020 in FreeBSD, FreeBSD Jails (VPS), Package Management, UNIX

I am a new FreeBSD developer and user. I have root access to my VM running in AWS cloud. How do I update packages and apply security upgrades on FreeBSD? What is the procedure for applying security updates on FreeBSD?

FreeBSD wget cannot verify certificate, issued by Let’s Encrypt

last updated December 17, 2018 in FreeBSD, FreeBSD Jails (VPS), Troubleshooting, UNIX

I installed GNU wget utility on FreeBSD as explained here. However, whenever I use the wget command to download stuff from the Internet, it says:
ERROR: cannot verify download.freebsd.org’s certificate, issued by ‘CN=Let\’s Encrypt Authority X3,O=Let\’s Encrypt,C=US’:
Unable to locally verify the issuer’s authority.
How do I fix this problem on FreeBSD 12?

FreeBSD install PHP 7.2 with FPM for Nginx

last updated September 24, 2018 in FreeBSD, FreeBSD Jails (VPS), Nginx, PHP

How do I install install PHP 7.2 with FPM for Nginx web server running on FreeBSD operating system?

How to update source tree at /usr/src using svn on FreeBSD

last updated July 26, 2019 in FreeBSD, FreeBSD Jails (VPS), UNIX

I compiled custom FreeBSD kernel for my FreeBSD jail to use vnet. How do I update my FreeBSD /usr/src/ code tree? How can I update source tree at /usr/src on FreeBSD using svn command to patch and compile kernel again?

How to configure a FreeBSD Jail with vnet and ZFS

last updated December 17, 2018 in FreeBSD, FreeBSD Jails (VPS)

How do I install and configure a FreeBSD jail with vnet? How do I create FreeBSD jail with /etc/jail.conf without using iocage command or ezjail command line tool?

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