Dan Langille @langille.org · 13/08/2026WHAT MAGIC IS THIS? see AUDIT_IGNORE_GLOB & AUDIT_IGNORE_REGEX in man pkg.conf #FreeBSD 020
Dan Langille @langille.org · 23/06/2026My VictoriaLogs instance just hit 10 million log entries over the past 7 days. How much space is that on disk? According to du inside the jail, 426 MB: [13:37 logs dvl ~] % sudo du -ch -d 0 /var/db/victoria-logs 426M/var/db/victoria-logs 426Mtotal 010
Dan Langille @langille.org · 17/06/2026This is Nginx (dev.freshports.org) dumping access logs in JSON format, with syslog-ng sending them to another host (logs.int.unixathome.org) via TLS, and dumping them into Victoria Logs. Both "hosts" are FreeBSD 15.0 jails. 031
Dan Langille @langille.org · 06/05/2026Post incident, here's the #FreshPorts bump at midnight (UTC) mentioned in a recent previous post. It may not seem like much... Looking back, it seems 0000 and 1200 are favored times. 000
Dan Langille @langille.org · 03/05/2026It is hard for me to believe it wasn't one actor doing all this when it ramps up and suddenly stops. These are web server requests to the production FreshPorts server. 010
Dan Langille @langille.org · 18/01/2026I wish there was a way to snooze particular `pkg audit` alerts. These particular issues are going to be long-term. I don't need to be told all the time. #FreeBSD 220
Dan Langille @langille.org · 02/01/2026You might well ask: why did you buy a weed sprayer when it’s below freezing? 100
Dan Langille @langille.org · 16/11/2025First use of the 2x SATADOM devices. Installed & booting on a test host. UEFI boot.This Dell R730 is 40s to the splash screen and 1:18 to the login prompt. Not a contest. I'm just saying.... The plastic needed a little cutting to fit completely down. #FreeBSD 1/2 120
Dan Langille @langille.org · 16/08/2025Found this 4GB IDE drive in a desktop being recycled from a relative’s home. PSU fires up but screen remains blank. I may have to resort to destruction to dispose of this. Usually I just dd over the drive. That’s enough for this use case. 200
Dan Langille @langille.org · 16/08/2025Hoping to get this trim primed & installed today. Perhaps painted tomorrow. 110
Dan Langille @langille.org · 08/08/2025Perhaps it is time to trim some of those old boot environments on this #FreeBSD 14.2 server? 130
Dan Langille @langille.org · 27/06/2025Beach Dog (Layla) has made it to the beach after a sleep-in). 000
Dan Langille @langille.org · 26/06/2025Layla Beach Dog has claimed her spot. Offer valid until 9AM. 010
Dan Langille @langille.org · 14/06/2025I was given three of these today. I’ll reveal them after BSDCan. 020
Dan Langille @langille.org · 13/06/2025Built in 1926 by the founders of the Ottawa Electric Railway. 010
Dan Langille @langille.org · 03/06/2025Department cookout. These people protect you, hospitals, schools, governments, and others by keeping networks safer. 120
Dan Langille @langille.org · 27/05/2025What a bot swarm (for a lack of a better term) looks like. Web traffic coming into dev/test/stage freshports[.]org. robots.txt says do not index. Requests were (for the most part) each from a different IP address. Mainly on high cost URLs which cannot cache (e.g. search). 1/3 110
Dan Langille @langille.org · 25/05/2025So I did a thing... Not sure it's a good thing. bsky.social/about/blog/4... 120
Dan Langille @langille.org · 08/05/2025I changed some stuff on some websites to reduce the bots. I think you can all see when I did that. 150
Dan Langille @langille.org · 08/04/2025I found my use-case for power banks other than a electricity outage. Powering my laptop when I have neglected to charge it up. I suppose it is an electricity outage, just extremely localized to this outdoor area. 040
Dan Langille @langille.org · 06/04/2025Today, the plaque presented to me at BSDCan 2024 was mounted on my home office wall. It is above the printer, in the corner. A calendar previously hung on this hook. Putting it next to the Passion Vs Reason poster now seems appropriate but it wasn’t planned. 020
Dan Langille @langille.org · 27/03/2025When I'm upgrading #FreeBSD jails, this is one of the ways I check to see what version is installed: `file /jails/*/bin/sh` 030
Dan Langille @langille.org · 18/03/2025The replacement UPS is here. I’m headed out for the evening. It’s taking a bit of strength not to break open that box right now. 020
Dan Langille @langille.org · 18/03/2025The replacement Eaton 5PX2200RT UPS, ordered Sunday night, should arrive today. This is the path it may have taken overnight. Coincidentally, I noticed the UPS in my living room also needs a new battery. That arrived yesterday. I've had that UPS for 5 years. 000
Dan Langille @langille.org · 14/03/2025I took the day off to do a thing. Then I registered to vote, and got my passport photo taken. 340
Dan Langille @langille.org · 23/02/2025I got my home network online with the new #freebsd gateway today. It’s not 100% but it’s ready for the work week. During a cocktail party, I’ve been making notes of things I know have to be done. I can read it. Try transcribing it. ;) 030
Dan Langille @langille.org · 21/02/2025I'm having my second cappuccino on a Friday morning. Someone just occupied the table beside me. I imagined the person looking over, seeing multiple windows scrolling text... I'm concurrently updating multiple jails on a host using csshX (same command to N ssh sessions). 151
Dan Langille @langille.org · 07/02/2025This morning I worked on my existing #OpenVPN #ansible role for the new gateway. I've copied most of the configuration away from the existing server. Now It's a matter of templating & testing. #FreeBSD 070
![[11:44 gw01 dvl ~] % bectl list
BE Active Mountpoint Space Created
14.2-RELEASE-p1_2025-02-21_132350 - - 103M 2025-02-21 13:23
14.2-RELEASE-p2_2025-04-10_202538 - - 55.7M 2025-04-10 20:25
14.2-RELEASE-p3_2025-04-28_125002 - - 134M 2025-04-28 12:50
14.2-RELEASE-p3_2025-07-04_132225 - - 10.8M 2025-07-04 13:22
14.2-RELEASE_2025-01-30_124956 - - 4.04M 2025-01-30 12:49
before-running-gateway.yml - - 2.31M 2025-01-29 12:46
default NR / 4.66G 2025-01-28 13:07
initial_install - - 400K 2025-01-28 14:30
vlans.created - - 19.7M 2025-01-31 20:30
we_got_snmpd - - 1.43M 2025-01-28 17:08](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uwjxxomir4pxmnqabfelwyru/bafkreia6kyzv7r3ewhpmhkj5ghfw5my4evpgvby47ufmbgeki2k6squxlq)
