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You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Solved How is bsdinstall started. Thread starter balanga Start date May 10, When booting up from a memstick img, the system goes straight into a dialog about starting bsdinstall. How is that achieved? What scripts get run? VladiBG said:. Click to expand T-Daemon Daemon Reaction score: Messages: 1, I don't see what triggers rc. T-Daemon said:. It's called by init 8.

See rc 8. Experienced users or administrators are often responsible for several machines or environments. They understand the difficult demands and challenges of maintaining such an infrastructure. Running a FreeBSD Update Server makes it easier to deploy security and software patches to selected test machines before rolling them out to production. It also means a number of systems can be updated from the local network rather than a potentially slower Internet connection. At a minimum, updates require building on a FreeBSD release greater than or equal to the target release version for distribution.

A user account with at least 4 GB of available space. This will allow the creation of updates for 7. An ssh 1 account on a remote machine to upload distributed updates. A web server, like Apache , with over half of the space required for the build. For instance, test builds for 7. Basic knowledge of shell scripting with Bourne shell, sh 1.

It is sourced during all build operations. Here is the default build. The default build. As an example of building an update server for other architectures, the following steps outline the configuration changes needed for amd Install a build.

The build configuration options for FreeBSD 7. This will build some binaries, create directories, and generate an RSA signing key used for approving builds. In this step, a passphrase will have to be supplied for the final creation of the signing key.

Keep a note of the generated key fingerprint. Then the build of the world is performed again, with world patches. If slapd was running, restart it. The following example adds the group team and the user john to the domain. First, create the file domain. Use slappasswd to replace the plain text password secret with a hash in userPassword. The path specified as loginShell must exist in all the systems where john is allowed to login.

Finally, use the mdb administrator to modify the database:. Modifications to the global configuration section can only be performed by the global super-user.

First, create a file that contains the following:. When asked, provide the password chosen in the configuration backend section. Alternatively, use ldapmodify to delete a single line of the database, ldapdelete to delete a whole entry. If something goes wrong, or if the global super-user cannot access the configuration backend, it is possible to delete and re-write the whole configuration:.

Please, follow this procedure only when no other solution is available. This is the configuration of the server only. The same machine can also host an LDAP client, with its own separate configuration. The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP allows a system to connect to a network in order to be assigned the necessary addressing information for communication on that network. Informational resources are also available at isc.

This section describes how to use the built-in DHCP client. It then describes how to install and configure a DHCP server. Users who prefer to create a custom kernel need to keep this device if DHCP is used. It should be noted that bpf also allows privileged users to run network packet sniffers on that system.

DHCP client support is included in the FreeBSD installer, making it easy to configure a newly installed system to automatically receive its networking addressing information from an existing DHCP server. When dhclient is executed on the client machine, it begins broadcasting requests for configuration information.

By default, these requests use UDP port The server replies on UDP port 67, giving the client an IP address and other relevant network information such as a subnet mask, default gateway, and DNS server addresses.

This information is in the form of a DHCP "lease" and is valid for a configurable time. This allows stale IP addresses for clients no longer connected to the network to automatically be reused. DHCP clients can obtain a great deal of information from the server. An exhaustive list may be found in dhcp-options 5. Other startup scripts continue to run while the DHCP process completes, which speeds up system startup. However, DHCP may take a long time to complete on some systems. If network services attempt to run before DHCP has assigned the network addressing information, they will fail.

This line may already exist if the system was configured to use DHCP during installation. Additional client options are available. Search for dhclient in rc.

The configuration file used by dhclient. Typically, this file contains only comments as the defaults are suitable for most clients. This configuration file is described in dhclient.

More information about the command itself can be found in dhclient 8. It is described in dhclient-script 8 , but should not need any user modification to function properly. The DHCP client keeps a database of valid leases in this file, which is written as a log and is described in dhclient. The configuration file is comprised of declarations for subnets and hosts which define the information that is provided to DHCP clients. For example, these lines configure the following:. This configuration file supports many more options.

Refer to dhcpd. Once the configuration of dhcpd. Any future changes to the configuration of the server will require the dhcpd service to be stopped and then started using service 8. The DHCP server uses the following files. Note that the manual pages are installed with the server software. The server configuration file needs to contain all the information that should be provided to clients, along with information regarding the operation of the server.

This configuration file is described in dhcpd. The DHCP server keeps a database of leases it has issued in this file, which is written as a log. The installation includes dhcrelay 8 which provides more detail. DNS is coordinated across the Internet through a somewhat complex system of authoritative root, Top Level Domain TLD , and other smaller-scale name servers, which host and cache individual domain information.

It is not necessary to run a name server to perform DNS lookups on a system. A system process through which a machine queries a name server for zone information. The beginning of the Internet zone hierarchy. All zones fall under the root zone, similar to how all files in a file system fall under the root directory.

An individual domain, subdomain, or portion of the DNS administered by the same authority. As one can see, the more specific part of a hostname appears to its left. For example, example. Name servers generally come in two forms: authoritative name servers, and caching also known as resolving name servers. A domain, such as example.

When one queries for www. Additional queries will not have to go outside the local network, since the information is cached locally. Unbound is provided in the FreeBSD base system. By default, it will provide DNS resolution to the local machine only.

While the base system package can be configured to provide resolution services beyond the local machine, it is recommended that such requirements be addressed by installing Unbound from the FreeBSD Ports Collection. Be sure to test each nameserver and remove any that fail the test. The following command will show the trust tree or a failure for a nameserver running on For example, run the following to validate the FreeBSD.

This section summarizes how to configure and start version 2. For more detailed information about Apache 2. X and its configuration directives, refer to httpd. The most frequently modified directives are:. Specifies the default directory hierarchy for the Apache installation. Change this to the email address to receive problems with the server. This address also appears on some server-generated pages, such as error documents.

Allows an administrator to set a hostname which is sent back to clients for the server. For example, www can be used instead of the actual hostname. If the server will listen on an alternate report, change 80 to the alternate port number.

The directory where documents will be served from. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations. It is always a good idea to make a backup copy of the default Apache configuration file before making changes.

When the configuration of Apache is complete, save the file and verify the configuration using apachectl. Running apachectl configtest should return Syntax OK. The Apache configuration can be tested for errors after making subsequent configuration changes while httpd is running using the following command:. It is important to note that configtest is not an rc 8 standard, and should not be expected to work for all startup scripts. Virtual hosting allows multiple websites to run on one Apache server.

The virtual hosts can be IP-based or name-based. IP-based virtual hosting uses a different IP address for each website. To setup Apache to use name-based virtual hosting, add a VirtualHost block for each website. For example, for the webserver named www. For each virtual host, replace the values for ServerName and DocumentRoot with the values to be used.

Apache uses modules to augment the functionality provided by the basic server. If the module is not compiled with the port, the FreeBSD Ports Collection provides an easy way to install many modules.

This section describes three of the most commonly used modules. This is no longer the case and the default install of Apache comes with SSL built into the web server. An example of how to enable support for SSL websites is available in the installed file, httpd-ssl. It is recommended that both files be evaluated to properly set up secure websites in the Apache web server. After the configuration of SSL is complete, the following line must be uncommented in the main http.

SSL version two and version three have known vulnerability issues. It is highly recommended TLS version 1. This can be accomplished by setting the following options in the ssl. To complete the configuration of SSL in the web server, uncomment the following line to ensure that the configuration will be pulled into Apache during restart or reload:.

The following lines must also be uncommented in the httpd. The next step is to work with a certificate authority to have the appropriate certificates installed on the system.

This will set up a chain of trust for the site and prevent any warnings of self-signed certificates. In addition, the persistent interpreter embedded in the server avoids the overhead of starting an external interpreter and the penalty of Perl start-up time.

Support for PHP for Apache and any other feature written in the language, can be added by installing the appropriate port. A list will be displayed including the versions and additional features they provide. The components are completely modular, meaning features are enabled by installing the appropriate port. To install PHP version 7. By default, PHP will not be enabled. In addition, the DirectoryIndex in the configuration file will also need to be updated and Apache will either need to be restarted or reloaded for the changes to take effect.

Support for many of the PHP features may also be installed by using pkg. As before, the Apache configuration will need to be reloaded for the changes to take effect, even in cases where it was just a module install. Once the install is complete, there are two methods of obtaining the installed PHP support modules and the environmental information of the build. The first is to install the full PHP binary and running the command to gain the information:.

It is necessary to pass the output to a pager, such as the more or less to easier digest the amount of output. At the time of install, this file will not exist because there are two versions to choose from, one is php. These are starting points to assist administrators in their deployment. Apache support for the HTTP2 protocol is included by default when installing the port with pkg.

The new version of HTTP includes many improvements over the previous version, including utilizing a single connection to a website, reducing overall roundtrips of TCP connections. Also, packet header data is compressed and HTTP2 requires encryption by default. While this change does require administrators to make changes, they are positive and equate to a more secure Internet for everyone.

This configuration depends on the previous sections, including TLS support. It is recommended those instructions be followed before continuing with this configuration. It exists to deliver security and bug fixes quicker than the module installed with the bundled apache24 port. It is not required for HTTP2 support but is available. Having the h2c here will allow plaintext HTTP2 data to pass on the system but is not recommended. Reload the configuration using the apachectl reload command and test the configuration either by using either of the following methods after visiting one of the hosted pages:.

These include Django and Ruby on Rails. Django is a BSD-licensed framework designed to allow developers to write high performance, elegant web applications quickly. It provides an object-relational mapper so that data types are developed as Python objects. It also provides an extensible template system so that the logic of the application is separated from the HTML presentation.

Once Django is installed, the application will need a project directory along with the Apache configuration in order to use the embedded Python interpreter. This interpreter is used to call the application for specific URLs on the site. To configure Apache to pass requests for certain URLs to the web application, add the following to httpd.

Ruby on Rails is another open source web framework that provides a full development stack. It is optimized to make web developers more productive and capable of writing powerful applications quickly. This section summarizes these files. Refer to ftpd 8 for more details about the built-in FTP server. The most important configuration step is deciding which accounts will be allowed access to the FTP server. By default, it includes system accounts.

Additional users that should not be allowed access to FTP can be added. In some cases it may be desirable to restrict the access of some users without preventing them completely from using FTP.

This file lists users and groups subject to FTP access restrictions. Users will then be able to log on to the FTP server with a username of ftp or anonymous. When prompted for the password, any input will be accepted, but by convention, an email address should be used as the password. The FTP server will call chroot 2 when an anonymous user logs in, to restrict access to only the home directory of the ftp user.

There are two text files that can be created to specify welcome messages to be displayed to FTP clients. The ftpd daemon uses syslog 3 to log messages. Be aware of the potential problems involved with running an anonymous FTP server. In particular, think twice about allowing anonymous users to upload files. It may turn out that the FTP site becomes a forum for the trade of unlicensed commercial software or worse.

If anonymous FTP uploads are required, then verify the permissions so that these files cannot be read by other anonymous users until they have been reviewed by an administrator. The protocol allows clients to access shared data and printers.