Stefano Marinelli
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Michael Dexter
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Michael Dexter
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We at @credativde@mastodon.social are launching our very first & free open-source virtualization gathering in Germany, Mönchengladbach.
This new community event brings together everyone who’s passionate about open virtualization technologies, whether it’s Proxmox VE, XCP-ng, bhyve, Harvester, or any of the countless projects that make open infrastructure thrive. It’s about sharing experiences, learning from each other, and connecting with those who build and rely on open platforms every day.
We start the evening with two talks:
* "Enterprise-Ready? How people use Proxmox VE & Ceph" by Ronald Otto from Tuxis B.V.
* "BoxyBSD – Creating a free VPS hosting platform" by Florian Paul Azim Hoberg from credativ GmbH
Afterwards, the space opens up for discussion, networking, and casual chats. If you like to join with a talk, please feel free to reach out to me.
More details can be found here:
* https://gyptazy.com/open-source-virtualization-gathering-in-germany-monchengladbach/
* https://www.credativ.de/blog/aktuelles/open-source-virtualization-gathering-dezember-2025/
* https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/monchengladbach-oss-virtualization-gathering/events/311284475/
Tags: #meet #meetup #gathering #virtualization #virtualisation #container #kvm #proxmox #proxlb #xcpng #xen #bhyve #sylve #klee #kleene #incus #vmware #alternatives #opensource #free
We at @credativde@mastodon.social are launching our very first & free open-source virtualization gathering in Germany, Mönchengladbach.
This new community event brings together everyone who’s passionate about open virtualization technologies, whether it’s Proxmox VE, XCP-ng, bhyve, Harvester, or any of the countless projects that make open infrastructure thrive. It’s about sharing experiences, learning from each other, and connecting with those who build and rely on open platforms every day.
We start the evening with two talks:
* "Enterprise-Ready? How people use Proxmox VE & Ceph" by Ronald Otto from Tuxis B.V.
* "BoxyBSD – Creating a free VPS hosting platform" by Florian Paul Azim Hoberg from credativ GmbH
Afterwards, the space opens up for discussion, networking, and casual chats. If you like to join with a talk, please feel free to reach out to me.
More details can be found here:
* https://gyptazy.com/open-source-virtualization-gathering-in-germany-monchengladbach/
* https://www.credativ.de/blog/aktuelles/open-source-virtualization-gathering-dezember-2025/
* https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/monchengladbach-oss-virtualization-gathering/events/311284475/
Tags: #meet #meetup #gathering #virtualization #virtualisation #container #kvm #proxmox #proxlb #xcpng #xen #bhyve #sylve #klee #kleene #incus #vmware #alternatives #opensource #free
Michael Dexter
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The CfP for the BSD, illumos, OpenZFS, bhyve Devroom at FOSDEM 2026 is now available, you can start submitting your talk 🤩
https://people.freebsd.org/~rodrigo/fosdem26/
#Fosdem2026 #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #Illumos #ZFS #bhyve
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The CfP for the BSD, illumos, OpenZFS, bhyve Devroom at FOSDEM 2026 is now available, you can start submitting your talk 🤩
https://people.freebsd.org/~rodrigo/fosdem26/
#Fosdem2026 #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #Illumos #ZFS #bhyve
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Stefano Marinelli
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okay. #n4sa2e book production is complete. Time to get on #openzfsmastery.
Which means seriously getting to grips with #bhyve.
Did some bhyve experimenting a couple weeks ago. Got FreeBSD installed just fine. Debian with ZFS, not so much.
So this week it's go back, one step at a time. Install base debian with grub, does it work? Then UEFI, then ZFS secondary disk, then root on ZFS.
This morning's install ends with a console saying:
grub>
The Debian installer wrote grub to disk, but... didn't configure it? Huh.
Time for some classic #sysadmin headdesking.
okay. #n4sa2e book production is complete. Time to get on #openzfsmastery.
Which means seriously getting to grips with #bhyve.
Did some bhyve experimenting a couple weeks ago. Got FreeBSD installed just fine. Debian with ZFS, not so much.
So this week it's go back, one step at a time. Install base debian with grub, does it work? Then UEFI, then ZFS secondary disk, then root on ZFS.
This morning's install ends with a console saying:
grub>
The Debian installer wrote grub to disk, but... didn't configure it? Huh.
Time for some classic #sysadmin headdesking.
Stefano Marinelli
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Michael Dexter
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Planning to use #freebsd #bhyve and vm-bhyve as a test bed for #openzfsmastery.
My 14-3-p4 host has em0 and em1. em0 is for host management, em1 is part of the vm-public bridge. I have a freebsd 14.3 VM installed with a tap0 in the bridge, no problem. em1 and vm-bridge do not have IP addresses.
Reboot, log in, start VM.
Ping from the host to the VM? ~45% packet loss.
Wait a few minutes, and packet loss gradually drops to 0.
Seems weird to me. Is this expected? Should I file a bug?
Planning to use #freebsd #bhyve and vm-bhyve as a test bed for #openzfsmastery.
My 14-3-p4 host has em0 and em1. em0 is for host management, em1 is part of the vm-public bridge. I have a freebsd 14.3 VM installed with a tap0 in the bridge, no problem. em1 and vm-bridge do not have IP addresses.
Reboot, log in, start VM.
Ping from the host to the VM? ~45% packet loss.
Wait a few minutes, and packet loss gradually drops to 0.
Seems weird to me. Is this expected? Should I file a bug?
Michael Dexter
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Today, I'm grateful for #ZFS. I'm grateful that taking snapshots of #bhyve VMs is so easy.
I attempted an update of a #Debian VM from 12 to 13, but I realized a piece of software I need doesn't support Debian 13 just yet (I suspect it will relatively soon.)
I had thought to power the VM off, take a snapshot of it, and then attempt the update.
It wasn't until after the update completed (successfully) that I realized the issue with the third-party software.
I just powered the VM down and reverted back to the snapshot.
It's as if nothing ever happened.
I know, it's a simple feature. Most other virtualization solutions also provide snapshotting. It's just nice that it's integrated into my host OS.
Stefano Marinelli
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The recording of the October 9th, 2025 #bhyve Production User Call is up:
We discussed Eurobhyvecon 2025 and the relationship of FreeBSD bhyve to illumos bhyve.
"Don't forget to slam those Like and Subscribe buttons."
You can support all Call For Testing efforts via BSD Fund: https://bsdfund.org