I really love to see #Sylve in #FreeBSD allowing us to define CPU pinning with #bhyve! That's a missing piece in other "major" solutions... Well done!

#virtualization #proxmox #opensource #alternatives

The six RAM modules donated by $you_know_who_you_are (they did not request public gushing) for the Ampere system on loan from @winterschon with BIOS from @bexcran WORK!

Boom! A 64GB RAM/32 vCPU #ARM64 #bhyve VM booted in seconds!

Roman has made LibVirt progress on the system, as has @hayzam on #Sylve.

Go team!

On Thursday, @gyptazy provided a talk about #BoxyBSD at the "Virtualization Gathering" at @credativde.

@gyptazy provided some more information about the BoxyBSD project, but also about the history and infrastructure including the switches of #FreeBSD #Jails, #bhyve and #Proxmox ( #kvm). Afterwards, additional information about the #Sylve project were shared and why this is so important and interesting and could make BoxyBSD return to bhyve based #virtualization.

Slides: https://cdn.gyptazy.com/talks/BoxyBSD_Virtualization_Hypervisor_bhyve_Proxmox_credativ_gyptazy.pdf
Recording: https://peertube.gyptazy.com/w/2HtUv9HFBNEU4sEw52bD8H

#meetup #talk #talks #conference #opensource #hosting #ipv6

On Thursday, @gyptazy provided a talk about #BoxyBSD at the "Virtualization Gathering" at @credativde.

@gyptazy provided some more information about the BoxyBSD project, but also about the history and infrastructure including the switches of #FreeBSD #Jails, #bhyve and #Proxmox ( #kvm). Afterwards, additional information about the #Sylve project were shared and why this is so important and interesting and could make BoxyBSD return to bhyve based #virtualization.

Slides: https://cdn.gyptazy.com/talks/BoxyBSD_Virtualization_Hypervisor_bhyve_Proxmox_credativ_gyptazy.pdf
Recording: https://peertube.gyptazy.com/w/2HtUv9HFBNEU4sEw52bD8H

#meetup #talk #talks #conference #opensource #hosting #ipv6

@ricardo @gumnos @emaste THE NEWS:

https://bsd.network/@dexter/115703081338894571

#Sylve/#ARM64

After many hours of futzing and configuring, I got my Ampere system (Thank you @winterschon ! and @bexcran for your hardware and assistance!) online and gave @hayzam WireGuard access to it for Sylve development.

Hayzam discovered that LibVirt on ARM64 has a few rough edges and it looks like I will need to give Roman access too.

But PROGRESS!

WOW #Sylve by @hayzam is making good progress!

Now on to Jails support, including #Linux-compatible jails:

https://bsd.network/@dexter/115659210618375891

From the call, “I avoided FreeBSD 15.0 because I thought it would break things but it fixed lots of issues I was having!” (Paraphrased)

Thank you @FreeBSDFoundation for support his work!

#bhyve #Jails #OpenZFS trifecta

The recording of the November 20th, 2025 #bhyve Production User Call is up:

https://youtu.be/PxFYHmlSB68

We discussed Intel ARC GVT-d pass-through, MAJOR #Sylve by @hayzam improvements, refactoring, and localization (it's currently around 1050 messages and uses .po files), PF vs. IPFW for bridge firewalling, bhyve high-definition audio (had) and more!

"Don't forget to slam those Like and Subscribe buttons."

You can support all Call For Testing efforts via BSD Fund: https://bsdfund.org

The recording of the November 20th, 2025 #bhyve Production User Call is up:

https://youtu.be/PxFYHmlSB68

We discussed Intel ARC GVT-d pass-through, MAJOR #Sylve by @hayzam improvements, refactoring, and localization (it's currently around 1050 messages and uses .po files), PF vs. IPFW for bridge firewalling, bhyve high-definition audio (had) and more!

"Don't forget to slam those Like and Subscribe buttons."

You can support all Call For Testing efforts via BSD Fund: https://bsdfund.org

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

#Sylve is a modern VM & Jail Manager for #FreeBSD with a sleek Web UI.

Here’s how to run Windows 10 on Sylve step by step:
👉 https://hackacad.net/post/windows-10-on-freebsd-with-sylve/

Thanks to @hayzam, @freebsdfndation @gyptazy, @Sweordbora & @dexter / @bhyvecon
#EuroBSDCon #ebc25

#Sylve is a modern VM & Jail Manager for #FreeBSD with a sleek Web UI.

Here’s how to run Windows 10 on Sylve step by step:
👉 https://hackacad.net/post/windows-10-on-freebsd-with-sylve/

Thanks to @hayzam, @freebsdfndation @gyptazy, @Sweordbora & @dexter / @bhyvecon
#EuroBSDCon #ebc25

Sylve is a new and very promising bhyve and jail manager for FreeBSD - coming with clustering support and a pretty nice and modern web ui which is alike the #Proxmox one. I had a closer look at it... And I'm amazed!

#sylve #freebsd #jail #jails #bhyve #vm #virtualization #manager #ipv6 #zfs #opensource #runbsd #blog #devops #go #golang #cluster #freebsdcluster #bhyvecluster

https://gyptazy.com/blog/sylve-a-proxmox-alike-webui-for-bhyve-on-freebsd/

Finally managed to join @dexter@bsd.network’s bhyve call after a long time. Really happy to see that #sylve plays an important role and we can discuss upcoming feature implementations. Things are definitely moving into the right direction with clearly visible progress! Thanks @hayzam@bsd.cafe

#freebsd #bhyve #jail #jails #development

Finally managed to join @dexter@bsd.network’s bhyve call after a long time. Really happy to see that #sylve plays an important role and we can discuss upcoming feature implementations. Things are definitely moving into the right direction with clearly visible progress! Thanks @hayzam@bsd.cafe

#freebsd #bhyve #jail #jails #development

Sylve is a new and very promising bhyve and jail manager for FreeBSD - coming with clustering support and a pretty nice and modern web ui which is alike the #Proxmox one. I had a closer look at it... And I'm amazed!

#sylve #freebsd #jail #jails #bhyve #vm #virtualization #manager #ipv6 #zfs #opensource #runbsd #blog #devops #go #golang #cluster #freebsdcluster #bhyvecluster

https://gyptazy.com/blog/sylve-a-proxmox-alike-webui-for-bhyve-on-freebsd/