Upgrade to FreeBSD 13.2

One of the most awesome parts about FreeBSD is how easy the upgrade process is. The upgrade process on FreeBSD is one of the best things about using it. On Linux, most systems either require you to commit to a fresh install for a major upgrade or they rely on a...

Maintaining Jail Backups with Iocage

Managing jails in FreeBSD is easy, which is why I find them so appealing. So far everything I’ve written about jail management here has involved Bastille. For my home projects I like Bastille because its small and easy to use. For this webserver I use iocage,...

How To: Connect to a Server Using SFTP

SFTP is one of the worst named protocols in computing. Like many, I once thought it was an extension of File Transfer Protocol (FTP) that added encryption, but it is not. That’s FTPS. SFTP is an extension of Secure Shell (SSH) and stands for SSH File Transfer...

Install WordPress on a FAMP Server

WordPress is the most common content management system (CMS) and most guides will show you how to install it on a Linux server (LAMP). Installing WordPress on a FreeBSD server (FAMP) is 95% the same process, but if you’re not familiar with FreeBSD those little...