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...

Install Virtual Machines Using Bhyve on FreeBSD

In this guide I show how to install virtual machines using Bhyve on FreeBSD. Byhve is the virtualization technology built into FreeBSD. It allows you to run virtual machines, much like KVM on Linux, to turn your FreeBSD machine into a hypervisor. Easy virtualization...

Configuring wezterm (Wez’s Terminal Emulator)

Recently I decided to find the perfect terminal emulator for me and, while I did not actually find perfection I did decide to make wezterm (Wez’s Terminal Emulator) my daily driver. The only major downside is that configuring wezterm requires hacking a Lua file...