Tutorials

How to Set Up File Integrity Monitoring with mtree on FreeBSD 15 — step-by-step FreeBSD 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up File Integrity Monitoring with mtree on FreeBSD 15

Introduction FreeBSD 15 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up set up file integrity monitoring with mtree on FreeBSD 15 follows the rc.conf/service(8) paradigm rather than systemd, which means enabling a service and configuring its startup options are done differently from any Linux […]

Read more
How to Perform a CIS Benchmark Audit on FreeBSD 15 — step-by-step FreeBSD 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Perform a CIS Benchmark Audit on FreeBSD 15

Introduction How to Perform a CIS Benchmark Audit on FreeBSD 15 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 15 server operator. FreeBSD 15 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, pf for […]

Read more
How to Configure pf Packet Filter on FreeBSD 15 — step-by-step FreeBSD 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure pf Packet Filter on FreeBSD 15

Introduction Deploying configure pf packet filter on a FreeBSD 15 machine differs from Linux in several important ways: packages come from the FreeBSD Ports Collection or the binary pkg repository, services are registered in /etc/rc.conf via sysrc(8), and firewall rules are written in pf.conf(5) syntax. This tutorial stays entirely within the standard base + ports […]

Read more
How to Install and Configure Fail2ban on FreeBSD 15 — step-by-step FreeBSD 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure Fail2ban on FreeBSD 15

Introduction How to Install and Configure Fail2ban on FreeBSD 15 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 15 server operator. FreeBSD 15 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, pf for packet […]

Read more
How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication with Google Authenticator on FreeBSD 15 — step-by-step FreeBSD 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication with Google Authenticator on FreeBSD 15

Introduction Deploying set up two-factor authentication with google authenticator on a FreeBSD 15 machine differs from Linux in several important ways: packages come from the FreeBSD Ports Collection or the binary pkg repository, services are registered in /etc/rc.conf via sysrc(8), and firewall rules are written in pf.conf(5) syntax. This tutorial stays entirely within the standard […]

Read more
How to Configure SSH Hardening on FreeBSD 15 — step-by-step FreeBSD 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure SSH Hardening on FreeBSD 15

Introduction How to Configure SSH Hardening on FreeBSD 15 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 15 server operator. FreeBSD 15 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, pf for packet filtering, […]

Read more
How to Configure GitHub Actions Self-Hosted Runner on FreeBSD 15 — step-by-step FreeBSD 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure GitHub Actions Self-Hosted Runner on FreeBSD 15

Introduction How to Configure GitHub Actions Self-Hosted Runner on FreeBSD 15 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 15 server operator. FreeBSD 15 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, pf for […]

Read more
How to Install OpenTofu on FreeBSD 15 — step-by-step FreeBSD 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install OpenTofu on FreeBSD 15

Introduction FreeBSD 15 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up install opentofu on FreeBSD 15 follows the rc.conf/service(8) paradigm rather than systemd, which means enabling a service and configuring its startup options are done differently from any Linux distribution. This guide walks through […]

Read more
How to Configure Tekton CI/CD Pipelines on FreeBSD 15 — step-by-step FreeBSD 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Tekton CI/CD Pipelines on FreeBSD 15

Introduction How to Configure Tekton CI/CD Pipelines on FreeBSD 15 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 15 server operator. FreeBSD 15 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, pf for packet […]

Read more
How to Set Up ArgoCD GitOps Tool on FreeBSD 15 — step-by-step FreeBSD 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up ArgoCD GitOps Tool on FreeBSD 15

Introduction How to Set Up ArgoCD GitOps Tool on FreeBSD 15 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 15 server operator. FreeBSD 15 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, pf for […]

Read more
CHAT