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I’ve been running FreeBSD since 1998, 2.2.2, as well as pfsense and now currently TrueNAS. I’m satisfied with what I use, but there are some unbaked annoyances
by pdx6 5y ago
I’ve been running FreeBSD since 1998, 2.2.2, as well as pfsense and now currently TrueNAS.
I’m satisfied with what I use, but there are some unbaked annoyances, like how jails basically don’t have an orchestrator. Another is how Salt seems to be falling behind, and Ansible just has ok support. No one seems to have bothered making a module for TrueNAS and Ansible.
XI seems to want to move over to Linux with their SCALE product, which would be really annoying if in the end FreeBSD is dropped.
I don’t have a whole lot of doubts, but I do have a wishlist and having more deployments at sites would keep the toolkits flowing.
- zxzax 5y agoI hate to say it, but wouldn't a jail orchestrator essentially be the BSD version of systemd, docker, k8s and friends? The (admittedly few) BSD people I've talked to seem to be hostile to this concept because it's too much of a "Linuxism" but I don't think it has to be.
- pdx6 5y agoIt could be. There is also an opportunity to make a new concept. For example, Joyent’s Triton can manage containers, zones, and servers. They are conceptually the same as FreeBSD and jails. My thought is having a competing distro is a good thing since there is an avenue for a new spin on the state of the art.
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoHave you seen https://github.com/samuelkarp/runj https://github.com/samuelkarp/runj ? I have some hopes for that as the glue to do orchestration on jails.
- pdx6 5y agoI’m waiting for it to mature. It is somewhat better for me not to try bleeding edge.