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FreeBSD coming to DigitalOcean

23 points by stevenfxx 12y ago

coding4all 12y ago
It's good to see FreeBSD moving up. Maybe it's time to give ArchBSD a try?
joshbaptiste 12y ago
I would definitely sign up for a FreeBSD droplet, I haven't found a *BSD VPS anywhere near what I'm paying comparable to the specs of a couple OpenVZ Debian GNU/Linux nodes (512MB Ram/50Gb Disk/2TB net) $15/yr. I would hope OpenBSD adoption would soon follow to host many of my services in a more default hardened OS.
- regecks 12y ago
  Er, seems odd to be using OpenVZ if security/hardening is what you're after. The shared kernel is a larger attack surface compared to KVM or Xen, and the OpenVZ host admin can easily see/manipulate your running processes. No hate for OpenVZ though, I've used it constantly for about 4 years, but it makes me nervous when its discussed in a multi-tenant context.
  - joshbaptiste 12y ago
    ah indeed.. security isn't my focus on those nodes, running a couple of test server applications.
  - feld 12y ago
    Why do you think a shared kernel is somehow more secure than a hypervisor?
    - regecks 12y ago
      Me? My point was that HV/PV virtualization is likely to be more secure than OpenVZ, sorry if it was unclear.
- vbit 12y ago
  Have you seen vultr.com? There's also atlantic.net and dediserve.com for comparison.
jlgaddis 12y ago
The key part is the last sentence: "In regards to FreeBSD, we’ve begun the work necessary to get it supported in DO. We’ve already begun testing it internally and hope to launch within the next 2 months." Finally!
- stevenfxx 12y ago
  Yeah at first its a lot to read but at least it gets to it at the end :)
Fastidious 12y ago
I used to have a Linux VM on DigitalOcean. At times it became unreachable, there were some downtimes here and there. I decided to go back to FreeBSD (I used to have a FreeBSD VM on John Companies), and did some research. Vultr.com came up at the top, so I moved to them. Two months in, so far so good.
aubreykilian 12y ago
Well this is great news! I can finally stop trying to use Depenguinator http://www.daemonology.net/depenguinator/ http://www.daemonology.net/depenguinator/ ;-)
jboss4 12y ago
Until this actually happens for DigitalOcean, if you want to mess around with FreeBSD right away, you should just check out the Atlantic.net $.99 a month Go Plan.

23 points by stevenfxx 12y ago

It's good to see FreeBSD moving up. Maybe it's time to give ArchBSD a try?

I would definitely sign up for a FreeBSD droplet, I haven't found a *BSD VPS anywhere near what I'm paying comparable to the specs of a couple OpenVZ Debian GNU/Linux nodes (512MB Ram/50Gb Disk/2TB net) $15/yr. I would hope OpenBSD adoption would soon follow to host many of my services in a more default hardened OS.

regecks 12y ago
Er, seems odd to be using OpenVZ if security/hardening is what you're after. The shared kernel is a larger attack surface compared to KVM or Xen, and the OpenVZ host admin can easily see/manipulate your running processes. No hate for OpenVZ though, I've used it constantly for about 4 years, but it makes me nervous when its discussed in a multi-tenant context.
- joshbaptiste 12y ago
  ah indeed.. security isn't my focus on those nodes, running a couple of test server applications.
- feld 12y ago
  Why do you think a shared kernel is somehow more secure than a hypervisor?
  - regecks 12y ago
    Me? My point was that HV/PV virtualization is likely to be more secure than OpenVZ, sorry if it was unclear.
vbit 12y ago
Have you seen vultr.com? There's also atlantic.net and dediserve.com for comparison.

jlgaddis 12y ago

The key part is the last sentence: "In regards to FreeBSD, we’ve begun the work necessary to get it supported in DO. We’ve already begun testing it internally and hope to launch within the next 2 months." Finally!

stevenfxx 12y ago
Yeah at first its a lot to read but at least it gets to it at the end :)

Fastidious 12y ago

I used to have a Linux VM on DigitalOcean. At times it became unreachable, there were some downtimes here and there. I decided to go back to FreeBSD (I used to have a FreeBSD VM on John Companies), and did some research. Vultr.com came up at the top, so I moved to them. Two months in, so far so good.

aubreykilian 12y ago

Well this is great news! I can finally stop trying to use Depenguinator http://www.daemonology.net/depenguinator/ http://www.daemonology.net/depenguinator/ ;-)

jboss4 12y ago

Until this actually happens for DigitalOcean, if you want to mess around with FreeBSD right away, you should just check out the Atlantic.net $.99 a month Go Plan.