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Dan Langille

@dvl@bsd.network

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dvl@FreeBSD.org

I've been contributing to open source since 1998.

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Joined January 04, 2018

FreshPorts:

https://freshports.org

homepage:

https://langille.org

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PGCon:

https://pgcon.org

Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 1mo ago

I have good news / bad news on a #FreeBSD package I use security/pam_ssh_agent_auth is deprecated: This PAM module is abandonware: no code updates for 8+ years, no new releases for 6+ years. See security/pam_rssh or security/pam_ssh_agent for alternatives with very similar functionality. Have any of you switched already and have a recommendation? @mwl@io.mwl.io is responsible for me starting to use security/pam_ssh_agent_auth - perhaps he's already switched.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 2mo ago

For my next trick, running mkjail upgrade -a to get the jails still on #FreeBSD 15.0 onto 15.1

mkjail will be greatly simplified under #pkgbase.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 2mo ago

Replying to

FYI, it takes about this long: pkgbasify: 90 seconds pkg upgrade to 15.1: 60-70s

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 2mo ago

Yes, the #FreeBSD ports tree is frozen. No, it has not been compromised. Please stand by. https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-announce/2026-July/000294.html

lists.freebsd.org

Ports Repository Freeze

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 2mo ago

As of 11:59:45 UTC on Saturday July 18, 2026, all my hosts are running #FreeBSD 15.1 Every. Last. One. Of. Them. #pkgbase Such a fast & easy upgrade. Thank you.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 3mo ago

I ran pkgbasify: https://dan.langille.org/2026/06/29/running-pkgbasify-on-freebsd-15-1/ #FreeBSD

dan.langille.org

Running pkgbasify on FreeBSD 15.0 – Dan Langille's Other Diary

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 3mo ago

My VictoriaLogs instance just hit 10 million log entries over the past 7 days. How much space is that on disk? About 450MB [13:36 r730-01 dvl ~] % zfs list data04/victoria-logs NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT data04/victoria-logs 449M 13.7T 449M /jails/logs/var/db/victoria-logs Or, according to du inside the jail, 426 MB: [13:37 logs dvl ~] % sudo du -ch -d 0 /var/db/victoria-logs 426M /var/db/victoria-logs 426M total

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 3mo ago

Good dog.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@oxy@social.bsdlab.au and... running one gives you credits. You can use those credits to run your own tests from various areas. How's your DNS doing in Eastern Europe? What about New Zealand?

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 3mo ago

This is Nginx (dev.freshports.org) dumping access logs in JSON format, with syslog-ng sending them to another host (logs.int.unixathome.org) via TLS, and dumping them into Victoria Logs. Both "hosts" are FreeBSD 15.0 jails.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 3mo ago

After about 15 minutes, I have a reverse Nginx proxy giving me access to the Victoria Logs UI. Never mind that 'unsupported path requested' and 'Failed to load logs' - I suspect that's a proxy issue. No data yet. Walking. Not running.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 3mo ago

A better Walter photo. Shows his conference badge.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@oxy@social.bsdlab.au Very calm and friendly too.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 4mo ago

The office for the next hour or so.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 4mo ago

Replying to

@mwl@io.mwl.io with Internet you can order new underwear

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 4mo ago

On Sunday, I upgraded from rsync-3.4.1 to rsync-3.4.3 Things broke, everywhere. It was my fault. I had a / where I should not have had one. It's all fixed now though: https://dan.langille.org/2026/05/26/usr-local-sbin-rrsync-error-unsafe-arg-usr-home-rsyncer-backups/

dan.langille.org

/usr/local/sbin/rrsync error: unsafe arg: / [”, ‘/usr/home/rsyncer/backups’] – Dan Langille's Other Diary

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe The API and opcache are new to me. I also like your method for running lnms I'll update the pkg-message for LibreNMS with that.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 5mo ago

Let’s put the #FreeBSD patch levels right on the list of supported versions. Don’t force newbie to go looking at security announcements to know what patch level they should have. here’s a starting point courtesy RWP: git ls-remote https://git.freebsd.org/src.git | grep -F refs/tags/release/14.4

git.freebsd.org

src - FreeBSD source tree

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 5mo ago

Search on FreshPorts is again restricted to registered users. Search traffic doubled from 40% to 77% just after 00:00 UTC on May 6.

Details here: https://gist.github.com/dlangille/f7244e592c663a16a8350816ac50a9a5

gist.github.com

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 7mo ago

Have any of you run pkgbasify on a #FreeBSD jail?

Please tell me about it. I have about 80 jails eagerly awaiting your reply.

re: https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/pkgbasify

GitHub - FreeBSDFoundation/pkgbasify: Convert a FreeBSD system to use pkgbase

Convert a FreeBSD system to use pkgbase. Contribute to FreeBSDFoundation/pkgbasify development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@oxyhyxo@mastodon.bsd.cafe this just in: https://dan.langille.org/2026/04/19/migrating-zfs-filesystems-from-one-zpool-to-another-same-host/

dan.langille.org

Migrating ZFS filesystems from one zpool to another – same host – Dan Langille's Other Diary

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 6mo ago

Replying to

@SilverArrows Have you tried that with my full user id?

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 5mo ago

#pgbackrest is dead. What next?

https://mydbanotebook.org/posts/pgbackrest-is-dead.-now-what/

mydbanotebook.org

pgBackRest is dead. Now what? | My DBA Notebook

[2026-05-19 Edit: I am very happy to say I was wrong. pgBackRest is not dead. A few weeks after David’s announcement, a coalition of sponsors (AWS, Supabase, pgEdge, Tiger Data (Timescale), Percona, and Eon.io) came together to fund ongoing development. David is back at work. The section “What comes next for pgBackRest users” below no longer applies: pgBackRest remains the best backup tool for PostgreSQL. I am leaving the rest of the article intact because the broader point about open source sus

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 3mo ago

So. pkgbasify 15.0 then upgrade to 15.1? or upgrade to 15.1 then pkgbasify? #FreeBSD

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@oxyhyxo@mastodon.bsd.cafe and another: https://dan.langille.org/2026/04/19/migrating-data02-freshports-dev-ingress01-to-another-zpool/

dan.langille.org

Migrating data02/freshports/dev-ingress01 to another zpool – Dan Langille's Other Diary

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@mason That article sadly does not mention much about the feature differences, instead, it says RTFM.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@xabean@infosec.exchange "If you don't stop that you'll go deaf?" You're testing at home?

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 4mo ago

Replying to

Based on the pkg-plist contents, yes, there is a big web service in there. Search for www/ in this pkg-plist: https://www.freshports.org/deskutils/py-paperless-ngx/#pkg-plist Seem promising.

FreshPorts -- deskutils/py-paperless-ngx: Community-supported supercharged version of paperless

Paperless-ngx is a document management system that transforms your physical documents into a searchable online archive so you can keep, well, less paper. Paperless-ngx is the official successor of the original Paperless and Paperless-ng projects.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@oxy@social.bsdlab.au @oxyhyxo@mastodon.bsd.cafe The key is remembering that a reserved filesystem exists WHEN the zpool runs out of space.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 13mo ago

Replying to

@serapath@mastodon.gamedev.place @leaverou@front-end.social on the first page: "Here’s the thing. Almost all open source is literally one person. What I mean by that is if you look at all the open source projects out there, and there are a lot, we see a pattern of one person no matter how we slice and dice the data."

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 8mo ago

Replying to

@amethyst@haunted.computer is this interests you, please send me your resume. You can find my email address by looking for me resume.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@mason I have not heard of this problem on plain-old-rsync. That page is loading for me.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 13mo ago

Replying to

@serapath@mastodon.gamedev.place @leaverou@front-end.social It's not misleading if you read it.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 5mo ago

More on #FreshPorts vs restrictions on search, etc.

Last night, I received a CPU alert regarding the database server.

I logged in and restricted search to logged-in users.

[13:15 aws-1 dvl ~] % sudo grep 'joe' /var/log/auth.log.1
May 4 00:57:46 aws-1 sudo[37761]: dvl : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/usr/home/dvl ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/local/bin/joe /jails/nginx01/usr/local/etc/freshports/constants.local.php

This change means anyone not logged into FreshPorts with their FreshPorts account will get a 401 for any search.

This morning, the graph for Nginx requests graph looks like this.

Search was enabled again at May 4 13:14:37

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 5mo ago

Replying to

Two hosts came back with bad /etc/resolv.conf

I fixed it with 'resolvconf=NOin /etc/resolvconf.conf andmv /etc/resolvconf.conf.bak /etc/resolvconf.conf `

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