OpenBSD 6.7 on PC Engines APU4D4

I just got myself a PC Engines APU4D4. I miss an OpenBSD box providing home services. It’s quite simple to install and run OpenBSD on this machine. And you can even update the BIOS from OpenBSD.

https://www.tumfatig.net/20200530/openbsd-6-7-on-pc-engines-apu4d4/

#hardware #install

Timecounters available to userland in -current

In this commit, Paul Irofti (pirofti@) added support for reading timecounters in userland without making a syscall...

https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20200708055508

#timecounters

Setting up a DHCP server on OpenBSD 6.7

https://blog.lambda.cx/posts/openbsd-dhcp-server/

#network #dhcp

Auto-install OpenBSD on QEMU

I happen to develop a pet project of mine on a Linux desktop, while actually targeting an OpenBSD server. Thus I searched for a scriptable way to install OpenBSD on the QEMU virtual machine manager, such that I could automate a local integration test against OpenBSD running on Linux.

https://www.skreutz.com/posts/autoinstall-openbsd-on-qemu/

#qemu #virt

HackTheBox released OpenKeyS - an OpenBSD machine. https://forum.hackthebox.eu/discussion/3629/official-openkeys-discussion

#security #ctf

Zabbix server setup on OpenBSD

I go over how to setup a Zabbix monitoring and alerting server on OpenBSD. OpenBSD is very stable and secure so its a great platform for a platform like Zabbix. For this configuration we use OpenBSD’s httpd, PHP 7.3, and PostgreSQL.

https://daulton.ca/2020/03/openbsd-zabbix-server/

#zabbix #monitoring

Talk: An Introduction to OpenBSD

https://blog.lambda.cx/posts/openbsd-introduction-talk/

#install #slides

Installing OpenBSD 6.7 with disk encryption (+ FVWM ricing)

In this post, I will show you how to install this amazing operating system with disk encryption, as well as show you how to customize the default window manager (FVWM).

https://medium.com/@crhenr/installing-openbsd-6-7-with-disk-encryption-fvwm-ricing-b6fb7e2073e6

#desktop

pkg_depts

Figures out which OpenBSD packages directly or indirectly depend on the package(s) in question.

https://github.com/mpfr/pkg_depts

#packages

How to install OpenBSD on a Raspberry Pi 4

In this tutorial we will guide you through the necessary steps needed to successfully download, boot, configure networking, configure timezone, and install basic packages to get started.

https://www.sudopigeon.com/raspberry-pi/os-install-installing-openbsd-on-a-raspberry-pi-4/

#hardware #install

#art (c)

#art (c)

High Availability Router/Firewall Using OpenBSD, CARP, pfsync, and ifstated

https://dzone.com/articles/high-availability-routerfirewall-using-openbsd-car

#firewall #router

Basic Printing on OpenBSD.

Brother Network Printer with PostScript

https://paedubucher.ch/articles/2020-09-20-basic-printing-on-openbsd.html

#print

OpenBSD DNS Server with unbound and nsd.

The default installation of OpenBSD comes with both unbound(8) and nsd(8); unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver that provides DNSSEC validation, while nsd is an authoritative name server that holds DNS records...

https://jamsek.dev/posts/2019/Jul/28/openbsd-dns-server-with-unbound-and-nsd/

#dns #unbound #nsd

A simple shell status bar for OpenBSD and cwm(1)

The idea behind termbar is to launch an terminal that will loop printing the information you want ; via a shell script. It’s a bit like using xsetroot with dwm(1). That terminal will be ignored by cwm(1) and stay in some reserved placed...

https://www.tumfatig.net/20200923/a-simple-shell-status-bar-for-cwm/

#desktop