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--- unix:freebsd:system_builds:basic_freebsd_installation [2019/11/07 02:16] – rodolico
+++ unix:freebsd:system_builds:basic_freebsd_installation [2025/01/06 19:15] (current) – rodolico
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 where //username// is the username you want to add.
-===== Post Installation Partitions =====
+===== Post Installation File System Modifications =====
 Note that /tmp is missing and there is no swap space. The first thing I want to do is set /tmp and /var/tmp to use the same ramdisk (aka tmpfs). Assuming I have sufficient RAM, I can allocate some space for tmp, which makes things faster and cleaner.
 Additionally, I want to create a swap file to replace the partition. Swap is very nice to have, but rarely used, but I had one case where my swap partition was just too damned small and the server started acting squirrely whenever there was a lot of ZFS activity.
+  - Make a backup copy of /etc/fstab
+  - create a 4G file to be used for swap space. modify size as necessary
+  - Create the entry in fstab for the swap space
+  - turn on swap
+  - create a tmpfs entry in fstab for /tmp
+  - move /var/tmp to point to /tmp
+  - activate /tmp. This could cause instability if something is being used, so reboot very soon
+  - display mounts (prove we did what we expected to)
+  - reboot to be on safe side
 <code bash>
-# create a 4G file to be used for swap space. modify size as necessary
+cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak
 dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1G count=4
-# Create the entry in fstab
 echo 'md99  none  swap  sw,file=/swapfile 0 0' >> /etc/fstab
-# create a tmpfs entry in fstab for /tmp
+swapon -a
 echo 'tmpfs  /tmp  tmpfs  rw,mode=01777 0 0' >> /etc/fstab
-# move /var/tmp to point to /tmp
 rm -fR /var/tmp
 ln -s /tmp /var/tmp
-# activate /tmp. This could cause instability
 rm -fR /tmp/*
 mount /tmp
-# Just to be on the safe side, reboot
+mount
-# might as well plug the rest of the drives in
-# if you removed them as we normally do, then
 reboot
 </code>
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 ===== Install some basic packages =====
-I generally like some things that are not installed by default for FreeBSD (or Debian Linux, or Microsoft Windows, or Apple OSX, for that matter). For instance, I accept the larger size of bash for the extra functionality, and I'm lost without the //joe// editor. Some people are just more comfortable with a web UI than the standard CLI, so they might consider installing webmin ([[https://webmin.com]]). We will install
+I generally like some things that are not installed by default for FreeBSD (or Linux, or Microsoft Windows, or Apple OSX, for that matter). For instance, I accept the larger size of bash for the extra functionality, and I'm lost without the //joe// editor. Some people are just more comfortable with a web UI than the standard CLI, so they might consider installing webmin ([[https://webmin.com]]). We will install
-  * joe (because its my favorite editor)
+  * joe (because it's my favorite editor)
-  * postfix (because I hate sendmail)
   * bash (a lot more robust than sh)
   * perl5 (I write a lot of perl scripts)
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   * ipmitool (if this is a server with ipmi enabled functions)
   * pbzip2 and xz (good compression technologies)
+  * smartmontools (monitors your hard drive health)
+  * postfix (if you need a full MTA)
-I'll label the steps as "webmin only" or "bash only" so you can easily not use them.
+I've label the steps as to indicate what the code is setting up so you can easily not use some packages.
-  - Install the packages - Answer 'Y' when asked if you want to enable postfix<code bash>
+  - Install the packages<code bash>
-pkg install joe perl5 pv pbzip2 xz sudo screen webmin ipmitool postfix bash
+pkg install joe perl5 pv pbzip2 sudo screen webmin ipmitool bash smartmontools
 </code>
-  - Set up postfix and disable sendmail<code bash>service sendmail stop
+  - Choose a mailer (choose only one)
+    - dma - small smtp server for send only. Standard install
+      - edit /etc/dma/dma.conf to meet your needs. Fully commentend, or man dma
+      - Create /etc/dma/auth.conf if you want a to do authenticated SMTP to a remote machine<code conf>user|smarthost:password</code>
+    - postfix - full e-mail system
+      - Set up postfix and disable sendmail. Answer 'Y' when asked if you want to enable postfix<code bash>pkg install postfix
+service sendmail stop
 sysrc postfix_enable="YES"
 sysrc sendmail_enable="NONE"
 mv /etc/mail/mailer.conf /etc/mail/mailer.conf.old
 install -m 0644 /usr/local/share/postfix/mailer.conf.postfix /etc/mail/mailer.conf
-# clean up some leftover sendmail stuff
 echo 'daily_clean_hoststat_enable="NO"' >> /etc/periodic.conf
 echo 'daily_status_mail_rejects_enable="NO"' >> /etc/periodic.conf
 echo 'Daily_status_include_submit_mailq="NO"' >> /etc/periodic.conf
 echo 'daily_submit_queuerun="NO"' >> /etc/periodic.conf
-# add postfix user to mail group so it has access to sasl
 pw group mod mail -m postfix
-# start postfix mail server
 service postfix start
 </code>
-  - Set up bash<code bash>mount -t fdescfs fdesc /dev/fd
+  - Set up bash (optional)<code bash>mount -t fdescfs fdesc /dev/fd
 cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak
 echo '# enable bash' >> /etc/fstab
 echo 'fdesc  /dev/fd  fdescfs  rw   0   0' >> /etc/fstab
-# you an now set the shell for any user with
 chsh -s bash username
 </code>
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   - Set up ipmitool<code bash>kldload ipmi
 echo 'ipmi_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf</code>
+  - Set up smartmontools to monitor your drives<code bash># edit the next file for your system after you copy it
+cp /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf.sample  /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf
+echo 'daily_status_smart_devices="/dev/ad0 /dev/da0"' >>/etc/periodic/daily/850.smartmontool
+chmod 755 /etc/periodic/daily/850.smartmontool
+echo 'smartd_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
+service smartd start
+</code>
 ===== References =====