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Install FreeBSD 14.1 on Hetzner server

Hetzner no longer offers direct install of FreeBSD, but we can do it ourselves. Here is how :)

Boot the server into rescue mode

Boot the Hetzner server in Hetzner Debian based rescue mode. ssh into it.

The Hetzner rescue image will tell you hardware details about the server in the login banner. For example, with one of my servers I see:

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jq: JSONL ↔︎ JSON conversion

Prerequisites

• jq — https://jqlang.org/ — "like sed for JSON data"

  There are several options available for installing jq. I prefer to use Homebrew: brew install jq

• JSONL → JSON

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FreeBSD on Hetzner Cloud VPS

This guide explains how to install the FreeBSD on Hetzner Cloud VPS. This might also work for other VPS providers with the proper rescue system in place.

Table of contents:

• 1. Rescue mode
• 2. Download and deploy FreeBSD
• 3. Post-installation

1. Rescue mode

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// you need this in your cargo.toml
// reqwest = { version = "0.11.3", features = ["stream"] }
// futures-util = "0.3.14"
// indicatif = "0.15.0"
use std::cmp::min;
use std::fs::File;
use std::io::Write;

use reqwest::Client;
use indicatif::{ProgressBar, ProgressStyle};

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(ns smokingheaps.recherchen.doppelganger
  (:require [lambdaisland.uri :refer [uri join assoc-query]]
            [lambdaisland.uri.normalize :refer [normalize]]
            [clj-http.client :as client]
            [smokingheaps.recherchen.csv.interface :as csv]
            [progrock.core :as pr]))

;; Fetch all combinations of the redirect url.
(def urlbox-url "http://urlbox.online")
(def urldirect-url "http://urldirect.ru")

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Extract all metadata recursively into files

find <target> -type f | while read -r file; do
  tika -m "$file" > "$file".meta.txt
done

Extract metadata fields recursively into a table

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Host Actor
  checkHealth
    ok? -> showConfig
    err? -> error
  showConfig
    ok? -> registerClient
    err? -> bootstrap
  saveConfig
    ok? -> showConfig
    err? -> error

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Ncube App
  Config Show
    ok? -> Home
    err? -> Onboarding
    
  Onboarding
    ok? -> Bootstrap
    err? -> Onboarding
    
  Home

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Home Ncube
  List Workspaces*
    ok? -> Home Screen
    err? -> Home Error
  
  Home Error
    retry -> List Workspaces

  Save Error
    retry -> Save Workspace

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Bootstrap Ncube
  Show Config*
    ok? -> Home Screen
    err? -> Splash Screen
  
  # Introductionary splash screen
  Splash Screen
    next -> Settings Screen
  
  # Fill in configuration settings