Some collection of LAG configurations and status commands seen over time. LinuxManually ConfigurationStatusFreeBSDConfig ExampleStatusPermanentCheckpoint ConfigStatus - Clish Status - Expert ModeFortigateConfigStatusCisco - CatalystsConfig StatusLinks Linux Manually Configuration modprobe bonding mode=802.3ad ifconfig bond1 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up ifenslave bond1 eth0 ifenslave bond1 eth1 The Permanent way depends on the distribution. Status cat /proc/net/bonding/bond1 Ethernet Channel Bonding …
No more USB Sticks and CD ROMs for Booting
Recently i got a "IODD ST400 USB 3.0" this can present ISO / VHD Images as CD or USB Stick to the Host. Good thing is you can plug in any 2.5 Inch SATA Drive so no space limits. Create the underlying Filesystem on the SSDCreate a FAT32 Partition and FilesystemCreate an exFAT Partition and …
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resize raw image
freebsd# truncate -s +500G disk0.img https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=truncate&sektion=1&manpath=freebsd-release-ports [Expert@cpmg:0]# partedGNU Parted 3.1Using /dev/sdaWelcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.(parted) printError: The backup GPT table is not at the end of the disk, as it should be.This might mean that another operating system believes the disk is smaller.Fix, by moving the backup to …
FreeBSD bhyve – CheckPoint SMS
So letz move the CheckPoint SMS over to Bhyve. Basicly the same as for the FortiManager. guest=linuxloader="grub"uefi_vars="yes"grub_run_partition="1"grub_run_dir="/grub"grub_run0="root (hd0,0)"grub_run0="linux /vmlinuz-3.10.0-957.21.3cpx86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_splat-lv_current grub_mode=64bit-normal vmalloc=256M panic=15 console=SERIAL crashkernel=0M-35G:280M,35G-250G:768M,250G-:1G intel_idle.max_cstate=0 eagerfpu=on spectre_v2=off nopti 3 quiet"grub_run1="initrd /initrd-3.10.0-957.21.3cpx86_64.img"memory="8192"disk0_type="ahci-hd"disk0_name="disk0.img"network0_switch="VM"network0_type="e1000"network1_switch="VM"network2_switch="VM"network3_switch="VM"network1_type="e1000"network2_type="e1000"network3_type="e1000"cpu="2" One thing we still need to figure out how to boot this with generic entries. Based on https://github.com/churchers/vm-bhyve/blob/master/sample-templates/gentoo.conf this should load the …
FreeBSD bhyve – FortiManager
Create the Switch Add an uplink port Create the VMVM Configuration Booting the KernelCPU / RAMHarddisksNetworkThe HarddisksConvert the Harddisks from vmdk to rawDisk0Disk 1 Migrating the FortiManager from VMWare ESXi to FreeBSD bhyve. Be aware you doing this on your own without any support from Fortinet. bhyve is not a supported platform. Create the Switch …
Routing Tables
FreeBSD freebsd:~ $ netstat -rWRouting tablesInternet:Destination Gateway Flags Nhop# Mtu Netif Expiredefault 11.155.93.1 UGS 6 1500 em011.155.93.0/24 link#1 U 3 1500 em011.155.93.77 link#2 UHS 5 16384 lo0localhost link#2 UH 1 16384 lo0Internet6:Destination Gateway Flags Nhop# Mtu Netif Expire::/96 link#2 URS 6 16384 lo0default fe80::1%em0 UGS 7 1500 em0localhost link#2 UHS 1 16384 lo0::ffff:0.0.0.0/96 link#2 URS …
Source Port selection on Linux results allways in even ports
Some interestion observation over the past weeks, is that i have seen Linux is selecting only even source ports. So lets have a closer look. An exampleDoes this have any effect? How does LACP work?Does this make a difference? Yes certainly it does make a diffrence. What can we do? Where does this come from? …
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FreeBSD – Central Syslog Server
Quick setup a Central Syslog Server https://wiki.freebsd.org/Ports/sysutils/syslog-ng Install Syslog NG pkg install syslog-ng Edit the Configuration /usr/local/etc/syslog-ng.conf @version: 4.4source s_remote { tcp(port(514)); udp(port(514));};destination d_remote { file( "/var/log/remote/${HOST}/${YEAR}_${MONTH}_${DAY}.log" create-dirs(yes) );};log { source(s_remote); destination(d_remote);}; Enables the Service sysrc syslog_ng_enable="YES" Create nessesary directory mkdir /var/log/remotechown root:wheel /var/log/remotechmod g+w /var/log/remote Start the Service service syslog-ng start
FreeBSD Wifi
FreeBSD Wifi - RTL8821CEEdimax USB WiFi - RTL8188CUSRealtek Edimax AC600 (EW-7811UTC) - RTL8811AU FreeBSD Wifi - RTL8821CE pciconf -l -vrtw880@pci0:5:0:0: class=0x028000 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x10ec device=0xc821 subvendor=0x10ec subdevice=0xc821 vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.' device = 'RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter' class = network Driver compatiblity vi /boot/loader.confcompat.linuxkpi.skb.mem_limit=1 Enable Setting in rc.conf sysrc wlans_rtw880="wlan0"sysrc create_args_wlan0="country …
VMWare to bhyve
Lately i decided to migrate my VM ESX Servers over to FreeBSD VM bhyve Installing pkg install vm-bhyve bhyve-firmware Configuration Storage zfs create zroot/bhyve zfs set recordsize=64K zroot/bhyve zfs create zroot/bhyve/.templates Add the following lines to /etc/rc.conf: # needed for virtualization support vm_enable=”YES” vm_dir=”zfs:zroot/bhyve” Now, add the following line to the end of /boot/loader.conf: # needed for …
