Tailscale Exit Node on FreeBSD

February 9, 2026

We needed a simple and secure way to run Tailscale as a VPN exit node on a FreeBSD server so we documented it here for future reference. Hope it helps someone else as well.

Adventures in Datacenter Networking

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January 29, 2026

Field notes from bringing our first datacenter server's networking online.

Immutable Software Deploys Using ZFS Jails on FreeBSD

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November 6, 2025

FreeBSD’s native support for ZFS snapshots and jails provides a powerful foundation for immutable deployments. By creating a new jail from a ZFS snapshot for every release, we get instant roll‑backs, zero‑downtime upgrades, and a clean, reproducible environment. This article walks through the (very opinionated) flow that we use. From jails setup through running Caddy as a health‑checked reverse proxy in front of the jails.

Temporal Dev Server on FreeBSD

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October 31, 2025

At Conrad Research we LOVE Temporal. It gives us a high velocity in development because our code doesn't have to worry as much about implementing retry logic. We are in the process of moving to a self-hosted Temporal server and as such we're starting with the baby step of setting up a Temporal CLI dev server to run on our FeeBSD deployment platform.

Building Turso Golang Client on FreeBSD

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October 28, 2025

At Conrad Research, we love Turso, Go, and FreeBSD. This guide walks you through building and installing the Turso Go client on FreeBSD, so that you can start writing Go applications that connect to Turso from your FreeBSD server.

Installing Infisical on FreeBSD

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October 20, 2025

At Conrad Research, we deploy on FreeBSD and use Infisical as a security store. At the time of this article, there isn't a FreeBSD port available for Infisical. So this guide will walk you through how to install Infisical CLI on FreeBSD.

Installing FreeBSD on OVHcloud Bare Metal Server

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October 12, 2025

OVHcloud supports FreeBSD on some, but not all of their server offerings. In this article I'll demonstrate how to install FreeBSD on any OVHcloud bare metal server instance.

Secure FreeBSD by Allowing Access Only Through Cloudflare Tunnels

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October 11, 2025

This guide shows you how to configure your FreeBSD server to accept connections only through Cloudflare Tunnels, blocking all other inbound traffic. You can then control access using Cloudflare Zero Trust.

Cloudflare Tunnels on FreeBSD 14.3

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September 28, 2025

Learn how to securely expose FreeBSD services to the internet using Cloudflare Tunnels. This step-by-step guide shows you how to set up and configure tunnels to protect your FreeBSD applications with Cloudflare's security features.