Re: free ARM VPS

Hi,

I've just open a FreeBSD bug to track the problem:

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=276403

Peter


On 12/01/2024 17:09, Dave Cottlehuber wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Jan 2024, at 22:35, Joseph Holsten wrote:
>> Well, that’s no good. I just checked and I cannot see it either.
>>
>> I am able to use the image using the id:
>> ocid1.image.oc1..aaaaaaaayjatgvecms7kciqjx5exbj4dpcs3ympvpggpodwlfuezn7dejdja
>>
>> Dave: have you heard anything from the marketplace folks? It feels like
>> we’ve gone the wrong direction. Did they let you know the 13.1 image
>> would be removed?
>>
>> --
>> Joseph Holsten
>> http://josephholsten.com
>> mailto:joseph@josephholsten.com
>> tel:+1-360-927-7234
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 11, 2024, at 13:22, Quelrond wrote:
>>> Hello Joseph,
>>>
>>> I could install an Ubuntu, but it really bothers me, so I would like to
>>> switch to FreeBSD. But I don't see FreeBSD images in the "Marketplace"!
>>> There are many images in "Partner images", but no FreeBSD there. And in
>>> "Community images" there is almost nothing (only two Linux images).
>>>
>>> Could you, please, provide me the detailed instructions how to find the
>>> images? Or maybe it is region-dependent (I'm in France)?
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/01/2024 21:24, Joseph Holsten wrote:
>>>> There is a FreeBSD image in the “Marketplace”. There was a mixup last fall and 14 isn’t up yet, but some foundation folks are actively working on it. If you use the official one, it’s just a quick freebsd-update to get you there.
> Hey Joseph, Peter,
>
> No, I was not expecting it to be removed. This is very likely related to
> renewing our FreeBSD-Oracle partner agreement, which we had a meeting
> about yesterday.
>
> I suspect some button was pushed that should not have been pushed....
> As I need it for work I will ofc follow it up with Oracle too :-)
>
> I will follow up with Ed Maste & see where we get to on our FreeBSD side.
>
> Peter - if you can, please open a PR on bugs.freebsd.org for visibility
> and I'll follow along from there.
>
> If you are willing, you can upload a custom image and use that, or
> you can wait a few days and I'm sure we will have it fixed soon.
>
> A+
> Dave
> ———
> O for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention!