From nobody Sat Mar 23 00:31:01 2024 X-Original-To: freebsd-arm@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4V1g961kdSz5FlLB for ; Sat, 23 Mar 2024 00:31:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joseph@josephholsten.com) Received: from pb-smtp1.pobox.com (pb-smtp1.pobox.com [64.147.108.70]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4V1g953n6Sz4ckp for ; Sat, 23 Mar 2024 00:31:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joseph@josephholsten.com) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=pobox.com header.s=sasl header.b=Y68TS+5K; dkim=none ("invalid DKIM record") header.d=josephholsten.com header.s=2016-12.pbsmtp header.b=lNOxBH4u; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of joseph@josephholsten.com designates 64.147.108.70 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=joseph@josephholsten.com Received: from pb-smtp1.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D2EA1CD8EA; Fri, 22 Mar 2024 20:31:04 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from joseph@josephholsten.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=aCiBcwCs8ugwFIBupv2n8XfnGZuboQCcZntFzo jcW+o=; b=Y68TS+5K8yCRehEqdvWVw11IH/732EIchiUXASeTunClbbtNpRnbcB 9eLE404Ut5CwWR98eF5uUQHgf5kaTCh0thRzHufEZBUginXqDZu3wHAVQbczT/5X SRcIASkKK3gHoMHwG4+0u2JX3mm3tjEmXBNjJfYbFlDtwCu7pYHxM= Received: from pb-smtp1.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BC7B1CD8E6; Fri, 22 Mar 2024 20:31:04 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from joseph@josephholsten.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=josephholsten.com; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type; s=2016-12.pbsmtp; bh=aCiBcwCs8ugwFIBupv2n8XfnGZuboQCcZntFzojcW+o=; b=lNOxBH4uID22P+T9PLchmxzl8MysRr5lol9dob5Hhb+ZvMGc87NfwzdQsno1nKN7Mnb7r755hxMbNzVAXW7U6iputzzdIs2s+UIuhkqd/TUOmoN2iBwTvOINtX7wOB8Fi3+Rsy/GHgjmqEZUj8Ra3ombZbbd/ObcD/8N5QKAXkA= Received: from [100.109.181.67] (unknown [50.46.198.174]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1356D1CD8E5; Fri, 22 Mar 2024 20:31:02 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from joseph@josephholsten.com) From: "Joseph Holsten" To: infoomatic Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: free ARM VPS Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 17:31:01 -0700 X-Mailer: MailMate Trial (1.13.2r5673) Message-ID: <7D8D8945-8140-490E-9F02-6090250EB56D@josephholsten.com> In-Reply-To: <3a9870c3-e29c-4782-a148-57684d1f917d@gmx.at> References: <3a9870c3-e29c-4782-a148-57684d1f917d@gmx.at> List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-arm List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_MailMate_B75666D7-D54F-4216-BB33-2206C7AC6552_=" X-Pobox-Relay-ID: A140CDA2-E8AC-11EE-9254-78DCEB2EC81B-15777318!pb-smtp1.pobox.com X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.60 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; DWL_DNSWL_LOW(-1.00)[pobox.com:dkim]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-0.998]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:64.147.108.0/24]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[pobox.com:s=sasl]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[64.147.108.70:from]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmx.at]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[josephholsten.com]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; R_DKIM_PERMFAIL(0.00)[josephholsten.com:s=2016-12.pbsmtp]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[pobox.com:+,josephholsten.com:~]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; DKIM_MIXED(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-arm@freebsd.org]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:19151, ipnet:64.147.108.0/24, country:US]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4V1g953n6Sz4ckp --=_MailMate_B75666D7-D54F-4216-BB33-2206C7AC6552_= Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"; format=flowed; markup=markdown Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 11 Jan 2024, at 4:00, infoomatic wrote: > Hi list, > > While I am not afiliated with the vendor, I just want to give a little > hint to you, just in case it is not known: Oracle has a "always free" > tier with some services which are free to use. With the ARM Compute > Instance you can have Ampere A1 cores and up to 24GB RAM (in total), = > so > up to 4 free ARM VPS. > > I have used it for my small personal projects, and it works great with > FreeBSD, also the upgrade to FreeBSD 14 without problems. Hey there! I am affiliated with the vendor, my day job is coordinating = the team that handles support tickets for Oracle Compute. Some more info I hope is helpful: - The only image available today is FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE for ARM64 with = a UFS root fs. If you=E2=80=99re eagerly awaiting 13.3, 14.0, ZFS or x86_= 64, = you should follow this ticket = https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D277831 - If you haven=E2=80=99t used FreeBSD in an ephemeral VPS environment (co= ugh = cloud cough), you should investigate cloud-init to bootstrap systems. If = you want to debug cloud-init scripts super fast under jails, check out: = https://lseek-urandom.blogspot.com/2024/02/using-freebsd-jails-to-debug-c= loud-init.html - You may hit out-of-capacity errors in some regions, Ampere cores are a = great value and they can=E2=80=99t manufacture them fast enough for the = demand. Also, the free-tier credits only apply in your original region: = select it wisely! But Oracle keeps a certain buffer of unused capacity = available for paying customers. So if you get out-of-capacity as a = free-tier customer, giving Oracle your billing information means that = you=E2=80=99ll get slightly better chance of getting an instance. If you ever hit issues, please let me know at this email address or via = mastodon at https://mstdn.social/@josephholsten -- Joseph Holsten +1-360-927-7234 joseph@josephholsten.com --=_MailMate_B75666D7-D54F-4216-BB33-2206C7AC6552_= Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On 11 Jan 2024, at 4:00, infoomatic wrote:

Hi list,

While I am not afiliated with the vendor, I just want to = give a little
hint to you, just in case it is not known: Oracle has a "always free"
= tier with some services which are free to use. With the ARM Compute
Instance you can have Ampere A1 cores and up to 24GB RAM (in total), so up to 4 free ARM VPS.

I have used it for my small personal projects, and it wor= ks great with
FreeBSD, also the upgrade to FreeBSD 14 without problems.

Hey there! I am affiliated with the vendor, my day job i= s coordinating the team that handles support tickets for Oracle Compute.<= /p>

Some more info I hope is helpful:

  • The only image available today is FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE for ARM64 with= a UFS root fs. If you=E2=80=99re eagerly awaiting 13.3, 14.0, ZFS or x86= _64, you should follow this ticket https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_b= ug.cgi?id=3D277831
  • If you haven=E2=80=99t used FreeBSD in an ephemeral VPS environment (= cough cloud cough), you should investigate cloud-init to bootstrap system= s. If you want to debug cloud-init scripts super fast under jails, check = out: https://lseek-urandom.blogspot.com/2024/0= 2/using-freebsd-jails-to-debug-cloud-init.html
  • You may hit out-of-capacity errors in some regions, Ampere cores are = a great value and they can=E2=80=99t manufacture them fast enough for the= demand. Also, the free-tier credits only apply in your original region: = select it wisely! But Oracle keeps a certain buffer of unused capacity av= ailable for paying customers. So if you get out-of-capacity as a free-tie= r customer, giving Oracle your billing information means that you=E2=80=99= ll get slightly better chance of getting an instance.

If you ever hit issues, please let me know at this email address or v= ia mastodon at https://ms= tdn.social/@josephholsten

Joseph Holsten
+1-360-927-7234
joseph@josephholsten.com<= /p>

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