Configuring FreeBSD for VPS
The article below goes through the steps that you need to follow to configure FreeBSD for running a virtual private server.
Edit the superuser password:
# passwd
Update the ports (if you wish to install the latest packages. This process may take a longer time)
# portsnap fetch
# portsnap extract
Install the mc file manager
# cd /usr/ports/misc/mc/
# make install clean
[X] SLANG Build with SLang library
[X] ICONV Build with iconv recoding
[X] NLS Build with NLS support
[X] EDIT Build with internal editor
[ ] X11 Build with X11 library
[X] SUBSHELL Build with subshell support
[ ] SAMBA Build with Samba support
Set up sshd to run from inetd (to save system resources):
# mcedit /etc/inetd.conf
Comment out the line
ssh stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/sshd sshd -i -4
# mcedit /etc/rc.conf
delete the line sshd_enable=”YES”
add the line inetd_enable=”YES”
# /etc/rc.d/sshd forcestop
# /etc/rc.d/inetd start
Enable superuser e-mail forwarding:
# mcedit /etc/aliases
…
root: your@e-mail.address
# newaliases
X Exit -> OK
