[freshports-coders] Getting started with FreshPorts admin

[Jesse Smith]

Hi everyone. I'm Jesse, a long-time FreeBSD user, occasional ports
maintainer, and a big fan of FreshPorts. I currently run a handful of
FreeBSD servers, mostly for websites, database, and e-mail. Basic AMP
(FAMP?) stuff.

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> What's up first: learning the structure and getting things updated.  Just 'pkg upgrade' and 'freebsd-update fetch install'.  Those commands are straight forward, but knowing which services to shutdown when updating the database server, etc... that's the kind of information which needs to be passed on.
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This sounds like a good place to start. Count me in!


> Others will need to take the lead on this. I'm happy to answer questions, but I cannot devote time to driving the delegation and discovery. 
>> We have a host we can practice on, without affecting production:
r720-02 - it's at NYI.net in New York.

I'd like to get a sign-in for this test server and get familiar with it
and the processes.

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> First step: speak up, tell us you're here. Nobody will be asked to do stuff they aren't comfortable with. I'm happy to run screen share sessions over Zoom/Google/etc to demonstrate and teach.

Hi, I'm here. Ready to dive in and do some basic maintenance - ideally
on the test server first. But I'm looking forward to getting involved in
whatever ways can help FreshPorts.

- Jesse