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CONFIGURE

HOSTNAME

hostname pi4.example.com
sysrc hostname=$(hostname)
echo "
Welcome to $(hostname)!
" > /etc/motd.template
service motd onestart

CLOCK

ntpdate pool.ntp.org
test -e /etc/localtime || tzsetup

TTYS

Disable needless ttys:

sed -i '' -e '/^ttyv[2-7]/ s/onifexists/off/' /etc/ttys
kill -HUP 1

PKG LATEST

This is a preference. The default quarterly updates with only security patches is a good default for production. To get more frequent package updates, switch to latest.

mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos
cat > /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf <<EOF
FreeBSD: {
  url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/\${ABI}/latest"
}
EOF
pkg upgrade -y

CURL

pkg install -y curl

This is primarily helpful for the documentation author. Many of the scripts use curl as a platform independent URL fetcher.

ZSH

For a great shell, try a well-configured zsh with starship:

fetch -o - https://byo-ntp.github.io/tools/zsh/install.sh | sh

UPDATE

freebsd-update fetch install

References

FreeBSD home page
- Download
- FreeBSD Handbook, ports

PORTS

Usually not needed, but for reference, here's how to install the ports tree:

pkg install -y git-lite
git clone https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports.git /usr/ports/