FreeBSD-15.0 qcow2 images readme

• Updated 02-03-2026
  FreeBSD-15.0-p2-amd64-ufs-02032026.qcow2

  Updated 02-03-2026
  FreeBSD-15.0-p2-amd64-zfs-02032026.qcow2

  These 2 qcow2 images are from a FreeBSD-15.0 Proxmox VM that's been updated and upgraded with the FreeBSD
  "pkg" package manager. I've included the console filemanager (Midnight Commander) "mc", that you can use for
  easy editing of files if you want. SSHD is enabled, but you will need to use VNC to add a user or permit root login.

  These images are ready to run, and come on a 20GB / partition that will auto enlarge on firstboot to the max capacity
  of the drive it is ran on.
  

1. Upload your chosen qcow2 image to your VPS/VDS/DS provider as a custom image.
2. Install it to a server at your VPS/VDS/DS provider.
3. VNC to the server with the VNC address given to you by your provider.
4. Log on to your server with:

   user: root
   password: slacker
   

5. Change the password to something more secure with:

   passwd
   

6. Set your timezone:

   tzsetup
   

7. Add a user to login to your server with:

   adduser
   

   Accept all the defaults except for "Invite user into other groups?" enter "wheel". That way you can switch to root with "su - root".

   If you want to be able to login as root, then edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and change "#PermitRootLogin no" to "PermitRootLogin yes" to allow root login.

   Note! You can use "vi", "vim", or "mc -u" (Midnight Commander) to edit files. I use "mc -u" to edit files, it's faster and easier.

8. Reboot:

   reboot
   

9. Then go to FreeBSD Server Initial Setup, and login to your server with PuTTY to finish the setup.

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