FreeBSD-packages.md

Packages I use and I recommend to use on every FreeBSD server

Essential packages on all servers

• bash
• bash-completion
• bind-tools
• bsdstats
• ca_root_nss
• curl
• ddrescue
• dhcpdump
• dmidecode
• fdupes
• flashrom
• fping
• gawk
• git
• hw-probe
• iftop
• iperf3
• iso-codes
• joe
• jq
• links
• lsof
• lynx
• mc
• ngrep
• nmap
• openssl
• pciids
• pciutils
• perl5
• python38
• rsync
• screen
• sendmail
• smartmontools
• sudo
• tcpdump
• tcping
• tcptraceroute
• tuptime
• usbutils
• wget
• zabbix54-agent

pkg install bash bash-completion bind-tools bsdstats ca_root_nss curl ddrescue dhcpdump dmidecode fdupes flashrom \
fping gawk git hw-probe iftop iperf3 iso-codes joe jq links lsof lynx mc ngrep nmap openssl pciids pciutils perl5 \
python38 rsync screen sendmail smartmontools sudo tcpdump tcping tcptraceroute tuptime usbutils wget zabbix54-agent

Optional packages for ZFS

• zfs-stats

pkg install zfs-stats

Optional packages for DB server (MariaDB, MySQL, SQLite)

• mariadb105-client (pkg lock recommended)
• mariadb105-server (pkg lock recommended)
• mysql57-client
• mysql57-server
• mysqltuner
• portupgrade
• sqlite3

pkg install mariadb105-client mariadb105-server mysql57-client mysql57-server mysqltuner portupgrade sqlite3

Optional packages for Web server (Apache, Nginx, PHP)

• apache24
• mod_php74
• nginx
• php74
• portupgrade

pkg install apache24 mod_php74 nginx php74 portupgrade

Optional packages for Mail server (TLS, Auth, AV, DKIM, AntiSpam, Greylist, IMAP, POP3)

• cclient
• clamav
• cyrus-sasl-saslauthd
• imap-uw
• maildrop
• milter-greylist
• opendkim
• portupgrade
• procmail
• sendmail (ports by hand compiled version possibly needed for all the features (TLS, DKIM, Auth, ...))
• spamass-milter
• spamassassin

pkg install cclient clamav cyrus-sasl-saslauthd imap-uw maildrop milter-greylist opendkim portupgrade \
procmail sendmail spamass-milter spamassassin

Optional packages for Router (DHCP, DHCPv6)

• isc-dhcp44-server
• net-snmp
• portupgrade
• unbound

pkg install isc-dhcp44-server net-snmp portupgrade unbound

Optional packages for VPN server (OpenVPN, DHCP, caching DNS)

• easy-rsa
• isc-dhcp44-server
• openvpn
• portupgrade
• unbound

pkg install easy-rsa isc-dhcp44-server openvpn portupgrade unbound

Optional packages for VxLAN server (ZeroTier, DHCP, caching DNS)

• isc-dhcp44-server
• unbound
• zerotier

pkg install isc-dhcp44-server unbound zerotier

Optional packages for DNS, Zabbix, Samba, Multimedia, ...

• bind916 - Authoritative DNS
• bonnie++ - File system benchmark
• ffmpeg - DLNA
• fusefs-exfat - exFAT support
• fusefs-ntfs - MS Windows NTFS support
• fusefs-ext2 - Linux ext2/3/4 support
• libcoap - Ikea Tradfri communication
• libidn2
• mediatomb - DLNA
• mosquitto - IOT
• net-snmp - Network monitoring
• nut - UPS monitoring
• openipmi
• portupgrade
• py38-certbot - Let's Encrypt
• py38-certbot-dns-rfc2136 - Let's Encrypt
• py38-pip
• py38-speedtest-cli - Ookla's speedtest unofficial client
• samba413 - SMB file sharing
• ser2net - RS232 communication over IP
• sysbench - CPU/file system/SQL benchmark (ports by hand compiled version needed for use with MariaDB)
• wordpress
• zabbix54-frontend - Zabbix
• zabbix54-proxy - Zabbix (ports by hand compiled version needed for use with MariaDB or SQLite, although needed for some check methods)
• zabbix54-server - Zabbix (ports by hand compiled version needed for use with MariaDB or SQLite, although needed for some check methods)

pkg install bind916 ffmpeg fusefs-exfat fusefs-ntfs fusefs-ext2 libcoap mediatomb mosquitto net-snmp nut\
openipmi portupgrade py38-certbot py38-certbot-dns-rfc2136 py38-pip py38-speedtest-cli samba413 ser2net\
zabbix54-frontend zabbix54-proxy zabbix54-server

• official Ookla's speedtest client

pkg add "https://install.speedtest.net/app/cli/ookla-speedtest-1.0.0-freebsd.pkg"