FreeBSD Base Core

Description / name	Input element
Container Registry

Minimal FreeBSD base image without service supervision. Foundation for CLI tools and non-daemon containers.


Registry	`ghcr.io/daemonless/base-core`
Daemonless	daemonless/base-core
Source	freebsd/freebsd-src
Website	www.freebsd.org

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
`15-pkg` / `latest`	FreeBSD Port. Built from FreeBSD packages.	Production stability.
`15-pkg-latest`	FreeBSD Port. Built from FreeBSD packages.	Production stability.
Podman on FreeBSD currently requires root. All commands must be run as root (or via `doas`/`sudo`).

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose Podman CLI Ansible

services:
  base-core:
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/base-core:latest
    container_name: base-core
    restart: unless-stopped

podman run -d --name base-core \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/base-core:latest

- name: Deploy base-core
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: base-core
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/base-core:latest
    state: started
    restart_policy: always

Interactive Configuration

Implementation Details

Architectures: amd64
User: bsd (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.0).

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