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    Elastic Compute Service:FreeBSD

    Last Updated:Mar 18, 2025

    FreeBSD is an open source, UNIX-like operating system developed based on Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) code. FreeBSD is known for its high performance, stability, and advanced network features and is widely used in servers, embedded systems, and desktop environments. Alibaba Cloud regularly updates and releases FreeBSD image versions to provide the latest features, security patches, and performance optimizations. This topic describes the versions and updates of FreeBSD images.

    Note

    For more information about FreeBSD, visit the official FreeBSD website.

    2024

    Version

    Image ID

    Release date

    Description

    FreeBSD 14.1

    freebsd_14_1_x64_30G_alibase_20241209.qcow2

    2024-12-09

    • New release (64-bit image).

    • Kernel version: 14.1-RELEASE.

    • Changes:

      • Cloud Assistant Agent is pre-installed in the image.

      • Supported root partition extension by the cloud-init tool.

      • Supported the UEFI-Preferred boot mode.

      • Supported package repositories provided by Alibaba Cloud in internal networks.

    FreeBSD 13.4

    freebsd_13_4_x64_30G_alibase_20241209.qcow2

    2024-12-09

    • New release (64-bit image).

    • Kernel version: 13.4-RELEASE.

    • Changes:

      • Cloud Assistant Agent is pre-installed in the image.

      • Supported root partition extension by the cloud-init tool.

      • Supported the UEFI-Preferred boot mode.

      • Supported package repositories provided by Alibaba Cloud in internal networks.

    2022

    Version

    Image ID

    Release date

    Description

    FreeBSD 12.3

    freebsd_12_3_x64_30G_alibase_20220331.vhd

    2022-03-31

    Kernel version: 12.3-RELEASE

    FreeBSD 13.0

    freebsd_13_0_x86_30G_alibase_20220324.vhd

    2022-03-24

    • New release (64-bit image)

    • Kernel version: 13.0-RELEASE

    2021

    Version

    Image ID

    Release date

    Description

    FreeBSD 11.4

    freebsd_11_4_x64_30G_alibase_20210319.vhd

    2021-03-19

    • Kernel version: 11.4-RELEASE.

    • Changes: updated to include the latest patches.

    2020

    Version

    Image ID

    Release date

    Description

    FreeBSD 12.1

    freebsd_12_1_x64_30G_alibase_20201022.vhd

    2020-10-22

    • Kernel version: 12.1-RELEASE.

    • Changes: updated to include the latest patches.

    When you use this image, take note of the following items:

    • When you create an instance or replace the system disk of an instance, you can use only a key pair as logon credentials. You can use only the key pair that you initially configured for your instance to log on to the instance. You cannot change or unbind the key pair.

    • If you created an instance or replaced the system disk of an instance, you cannot reset the password of the instance.

    FreeBSD 11.3

    freebsd_11_3_x64_30G_alibase_20200803.vhd

    2020-08-03

    • Kernel version: 11.3-RELEASE.

    • Changes: updated to include the latest patches.

    FreeBSD 11.3

    freebsd_11_3_x64_20G_alibase_20200420.vhd

    2020-04-20

    • Kernel version: 11.3-RELEASE.

    • Changes: updated to include the latest patches.

    2019

    Version

    Image ID

    Release date

    Description

    FreeBSD 11.2

    freebsd_11_02_64_30G_alibase_20190806.vhd

    2019-08-06

    • Kernel version: 11.2-RELEASE.

    • Changes:

      • Fixed the clock offset issue.

      • Fixed the issue that causes the failure to create a 30 GiB system disk.