WhatsApp FreeBSD (or not) Packer Image

[AstonJ]

@alchemist_ubi

that is why I put (or not) in the title since I am interested in starting the conversation about it and hopefully end up with some shared resources that we could collaborate on

I’d like to see a general thread about FreeBSD being used with Elixir/Erlang too - there’s an older thread here:

Linux vs FreeBSD for Phoenix?

I saw that there’s a port for Elixir and Phoenix on FreeBSD. Why would you want to run a Phoenix project on FreeBSD vs Linux? Can you share your opinion please? I’m trying to pick a deployment target and start learning about it. Since Linux seems to be the default choice for servers, are there any reasons for choosing FreeBSD instead?

But since we have more Erlangers (and WhatsApp team members) here now perhaps we could start a new thread. Would you like to do the honours @alchemist_ubi?

Maybe something like:

Title: FreeBSD and Elixir/Erlang in 2021

Body:

Does anyone use FreeBSD with Elixir or Erlang? Do you have any tips or advice? Any potential issues or pitfalls we might need to look out for? Perhaps you’ve considered FreeBSD? Why? And did you end up using it? If so, why? If not, why not!?