From owner-freebsd-virtualization@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 7 12:44:36 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27262A62 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2013 12:44:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@grem.de) Received: from mail.grem.de (outcast.grem.de [213.239.217.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 85C152BF0 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2013 12:44:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 21452 invoked by uid 89); 7 Nov 2013 12:44:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO bsd64.grem.de) (mg@grem.de@88.217.181.77) by mail.grem.de with ESMTPA; 7 Nov 2013 12:44:33 -0000 Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 13:44:32 +0100 From: Michael Gmelin To: Kristen Nielsen Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9.1-Rel: Jail-rc startup of vnet jails with new configuration syntax Message-ID: <20131107134432.2530dce7@bsd64.grem.de> In-Reply-To: <527B86E2.5020907@krn.dk> References: <527B86E2.5020907@krn.dk> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.2 (GTK+ 2.24.18; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussion of various virtualization techniques FreeBSD supports." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 12:44:36 -0000 On Thu, 07 Nov 2013 13:26:10 +0100 Kristen Nielsen wrote: > Hi freebsd-virtualization list > > I am trying to figure out how to start configured jails within > FreeBSD 9.1Release at boot time. > I am using new C-style jail configuration syntax in /etc/jail.conf. > all jail starts successfully when i do a jail -c from the commandline. > > I am trying to configure jails to start at boot time using the > features in the /etc/rc.conf file. > > in /etc/rc.conf at base host i have > jail_enable="YES" > jail_list=" jail1 jail2 jail3 " > > and no more jail related lines, evereything else is placed into the > jail configuration (C-style) file. > > running "service jail start": > Configuring jails:. > Starting jails:/etc/rc.d/jail: ERROR: jail: No hostname has been > defined for jail1 > > Looking into the /etc/rc.d/jail script it seems it expects that the > /etc/rc.conf contains old style jail configuration statement like > > jail__hostname="jail1" > etc. > > I have looked at the patch at: > http://wiki.polymorf.fr/index.php/Howto:FreeBSD_jail_vnet > but it also uses the old style (rc.config) jail configuration format, > but with extended number of parameters. The patch is dated before the > 9-1 release where the C-style jail configuration syntax was taken > into use. > > is there a patch for /etc/rc.d/jail script that make it handles the > new style jail configuration file format (the C-style format). or am > I doing this the wrong way. > > If you can point me into the right direction it will be very helpfull. > > Whishlist > It would be great with something like a /etc/jail.d/ setup > where each jail configuration file is contained in a separate file, > the format is the same as the /etc/jail.conf, the latter fil just > holds configurations for all jails. Both files with the C-style > syntax. Have you considered using sysutils/ezjail (the de-facto standard for managing jails under FreeBSD right now) or a similar port (sysutils/jailrc, sysutils/qjail etc.)? -- Michael Gmelin