Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 13:49:55 +0100 From: Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de> To: Kristen Nielsen <krn@krn.dk> Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9.1-Rel: Jail-rc startup of vnet jails with new configuration syntax Message-ID: <20131107134955.734a474f@bsd64.grem.de> In-Reply-To: <20131107134432.2530dce7@bsd64.grem.de> References: <527B86E2.5020907@krn.dk> <20131107134432.2530dce7@bsd64.grem.de>
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On Thu, 7 Nov 2013 13:44:32 +0100 Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de> wrote: > > > On Thu, 07 Nov 2013 13:26:10 +0100 > Kristen Nielsen <krn@krn.dk> 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_<jname>_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/<jailname> > > 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.)? > I missed the vnet requirement in my first reply. There has been a vnet patch for ezjail floating around a while ago, but I think it was never adopted to ezjail. Sorry for the noise. -- Michael Gmelin
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