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Date:      Wed, 31 Mar 2021 03:29:30 +0000
From:      Daniel Stevenson <daniel@dstev.net>
To:        Jacques Foucry <jacques+freebsd@foucry.net>
Cc:        Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Move jails hard way to iocage
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On Friday, March 26th, 2021 at 15:45, Jacques Foucry <jacques+freebsd@foucr=
y.net> wrote:

> Le vendredi 26 mars 2021 =C3=A0 09:00:24 (-0400), Dan Langille =C3=A0 =
=C3=A9crit:
>
> > On Fri, Mar 26, 2021, at 5:34 AM, Dan Langille wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, Mar 26, 2021, at 5:28 AM, Jacques Foucry wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello Friends,
> > > >
> > > > I run many jails, configured in the "hard way" (ie `/etc/jail.conf`=
 file) and
> > > >
> > > > I would like to move them into iocage.
> > > >
> > > > I can't find any help on the Internet (may be I did search corretly=
).
> > > >
> > > > Did some own have a pointer or a how-to?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance for your time and advises,
> > >
> > > https://dan.langille.org/2021/02/28/converting-an-iocage-jail-to-a-va=
nilla-jail/
> >
> > Sorry, I misread, and though you were moving to jails.
>
> No problem :-)
>
> > This is from ezjail to iocage. Might help.
> >
> > https://dan.langille.org/2019/04/08/converting-thin-jails-to-thick-jail=
s/
>
> Sure it's help.
>
> > Yes, I have been moving from iocage to vanilla jails. I find it better =
suits my use
> >
> > cases, specifically my FreshPorts jails which contain zfs file systems =
which it
> >
> > must occasionally issue a 'zfs rollback'. I also like that my jails sta=
rt or stop
> >
> > faster. The additional work I need to do relates to jail creation (crea=
ting the
> >
> > file systems etc). For that, I'm using https://github.com/mkjail/mkjail=
 - in fact,
> >
> > this morning I am using that to update several jails.
> >
> > e.g. [dvl@r720-02:~/src/mkjail/src] $ sudo bin/mkjail upgrade -v 12.2-R=
ELEASE -j nginx01
>
> Interesting, may be I will reconsider switching=E2=80=A6
>
> > After reading FreeBSD Mastery: Jails I saw how straight forward a jail.=
conf entry can
> >
> > be. https://mwl.io/nonfiction/os#fmjail
>
> I read it, but there's no words about VNET and vanilla jails. Seems a lit=
tle
>
> bit more difficult and all the jails must be switch at the same time (as =
I saw
>
> from my small experience).

I just finished the book; it does indeed talk about vanilla VNET jails.
There's a section in Chapter 9 titled "Standard VNET Jails."  It might
be worth another look.

> But I read to that you are not very happy with VNET jails :-)
>
> Btw, it's very hard to make my own opion with all the different experienc=
es I
>
> read. :-)
>
> That said, and off topic, thanks for your blog, your shared experiences,
>
> FreshPorts and all you do for the community.

--
Daniel Stevenson



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