Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:01:22 +0000 From: Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> To: "Tonix (Antonio Nati)" <tonix@interazioni.it> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Jails creation Message-ID: <4AE6D302.9010100@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4AE6C7BD.907@interazioni.it> References: <4AE6C7BD.907@interazioni.it>
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Tonix (Antonio Nati) wrote: > > Is there any architectural reason for which jails must be created only > starting from sources? > Would not it be simpler to create a jail cloning the host environment > binaries (and then using the normal freebsd-update to keep it updated)? > Would it be possible to suggest a funded project with this goal? > I dont tend to use jails but my understanding is that you can use the standard install to create a jail (based on info from http://pbraun.nethence.com/doc/sysutils_bsd/dragonfly-freebsd-jail.html) mkdir -p /var/jails/base sysinstall then, sysinstall > Custom > Options > Install Root > /var/jails/base sysinstall > Custom > Distributions > Minimal sysinstall > Custom > Media > File System > /cdrom (I just used ftp myself, this meant i had to change the release from 7.2-RELEASE-p4 to 7.2-RELEASE in options) sysinstall > Custom > Commit [Visit the general configuration menu ?] > No Note. don't do the post-install, it would modify the host, not the guest. A quick jail /var/jails/base footest 10.0.0.2 /bin/sh gives me a shell in the jail so it seems to have worked, Time to add devfs etc i guess. >From here i'm going to have a look at sysutils/ezjail as that keeps coming up as a good way of managing jails, but I seem to have an working base system in /var/jails/base without compiling anything. I might have a play now and get updates etc working. regards, Vince > Regards, > > Tonino >
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