Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2018 22:27:40 +0200 From: Philipp Vlassakakis <freebsd-en@lists.vlassakakis.de> To: Daniel Feenberg <feenberg@nber.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: NFS + ZFS - Base System readonly Message-ID: <0595E83D-5E70-44B1-ACB5-A84261FB4A6D@lists.vlassakakis.de> In-Reply-To: <alpine.LRH.2.21.1808131752400.11589@sas1.nber.org> References: <82BCE4D6-69DF-49E0-8648-4E9F3767D089@lists.vlassakakis.de> <alpine.LRH.2.21.1808130836490.19407@sas1.nber.org> <C8E16E51-CE9E-45C4-8BCC-735AD18F3F1E@lists.vlassakakis.de> <alpine.LRH.2.21.1808131752400.11589@sas1.nber.org>
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Is there a way to have a separate passwd file for each client and not to = use the one of the template? I want to set up independent machines with different users. (NIS is not = an option) Regards, Philipp > On 13. Aug 2018, at 23:54, Daniel Feenberg <feenberg@nber.org> wrote: >=20 >=20 > We have been using zfs for the exported OS partitions (indeed for all = FreeBSD partitions) for many years now with no problems. NFS speed is = pretty much the same as a local hard disk. >=20 > Daniel Feenberg >=20 > On Mon, 13 Aug 2018, Philipp Vlassakakis wrote: >=20 >> Hi Daniel, >>=20 >> it=E2=80=99s working, thanks. >> Now I still have to make some changes to the configuration files, = fixing entropy-file per host etc. but so far it looks very good. >> Do you also use NFS? If so, what is your speed? >> Did you tried ZFS already? >>=20 >> Thanks again! :) >>=20 >> Regards, >> Philipp >>=20 >>> On 13. Aug 2018, at 14:42, Daniel Feenberg <feenberg@nber.org> = wrote: >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> On Mon, 13 Aug 2018, Philipp Vlassakakis wrote: >>>=20 >>>> Hi, >>>>=20 >>>> has anyone experience in mounting a base system via PXE + NFS as = readonly and then mount ZFS datasets r/w on top of the base-system? >>>>=20 >>>> I would like to boot a basesystem (which is stored on a NFS share) = via PXE and mount ZFS-Datasets on top of that, so i can rollout specific = configs (hostname, services...) per Host and give user the ability to = edit config files (apache, mysql...) and store data on the ZFS-disks, = which will not be wiped due to a Host reboot. >>>=20 >>> We have been doing this for many years, for a score of systems. We = have a detailed description of our procedures at: >>>=20 >>> http://www.nber.org/sys-admin/FreeBSD-diskless.html >>>=20 >>> It works very well for us. Good luck. >>>=20 >>> Daniel Feenberg >>> NBER >>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>> Is this possible? >>>>=20 >>>> Thanks, >>>> Philipp >>>>=20 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>>> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>>=20 >>=20
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