Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 14:33:15 +0530 From: Vijay Rajah <me@rvijay.me> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: adding packages during jails creation Message-ID: <55E2C6D3.2050200@rvijay.me> In-Reply-To: <55E1A91D.7020108@gmail.com> References: <55DFE9B3.9010003@rvijay.me> <1422065A4E115F409E22C1EC9EDAFBA4222B9E85@sofdc01exc02.postbank.bg> <55DFFFCF.7000102@rvijay.me> <CAOc73CCCxbJ7rQzZ4AfTQuyV%2Bd3hw3hvfaC26Fwpb7NBz1z9eA@mail.gmail.com> <55E19F72.6090804@rvijay.me> <55E1A91D.7020108@gmail.com>
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On 29/08/15 6:14 pm, Ernie Luzar wrote: > Vijay Rajah wrote: >> Ben, >> >> Looks interesting.. did not get a chance to read the docs completely. >> >> Do you know if I can switch over my existing jails from ezjail to >> iocage? >> >> -Thanks >> Vijay >> >> On 28/08/15 3:35 pm, Ben Woods wrote: >>> On Friday, August 28, 2015, Vijay Rajah <me@rvijay.me> wrote: >>>> My question is how can I automate installation of ports, instead of me >>>> manually installing these packages on every Jail? >>>> >>>> -Thanks >>>> Vijay >>>> >>> Hi Vijay, >>> >>> If you use iocage for jail management instead of ezjail, you can use >>> its >>> pkglist keyword to automatically install a list of packages in a >>> file as >>> the jail is created. >>> >>> Documented here: >>> https://iocage.readthedocs.org/en/latest/advanced-use.html#automatic-package-installation >>> >>> >>> Hope that helps, >>> -Ben >>> >>> > > > If I remember correctly iocage jails are based on zfs and the > methodology employed is totally different that the one used in ezjail > zfs jails. > You may want to check out qjail, it also has option to auto install > pkg's listed in a flat file as well as a few other methods to > accomplish the same thing and is UFS based. No mater which jail tool > you use, changing from one to another is going to require a complete > re-creation of your jail(8) environment. > > > > Thanks.. I will take a look at those options... -Vijay > > _______________________________________________ > 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"
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