From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 9 20:17:26 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 625461065670 for ; Fri, 9 Jul 2010 20:17:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEB628FC17 for ; Fri, 9 Jul 2010 20:17:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.erewhon.net (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o69KHOS2006091; Fri, 9 Jul 2010 22:17:24 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.erewhon.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 2B8B1BABC; Fri, 9 Jul 2010 22:17:24 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 22:17:24 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Ed Flecko Message-ID: <20100709201724.GA72642@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="G4iJoqBmSsgzjUCe" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ezjail -vs- "Do it yourself" jail? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:17:26 -0000 --G4iJoqBmSsgzjUCe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 07:50:26AM -0700, Ed Flecko wrote: > I'm trying to set up a FreeBSD 8.0 server to run Apache that will be > facing the nasty and unforgiving WWW. >=20 > I have several good books on Apache that describe how to set up the > jail, when I came across several websites that reference the "ezjail" > package. >=20 > Are there some caveats or downsides to using the ezjail route for > setting up my server with Apache? It sure sounds like an easier way to > go and less "goof-proof", but as we all know, easier is not always > better! It depends on how many jails you want to create. If you want to set up mult= iple jails, ezjail can save you disk space and management effort. If you are only setting up a single jail, I don't think ezjail will save much. I've documented the process I used for setting up a virtual server ma= nually on one of my webpages; http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/unix/misc.xhtml#creatingav= irtualserveronfreebsdwithajail8 Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --G4iJoqBmSsgzjUCe Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkw3g9QACgkQEnfvsMMhpyWQSQCZAUJRPWJfr18ZW/RwjXOhiq87 fEIAn2FA0UEGVa3Owc2tiDtRaQrys4Vb =FZTk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --G4iJoqBmSsgzjUCe--