Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:50:23 +0100 From: "Tonix (Antonio Nati)" <tonix@interazioni.it> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Jails creation Message-ID: <4AE708AF.4070705@interazioni.it> In-Reply-To: <4AE706A0.8050409@unsane.co.uk> References: <4AE6C7BD.907@interazioni.it> <4AE6D302.9010100@unsane.co.uk> <4AE706A0.8050409@unsane.co.uk>
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Hi Vincent, I'm trying as much as possible to not install sources. I'm designing a general architecture with very small machines, smallest as possible, as I'd love to avoid sources (both locals and remote). Thanks, Tonino Vincent Hoffman ha scritto: > Vincent Hoffman wrote: > >> 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. >> >> > > Ok now I have played with sysutils/ezjail, forget the first part ;) > just "ezjail-admin install" will do a binary install for a base jail > from an ftp server. > you can use "ezjail-admin update -u" to update the base jail using > freebsd-update for some reason this isnt in the manpage. > Not exactly what you have asked for but close enough if you dont like > installing from source. > > > Vince > > >> regards, >> Vince >> >> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Tonino >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Inter@zioni Interazioni di Antonio Nati http://www.interazioni.it tonix@interazioni.it ------------------------------------------------------------
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