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author | erdgeist <erdgeist@erdgeist.org> | 2011-01-22 17:11:05 +0000 |
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committer | erdgeist <erdgeist@erdgeist.org> | 2011-01-22 17:11:05 +0000 |
commit | d9ba6ce81145a787852ed08a2b84288eadd04282 (patch) | |
tree | 8de0104736b2a681e4cb4146ae0208f03f5dcc32 /man7 | |
parent | 48b7585e0cd3a7d89cf1bc30f8bac91974d735db (diff) |
Some clarifications to basic concepts of ezjail
Diffstat (limited to 'man7')
-rw-r--r-- | man7/ezjail.7 | 44 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/man7/ezjail.7 b/man7/ezjail.7 index 95fde42..0e87bf5 100644 --- a/man7/ezjail.7 +++ b/man7/ezjail.7 | |||
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ | |||
7 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | 7 | .Sh SYNOPSIS |
8 | .Nm ezjail-admin Ar command arguments... | 8 | .Nm ezjail-admin Ar command arguments... |
9 | .Sh OVERVIEW | 9 | .Sh OVERVIEW |
10 | The ezjail commands provides a simple way to create multiple jails | 10 | The ezjail commands provide a simple way to create multiple jails |
11 | using FreeBSD's jail system. It simplifies jail administration effort | 11 | using FreeBSD's jail system. It simplifies jail administration effort |
12 | and minimizes jail system resource usage. | 12 | and minimizes jail system resource usage. |
13 | .Pp | 13 | .Pp |
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ the world. This eats disk space, inodes, and more importantly, | |||
30 | prevents the sharing of binaries images between jails, thus increasing | 30 | prevents the sharing of binaries images between jails, thus increasing |
31 | the memory pressure on the host system. In addition, this causes a | 31 | the memory pressure on the host system. In addition, this causes a |
32 | major administration headache when comes the time to update the host | 32 | major administration headache when comes the time to update the host |
33 | system, as each jail need to be updated independently. | 33 | system, as each jail needs to be updated independently. |
34 | .Pp | 34 | .Pp |
35 | Ezjail addresses these problems by creating a single basejail (a read-only | 35 | Ezjail addresses these problems by creating a single basejail (a read-only |
36 | .Xr nullfs 4 ) | 36 | .Xr nullfs 4 |
37 | populated with the same running binaries as the host system and them | 37 | mounted directory) populated with the same binaries as the host |
38 | shares that basejail with all the other service jails created by | 38 | system which is then shared across all the other service jails created |
39 | ezjail. Is is possible to update the base jail (and thus all the | 39 | by ezjail. Is is possible to update the base jail (and thus all the jails) in |
40 | jails) in a single ezjail command. | 40 | a single ezjail command. |
41 | .Pp | 41 | .Pp |
42 | Typical usage of jails include separation of services, creating test | 42 | Typical usage of jails include separation of services, creating test |
43 | environments, consolidation of different services on a single physical | 43 | environments, consolidation of different services on a single physical |
@@ -50,31 +50,31 @@ jails, archive, restore, delete and update jails, open a jail console, | |||
50 | and list the status of all the jails. See below for example usage, and | 50 | and list the status of all the jails. See below for example usage, and |
51 | refer to its man page for complete usage details. | 51 | refer to its man page for complete usage details. |
52 | .Pp | 52 | .Pp |
53 | The configuration is done in the | 53 | Ezjail reads its configuration from its |
54 | .Xr ezjail.conf 5 | 54 | .Xr ezjail.conf 5 . |
55 | file, which see. It will not be necessary to edit this file for most | 55 | Normally it will not be necessary to edit this file, as some sane defaults |
56 | users. A sample file is installed as | 56 | are provided. A sample configuration is installed as |
57 | .Pa EZJAIL_PREFIX/etc/ezjail.conf . | 57 | .Pa EZJAIL_PREFIX/etc/ezjail.conf.sample . |
58 | .Pp | 58 | .Pp |
59 | A rc script is also installed to allow the ezjail to be started | 59 | A script is also installed as |
60 | at boot time, as | 60 | .Pa ezjail.sh |
61 | .Pa ezjail.sh . | 61 | in the rc.d system to allow jails under ezjails control to be started at boot |
62 | It is enabled by setting the | 62 | time, given ezjail is enabled by setting the |
63 | .Xr rc.conf 5 | 63 | .Xr rc.conf 5 |
64 | variable | 64 | variable |
65 | .Dq Li $ezjail_enable | 65 | .Dq Li $ezjail_enable |
66 | to | 66 | to |
67 | .Dq Li YES . | 67 | .Dq Li YES . |
68 | .Sh WHAT'S IN A JAIL | 68 | .Sh WHAT'S IN A JAIL |
69 | .Ss The Life of an Ezjail Installation | 69 | .Ss The life of an ezjail installation |
70 | The base jail is first created by running | 70 | The base jail is first created by running |
71 | .Nm Cm update | 71 | .Nm Cm update |
72 | or | 72 | or |
73 | .Nm Cm install . | 73 | .Nm Cm install . |
74 | Example usage of this command is section | 74 | Example usage of this command is section |
75 | .Sx EXAMPLES . | 75 | .Sx EXAMPLES . |
76 | This will create the base jail, setup a template jail used when | 76 | This will create the base jail, setup a template jail used to |
77 | setting up new jails, install an example flavour (see below), | 77 | setting up new jails, install an example flavour (see below) and |
78 | configure miscellaneous things. | 78 | configure miscellaneous things. |
79 | .Pp | 79 | .Pp |
80 | This step is necessary before using the ezjail system. In particular, | 80 | This step is necessary before using the ezjail system. In particular, |
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ jail in advance. | |||
83 | .Pp | 83 | .Pp |
84 | Once the base jail has been created, new jails may be created with | 84 | Once the base jail has been created, new jails may be created with |
85 | .Nm Cm create . | 85 | .Nm Cm create . |
86 | A new jail is defined by its name and its IP address (or addresses). | 86 | A new jail is defined by its name and can have one or multiple IP |
87 | Creating a new jail involves copying the template jail to the new | 87 | addresses. Creating a new jail involves copying the template jail to the |
88 | location, configuring | 88 | new location, configuring |
89 | .Xr nullfs 4 | 89 | .Xr nullfs 4 |
90 | mounts for giving access to the base jail, and little more. A jail | 90 | mounts for giving access to the base jail, and little more. A jail |
91 | that has just be created occupies about 2MB of disk space ; when | 91 | that has just be created occupies about 2MB of disk space ; when |