From 5109389f1a0a8f94cea9c76123754a8082377518 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: erdgeist Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 10:53:16 +0000 Subject: Documentation for the install and the list subcommand --- man1/ezjail-admin.1 | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 59 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) (limited to 'man1') diff --git a/man1/ezjail-admin.1 b/man1/ezjail-admin.1 index 1f95a9a..a00494c 100755 --- a/man1/ezjail-admin.1 +++ b/man1/ezjail-admin.1 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ezjail-admin \- Administrate ezjail .SH SYNOPSIS .T .B ezjail-admin create -[-f flavour] [-r jailroot] [-s imagesize] [-cix] +[-f flavour] [-r jailroot] [-s imagesize] [-cibx] [-C attachargs] .I hostname jailip .T @@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ ezjail-admin \- Administrate ezjail .T .B ezjail-admin list +.T +.B ezjail-admin install [-mps] [-h host] [-r release] + .T .B ezjail-admin update [-s sourcetree] [-i] [-pP] @@ -37,12 +40,9 @@ is created inside this root dir pointing to the newly created jails location. The -i and the -c option both require a size passed via the -s option -and create a file based jail image, gbde encrypted for the -c case. The -image file is named as the jail root suffixed with +and create a file based jail image, gbde or geli encrypted for the -c +case. The image file is named as the jail root suffixed with .I .img -, a lock file required for gbde devices is named as the jail root -suffixed with -.I .lock . The -x (jail exists) option indicates, that an ezjail already exists @@ -80,8 +80,57 @@ up on next reboot. If the -w (wipe) option is given, the directory pointed to by the jail root entry is removed as well as the soft link in ezjails root dir. .SH ezjail-admin list -lists all jails inside ezjails scope, together with some information on -them. +lists all jails inside ezjails scope. They are sorted by the order they +start up, as defined by rcorder. The list format is straight forward. + +A status flag consisting of 2 or 3 letters, the first meaning +.B (D)irectory +based, +.B (I)mage +based, +.B (B)de +crypto image based, +.B (E)li +crypto image based. The second one meaning +.B (R)unning +, +.B (A)ttached +but not running, +.B (S)topped +. An optional +.B (N)orun +stands for disabled jails (see +.I ezjail-admin config +). + +Rest of the row is follow by jails jid (if available), its IP, hostname +and root directory. +.SH ezjail-admin install +fetches everything needed to setup a base jail from an FTP server and +installs it. + +Default location for ezjails base jail is +.I /usr/jails +, so be sure you have enough space there (a FreeBSD base without man +pages, sources and ports is around 120MB). + +The -m and -s option will fetch and install man pages (ca. 10MB) and +sources packages (ca. 450MB) respectively. The -p option invokes the +portsnap utility to fetch and extract a FreeBSD ports tree (ca. 475MB). + +Default OS version is, whatever uname -r returns. If this does not match +"*-RELEASE", you will be prompted for a better guess. (Normally +ftp-servers do not provide release candidates or CURRENT builds). You can +use the -r option to specify a releas from command line. + +Default host to fetch packages from is ftp.freebsd.org, you may want to +change this via the -h option. If the specified location begins with +file://, your local copy of the release is used. That way you can do some +modifications to install.sh scripts before executing them. + +You can later update your world from CVS by +.U ezjail-admin update +or rerun this subcommand with another OS version. .SH ezjail-admin update creates or update ezjails basejail. Depending on the parameters given it will install a FreeBSD system from a source tree whose location @@ -91,10 +140,10 @@ config file or via the -s option. If the -p or -P options are given, the base jail also is given a copy of FreeBSDs ports tree, which is in turn linked into all newly created -ezjails. +ezjails. The portsnap utility is invoked to do the actual work. If the -P option is given, -.B only the ports tree will be checked out/updated, +.B only the ports tree will be updated, this can be done, while jails are running. If the -i (install only) option is given, -- cgit v1.2.3