conf/142972: JAILv2: a more complete mgmt solution?

[Brandon Gooch]

On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 10:59 PM, Devin Teske <devin.teske at fisglobal.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 1, 2012, at 5:50 PM, Raphael Eiselstein wrote:
>
>> Hello there,
>>
>> I'm responding to conf/142972: [jail] [patch] Support JAILv2 and vnet in rc.d/jailconf/142972
>> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=142972.
>>
>> bz wrote:
>>> As was said multiple times before, it is very unlikely that
>>> the current rc script will be changed for the experimental
>>> feature and a more complete mgmt solution is being sought of
>>> for the final support.
>>
>> I understand, that /etc/rc.d/jail is currently far more than a "rc-script"
>> should be. But I like to use it with traditional jails, it works good
>> for me even with ifconfig and so on.
>>
>> I'm about planning our[1] "next generation" jailhosting platform based on
>> FreeBSD 9 and with vimage support, maybe hierachical jails. Multiple-IP,
>> v4+v6, ... I don't know yet what and how...
>>
>> My idea is something like that:
>>
>> * The host is booting several jails with epair-support.
>> * I don't exactly how to configure epair in existing /etc/rc.d/*
>> * Each Jails will do it's own (local) IP setup on startup using local
>>  /etc/rc.conf , so the host just needs to know about subnets... maybe.
>> * I'd like to have something which fits into /etc/rc.d/ and will be
>>  configured through /etc/rc.conf
>>
>> What is best practise here? Are there any standards or prototypes yet
>> or do I have to invent my own wheel here? I hope not!
>>
>> Hints and Howtos will be highly appreciated.
>
> I developed an rc.d script that you can download as a FreeBSD package and then "pkg_add".
>
> http://druid.bsd.sourceforge.net/download/vimage-1.4.tbz
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> http://druidbsd.sourceforge.net/vimage.html
> --
> Devin
>

Quick correction:

URL for downloading is actually:

http://druidbsd.sourceforge.net/download/vimage-1.4.tbz

Devin, your "utilities" (if I dare call them that) are turning out to
be incredibly useful -- thanks!

-Brandon