FreeBSD 9.1-Rel: Jail-rc startup of vnet jails with new configuration syntax

[Michael Gmelin]

On Thu, 7 Nov 2013 13:44:32 +0100
Michael Gmelin <freebsd at grem.de> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Thu, 07 Nov 2013 13:26:10 +0100
> Kristen Nielsen <krn at krn.dk> wrote:
> 
> > Hi freebsd-virtualization list
> > 
> > I am trying to figure out how to start configured jails within
> > FreeBSD 9.1Release at boot time.
> > I am using new C-style jail configuration syntax in /etc/jail.conf.
> > all jail starts successfully when i do a jail -c from the
> > commandline.
> > 
> > I am trying to configure jails to start at boot time using the
> > features in the /etc/rc.conf file.
> > 
> > in /etc/rc.conf at base host i have
> > jail_enable="YES"
> > jail_list=" jail1 jail2 jail3 "
> > 
> > and no more jail related lines, evereything else is placed into the
> > jail configuration (C-style) file.
> > 
> > running "service jail start":
> > Configuring jails:.
> > Starting jails:/etc/rc.d/jail: ERROR: jail: No hostname has been
> > defined for jail1
> > 
> > Looking into the /etc/rc.d/jail script it seems it expects that the 
> > /etc/rc.conf contains old style jail configuration statement like
> > 
> > jail_<jname>_hostname="jail1"
> > etc.
> > 
> > I have looked at the patch at: 
> > http://wiki.polymorf.fr/index.php/Howto:FreeBSD_jail_vnet
> > but it also uses the old style (rc.config) jail configuration
> > format, but with extended number of parameters. The patch is dated
> > before the 9-1 release where the C-style jail configuration syntax
> > was taken into use.
> > 
> > is there a patch for /etc/rc.d/jail script that make it handles the
> > new style jail configuration file format (the C-style format). or am
> > I doing this the wrong way.
> > 
> > If you can point me into the right direction it will be very
> > helpfull.
> > 
> > Whishlist
> > It would be great with something like a /etc/jail.d/<jailname>
> > setup where each jail configuration file is contained in a separate
> > file, the format is the same as the /etc/jail.conf, the latter fil
> > just holds configurations for all jails. Both files with the C-style
> > syntax.
> 
> Have you considered using sysutils/ezjail (the de-facto standard for
> managing jails under FreeBSD right now) or a similar port
> (sysutils/jailrc, sysutils/qjail etc.)?
> 

I missed the vnet requirement in my first reply. There has been a vnet
patch for ezjail floating around a while ago, but I think it was never
adopted to ezjail. Sorry for the noise.

-- 
Michael Gmelin