Index: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/jails/chapter.xml =================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/jails/chapter.xml +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/jails/chapter.xml @@ -201,6 +201,27 @@ prebuilt binaries (such as those supplied on an install media) or build from source. + + Installing a Jail + + + To install a Jail from the Internet + + The &man.bsdinstall.8; tool can be used to fetch and + install the binaries needed for a jail. This will walk through + the picking of a mirror, which distributions will be installed + into the destination directory, and some basic configuration + of the jail: + + &prompt.root; bsdinstall jail /here/is/the/jail + + Once the command is complete, the next step is configuring + the host to run the jail. + + + + To install a Jail from an ISO + To install the userland from installation media, first create the root directory for the jail. This can be done by setting the DESTDIR variable to the proper @@ -217,14 +238,6 @@ &prompt.root; mount -t cd9660 /dev/`mdconfig -f cdimage.iso` /mnt &prompt.root; cd /mnt/usr/freebsd-dist/ - Alternatively, download the tarballs from a mirror: - - &prompt.root; sh -&prompt.root; export DESTRELEASE=12.0-RELEASE -&prompt.root; export DESTARCH=`uname -m` -&prompt.root; export SOURCEURL=http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/$DESTARCH/$DESTRELEASE/ -&prompt.root; for set in base ports; do fetch $SOURCEURL/$set.txz ; done - Extract the binaries from the tarballs on the install media into the declared destination. Minimally, only the base set needs to be extracted, but a complete install can be performed @@ -237,7 +250,11 @@ To install everything except the kernel: &prompt.root; for set in base ports; do tar -xf $set.txz -C $DESTDIR ; done + + + To build and install a Jail from source + The &man.jail.8; manual page explains the procedure for building a jail: @@ -301,7 +318,12 @@ &man.devfs.8; and &man.devfs.conf.5; manual pages. + + + + Configuring the Host + Once a jail is installed, it can be started by using the &man.jail.8; utility. The &man.jail.8; utility takes four mandatory arguments which are described in the More information about this can be found in the &man.jail.8; manual page. +