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Föderation · Do 27.03.2025 18:06:02

FreeBSD jails: I am just now starting on them, do I use base jail tools, or are there ports that are great for managing jails? Reading documentation now, but wanted to get some good opinions.

Föderation · Do 27.03.2025 19:15:46

I recommend using the base tools until you're comfortable with the concepts, then I recommend iocage

Föderation · Do 27.03.2025 21:25:28

I never used bastille because it didn't work very well with zfs. I've heard things have got better. I also don't like their weird obsession with calling jails 'containers', but that's not a meaningful technical matter.

CC: @thedaemon@hj.9fs.net

Föderation EN Do 27.03.2025 21:30:35

@khm I thought sysutils/iocage{-devel} wasn't up to speed yet¹, due to some features not being ported and other known issues
@thedaemon

¹ After the project was archived back on Apr 4, 2024, and picked up at github.com/freebsd/iocage/

Föderation · Do 27.03.2025 22:22:33

I'm running it and I haven't hit any problems that old iocage didn't have.

CC: @thedaemon@hj.9fs.net

Föderation EN Do 27.03.2025 20:15:45

@thedaemon I got burned by adopting iocage, and then it was abandoned. I'll go without a helper app next time I want to deploy jails.

Föderation · Do 27.03.2025 21:30:26

iocage is maintained, just not by ixSystems any more: https://github.com/freebsd/iocage

CC: @thedaemon@hj.9fs.net