Docker CE on Debian minimal in a UEFI bhyve VM with NFS

[NetSoerfer]

NetSoerfer submitted a new resource:

Docker CE on Debian minimal in a UEFI bhyve VM with NFS - How to get Docker running on FreeNAS - without Rancher, Kubernetes, Compose, ...

My requirements for Docker are fairly simple: I needed a way to run services that have not been ported to FreeBSD, but are available as Docker images. While almost all Linux software that's open source is ported to FreeBSD too, closed-source software cannot be easily ported, but is often available for Docker (like ecoDMS, UniFi Video, ...). So any solution involving Rancher, Docker-Compose, Kubernetes or any such container orchestration is way overkill for me.

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[NetSoerfer]

Reserved.

 

[NetSoerfer]

NetSoerfer updated Docker CE on Debian minimal in a UEFI bhyve VM with NFS with a new update entry:

Better workaround for stuck in UEFI Interactive Shell issue

Changed the link in section 3: [HOWTO] How-to Boot Linux VMs using UEFI to link to post #97, providing an easier fix for the issue. Please note that as the Original Post explains, this still needs to be repeated if the grubx64.efi file changes due to a grub or debian...

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[KrisBee]

If you are using a debian netinstall iso you can select "Advanced options >" to run the installer in expert mode which will give you the option to "Force grub-efi installation to the removable media path" at the grub install step. Doing this will avoid problmes with UEFI boot post install.

 

[NetSoerfer]

Awesome, thanks! I'll add this to the guide, that's a lot better than doing it manually. Will this also keep working after updating grub or debian (which, using the workaround, would break things again)?

 

[KrisBee]

Awesome, thanks! I'll add this to the guide, that's a lot better than doing it manually. Will this also keep working after updating grub or debian (which, using the workaround, would break things again)?

Yes.

 

[NetSoerfer]

NetSoerfer updated Docker CE on Debian minimal in a UEFI bhyve VM with NFS with a new update entry:

Added better information about the 'boot to EFI interactive shell' issue.

Added a proper explanation why the VM get stuck in EFI interactive shell instead of properly booting Linux.

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