jail help - perl, etc...

[aufalien]

Hi all,

I'm kinda confused about jails in terms of how it applies to say installing perl or other warez that i would normally install via pkg_add -r etc...

I created a jail and its supporting data set as I wanted this on my ZFS volume.

So how do I use it, simply drop into a cli? The concept of virtual applications is very new to me.

Any guidance in appreciated.

In terms of what I am trying to do, its to install parallel which requires perl.

I would rather not install in the FreeNAS OS as that breaks how its designed, not to mention fills up root :)

 

[aufalien]

Aight, I is such a barney. Referring to the wonderful manual page 222, I simply issue jexec JAILID from the Shell menu. This virtialized application sandbox function is very cool.

One key question though;

Is it possible to apply crons via the GUI for the jail or is this completely isolated?

I assume I can NFS mount my local storage to run various tasks, or is there a better way to access my local ZFS volumes?

 

[Dusan]

Is it possible to apply crons via the GUI for the jail or is this completely isolated?

Every jail has it's own cron (you need to edit /etc/crontab inside the jail), but it is possible to also use the FreeNAS cron (hint: jexec ;) )

I assume I can NFS mount my local storage to run various tasks, or is there a better way to access my local ZFS volumes?

Yes, there is a better way: http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Adding_Jails#Adding_Storage

 

[aufalien]

You rock, many many thanks. Lovin it.