pkg setup

[PeterFig]

I bought a FreeNAS Mini box through Amazon. It seems pkg is set up like this:

Code:

Repositories:
  local: {
    url             : "file:///usr/ports/packages",
    enabled         : yes,
    priority        : 0
  }

because of this:

Code:

[peter@freenas /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos]$ ls
FreeBSD.conf           local.conf             pcbsd-major.conf
[peter@freenas /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos]$ cat local.conf
local: {
    url: "file:///usr/ports/packages",
    enabled: yes
}
[peter@freenas /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos]$ cat FreeBSD.conf
FreeBSD: {
    enabled: no
}
[peter@freenas /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos]$ cat pcbsd-major.conf
pcbsd-major: {
    url: "http://pkg.cdn.pcbsd.org/10.0-RELEASE/amd64"
    signature_type: "fingerprints",
    enabled: false
}

Is there some reason (and does it matter) why this was configured this way?

Assuming I just need to add a suitable .conf file to this directory to update and install new packages, what should that .conf file look like?

 

[danb35]

You should not be using pkg on the base installation. If you want to install any additional software, that should be done in a jail.

 

[pirateghost]

FreeNAS is an appliance. You should not attempt to add packages to the base OS.

 

[Jailer]

Yeah, what they said. Install additional software in a jail or use the Virtualbox template and install in a VM.

 

[PeterFig]

OK, makes sense! And is it OK to use Docker in that jail?

 

[danb35]

You can do just about anything in a jail that you can do on a FreeBSD 10 system.

 

[pirateghost]

OK, makes sense! And is it OK to use Docker in that jail?

AFAIK there is no docker support in freebsd jails on FreeNAS. Hence the reason everyone is anxious for FreeNAS 10 to be released

 

[Jailer]

If you want to play around with Docker on 9.10 you'll have to install your favorite flavor of Linux in Virtualbox.

 

[PeterFig]

All right, thanks for the scoop!