52. cdist-type__jail(7)¶

Manage FreeBSD jails

Jake Guffey <jake.guffey--@--eprotex.com>

52.1. DESCRIPTION¶

This type is used on FreeBSD to manage jails.

52.2. REQUIRED PARAMETERS¶

state: Either “present” or “absent”, defaults to “present”.
jailbase: The location of the .tgz archive containing the base fs for your jails.

52.3. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS¶

name: The name of the jail. Default is to use the object_id as the jail name.
ip: The ifconfig style IP/netmask combination to use for the jail guest. If the state parameter is “present,” this parameter is required.
hostname: The FQDN to use for the jail guest. Defaults to the name parameter.
interface: The name of the physical interface on the jail server to bind the jail to. Defaults to the first interface found in the output of ifconfig -l.
devfs-ruleset: The name of the devfs ruleset to associate with the jail. Defaults to “jailrules.” This ruleset must be copied to the server via another type. To use this option, devfs-enable must be “true.”
jaildir: The location on the remote server to use for hosting jail filesystems. Defaults to /usr/jail.

52.4. BOOLEAN PARAMETERS¶

stopped: Do not start the jail
devfs-disable: Whether to disallow devfs mounting within the jail
onboot: Whether to add the jail to rc.conf’s jail_list variable.

52.5. CAVEATS¶

This type does not currently support modification of jail options. If, for example a jail needs to have its IP address or netmask changed, the jail must be removed then re-added with the correct IP address/netmask or the appropriate line (jail_<name>_ip=”...”) modified within rc.conf through some alternate means.

52.6. MESSAGES¶

start: The jail was started
stop: The jail was stopped
create:: The jail was created
delete: The jail was deleted
onboot: The jail was configured to start on boot

52.7. EXAMPLES¶

# Create a jail called www
__jail www --state present --ip "192.168.1.2" --jailbase /my/jail/base.tgz

# Remove the jail called www
__jail www --state absent --jailbase /my/jail/base.tgz

# The jail www should not be started
__jail www --state present --stopped \
   --ip "192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0" \
   --jailbase /my/jail/base.tgz

# Use the name variable explicitly
__jail thisjail --state present --name www \
   --ip "192.168.1.2" \
   --jailbase /my/jail/base.tgz

# Go nuts
__jail lotsofoptions --state present --name testjail \
   --ip "192.168.1.100 netmask 255.255.255.0" \
   --hostname "testjail.example.com" --interface "em0" \
   --onboot --jailbase /my/jail/base.tgz --jaildir /jails

52.8. SEE ALSO¶

cdist-type(7)