bastille VS home

> FreeBSD jails don't have a one-command way to install a preconfigured jail for a specific service

FreeBSD does have that tool, its BastilleBSD: https://bastillebsd.org/

For example, this is the Bastillefile for running consul: https://gitlab.com/bastillebsd-templates/consul/-/blob/maste...

A couple of tools which are both working on jail management & packaging

- bastille https://bastillebsd.org

https://github.com/BastilleBSD/bastille

Bastille also has a sister project 'rocinante' which allows you to use Bastille templates on

Not exactly what you’re looking for, but https://bastillebsd.org is maybe a step towards it?

Obviously, not as popular - but having used both - I much prefer jails myself. It seems that they can run on opnsense too: https://eerielinux.wordpress.com/2017/07/15/building-a-bsd-home-router-pt-8-zfs-and-jails/ - though instead of iocage referenced here - I'd suggest using: https://bastillebsd.org/

Want to get deeper into Jails using Bastille enhancement? You can follow this latest Udemy learning platform course: FreeBSD 13.x — Mastering JAILS. You are welcome to take this adventure.

Take a look at Bastille, it’s a nice way to package/deploy jails somewhat like docker and I’m migrating my older iocage jails to this setup

poudriere image produces ZFS files that you can import as "jail environments" using a tool called jectl (or my sh version). You can specify a directory with overlay files that get baked into the image. You don't need to use a jectl tool either, they're just tools to take the benefits of bectl & boot environments, and apply them to jails.

Instead, I updated the port definition to point to the specific repo and commit I want. With poudriere overlay, I get my definition instead of the one in ports tree. All other ports get built using the main ports tree definition.