[OpenIndiana-discuss] Installing zones from templates

[Peter Tribble]

On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 9:50 PM, Roel_D <openindiana at out-side.nl> wrote:

> Does that work?


Does what work?


> During install user root isn't configured, or is it? How can packages be
> installed without root in the house?
>

In order to install, you must boot a system. That system must have root.
To install a zone, you're already root in the global zone.


> Kind regards,
>
> The out-side
>
> Op 16 jun. 2013 om 21:54 heeft Peter Tribble <peter.tribble at gmail.com>
> het volgende geschreven:
>
> > On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Stefan Müller-Wilken <
> > stefan.mueller-wilken at acando.de> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Peter,
> >>
> >>> I'm currently trying to better automate zone creation. What I'm
> actually
> >>>> missing is a way to define the packages to be loaded while doing the
> >>>> "zoneadm install" step.
> >>>
> >>> Can't you specify the extra packages you want with the -e flag
> >>> to install:
> >>>
> >>> zoneadm -z zone_name install -e extra_pkg
> >>
> >> Hmmm... that might be an option but doesn't sound too elegant with
> dozends
> >> of packages.
> >
> > So, find or create a package that depends on the packages you need and
> > just add that.
> >
> >
> >> What about branded zones? There is an /etc/brand/ipkg/pkgrm.conf that is
> >> used to remove unwanted packages after zone installation. Shouldn't
> there
> >> be a complementary pkg.conf to define the required ones?
> >>
> >> Or are there other means to define zone brands?
> >
> > A brand is just a directory in /usr/lib/brand. It would be a bit
> > clumsy, but you could just clone the ipkg brand and modify
> > pkgcreatezone (originally in /usr/lib/brand/ipkg) to define the
> > package list. Or extend it so it took an argument to supply the
> > list of packages. (If you fiddle with arguments you need to
> > update installopts in config.xml as well.)
> >
> > If you're looking for elegance, then all pkgcreatezone does is
> > have a very long list. If you're scripted, then I wouldn't see much
> > of a problem with dozens of packages.
> >
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