The install directory contains some stuff to get a FreeBSD running in no
time, with a ZFS root file system! Get an image of
mfsBSD, boot it, connect to it (ssh is
running by default!) with root:mfsroot as credentials.
You will probably want to set some parameters concerning the installation, such
as the network-related parameters. Just edit the parameters.sh script:
$ vi parameters.sh
When you're satisfied, copy the parameters script and install.sh, and launch
the installation:
$ scp install.sh parameters.sh root@ip:
$ ssh root@ip # mfsbsd connects with dhcp, root password: mfsroot
# sh install.sh
You will be prompted for a root password at the end of the procedure, and you can then reboot.
Note: from here, when asked whether you want to bootstrap pkgng, answer 'y'. There doesn't seem to have a way to avoid pkgng to ask this question.
You now have a complete FreeBSD installation. You can use it as-is, or continue this guide to get an awesome service management infrastructure.
Get the postinst.sh script (as well as your modified version of the
parameters.sh script) and launch it. It will fetch the necessary scripts and
do the post-installation steps needed to get awesom's service management
infrastructure running.
$ scp postinst.sh parameters.sh root@ip:
$ ssh root@ip # root password is the password you gave during installation
# sh postinst.sh
Once everything is installed, you can use the service-create.sh script to
deploy new services.
# service-create.sh paste-py.sh
Look in the services directory for example services. The creation of a service
uses variables defined in this service file, and calls setup() from within the
jail. To launch a service, use supervisord, which will call the service's
start() function:
# supervisorctl start paste
Internally, the service-jail-action script is used to call functions from the service file, as follows:
# jexec -U paste test service-jail-action.sh /home/paste/services/paste-py.sh start
It can notably be used to call update() to update the service.
This has been tested and works on the following versions of FreeBSD:
- 9.2-RELEASE, 10.0-RELEASE
- amd64 and i386
- both normal and standard edition of mfsBSD
Ensure your machine have enough RAM : ZFS required at least 512MB.
See the list of issues.