NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

SUBCOMMANDS

-c

Create a jail. See CAVEATS for restrictions on the names of jails.

-d

Delete a jail.

If the stdin is a TTY then the command is going to ask for confirmation, which defaults to “N” (for no). Othwerwise, the specified jail is deleted without confirmation.

-i

Show information about a jail. See also poudriere-status(8).

-k

Kill a jail (stop it).

-l

List all poudriere jails.

-r name

Rename a jail to name.

-s

Start a jail.

-u

Update a jail.

OPTIONS

-a architecture

Specify the architecture to use in the jail (for example amd64). The default is the architecture of the host.

-b

Build the source provided with the -m src=path option.

-C data

Clean poudriere data folders when deleting a jail. Only used for -d option.

The data parameter can be one of the following: all, cache, logs, packages, or wkrdirs.

-D

Clone the Git repository with the full history when creating the jail from a Git checkout. The default behavior is to check out only the most recent commit (as if --depth=1 was specified to the Git command).

-f filesystem

Specify the filesystem name (${ZPOOL}/jails/filesystem).

-J maxjobs

Run maxjobs of make(1) jobs in parallel for buildworld. Defaults to the number of CPUs reported by: “sysctl hw.ncpu”.

-j name

Specify the name of the jail.

-K kernelname

Install the jail with the specified kernel name. If the kernelname is an empty string then GENERIC will be used. If installing from FTP then the default kernel is installed and the value of kernelname is ignored.

-M mountpoint

Use an alternative mountpoint when creating the jail.

-m method

Specify which method to use to create the jail. The default is http.

Pre-built distribution options:

allbsd

Fetch from http://www.allbsd.org.

ftp

Fetch from the host specified in the FREEBSD_HOST variable in poudriere.conf.

ftp-archive

Fetch from http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org.

http

See ftp.

freebsdci

Fetch from https://artifact.ci.freebsd.org.

null

This option can be used to import an existing directory that already contains an installed system. The path must be specified with -M path. It is expected that this directory be installed to with the following:

# cd /usr/src

#
 make installworld DESTDIR=
PATH
 DB_FROM_SRC=1

# make distrib-dirs DESTDIR=
PATH
 DB_FROM_SRC=1

# make distribution DESTDIR=
PATH
 DB_FROM_SRC=1

        

It will not be copied at the time of running “poudriere jail”. Deleting the jail will attempt to revert any files changed by poudriere.

src=path

Install from the given directory at path. This directory will not be built from. It is expected that it is already built and maps to a corresponding /usr/obj directory.

tar=path

Install from the tarball located at the given path.

Note that if you plan to build any port containing kernel modules then the specified tarball has to contain the /usr/src files as well.

url=url

Fetch distribution tarballs (like base.txz) from the given url. Any URL supported by fetch(1) can be used. For example: “url=file:///mirror/10.0”.

Build from source options:

git[+protocol]

Use Git to download the sources.

Sources will be cloned shallowly unless -D is specified.

Output will mostly be hidden unless poudriere -v jail is used.

Use the -v branch parameter to set the branch name when creating a jail.

Use the -t branch parameter to switch the branch when updating a jail.

The Git server address is derived from the GIT_BASEURL variable in poudriere.conf. -U url may be used to override that value.

The following protocols are supported: git (default), +http, +https, +file, +ssh.

src=path

Copy the source tree from path into the jail, and build it. This option is meant to be used with the -b flag.

svn[+protocol]

Use SVN to download the sources.

Output will mostly be hidden unless poudriere -v jail is used.

Use the -v branch parameter to set the branch name.

Use the -t branch parameter to switch the branch when updating a jail.

The SVN host address is derived from the SVN_HOST variable in poudriere.conf. -U url may be used to override that value.

The following protocols are supported: svn (default), +http, +https, +file, +ssh.

-n

When combined with -l, only display jail name.

-P patch

Apply the specified patch to the source tree before building the jail.

-p portstree

Specify the ports tree to start/stop the jail with.

-q

Remove the header when -l is the specified mandatory option. Otherwise, it has no effect.

-S srcpath

Use the specified srcpath as the FreeBSD source tree mounted inside the jail or from the host for -m null.

-t version

Upgrade the jail to the specified version instead of upgrading to the latest security fix.

-U url

Specifies which url to checkout from when using the git or svn methods.

-v version

Specify the version of FreeBSD to use in the jail. If you are using -m ftp then the version should in the form of “12.0-RELEASE”. If you are using -m git, or -m svn, then the version should be in the form of Git or SVN branches, which is usually in the form of “stable/9” or “main” for CURRENT from git. Other methods only use the version value for display.

-x

Build the native-xtools target using the host's /usr/src tree and copy this into the jail. The use of /usr/src is due to a bug in the native-xtools build which does not allow it to be built from the jail's own source. Used exclusively for cross building a ports set, typically via the qemu-user tools.

-z set

This specifies which set to start/stop the jail with.

ENVIRONMENT

FETCH_BIND_ADDRESS

The bind address used by fetch(1). See fetch(3) for more details.

FTP_⟨*⟩

The proxy configuration for fetch(1). See fetch(3) for other supported proxy environment variables.

ftp_⟨*⟩

See FTP_⟨*⟩.

FTP_PROXY

See FTP_⟨*⟩.

HTTP_⟨*⟩

See FTP_⟨*⟩.

http_⟨*⟩

See FTP_⟨*⟩.

HTTP_PROXY

See FTP_⟨*⟩.

NO_PROXY

See FTP_⟨*⟩.

no_proxy

See FTP_⟨*⟩.

SSL_⟨*⟩

See FTP_⟨*⟩.

MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX

Related to the -x flag. See build(7) and the implementation of the jail subcommand for more details.

EXAMPLES

Example 1: Creating New Jail

The following example creates a new amd64 jail called “120amd64”, that is based on FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE.

#
 poudriere jail -c -j 120amd64 -v 12.0-RELEASE -a amd64

    

Example 2: Checking If a Jail Already Exists

The following command returns success if a poudriere jail called “112i386” already exists.

#
 poudriere jail -l -n -q
 | grep --quiet '^112i386$'

    

SEE ALSO

AUTHORS

CAVEATS

This is an arbitrary string that identifies a jail (except it
may not contain a '.').