jailctl 0.80

jailctl is a FreeBSD /bin/sh script to ease the creating and maintenance of jails.
jailctl was originally written to overcome some of the apparent shortcomings of FreeBSD 4.x-series; the complete lack of utilities to create and manage jails.
This situation has changed somewhat with FreeBSD 5.x, but instead of giving up on jailctl I have decided to upgrade it to support this new platform as well - and to reap the benefits of the new tools available in 5.x.
Although there are a few other packages out there that help doing this, I wasnt really happy with any of them and - thinking I could do better - decided to write a jail management script myself.
Whether or not I have succeeded in creating something useful for anyone other than myself is yet to be determined.
Main features:
- Start and stop jails
- Create jails (with installworld and subsequent cleaning up)
- Upgrade jails (with installworld and mergemaster)
- Deleting jails
- Backing up jails
- Restoring jails
- Show jail status and process list per jail
Installation:
Consult the INSTALL file for installation instructions. If you dont use the port (sysutils/jailctl) to install, make sure you consult the jailctl(1) man page, after copying the jailctl.1.gz file to /usr/local/man/man1 if necessary (as described in INSTALL).
Enhancements:
- This release adds the ability to specify custom paths for jails.
- The default configuration files have been slightly adjusted for jails.
- The jailctl man page has been updated, and a jails.conf man page added.