There's one last thing I need to get my head around with respect to using FreeBSD jails as a replacement for docker/podman.

I generally configure containers as totally ephemeral. Any data or individual files that a container uses, and that I care to keep, resides outside the container. It is linked inside via volumes defined in the run shell script or compose file. In some cases even dumb things like root's .bashrc gets linked in so that nuking a container doesn't lose the shell history the next time something needs hand fettling (mediawiki, maintenance scripts, composer, bootstrap, and friends - yes, needs more automation).

Any time a container gets restarted, step one may be to delete the container (and associated volumes it creates), re-pull latest and instantiate fresh. This is pretty typical for Jellyfin for example.

Also, working this way means that the entire backup process can exist outside the container volumes and nothing redundant in /var/lib/docker needs to get backed up.

Anyway, I need to figure out how to achieve something similar under FreeBSD jails. I'm assuming there is something in ZFS that provides a similar type of functionality during jail startup but haven't dug into it yet.

Then there's the 'correct' and easy way on how to upgrade the software inside a jail (os components and services the container runs) that needs experimentation on my side. Some scripting to do.

Jails seem much more elegant but there is lot of old cruft and 'finger memory' to work around. Ha. A lot of stuff is pre-wired and ready to go for regular usage in Linux containers in comparison, I think.

The journey continues.

#FreeBSD #jails #docker #podman #RunBSD

@neil Btw, if you are really thinking about getting an electric car, check out Jonny Smith's channel on Youtube (The Late Brake Show). He has done a lot of sensible reviews of electric cars over the years and is UK based.

@neil There's the rub...

I've been a "car phreak" since I was old enough to walk. I own like a dozen cars... half of them are even on the road and drivable.

I used to like all cars. Nowadays, I have zero interest in pretty much anything post ~2010 due to the complexity of trying to maintain it and more and more due to the invasive software and policies in cars newer than around that age.

Some makes and models are better than others. Would I buy a new BMW? LOL, are you serious? Would I buy a new MX-5... Maybe.

On the electric car front it seems like Hyundai/Kia have the best "normal" electric options in my market (Canada). Would I buy one... maybe... if I had to... I'm more inclined to find a good value used car regardless of propulsion I think.

I'd really like something electric as a new (to me) car when the time comes. Not sure I can do it given the software.

If I lived in the UK I'd probably be all over the Renault 5 / Alpine A290 twins as a daily struggle car. In my market we are stuck with the punitive auto industry BS from the south. It may change but ... we'll see. I have no idea what those cars are like from software or policy though. Maybe I'd walk out of the showroom.