Mat, You’d be (more or less) limited to a KVM zone if all you have is an ISO of an appliance. In a nutshell an LX zone is a native zone („Solaris“) using a Linux compatibility layer. It is not a full Linux OS, does not run its own kernel…
Theoretically you could build an LX zone that mimics the setup of that Sophos appliance. 1) Determine what distribution (and specific version) the Sophos appliance is based on. Then start out with an LX dataset of the same distribution (on SmartOS). 2) „Diff“ the filesystems and replicate all changes (install packages, edit config files,…) on that LX zone/machine. I looked at this a while ago for an AV appliance but found that it is too cumbersome and completely unsupported anyway. Fortunately our AV vendor also offered an RPM install in addition to the appliance ISO. So I spun up an Ubuntu LX zone using the Joyent provided dataset and installed those RPMs per the directions or the AV software supplier… Let me know if this makes it clearer. Peter > Am 16.01.2017 um 17:57 schrieb Mat Schreiber via smartos-discuss > <[email protected]>: > > > > Hi, > > sorry if my question is answered somewhere in the Joyent Wikis, but I found > nothing clearly explaining it: > > I want to install the Sophos Firewall UTM in an LX Zone (as I assume LX > Zones to be ways faster than KVM Zones). > So far so good. But I do not know how to create a VM now, as I don't have an > empty Image in imgadm. > I just have instructions from Oracle wiht LX Zones and installation from CD: > Installing and Booting lx Branded Zones (System Administration Guide: Oracle > Solaris Containers-Resource Management and Oracle Solaris Zones) > <https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19044-01/sol.containers/817-1592/gdbhu/index.html> > > But I am not sure if it would be possible afterwards getting this thing again > under control of vmadm... > > Or is it like that, that I should take an image (which one wouldn't matter) > and when set up I do an unconfigure to that Zone and install it again from CD > as described in the Oracle Instruction... > What to do best? > > Sorry and thanks, > Mat > > > > > smartos-discuss | Archives > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25252853-72390e47> | > Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com/> ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
