Apologies to the group for my errant message. > On Jan 16, 2017, at 12:06 PM, Casey Bisson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Sent from my Motorola StarTac > >> On Jan 16, 2017, at 9:30 AM, Nahum Shalman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Peter beat me to the punch, but to put one detail a bit more succinctly: >> If the Sophos Firewall UTM depends on things like iptables functionality >> from the Linux kernel then it will not work with the LX brand at all. Sadly, >> I suspect very strongly that it does depend on iptables. >> >> -Nahum >> >> >>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 12:24 PM, Peter Kelm <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> 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) >>>> >>>> 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 | Modify Your Subscription
------------------------------------------- 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
