Apologies accepted, you have a "Motorola StarTac" On Jan 16, 2017 3:08 PM, "Casey Bisson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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) >> <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/184463/27825507-82e246d1> | > 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
