Create an OpenSolaris Zone to Run Subversion
I’ve taken to start using subversion as a repository/version control for my Audio and Video project files. This is how I set it up, using OpenSolaris zones and zfs. There may be better more efficient ways to set it up but this is what worked for me.
We already have OpenSolaris (snv_126) running, and we’ve already created a ZFS filesystem for zones.
sean@neptune2:~# zfs list | grep zones
rpool/zones 927M 4.87G 22K /zones
rpool/zones/neptune_zone1 476M 4.87G 22K /zones/neptune_zone1
Create a new zone
sean@neptune2:~# zonecfg -z svnzone1
svnzone1: No such zone configured
Use ‘create’ to begin configuring a new zone.
zonecfg:svnzone1> create
zonecfg:svnzone1> set zonepath=/zones/svnzone1
zonecfg:svnzone1> add net
zonecfg:svnzone1:net> set address=10.0.1.206
zonecfg:svnzone1:net> set physical=e1000g0
zonecfg:svnzone1:net> end
zonecfg:svnzone1> verify
zonecfg:svnzone1> commit
zonecfg:svnzone1> exit
sean@neptune2:~# zoneadm list -cv
ID NAME STATUS PATH BRAND IP
0 global running / native shared
4 zone1 running /zones/zone1 ipkg shared
– svnzone1 configured /zones/svnzone1 ipkg shared
Next, install the zone
sean@neptune2:~# zoneadm -z svnzone1 install
A ZFS file system has been created for this zone.
Publisher: Using dev (http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev/).
Image: Preparing at /zones/svnzone1/root.
Cache: Using /var/pkg/download.
Sanity Check: Looking for ‘entire’ incorporation.
Installing: Core System (output follows)
No updates necessary for this image.
Installing: Additional Packages (output follows)
DOWNLOAD PKGS FILES XFER (MB)
Completed 35/35 3249/3249 19.5/19.5
PHASE ACTIONS
Install Phase 4284/4284
Boot the zone and login
sean@neptune2:~# zoneadm -z svnzone1 boot
zone ’svnzone1′: WARNING: e1000g0:2: no matching subnet found in netmasks(4): 10.0.1.206; using default of 255.0.0.0.
sean@neptune2:~# zlogin -C svnzone1
Follow the install screens for zone name configuration, etc.
In the global zone, create a filesystem for your user account in the new zone
zfs create rpool/export/home/sean_svnzone1
Give the zone access to the global zone’s /export/home directory so you can create home directories
# zonecfg -z svnzone1
zonecfg:svnzone1> add fs
zonecfg:svnzone1:fs> set dir=/export/home
zonecfg:svnzone1:fs> set special=/export/home
zonecfg:svnzone1:fs> set type=lofs
zonecfg:svnzone1:fs> set options=nodevices
zonecfg:svnzone1:fs> end
zonecfg:svnzone1> commit
zonecfg:svnzone1> exit
Add the following line to the zone’s /etc/auto_home file:
$HOST:/export/home/&
zlogin -C svnzone1
root@svnzone1:~# cat >> /etc/auto_home
Reboot the zone
Create a user for access to the svn repository
useradd sean
Create storage for subversion repositories. Create a zfs filesystem that we can add to the non-global zone so we can create additional filesystems within the zone
sean@neptune2:~# zfs create tank/svnzone1_ds
sean@neptune2:~# zonecfg -z svnzone1
zonecfg:svnzone1> add dataset
zonecfg:svnzone1:dataset> set name=tank/svnzone1_ds
zonecfg:svnzone1:dataset> end
zonecfg:svnzone1> verify
zonecfg:svnzone1> commit
zonecfg:svnzone1> exit
Reboot the zone
sean@neptune2:~# zoneadm -z svnzone1 reboot
Login to svnzone and create and filesystem for subversion.
root@svnzone1:/tank/svnzone1_ds# zfs create tank/svnzone1_ds/svn
root@svnzone1:/tank/svnzone1_ds# zfs list
NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT
rpool 11.2G 4.45G 83.5K /rpool
rpool/zones 1.33G 4.45G 25K /zones
rpool/zones/svnzone1 435M 4.45G 24K /zones/svnzone1
rpool/zones/svnzone1/ROOT 435M 4.45G 21K legacy
rpool/zones/svnzone1/ROOT/zbe 435M 4.45G 435M legacy
tank 4.02G 5.76G 24K /tank
tank/svnzone1_ds 42K 5.76G 21K /tank/svnzone1_ds
tank/svnzone1_ds/svn 21K 5.76G 21K /tank/svnzone1_ds/svn
Change Mountpoints to something a little more logical
root@svnzone1:~# zfs set mountpoint=/zfs tank/svnzone1_ds
root@svnzone1:~# zfs set mountpoint=/svn tank/svnzone1_ds/svn
Install Subversion
root@svnzone1:/# pkg install SUNWsvn
If your user account is having problems accessing its own home directory you may have to make the user the owner
chown -R sean sean_svnzone1
Now give the user (in this case, sean) permission to the /svn directory so the account can create repositories and add, check-in files, etc
root@svnzone1:~# chmod -R A+user:sean:list_directory/read_data/add_file/write_d
ata/add_subdirectory/append_data/write_xattr/execute/write_attributes/write_acl
/write_owner:allow /svn
Now the user can create repositories in subversion
sean@svnzone1:~$ svnadmin create /svn/repo1
sean@svnzone1:~$ svnadmin create /svn/repo1/project1
Then with your subversion client, you can import projects into the repository
tardis:GarageBand sean$ ls
MIDI Out.band My Song.band project
tardis:GarageBand sean$ svn import project svn+ssh://sean@10.0.1.206/svn/repo1/project1/
tardis:GarageBand sean$ svn list svn+ssh://sean@10.0.1.206/svn/repo1/project1
garageband.band/
tardis:GarageBand sean$
