AppJail
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The facts
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Where it runs
- Application deployment
- Makejail files automate jail creation by generating an InitScript and a BuildScript.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Linux jails
- Linux distributions can run in jails for isolated applications unavailable in the FreeBSD ports collection, and this method requires debootstrap.checked 9 Oct 2026
What it does
- Audience
- The project says it aims to simplify jail workflows for system administrators and developers.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Experimental feature
- TinyJails are described as experimental stripped-down jails intended to be useful for distribution.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Installation
- AppJail can be installed from source, as the sysutils/appjail-devel port, or as the sysutils/appjail package.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The project says its goal is to simplify jail workflows for sysadmins and developers.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Jail features
- It supports thin and thick jails, jail dependencies, startup ordering, and parallel startup of healthcheckers, jails, and NAT.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Language
- AppJail is written in POSIX shell and C.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Monitoring
- Healthcheckers can monitor a jail, its services, or other targets the user specifies.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Networking
- Features include NAT, port forwarding, IPv4 and IPv6, virtual networks, bridges, VNET, DHCP, and SLAAC.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Notable limitation
- TinyJails are identified as experimental, and raw-image jail backups require ZFS.checked 9 Oct 2026
- OCI compatibility
- AppJail supports deploying OCI-compatible container images in environments such as FreeBSD jails.checked 9 Oct 2026
- OCI integration
- AppJail supports deploying OCI-compatible containers into FreeBSD jails; its OCI command requires buildah and jq.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- AppJail is an open-source BSD-3 licensed framework for creating isolated, portable environments using FreeBSD jails.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Secrets
- AppJail documents encrypted secrets on disk and unencrypted secrets in a non-swap-backed in-memory filesystem, mounted read-only for jails by the recommended option.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Secrets limit
- The default in-memory filesystem size for secrets is 32 MiB, and the documentation advises increasing it for larger needs or using disk encryption for larger blobs.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Storage and limits
- It supports UFS, ZFS, and RACCT/RCTL resource limits.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Storage and networking
- Documented capabilities include UFS and ZFS, NAT, port forwarding, IPv4 and IPv6, virtual networks, bridges, and VNET.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project repository links to a support page for users who need help with AppJail.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Unprivileged use
- The handbook recommends allowing unprivileged users to run AppJail through a configured privilege tool such as doas, sudo, or FreeBSD's mdo.checked 9 Oct 2026
- What it does
- AppJail is an open-source BSD-3 licensed framework for creating isolated, portable environments using FreeBSD jails.checked 9 Oct 2026
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