# iocage

I've been using the new python rewrite of the jail manager \[iocage],(<https://github.com/iocage/iocage>) for FreeBSD, and since it's still in rapid development there have been a lot of new changes and bug fixes. A [few of which](https://github.com/iocage/iocage/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93\&q=is%3Aissue%20author%3Ajohnramsden) have been my own. Since releases aren't put out with every update I decided it would be a good idea to run from [the master branch](https://github.com/iocage/iocage).

Since I didn't feel like polluting my system with user install python packages that weren't being managed by the package manager, I thought it would be a good idea to install them into a [virtual environment](https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html). It seems to have worked well so far.

### Install From git in a virtualenv

Create `/usr/local/opt/iocage`, install requirements and download source.

```shell
pkg update && pkg upgrade && pkg install python36 libgit2 git # Or git-lite
mkdir -p /usr/local/opt/iocage
git clone --recursive https://github.com/iocage/iocage
```

Enter source directory, create a venv for the install..

```shell
cd iocage
python3.6 -m venv venv
```

Enter the venv and install.

```shell
source venv/bin/activate
make install
deactivate
```

Symlink the script to `/usr/local/bin/`.

```shell
ln -s /usr/local/opt/iocage/iocage/venv/bin/iocage /usr/local/bin/iocage
```

And test:

```shell
iocage --version
```

```shell
Version 0.9.9.2 RC
```