WHOLE-ROOT(7) Standards, Environments, and Macros WHOLE-ROOT(7)

NAME

whole-root zone variant

DESCRIPTION

The whole-root zone brand in Tribblix is similar to, but not
identical to, the whole-root zones in Solaris 10.

By default, the newly created zone will have a complete copy of the
software installed in the global zone. Unlike Solaris 10, you can
easily create a zone with a subset of the global zone's software
packages, and can easily add additional software at zone creation
time.

The recommended way to create zones in Tribblix is to use the create-
zone subcommand of the zap(1) utility.

For a whole-root zone, specify -t whole as follows.

zap create-zone -t whole ...


To limit the new zone to only containing a subset of the global
zone's installed package overlays, use the -o flag, for example.

zap create-zone ... -o develop ...


To add an additional package overlay to the new zone, use the -O
flag, for example.

zap create-zone ... -O develop-extras ...


To copy an individual package from the global zone to the new zone,
use the -p flag with a package name or alias. This is only valid in
conjunction with -o, as otherwise the whole global zone is copied
anyway. For example.

zap create-zone ... -p tcsh ...


To add an additional package to the new zone, use the -P flag, for
example.

zap create-zone ... -P tcsh ...

SEE ALSO

zap(1), brands(7), overlays(7), sparse-root(7), zones(7)

Tribblix December 21, 2025 WHOLE-ROOT(7)