My guess is that your zones lack /var/ruby.* Did you install ruby+friends in the global zone using packages, from a tar file, or from source compilation? A package install from the global zone should install the package contents into all zones, properly handling /usr verses /var.
If your means of installation insists on writing to /usr/ruby, they you could create a writeable /usr/ruby filesystem (using zonecfg add fs) so that you can install ruby into every zone. Adding a lofs filesystem, that maps to a directory in the global zone, is straightfoward. -Steve L. On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 08:10:24PM +0100, Matt Harrison wrote: > Hello, > > I've got an opensolaris box running several websites from mongrel > clusters, and I'd like to have each site's cluster running in an > isolated zone. > > I've been through the administrative guides and FAQs pertaining to zones > and managed to get a zone created and running without problems. > > The problem I'm having is that although the zone is sharing /usr and > /var, the zone cannot use any of the ruby gems that I have installed. > > For example I've installed mongrel, rails, capistrano and all > dependencies into the global zone and they work perfectly. > > Unfortunately when I try to use these gems from within the non-global > zone I get "gem not found errors" like so: > > $ mongrel_rails cluster::start > /usr/ruby/1.8/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:304:in > `report_activate_error': Could not find RubyGem mongrel (> 0) > (Gem::LoadError) > [....] > > Of course I can't re-install the gems from the zone as /usr and /var are > not writable from there. > > Does anyone have any experience with running ruby gems from zones and > might be able to give me some guidance with this? > > > Many Thanks > > Matt > _______________________________________________ > zones-discuss mailing list > zones-discuss@opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
