Plugins and Jails - General Question

[Steve Holt]

Hello, I'm thinking of buying FreeNas Mini, one of the great things about FreeNas is trying it out first. The plugins are a real attraction to me. However, I see they're installed in jails, and I think i get that. However does that mean data produced by in a plugin has no way out except through the plugin itself? For instance sickbeard triggers an nzb download. Can sickbeard see nzbd downloads rename them and the put them in a public dataset outside the jail? My little experiments seem fraught with all kinds or permission problems. I'm looking for my limitations before i spend an entire day working on something that is impossible.
Maybe there is a different way I need to look at it?
Thanks.

 

[SweetAndLow]

Yes all data can be shared across jail. To do this just mount the same data set in all the jails. Permissions could get difficult but it can work.

 

[Steve Holt]

Sweet, thanks for the update. Do you have a resource that you can point me to that talks about mounting outside FSs from from within jails?

 

[SweetAndLow]

Its configurable using the GUI under the jails section. That's how everyone does it. Super easy just define your paths outside the jail and inside the jail.

 

[Steve Holt]

Sweet thanks for the info, took a little work, but everything i needed was in the gui like you said. Pretty slick. Thanks for the help, much appreciated.