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    How can I set up and configure a zone under Solaris 10?

    ANSWER
    Zones are a feature new in Solaris 10, and provide a useful mechanism to create a
    Solaris environment for testing, and containment (Apache server, etc.). No
    additional hardware is required for a zone, just some disk space. The impact of a
    zone on machine performance is minimal. as all zones use the same kernel (not
    true any more - see the example for installing a Linux zone to run acroread here),
    so some additional memory for extra processes is all that's required.
    Resource allocation to a zone can be closely controlled, and this includes processor
    shares, resource pools and resource capping with rcapd.
    Since update 4 of Solaris 10 (August 2007) dedicated network interfaces can be
    assigned to a zone; prior to this they have to be shared with the global zone.
    Here is an example of zone creation, but for a fuller picture consider attending
    our Solaris 10 Administration Part 2 course
    Create a suitable directory, to hold the zone copy of the OS:# mkdir -p

    /Zones/Apache

    Now create the zone using zonecfg


    # zonecfg -z apache

    apache: No such zone configured


    Use 'create' to begin configuring a new zone
    zonecfg:apache> create
    zonecfg:apache> set zonepath=/Zones/Apache
    zonecfg:apache> add net
    zonecfg:apache:net> set address=192.168.200.117
    zonecfg:apache:net> set physical=hme0
    zonecfg:apache:net> end
    zonecfg:apache> set autoboot=true
    (The above information is sufficient to configure a basic zone, with most software
    shared from the global zone.
    Other options could have been used, for example to inherit parts of the Global
    zone's file system, mount directories (e.g. /software) from the Global zone, restrict
    the zone's resources (e.g. CPU, memory))
    zonecfg:apache> info
    zonepath: /Zones/Apache
    autoboot: true
    pool:
    inherit-pkg-dir:
    dir: /lib
    inherit-pkg-dir:
    dir: /platform
    inherit-pkg-dir:

    dir: /sbin
    inherit-pkg-dir:
    dir: /usr
    net:
    address: 192.168.200.117
    physical: hme0
    zonecfg:apache> verify
    zonecfg:apache> commit
    zonecfg:apache> exit
    (Note that a full copy of Solaris can be installed, rather than sharing directories, by
    using the -b flag to the create option within zonecfg.)
    Now we use zoneadm to install the zone:# zoneadm

    -z

    apache install

    /Zones/Apache must not be group readable.


    /Zones/Apache must not be group executable.
    /Zones/Apache must not be world readable.
    /Zones/Apache must not be world executable.
    could not verify zonepath /Zones/Apache because of the above errors.
    zoneadm: zone apache failed to verify
    Permissions problem - rectified as follows:# ls

    -ld

    /Zones/Apache

    drwxr-xr-x 2 root

    root

    512 Jul 5 07:08 /Zones/Apache

    # chmod 700 /Zones/Apache

    Above sets correct permissions; now we can try again:# zoneadm -z apache install

    Preparing to install zone <apache>.


    Creating list of files to copy from the global zone.
    Copying <2574> files to the zone.
    Initializing zone product registry.
    Determining zone package initialization order.
    Preparing to initialize <914> packages on the zone.
    Initializing package <535> of <914>: percent complete: 58%
    (The install takes about 10-15 minutes.)
    While this is going on, open another shell window, and have a look under
    /Zones/Apache:# cd
    # ls

    /Zones/Apache

    root
    # ls

    bin
    dev

    root

    etc
    home
    export lib

    mnt
    opt

    platform sbin
    proc
    system

    tmp
    usr

    var

    Meanwhile, back at the zone:Initialized <914> packages on zone.


    Zone <apache> is initialized.
    Installation of these packages generated warnings: <SUNWapchr>
    The file </Zones/Apache/root/var/sadm/system/logs/install_log> contains a log of
    the zone installation.
    The zone is now installed, and we can boot it:# zoneadm

    -z

    apache

    boot

    Now login to the zone:- (-C option says we wish to login at the Console device):# zlogin -C apache

    [Connected to zone 'apache' console]


    You may now have to wait a while to get a response.
    95/117
    After the above counter finishes (which is showing SMF manifest imports
    during initial boot), we have to go through some setup procedures:Select a Language
    0. English
    1. fr
    Please make a choice (0 - 1), or press h or ? for help: 0
    This continues:Select a Locale
    0. English (C - 7-bit ASCII)
    1. Belgium-Flemish (ISO8859-1)
    2. Belgium-Flemish (ISO8859-15 - Euro)
    3. Great Britain (ISO8859-1)
    4. Great Britain (ISO8859-15 - Euro)
    5. Ireland (ISO8859-1)
    6. Ireland (ISO8859-15 - Euro)

    7. Netherlands (ISO8859-1)
    8. Netherlands (ISO8859-15 - Euro)
    9. Go Back to Previous Screen
    Please make a choice (0 - 9), or press h or ? for help: 0
    Then:What type of terminal are you using?
    1) ANSI Standard CRT
    etc.etc.
    10) Televideo 925
    11) Wyse Model 50
    12) X Terminal Emulator (xterms)
    13) CDE Terminal Emulator (dtterm)
    14) Other
    Type the number of your choice and press Return: 13
    Creating new rsa public/private host key pair
    Creating new dsa public/private host key pair

    You are now asked some questions as though you were performing a boot
    after a sys-unconfig(1M), and when all information has been entered:System identification is completed.
    One more question:This system is configured with NFS version 4, which uses a domain
    name that is automatically derived from the system's name services.
    The derived domain name is sufficient for most configurations. In a
    few cases, mounts that cross different domains might cause files to
    be owned by "nobody" due to the lack of a common domain name.
    Do you need to override the system's default NFS version 4 domain name
    (yes/no) ? [no] : no
    rebooting system due to change(s) in /etc/default/init
    [NOTICE: Zone rebooting]
    SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic 64-bit
    Copyright 1983-2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
    Use is subject to license terms.
    Hostname: apache
    apache console login: root
    Password:

    Jul 5 07:54:31 apache login: ROOT LOGIN /dev/console


    Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.10
    Generic January 2005
    #
    We have now created the zone, installed it, rebooted and logged in.
    Use the usual commands to check things out (df, ifconfig, uname, etc).
    Tips: (But make sure your site security allows this)
    1. Edit /etc/default/login and comment out the "CONSOLE=/dev/console" line to
    permit remote root logins. (password needed of course..)
    2. Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and set PermitRootLogin=yes if you want to login as
    root via ssh. Restart sshd with "svcadm restart ssh"
    3. Current zone implementation allows graphical login as the zone runs "dtlogin
    -daemon" by default.
    We hope this has been useful, see below for additional notes
    Mick Hosegood - First Alternative.
    NOTES

    A variety of additional options are available, including preparing zone pre-configuration data,
    controlling zones (booting, halting, etc) from the global zone, configuring zone resource
    controls, etc. Further, Solaris 10 updates 3 to 6 contain a number of enhancements, such as
    zone renaming, cloning and migration, plus the ability to run other operating systems see here for an example of installing a Linux OS to run acroread on Solaris X86.

    Solaris 8 and 9 zones can also be created with additional software downloaded from Sun see here for an example.

    All this is covered on the Solaris 10 Administration courses!

    QUESTION
    I want to run a recent version of Adobe Reader (acroread) under Solaris 10 x86.

    ANSWER

    You can now run Adobe Reader version 7 under Solaris 10


    X86; here's how.
    First Alternative course tutors can answer questions like this ... and are happy to do so.
    Look around our site for relevant courses in Linux -Unix - Perl - Solaris - FrameMaker

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