Solaris Unattended installation¶

Installation Media¶

First you have to identify the release name of you Solaris install media. To do this check the disc label on your Solaris DVD.

Example:

SOL_10_811_SPARC = hw0811

I recommend to create a structure to hold more than just one Solaris install media like the following:

/Solaris
/Solaris/install
/Solaris/images
/Solaris/jumpstart

Linux:¶

Copy the contents of the Solaris 10 Install DVD to the local install directory.

Example:

cp -r /media/dvd /Solaris/install/Solaris_5.10_sparc_hw0811

Note that hw0811 is the release name that has to match your Solaris install media

Solaris:¶

Create a directory and run the following script from the Solaris 10 Installation DVD on a Solaris 8 / 10 machine:

mkdir -p /Solaris/install/Solaris_5.10_sparc_hw0811
cd /cdrom/cdrom0/Solaris_10/Tools
./setup_install_server /Solaris/install/Solaris_5.10_sparc_hw0811

A Solaris distribution should be declared in the same form as a Linux distribution. There should be an http based access URL, (the path variable,) so that the smart-proxy can
download the required components for the build. Currently this step has to be done manually. Simply copy the inetboot files to your tftp directory.

Example:

cp /Solaris/install/Solaris_5.10_sparc_hw0811/Solaris_10/Tools/Boot/platform/sun4u/inetboot /var/lib/tftpboot/Solaris-5.10-hw0811-SUN4U-inetboot

As the Solaris jumpstart process is performed via NFS rather than TFTP the distribution media must also be made available for
ReadOnly mounting on the clients. The fields describing this alternative access naming scheme are revealed on the Media page when a Solaris operating system is selected. The
Solaris build can proceed via a conventional package build, where the packages selected are the SUWNCreq minimal install, or a flash build. The flash archives are located under
the distribution directory by default but can be located anywhere that can be accessed via NFS.

Example:

Name: Solaris Install Media

Path: http://server/Solaris/install/Solaris_$major.$minor_$arch_$release
Media Path: server:/Solaris/install/Solaris_$major.$minor_$arch_$release
Config Path: server:/jumpstart
Image Path: server:/Solaris/images

Jumpstart files¶

The Solaris jumpstart process occurs in two phases; a diskless client is first booted and then in phase two, the host mounts its build media and configuration files from an NFS location and proceeds with the build. Foreman provides a skeleton configuration directory structure suitable for NFS mounting on the host. In this structure are files that are customised to forward configuration requests to the Foreman instance. This directory tree, located at .../foreman/extra/jumpstart, should be NFS shared to the subnet that contains any potential Solaris clients. Some customization of this directory tree may be required. See Solaris_jumpstart_directory

Examples:

Linux:¶

vi /etc/exports
"/usr/share/foreman/extra/jumpstart" *(ro,async,no_root_squash,anonuid=0)

Solaris:

share -F nfs -o ro,anon=0 /jumpstart

Edit Model¶

You need to setup a model for each Solaris Sparc host that you want to deploy.

Example:

Name: Sun Ultra 10
Hardware Model: SUN4U
Vendor Class: Ultra-5_10

Model consolidation¶

When Foreman imports a host that has not been configured and built by Foreman it will attempt to determine the model of that machine by analyzing the facts that are associated with the host. This can often result in many badly named models all referring to what should be a single manufacturers model. A rake task has been provided that attempts to consolidate all these duplicate malformed names into a single sensible model together with the appropriate Solaris vendor class and Solaris hardware model. See rake models::consolidate