Image packaging system which is main feature in Oracle Solaris 11, Its a network based package management (Repositories) and it provides complete software administration such as installation, upgrade and removal of Packages in easiest way. - Secure system upgrades with ZFS boot environments.
- Automatic dependency checking and downloads efficiently.
- Spacious package publishing methods.
- No Patches concept here, as all system updates through one mechanism (IPS)
- Configure and updating method of IPS
While configuring the IPS we have to take the consideration whether we required local IPS or sharing the IPS services to the Network clients. Let we start preparing with our high level plan and start configure the Local IPS.
High Level Plan
- Create the ZFS file system to store the repository
- Download the required repo from Oracle portal
- Configuring the repository service
- Start and Setting the Local repository service
- Test the IPS service from local server.
Creating ZFS filesystem to store the repository
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris11/downloads/index.html
Then you might have two files as mentioned below
sol-11_1-repo-full.iso-a
sol-11_1-repo-full.iso-b
Concatenating the ISO
Mount the repository .iso image to make available to the local serverroot@unixrocks11:/# zfs create repo_pool/unixrepoDownload the required repositores from Oracle Portal from below link
root@unixrocks11:/# zfs set mountpoint=/unixrepo repo_pool/unixrepo
root@unixrocks11:/#
root@unixrocks11:/# zfs list |grep -i repo
repo_pool 31K 8.62G 31K /repo_pool
repo_pool/unixrepo 31K 8.62G 31K /unixrepo
root@unixrocks11:/#
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris11/downloads/index.html
Then you might have two files as mentioned below
sol-11_1-repo-full.iso-a
sol-11_1-repo-full.iso-b
Concatenating the ISO
sol-11_1-repo-full.iso-a
sol-11_1-repo-full.iso-b
root@unixrocks11:~#
root@unixrocks11:~# cat sol-11_1-repo-full.iso-a sol-11_1-repo-full.iso-b > sol-11-repo-full.iso
root@unixrocks11:~# ls /unixrepo
sol-11-repo-full.iso
root@unixrocks11:~# lofiadm -a /unixrepo/sol-11-repo-full.isoDepending on the speed of your system, rsync may take time to complete.
/dev/lofi/1
root@unixrocks11:~# mount -F hsfs /dev/lofi/1 /mnt/repo
root@unixrocks11:~#
root@unixrocks11:~# rsync -aP /mnt/repo /unixrepo
root@unixrocks11:~#
root@unixrocks11:/# svcs application/pkg/serverLet we change to the correct repository path and enable read only mode and enable the IPS services
STATE STIME FMRI
disabled 0:30:06 svc:/application/pkg/server:default
root@unixrocks11:/#
root@unixrocks11:/# svcprop -p pkg/inst_root application/pkg/server
/var/pkgrepo
root@unixrocks11:/#
root@unixrocks11:/# svccfg -s application/pkg/server setprop pkg/inst_root=/unixrepoRefreshing the Package Repository as we are creating new package repository, so that pkg search will work correctly. This may take sevaral minutes.
root@unixrocks11:/# svccfg -s application/pkg/server setprop pkg/readonly=true
root@unixrocks11:/# svcprop -p pkg/inst_root application/pkg/server
/unixrepo
root@unixrocks11:/#
root@unixrocks11:/# svcadm enable application/pkg/server
root@unixrocks11:/# svcs /application/pkg/server
STATE STIME FMRI
online 0:45:52 svc:/application/pkg/server:default
root@unixrocks11:/#
root@unixrocks11:/# pkgrepo refresh -s /unixrepofrom the below output shows that Current package Publisher is set as default URI is http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release/
Initiating repository refresh.
root@unixrocks11:/#
root@unixrocks11:/# pkg publisherRemoving default entries and set the new URL with publisher name as Solaris
PUBLISHER TYPE STATUS P LOCATION
solaris origin online F http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release/
root@unixrocks11:/#
root@unixrocks11:/# pkg set-publisher -G '*' -g http://192.168.10.31 solarisWe can test our Local IPS services are set up correctly by searching the package.
root@unixrocks11:/# pkg publisher
PUBLISHER TYPE STATUS P LOCATION
solaris origin online F http://192.168.10.31/
root@unixrocks11:/#
root@unixrocks11:~# pkg search entireCOOL...!!! We have successfully configured the Local IPS servers. Please refer my next post which contains the procedure to configure network client access to the local IPS. Thanks for reading this post. Please leave your valuable comments and queries !!!!!
INDEX ACTION VALUE PACKAGE
pkg.fmri set solaris/entire pkg:/entire@0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.24.2
root@unixrocks11:~#
root@unixrocks11:~#