Rachmat Febrianto

Oracle Solaris 11 has been released and coming up as the first cloud OS, Oracle Solaris 11 coming with more features and enhancements. One of it is IPS (Image Packing Systems) this the new way you manage the software patches and packages, IPS make you easy to manage package and patches.

Why you configure Local IPS?
1. Performance (more speed from local network)
2. Security (you don’t want your client to connect to internet)
3. Replication (You want manage the repository, and to make your installation today is exactly the same for the installation next Year)

Prerequisite :
1. Install Oracle Solaris 11
2. 2 DVD ISO repository : https://edelivery.oracle.com

you need to unzip the iso, below the tow iso repository look like :

rachmat@solaris:~$ ls -l *iso
-rw-r--r--   1 rachmat  staff    3537872896 Nov 13 06:53 V28915-01.iso
-rw-r--r--   1 rachmat  staff    3403360256 Nov 13 14:52 V28916-01.iso

3. Create Zpool for IPS Repository (it’s optional, but I create Zpool specially for holding the repository)

root@solaris:~# format
Searching for disks...done

AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
       0. c3t0d0
          /pci@0,0/pci8086,2829@d/disk@0,0
       1. c3t2d0
          /pci@0,0/pci8086,2829@d/disk@2,0
Specify disk (enter its number): ^D

root@solaris:~# zpool create ipspool c3t2d0
root@solaris:~# zfs create ipspool/ips

-optional :
root@solaris:~# zfs set atime=off ipspool/ips
root@solaris:~# zfs set compression=on ipspool/ips

set a time to off for better performance, it’s optional.

4. Mount the first repository iso and rsync it, after finished umount it :

root@solaris:~# lofiadm -a /export/home/rachmat/V28915-01.iso /dev/lofi/1
root@solaris:~# mount -F hsfs /dev/lofi/1 /mnt
root@solaris:~# ls /mnt/
COPYRIGHT  NOTICES    README     repo

root@solaris:~# rsync -aP /mnt/repo /ipspool/ips
root@solaris:~# umount /mnt
root@solaris:~# lofiadm -d /dev/lofi/1

5. Mount the second repository iso and rsync it, after finished umount it :

root@solaris:~# lofiadm -a /export/home/rachmat/V28916-01.iso /dev/lofi/1
root@solaris:~# mount -F hsfs /dev/lofi/1 /mnt
root@solaris:~# ls /mnt/
COPYRIGHT  NOTICES    README     repo

root@solaris:~# rsync -aP /mnt/repo /ipspool/ips
root@solaris:~# umount /mnt
root@solaris:~# lofiadm -d /dev/lofi/1

6. set the repository to your repository folder, in this case /ipspool/ips/repo

root@solaris:~# svccfg -s application/pkg/server setprop pkg/inst_root=/ipspool/ips/repo

7. Set the readonly to true :

root@solaris:~# svccfg -s application/pkg/server setprop pkg/readonly=true

8. Enable and refresh pkg serer :

root@solaris:~# svcadm refresh application/pkg/server
root@solaris:~# svcadm enable application/pkg/server

9. setting up the client, to use only this repository

root@solaris:~# pkg set-publisher -G '*' -g <origin> solaris

Where the origin is your repository server domain / ip address

root@solaris:~# pkg set-publisher -G '*' -g http://10.0.7.1 solaris

10. Verify and testing :

root@solaris:~# pkg publisher
PUBLISHER                             TYPE     STATUS   URI
solaris                               origin   online   http://10.0.7.1/

root@solaris:~# pkg install nmap
           Packages to install:  2
       Create boot environment: No
Create backup boot environment: No
            Services to change:  1

DOWNLOAD                                  PKGS       FILES    XFER (MB)
Completed                                  2/2     454/454      3.1/3.1

PHASE                                        ACTIONS
Install Phase                                538/538

PHASE                                          ITEMS
Package State Update Phase                       2/2
Image State Update Phase                         2/2

Note : See the README file of repository for the complete options.