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Index
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
About the Author
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Introduction to Oracle Solaris 11
About Oracle Solaris 11 11/11
The Oracle Solaris 11.1 Update
The Solaris 11.2 Update
Solaris 11 End-of-Feature Notifications
Solaris 11 Optimizations for Oracle Software
Solaris 11 The Cloud Operating System
Summary of Major Changes from Oracle Solaris 10 to Oracle Solaris 11.2
Oracle Solaris Future
Obtaining Oracle Solaris 11 Software
Summary
References
2 Basic Installation and Updates
Installation Requirements
Oracle Hardware Compatibility List
Solaris 11 Installation on x86 Systems
GUI/Live Media Installation for x86 Systems
The Interactive Text Installer Image
Installation on SPARC Systems
What You’ll See When You Log In
The Solaris 11 Login Environment
Some Postinstallation Tasks
Setting Up the VNC Server Graphical Interface
Automated Installation
The AI Server
Updating Your Operating System
Installing and Updating Application Software Using IPS
Summary
References
3 Lifecycle Management
Boot Environments
Creating and Activating Boot Environments
Mounting and Destroying Boot Environments
Boot Environment Snapshots and Clones
Booting from a Boot Environment
Image Packaging System
Configuring IPS Publishers
Getting Information About a Package
Installing Packages
Understanding the Package FMRI
Searching for Packages
Updating a System
Fixing a System
Exact Installations
Managing IPS Repositories
Unified Archives
Unified Archive Types
Creating a Clone Archive
Creating a Recovery Archive
Creating Bootable Media to Deploy an Archive
Automated Installer
Creating an Automated Installer Service
Configuring an AI Manifest
Installing a Client System
Applying a System Configuration Profile
Applying Client Criteria
Final Configuration with First-Boot Scripts
Secure End-to-End Provisioning
Creating Custom Media
Summary
References
4 Oracle Solaris Zones
Oracle’s Virtualization Technologies
What Are Zones?
The Global Zone
Basic Non-global (Native) Zones
Creating New Zones Using Clones
Solaris 10 Branded Zones
Moving a Zone
Kernel Zones
Immutable Zones
Hard Partitioning with Zones for Oracle Licensing
Capping Zone Resources for Performance Management
What Kind of Virtualization Should I Use?
Summary
References
5 Configuring Solaris 11 Networking
Basic Network Setup
Identifying Physical Network Devices
Using the Network Preferences Graphical User Interface
Virtual Network Devices
Virtual Network Components
Creating Virtual Network Components
The Elastic Virtual Switch
Creating an EVS Network
Managing and Monitoring Network Resources
Controlling Network Bandwidth
Monitoring Network Activity
Summary
References
6 Performance and Observability
Server Sizing
Methodology
Verifying Your System Configuration
Optimizing Performance
Software and Hardware Errors
CPU (Hardware Threads) and Operating System Issues
Process Scheduling
Memory Issues
Storage I/O
Network Performance
Tunable Kernel Parameters
DTrace
Virtualization (Zones)
Graphical View of Performance Monitoring
Summary
References
7 Oracle Solaris 11 Security Features
Secure Installation and Configuration
Image Packaging System Security
ZFS Security
User Privilege Control
Observability and Auditing
Auditing
Observing Virtual Operating System Activity
Zone Security
Immutable Non-Global Zones
Immutable Global Zone
Compliance
Security Certifications
Complete Oracle Stack Security
Summary
References
8 Installing Applications Using Templates and IPS
Installing Oracle VirtualBox
Creating Solaris Virtual Machines Using VirtualBox
Installing Oracle Applications in Zones
Installing Oracle WebLogic Server 12c in a Zone
Installing Oracle Database 12c in a Zone
Packaging and Deploying Applications Using IPS
Creating an Image Packaging System Repository
Creating a Package Manifest
Publishing the Package Manifest
Providing Wider Access to Your Repository
Summary
References
9 Configuration Management
Service Management
Basic Service Management
Setting Service Properties
Service Bundles—Manifests and Profiles
Manifests
Profiles
Repository Layers
Creating Manifests and Profiles
Creating a New SMF Service
Creating a New System Profile
SMF Stencils
Managing Solaris 11 Infrastructure with Puppet
What is Puppet?
Installing Puppet on Solaris 11.2
Puppet Resources
Performing Configuration with Puppet
Puppet Best Practices
Remote Administration Daemon
Summary
References
10 Cloud and OpenStack
What is OpenStack?
Core OpenStack Projects
Nova
Cinder
Neutron
Keystone
Glance
Horizon
Heat
Swift
Getting Started with Oracle OpenStack
Installing Using Automated Installer
Installing into an Oracle Solaris Kernel Zone
Configuring the Elastic Virtual Switch
Using OpenStack Horizon
Adding a Self-Service User
Creating a Network
Adding SSH Keypair
Launching a VM instance
Configuring the Neutron L3 Agent
Uploading New Images to the Glance Image Repository
Setting Up a Multinode OpenStack Environment
Additional OpenStack Services
Summary
References
A Oracle Solaris 11.2 Cheat Sheet General Administration
System Configuration
Service Management Facility
Installation and Deployment
B Oracle Solaris 11.3 Beta Release
Oracle Solaris 11.3
Obtaining Oracle Solaris 11.3 Beta
Major New Features of Oracle Solaris 11.3
References
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