h1. Solaris Unattended installation

h2. Media notes

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:

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

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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:

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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:Solaris/jumpstart

Image Path: server:/Solaris/images

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h2. jumpstart files

The Solaris jumpstart process is 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]]

h2. Model consolidation

When Foreman imports a host that has not been configured and built by Foremen 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 [[models_consolidate|rake models::consolidate]]