Creating a fully automated Solaris 10 Jumpstart
This post provides the necessary steps in creating a fully automated jumpstart for Solaris 10
- Create install location:
# mkdir /export/js/config /export/js/install
- Add the following lines to
/etc/dfs/dfstab
to share the mountpointsshare -F nfs -o ro,anon=0 /export/js/config share -F nfs -o ro,anon=0 /export/js/install
- Restart NFS server
# svcadm restart nfs/server
- Mount Solaris 10 DVD
- Copy Solaris 10 contents to install server
# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/Solaris_10/Tools # ./setup_install_server /export/js/install/SOL10_0910_SPARC # cp /export/js/install/Solaris_10/Misc/jumpstart_sample/check /export/js/config
The following steps are used to create
- server1 - initial jumpstart client
- server2 - flash client
- Add servers to
/etc/hosts
file10.1.1.11 server1 10.1.1.12 server2
- Add the clients MAC address to
/etc/ethers
8:0:20:a1:58:57 server1 8:0:20:aa:23:d5 server2
- Add clients to jumpstart rules
hostname server1 - prof_initial server1_finish hostname server2 - prof_flash server2_finish
- Create profile
/export/js/config/prof_initial
install_type initial_install system_type standalone cluster SUNWCXall partitioning explicit pool rpool auto auto auto bename solaris dataset /var
- Create profile
/export/js/config/prof_flash
install_type flash_install archive_location nfs 10.1.1.1:/export/js/install/flash/sol10_0910.flar partitioning explicit pool rpool auto auto auto bename solaris dataset /var
- Create server1 finish script (
/export/js/config/server1_finish
)perl -pi -e 's/PermitRootLogin no/PermitRootLogin yes/g' /a/etc/ssh/sshd_config echo 'server1' > /a/etc/hostname.nxge0 echo '::1 localhost' > /a/etc/hosts echo '172.0.1.1 localhost loghost' >> /a/etc/hosts echo '10.1.1.11 server1 server1.' >> /a/etc/hosts echo 'server1' > /a/etc/nodename echo '10.1.1.254' > /a/etc/defaultrouter echo '10.1.1.0 255.255.255.0' > /a/etc/netmasks
- Create server2 finish script (
/export/js/config/server2_finish
)perl -pi -e 's/PermitRootLogin no/PermitRootLogin yes/g' /a/etc/ssh/sshd_config echo 'server2' > /a/etc/hostname.nxge0 echo '::1 localhost' > /a/etc/hosts echo '172.0.0.1 localhost loghost' >> /a/etc/hosts echo '10.1.1.12 server2 server2.' >> /a/etc/hosts echo 'server2' > /a/etc/nodename echo '10.1.1.254' > /a/etc/defaultrouter echo '10.1.1.0 255.255.255.0' > /a/etc/netmasks
- Create
/export/js/config/clean_install
fileperl -pi -e 's/PermitRootLogin no/PermitRootLogin yes/g' /a/etc/ssh/sshd_config rm /a/etc/hostname.* cat /dev/null > /a/etc/netmasks echo '::1 localhost' > /a/etc/hosts echo '172.0.0.1 localhost loghost' >> /a/etc/hosts
- Create
/export/js/config/sysidcfg
filename_service=NONE network_interface=nxge0 { netmask=255.255.255.0 default_route=NONE protocol_ipv6=no } root_password=QwEeTy123456789. security_policy=NONE system_locale=en_GB timezone=Europe/London timeserver=localhost terminal=vt100 nfs4_domain=dynamic keyboard=US-English auto_reg=NONE
where root_passwd is the password entry for root from /etc/shadow on the jumpstart server
- Create jumpstart rules ok
# cd /export/js/config # ./check
- Add the clients to the jumpstart configuration
# cd /export/js/install/SOL10_0910_SPARC/Solaris_10/Tools # ./add_install_client -c 10.1.1.100:/export/config -p 10.1.1.100:/export/js/config server1 sun4u # ./add_install_client -c 10.1.1.100:/export/config -p 10.1.1.100:/export/js/config server2 sun4u
where 10.1.1.100 is the IP address of my jumpstart server
Here are the steps to run on the jumpstart clients at the ok prompt
ok boot NIC - install
where NIC is the physical address of the network interface that has the same MAC address defined in /etc/ethers
on the jumpstart server
You can use the following to get the information about NIC if needed:
ok show-nets a) /pci@6,600000/network@0 b) /pci@2,600000/network@0 q) NO SELECTION Enter Selection, q to quit: b /pci@2,600000/network@0 has been selected. Type ^Y ( Control-Y ) to insert it in the command line. e.g. ok nvalias mydev ^Y for creating devalias mydev for /pci@2,600000/network@0 {25} ok cd /pci@2,600000/network@0 {25} ok .properties status okay local-mac-address 08 00 20 aa 23 d5