#
# Example zone created in bofa-a.sfbay
#


zonecfg -z thava-zone <<EOF
 create
 set zonepath=/export/thava-zone
 add net
 set address=10.4.89.160
 set physical=hme0
 end
 verify
 commit
EOF

#
# other pointers: http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/articles/solaris_zones.html
#


#1) http://jesarch.sfbay.sun.com/Wiki.jsp?page=JESZoneSupport
#2) http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-1592/6mhahuons?a=view
#3) http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/articles/solaris_zones.html
#4) http://users.tpg.com.au/adsln4yb/zones.html



                    Zone Creation example

Introduction

   This page gives a list of command to define and install a S10 Zone.
   The characteristics of the created zone is the following.

       IP address : 10.17.253.49
       root path : /export/home1/zone-jes

       /usr, /lib, /sbin and /platform paths are not hinherited from the
   global, but copied when the zone is installed, the new packages can be
   installed iusing this directory.

Prerequisites

   In the following configurations, you have to enter some values and
   configure some tools to have a correct configuration.
     * Physical address : interface for external communication.  You can
       retrieved  used port by using 'ifconfig -a' command on the global
       zone.
     * The IP address must be unique on the network
     * A DNS or NIS has to contain this new virtual machine (IP address/Name)
     * Zonepath is pointing on a partition with 1Gb free space

Configuration

   bash-2.05b# zonecfg -z zone-jes
   zone-jes: No such zone configured
   Use 'create' to begin configuring a new zone.
   zonecfg:zone-jes> create
   zonecfg:zone-jes> set zonepath=/export/home1/zone-jes
   zonecfg:zone-jes> set autoboot=true
   zonecfg:zone-jes> add net
   zonecfg:zone-jes:net> set address=10.17.253.49
   zonecfg:zone-jes:net> set physical=ce0
   zonecfg:zone-jes:net> end
   zonecfg:zone-jes> remove inherit-pkg-dir dir=/lib
   zonecfg:zone-jes> remove inherit-pkg-dir dir=/platform
   zonecfg:zone-jes> remove inherit-pkg-dir dir=/sbin
   zonecfg:zone-jes> remove inherit-pkg-dir dir=/usr
   zonecfg:zone-jes> info
   zonepath: /export/home/zone-jes
   autoboot: true
   pool:
   net:
       address: 10.17.253.49
       physical: ce0
   zonecfg:zone-jes> exit

Installation

   bash-2.05b# zoneadm -z zone-jes install
   Preparing to install zone <zone-jes>.
   Creating list of files to copy from the global zone.
   Copying <54268> files to the zone.
   Initializing zone product registry.
   Determining zone package initialization order.
   Preparing to initialize <769> packages on the zone.

Post-Installation

   The first phase is to configure the zone in the network.
   Either you use a configuration file with all informations regarding the
   node
   Create sysidfile in the root of the zone
   Path to use : /export/home1/zone-jes/root/etc/sysidcfg

   Content of the file:
   system_locale=C
   terminal=dtterm
   network_interface=primary {
           hostname=montille-zone-jes
   }
   security_policy=NONE
   name_service=DNS {
           domain_name=ite.ipe
           name_server=10.17.253.2
   }
   timezone=Europe/Paris
   root_password=zmvqUi6llRdBg

   Create the defaultdomain file

   echo ite.ipe > /export/home1/zone-jes/root/etc/defaultdomain

   Be carefull, the hostname must be defined in the DNS

   Acces management :
   Put in comment the line
      CONSOLE=/dev/console
    
   In the /export/home1/zone-jes/root/etc/default/login  file
   Or answer to questions after booting the zone (following paragraph) and
   connecting to the console

Starting the zone

   bash-2.05b# zoneadm -z zone-jes boot

   Update the /export/home1/zone-jes/root/etc/hosts file with name and IP
   addresses
   of the new host name.

   You can log in the console of the zone from the global one using

   zlogin -C zone-jes
   (NB: if the zone is not configured, a list of question is requested to
   configure it)

Related Document

   http://www.filibeto.org/~aduritz/ truetrue/solaris10/sys-admin-rm.pdf