How do I create a repository in Solaris 11?

How do I create a repository in Solaris 11?

Creating a Local IPS repository

1. Create a separate ZFS filesystem for repository. Create a dedicated filesystem for storing the IPS repository.
2. Download, extract the repository.
3. Creating the repository.
4. Build a search index.
5. Enable Clients to access the Repository.

How do I find my repository in Solaris 11?

To find the repositories that your system is currently using, you can use the following command:

1. pkg publisher.
2. pkgrepo info -s http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release.
3. PUBLISHER PACKAGES STATUS UPDATED solaris 4292 online 2011-11-09T15:23:27.281209Z.
4. pkgrepo list -s http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release \ ‘group/system/*’

How do I download Oracle Solaris packages?

Downloading Oracle Cluster 4.1

1. Select the Product Pack: Oracle Solaris. Select Platform: Oracle Solaris on (x86 or SPARC, 64 bit). Click Go.
2. Select Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1. 0 Media Pack and click Continue.
3. Download Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1 IPS Repository (SPARC/X86, 64-bit).

How do I get rid of publisher in Solaris 11?

Use the following options to set and unset publisher properties and to add and remove values of publisher properties:

1. –set-property property = value.
2. –add-property-value property = value.
3. –remove-property-value property = value.
4. –unset-property property.

What is SRU Solaris?

SRU is an abbreviation for Support Repository Update, installing new package versions from the support repo for that OS, much like installing a patch cluster for older Solaris releases. The various fields in the version is explained in Oracle Solaris Package Versioning.

Is Solaris 11 free?

The new license allows Solaris 10 and Solaris 11 to be downloaded free of charge from the Oracle Technology Network and used without a support contract indefinitely; however, the license only expressly permits the user to use Solaris as a development platform and expressly forbids commercial and “production” use.

Where can I find Solaris SRU?

Display the information about pkg:/entire. The identification of the SRU number is the 18.4 as the third and fourth numbers displayed after Oracle Solaris 11.1 in the Summary and Version lines.

What is sparse IPS repository?

Solaris SRU is an acronym used to describe an Oracle Support Repository Update. The Solaris 11.4 Sparse Support Repository Image is a partial repository that only contains the Oracle Solaris IPS packages that have been updated since the previous Support Repository Update (SRU).

Where can I download the Solaris 11 repository?

When creating a local package repository, you first download the Oracle Solaris 11 repository files from: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris11/downloads/index.html

How to create a base repository in Solaris?

Building the base repository (est. 1-2 hours.) 1. First download the repository files and setup the base repository 2. Copy the files to one of the Solaris11 x86 or SPARC servers where you wanted to configure the repository. Create /var/repository/s11u4 and copy the files.

Do you need a SRU for Oracle Solaris 11.3?

The Oracle Solaris package repository for each SRU (for example, Oracle Solaris 11.3 SRU 19) includes only packages for that SRU. See also Oracle Solaris Repository Content. In general, you do not need to add SRU content to your local repository if you add the content of a later GA release to your local repository.

What can I do with IPS in Solaris 11?

For example, on a default Oracle Solaris 11 installation, only datasets under rpool/ROOT/BEname/ are supported for package operations. Using IPS, you can perform the following tasks: Create and manage images. Search the IPS packages on your system and in IPS repositories.