Toolserver:Admin:Solaris

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Solaris is the operating system we use on most servers, except nightshade.

Sun's Solaris documentation is available here and covers most aspects of the system.

Cheat sheet

Linux/Solaris command equivalents: http://bhami.com/rosetta.html

ps: use ps -eaf (System V syntax) instead of ps aux (BSD syntax).

Installing/upgrading software

First, create a package for the new software with pkgbuild. Then use Puppet to deploy it to all hosts.

Services (SMF)

Services in Solaris are managed by SMF. See here for a quick introduction to SMF.

List running services:

% svcs

List information about a service:

% svcs -vx mysql-51
svc:/application/ts/mysql-51:default (MySQL)
 State: online since Sat Mar 06 07:02:07 2010
   See: /var/svc/log/application-ts-mysql-51:default.log
Impact: None.

Restart a service in the "maintenance" state:

% svcadm clear mysql-51

Reload a service's configuration:

% svcadm restart ssh

Do not call the method scripts under /lib/svc/method directly. This will confuse SMF and cause things to break.

Category:Admin:Software