Solaris 10 Zone creation.

For easy management a mount point /zoneroot is created for all the zone installations.

#Zone Creation#

root@global # zonecfg -z <zonename>

<zonename>: No such zone configured

Use 'create' to begin configuring a new zone.

zonecfg:<zonename>> create -b

zonecfg:<zonename>> set zonepath=/zoneroot/<zonename> ( Path where the zone will be installed)

zonecfg:<zonename>> set autoboot=true

zonecfg:<zonename>> set ip-type=exclusive

(Exclusive-IP zones have separate TCP/IP stacks, so the separation reaches down to the data-link layer.)

# Add Network #

zonecfg:<zonename>> add net

zonecfg:<zonename>:net> set physical=nxge1

zonecfg:<zonename>:net> end

(IP specified during the Zone console login)

# Add Filesystem #

zonecfg:<zonename>> add fs

zonecfg:<zonename>:fs> set dir=/u01

zonecfg:<zonename>:fs> set special=/dev/dsk/cxtxdxsx

zonecfg:<zonename>:fs> set raw=/dev/rdsk/ cxtxdxsx

zonecfg:<zonename>:fs> set type=ufs

zonecfg:<zonename>:fs> end

 ( Repeat the above steps to add more filesystem )

# Verifying the configuration #

zonecfg:<zonename>> verify

zonecfg:<zonename>> info ( Shows the information about zone you just created)

zonename: <zonename>

zonepath: /zoneroot/<zonename>

brand: native

autoboot: true

bootargs:

pool:

limitpriv:

scheduling-class:

ip-type: exclusive

hostid:

net:

        address not specified (IP specified during the Zone console login)

        physical: nxge1

        defrouter not specified ( can be specified during the Zone console login)

# Committing the configuration #

zonecfg:<zonename>> commit

zonecfg:<zonename>> verify

zonecfg:<zonename>> exit

#Zone Install#

zoneadm -z <zonename> install

#Zone Boot#

zoneadm -z <zonename> boot

#Zone Console login for setup# ( -C is specified only for first time after the install and boot to configure the initial setup.

 

zlogin -C <zonename>

192.168.x.x

 

                          Host name: <zonename>

                         IP address: 192.168.x.x

            System part of a subnet: Yes

                            Netmask: 255.255.255.0

                        Enable IPv6: No

                      Default Route: Specify one

                  Router IP Address: 192.168.x.x