Interesting. I will definitely take a look at that IPS link, that could make life a lot easier. I'd love to see what you've done, I'm sure it would help me along as I work to smooth out our Solaris processes.
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 10:47 AM, deet <somew...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > so as far as I'm concerned Solaris 11 and IPS can't happen soon enough. > > Keep in mind you can do IPS in Solaris 10 now if you want. You'll > need to install the software and migrate your packages from SYS V > format to IPS which I believe the toolkit provides a script for. > http://wikis.sun.com/display/IpsBestPractices/Downloads > > > > > Future plans: > > We've been down the road of your future plans and would be happy to > send you our work. No guarantee they are up to your standards but > happy to share. > > > > I'm expecting to have to do Update Release detection since it sometimes > > brings significant functionality differences. I haven't gotten into some > of > > the fancier things that are going to require this info yet but there's > > nothing built into facter (as of 1.5.8) so that'll be fun. > > > > Patching via Patch Check Advanced ( > http://www.par.univie.ac.at/solaris/pca/) > > > > ZFS management (should be pretty easy) > > > > Zone management (less easy) > > > > Network interface mangement (including standalone adapters, IPMP, and > link > > aggregation) > > > > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 12:06 AM, Al @ Lab42 <lab42...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm considering the opportunity of adding (basic) Solaris support to my > > > modules (www.example42.com) but before starting I'd like to gather > some > > > info about best practices and standards. > > > I've to admit that I've not a great working Solaris experience, so I > > > actually don't know how people use it, what versions are more used and > so > > > on. > > > > > So let's begin with few points: > > > > > - What version? > > > I'm tempted to begin only with Solaris 10, in order to avoid too many > > > complications. Question is... does this makes sense? What versions of > > > Solaris are currently most used? Since I believe that the best approach > to > > > puppettization is to replicate on new machines the current envrionments > > > without installing Puppet on existing production servers, does make > sense > > > the assumption that people would generally upgrade their older boxes to > > > brand new Solaris 10 setups? > > > I know that mileage may vary, but whatever better informed opinion is > > > welcomed. > > > > > - What packages? > > > This might become a nightmare... there are different packages > repositories, > > > blastwave, openCSW, Sunfreeware... , to make modules that manage the > same > > > software from different sources might be a troublesome and I would like > to > > > stick to one. Does this makes sense? What's the most used / updated > /large > > > package repository out there? Do you use any of these on production > > > environments? > > > > > - What package manager? > > > Can I assume that (almost) everybody uses (in 2011) pkgutil to install > > > software on Solaris? If not, what are the alternatives? > > > > > - Existing modules for Solaris? > > > Has anyone published Puppet modules for Solaris? Can you link them > here, > > > for reference and inspiration... > > > > > There questions might appear particularly naive to a more experienced > > > Solaris sysadmin but I have to start from some basic points and as > usual, > > > "better ask to the experts"... > > > > > Thanks for any feedback you might want to leave on these questions and > to > > > whatever advice you might give about Puppet on Solaris. > > > > > If someone if interested is collaborating on this effort, just contact > > > me.... > > > > > All the best > > > Al > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Puppet Users" group. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > >https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/yi-nY02p06AJ. > > > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
