Oracle solaris 11 system administration the complete reference / Michael Jang & Harry Foxwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jang, Michael H., author.

Foxwell, Harry J., 1947- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Solaris (Computer file).

Oracle (Computer file).

Database management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 v.) : ill.

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Maintain a high-performance cloud operating system

Solaris 11 system administration

Oracle Solaris eleven system administration

Place of Publication:

New York, United States of America : McGraw-Hill Education, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Take Full Advantage of the Oracle Solaris 11 Management Features Manage a highly scalable, cloud-based computing platform and deliver unmatched performance levels at every layer of your IT stack. Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration: The Complete Reference shows how to deploy Solaris from scratch. Get up-to-date details on installation options, device configuration, virtualization techniques, network security, file encryption, and Web services. NFS, Samba, and Apache are fully covered in this Oracle Press guide. Install Oracle Solaris 11 on x86 and SPARC machines Manage storage using the ZFS file system Define user roles and enforce strong access policies Create fully isolated zones and virtual system environments Configure print, e-mail, DNS, and DHCP services Share files and devices using NFS and Samba Set up Apache Web servers and deploy AMP applications

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

About the Authors

About the Contributing Writers

Contents at a Glance

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

About the Command Conventions in This Book

Chapter 1: The Basics of Oracle Solaris 11

Welcome to Oracle Solaris 11

So, Why Should You Use Oracle Solaris 11?

A New Name, a New Owner, a Familiar Operating System

Solaris Now "Goes to 11"

A Short Review of Solaris' Long History

The Future of Solaris

Solaris 11 Licensing

Solaris Communities

Solaris 11 Documentation

For Those Moving from Solaris 10 to Solaris 11

Summary

Reference

Chapter 2: Getting Ready for Solaris 11

Where Solaris 11 Runs: Hardware Requirements

The Application Guarantee Program

Testing Your x86 System for Solaris 11 Compatibility

The Oracle Solaris 11 Live Media

Running the Solaris 11 Live Media

Preparing Your x86 System for Solaris 11 Installation

Disk Partitions

Other Installation Methods

References

Chapter 3: Installation Options

How to Get Solaris 11

Downloads

Licensing

Write to DVD

Write to a USB Key

A Focus on Workstations

A Range of Installation Scenarios

New Systems

Linux

Microsoft Windows

Solaris 10

Notes on Virtual Machines

The GUI Interactive Installation

Boot the Live Media

Answer Basic Questions

Start the Interactive GUI Installation

Basic Parameters

Risks

Partitions for Solaris and More

Time Zones and Locales

Users and Hostnames

Final Step

Multiboot Situations

GRUB on Solaris

A GRUB Option for Windows

A GRUB Option for Linux

Configure a GRUB Password

A Triple-Boot Scenario

Chapter 4: Alternative Oracle Solaris 11 Installation Methods

SPARC and x86 Systems.

Solaris 11 on x86 and SPARC Systems: What's the Same?

Solaris 11 on x86 and SPARC Systems: What's Different?

The Text Install Method

The Automated Installer

The Distribution Constructor

Booting Client Systems from the AI Server

Transitioning from JumpStart to Automated Installer for Solaris 10 Administrators

Configuring Oracle Solaris 11

Unconfiguring a Solaris 11 System

(Re)configuring a Solaris 11 System

Installing Solaris as a Virtual Machine Guest

The Oracle Solaris 11 VM for Oracle VM VirtualBox

Oracle VM for SPARC

Chapter 5: The Solaris Graphical Desktop Environment

The Default Solaris GUI

A Fully Featured Desktop Environment

The UNIX Client Server Model for GUIs

Command-line Access

The GNOME Desktop Environment

The Desktop Pop-up Menu

Applications Menu

Places Menu

Installing the OpenOffice.org Suite

System Menu

System Preferences

System Administration Menu

Chapter 6: Service Management

Solaris Service Concepts

What Is a Solaris 11 Service?

Service Naming

Service Categories

Service States

SMF Programs

Listing Services

Starting and Stopping Services

Defining Services

Service Manifests

Creating a Service Manifest

Boot Services

Boot Milestone Services

Other SMF Tools

inetd Services

Service Troubleshooting

Using the svcs Program for Service Diagnostics

Chapter 7: The Image Packaging System (IPS)

IPS Basics

IPS Repositories

The IPS pkg Program

Installing Application Software

Using the pkg Command

Updating Application Software

Other Useful pkg Subcommands

Configuring Local Repositories

Boot Environments

Managing Boot Environments

Updating the Operating System Kernel

The IPS GUI.

Software Installation and Update (Using the GUI)

Boot Environment Management (Using the GUI)

Chapter 8: Solaris at the Command Line

Basic Navigation

Command Manuals

The Current Working Directory

Changing Directories

File Lists

The PATH

Special Characters

File Management

The Basic touch Command

File Copies

Moving a File

Deleting a File

File Links

Directory Management

Reading Text Files

Identifying File Types

Outputting Files to the Screen

Top and Bottom File Readers

The File Pagers

File Manipulation

Lines, Words, and Characters

Finding Files Locally

Search Within a File

File Redirection and More

Options for File Editing

The vi Editor

One Other Text Editor

Chapter 9: Filesystems and ZFS

Disk Structure and Naming Conventions

Introduction to ZFS

Some ZFS Terminology

ZFS Commands

Using ZFS

ZFS as the Root/Boot Filesystem

ZFS for Managing HOME Directories

ZFS Snapshots

ZFS Devices

Time Slider

Chapter 10: Customize the Solaris Shells

Shell Management

A Choice of Shells

Interactivity

Command Completion

Configuration Files

Shell Tips and Tricks

Data Flows In and Out

When There's Only One Command Line

All Manner of Shell Characters

Scripts and the Shell

The Basics of Shell Scripts

Study Available Scripts

Sample Scripts

Chapter 11: Users and Groups

User Concepts

Standard Users

System Accounts

The Root Account

Role Based Access Control (RBAC) and Administrative Privileges

Local Configuration Files

Commands Used for Managing Users and Groups

Command-line Account Management

GUI Account Management

Basic LDAP User Database

LDAP and NIS.

An LDAP Data Interchange Format File

Client Profiles

Extend LDAP to a Network

LDAP and Other Services

Chapter 12: Solaris 11 Security

Installation and Initial Configuration Security

root Is a Role

Hardening and Minimizing the OS Installation

Managing File Access

Basic UNIX File Access Permissions

Additional File Protections: umask

Additional File Protections: encryption

Password Management

Changing Passwords

Setting Password Policies

Role Based Access Control (RBAC)

The All-Powerful root User

What's a Role?

Privileged Execution with sudo

System Auditing

The auditd Daemon

The IP Filter Firewall

Configuring IP Filter

Remote Access

The ssh Server

The ssh Client

Another Security Feature

Chapter 13: System Performance

First, Know Your System!

What Hardware Do I Have?

What OS Software Do I Have?

Observing Your System

What to Look For

How to Look: Observability Tools

Log Files

System Tuning

Kernel Parameters

Other Resource Controls

DTrace

Some DTrace Tools

Some DTrace Examples

Some Performance-Monitoring Guidelines

The Performance Monitor GUI

Oracle Hardware and Software Support

Chapter 14: Solaris Virtualization

Introduction: Zones and Virtualization

Quick Tour with Zones

Basic Zones Administration

Creating Zones

Zone Login, Boot, and Shutdown

Resources and Zones

Zones and ZFS Datasets

Adding a Directory from the Global Zone

Zone Access to the DVD-ROM Drive

Removing a Resource

Adding an NFS Mount

Advanced Zones Administration

CPU Allocation

CPU Shares and the Fair Share Scheduler

Observing CPU Allocation

Memory Allocation

Zone Performance and Statistics

Zones and Discrete Privileges.

More Zones Administration

Cloning

Changing a Zone's Name and Its Root Dataset

Zone Backup and Restore

Zone Rehosting

Solaris10 Branded Zones

Tips, Tricks, and Pitfalls

hostid

Profile for Automatic Installer

Interactive sysconfig to Create Profile XML

Chapter 15: Print Management

Print Service Options

CUPS, the Print Service

Related Packages

The Internet Print Protocol (IPP) and CUPS

Basic Components

Basic Commands

Set Up a Printer Administrator

The Printer Configuration Tool

A Printer Class Is a Group of Printers

Print Server Configuration

Connect to a Remote Print Server

The Other Printer Configuration Tool

The Files of CUPS

The Main CUPS Server Configuration File: cupsd.conf

Additional CUPS Configuration Options

Configured Printers in printers.conf

Configured Groups of Printers

Printers Shared via Samba

Print Server Log Files

Chapter 16: DNS and DHCP

The Domain Name Service

DNS Background

DNS Configuration Concepts

A Key Solaris Difference

Different DNS Servers

DNS Packages

Key DNS Commands

A New Way to Configure a DNS Client

DNS Client Configuration Files

DNS Server Configuration

DNS Server Configuration in SMF

Creating a DNS Forwarding Name Server

Extending DNS for a Primary or Secondary Server

DNS Logging

DNS Database Files

Troubleshooting

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

The DHCP Management Tool

DHCP Configuration Files

The ISC DHCP Server

The DHCP Client

Chapter 17: Mail Services

A sendmail Configuration Plan

Customizing sendmail

Basic Procedures

Customizing the Configuration for a Local System

Mail Clients on a Network

Creating a New Configuration File

Virtual Hosts and sendmail.

sendmail and Transport Layer Security.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613891396

9781283578943

1283578948

9780071790413

0071790411

OCLC:

817810392