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OpenSolaris Biblestarts with a quick overview of the history of OpenSolaris, its open-source licensing, and the community development model.
OpenSolaris Bible will contrast OpenSolaris with Linux, Solaris, and other popular operating systems with which readers might be familiar. Throughout the book,
OpenSolaris Biblewill highlight those aspects of OpenSolaris that differ from these familiar operating systems.
In addition to covering core OpenSolaris administration, OpenSolaris Bible will teach readers how to become power users of OpenSolaris by going beyond the fundamentals to describe powerful features like Dtrace, the Fault Management Architecture (FMA), ZFS, and Zones. Furthermore, this book will include salient details about the kernel implementation that every system administrator should know. Finally, for the advanced system administrator, Professional OpenSolaris will contain a section on what admins need to know to support OpenSolaris-based application development.
Throughout the book, the authors will focus on providing practical tips and tricks that users can immediately put into practice. They'll provide numerous specific examples, including exact command-lines and screenshots, tested on multiple x86/x64 and Sparc hardware platforms.
The authors are key contributors to OpenSolaris--they'll be able to provide cutting-edge, insider view of the latest features, including SMF, Zones, Dtrace, and ZFS, as well as ongoing projects like the Image Packaging System (IPS), the new installer, and other ongoing endeavors. Finally, they'll provide readers with insider tips about the OpenSolaris community’s unwritten rules of conduct, governance, and future direction.
Synopsis
After a beginning overview of the history of OpenSolaris, its open-source licensing, and the community development model, this book then goes on to highlight the aspects of OpenSolaris that differ from more familiar operating systems. You’ll learn how to become a power user of OpenSolaris by maximizing the abilities of advanced features like Dtrace, the fault management architecture, ZFS, the service management facility, and Zones. Authors provide insider tips, unique tricks, and practical examples to help you stay sharp with the latest features of OpenSolaris.
Synopsis
Master one of the most innovative new open source operating systems
The latest version of OpenSolaris is hereand this comprehensive guide is your one-stop gateway to it all. You'll start with a basic crash course in OpenSolaris, including command lines and shells, the GNOME Desktop, systems administration, and other essential topics. Later chapters focus on application development, networking, virtualization, DTrace, and other topics that will transform you into a power user. Find practical tips, step-by-step tutorials, and exact command lines and screenshots you can use right away.
Explore the OpenSolaris operating environmentfrom GNOME® to the bash shell, vim text editor, and more
Connect printers, USB devices, and other peripherals to your desktop
Master systems administration, including ZFS and NFS file systems, networking, directory services, and security
Observe and debug the system with the innovative Dynamic Tracing (DTrace) facility and other monitoring tools
Share a single physical machine among multiple users and processes with xVM, VirtualBox, and other virtualization tools
Deploy web services using Apache, Apache Tomcat, MySQL®, and other open source web stack applications
Write and debug applications in C, C++, Java®, Ruby, Python®, and other languages
About the Author
Nicholas A. Solter is an engineer at Sun Microsystems and core contributor to the OpenSolaris HA Clubsters community group. He is lead author of
Professional C++.
Gerald Jelinek is an engineer on the Zones team at Sun and a core contributor to the OpenSolaris Zones community group.
David Miner is an engineer at Sun, a co-lead for the OpenSolaris distribution, and architect of the Caiman installer.
Table of Contents
I. Introduction to OpenSolaris.1. What Is OpenSolaris?
2. Installing OpenSolaris.
3. OpenSolaris Crash Course.
II. Using OpenSolaris
4. The Desktop.
5. Printers and Peripherals.
6. Software Management.
III. OpenSolaris File Systems, Networking, and Security.
7. Disks, Local File Systems, and the Volume Manager.
8. ZFS.
9. Networking.
10. Network File Systems and Directory Services.
11. Security.
IV. OpenSolaris Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability.
12. Fault Management.
13. Service Management.
14. Monitoring and Observability.
15. DTrace.
16. Clustering for High Availability.
V. OpenSolaris Virtualization.
17. Virtualization Overview.
18. Resource Management.
19. Zones.
20. xVM Hypervisor.
21. Logical Domains (LDoms).
22. VirtualBox.
VI. Developing and Deploying on OpenSolaris.
23. Deploying a Web Stack on OpenSolaris.
24. Developing on OpenSolaris.