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Tag: OpenIndiana

  • How to update/upgrade OpenIndiana

    Unlike Ubuntu Server, the text-only version of OpenIndiana doesn’t prompt you on login to update its packages when new ones become available. To do a dry run upgrade use the command:

     

    pfexec pkg image-update -nv

     

    The -n flag specifies a dry run (no system changes) and the -v flag produces a verbose output. If the changes look satisfactory remove the -n flag and upgrade:

     

    pfexec pkg image-update -v

     

    Depending on how long it has been since you last upgraded it might have a couple of hundred megabytes to download. As a word of warning – check your rpool free space and don’t upgrade if your rpool is extremely close to being full as the additional space taken up might cause your system to drop you into maintenance mode on reboot as it runs out of room for log files and the like, which can be slightly alarming.

  • Creating a static IP in OpenIndiana/OpenSolaris

    If you’re running an OpenIndiana/OpenSolaris fileserver chances are you’ll need a static IP so that you’ll always know where to find it on the network. There is more than one way of doing this but by far the easiest is using NWAM, or network auto magic.

     

    Do the following (the # at the beginning means you need to have superuser permissions for this, and any line without bolded text at the end means you just hit enter):

     

    # nwamcfg

    nwamcfg> create ncp lan

    nwamcfg:ncp:lan> create ncu phys e1000g0

    Created ncu ‘e1000g0’. Walking properties …

    activation-mode (manual) [manual|prioritized]> prioritized

    enabled (true) [true|false]>

    priority-group> 0

    priority-mode [exclusive|shared|all]> shared

    link-mac-addr>

    link-autopush>

    link-mtu>

    nwamcfg:ncp:lan:ncu:e1000g0> end

    Committed changes

    nwamcfg:ncp:lan> create ncu ip e1000g0

    Created ncu ‘e1000g0‘. Walking properties …

    enabled (true) [true|false]>

    ip-version (ipv4,ipv6) [ipv4|ipv6]> ipv4

    ipv4-addrsrc (dhcp) [dhcp|static]> static

    ipv4-addr> 10.0.1.2

    ipv4-default-route> 10.0.1.1

    nwamcfg:ncp:CorpNet:ncu:e1000g0> end

    Committed changes

    nwamcfg:ncp:lan> end

    nwamcfg> end

    # nwamadm enable -p ncp lan

     

    Voila! You have now set a static ipv4 IP in OpenIndiana/OpenSolaris. If you would like to set an ipv6 address instead, or both, select ipv6 or nothing when prompted for the ip-version. Replace the 10.1.1.2 and gateway (10.1.1.1) with whatever IP addresses match your own network.