SUMMARY: Automatic zone configuration (/etc)

Hello,

(I am sorry for such long delay)
Below is my question and all your answers. In general - after reading
a lot - I am going to choose puppet since it is very general solution
which can be used not only on Solaris systems.

Thank you for all your answers.

Regards
Przemek


Hello,

we are looking for a way to more automatically configure newly created zones.
I don't mean their IP address or so.
What I mean is to do all the tasks which are typically doned inside zone
after
its creation
like configure certain files in /etc, run certains commands within zone,
etc...

Do you have any idea how to achive this ?


And answers:
============================================================
Todd Cox

Something like:

cp /scripts/myscript /zones/myzone/root/tmp
zlogin myzone /tmp/myscript

Then have the script do the work for you.


============================================================

Felix Schattschneider

puppet? (www.puppetlabs.com)


============================================================
Jan Dreyer

we do zone-setup like machine-setup via jumpstart. All standard tasks are
done by scripts which are laying on the jumpstart server. Look for SUNWjet
for getting more infos.

============================================================
Tobias Nutt

you can use a JET-Server. Its a more flexibel jumpstart-server.
Or you can write a script   :-)

============================================================
Juraj Lutter

yes. it's very easy. look for dot-files in freshly configured zone's
/etc dir.

============================================================
Robert Baker

I use a script to build the zone and after I run  the zonecfg and the
zoneadm -z install
I modify files using the full path name to the zone, usually:

/${zoneroot}/${zonename}/root/etc/sysidcfg

I have variables set for the zoneroot and zonename and then call other
scripts to do post finish modifications before I do the  zoneadm -z boot

============================================================
Ilhan Narli

I would create a template zone and after I finished with it ( all you
local configuration ) then sys-unconfig then I would ZFS snapshot this and
keep as a template. I would keep this copy into my NFS server and build you
new zone base on that. If new Solaris update came about then do your
template again.




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