OPENSOLARIS FOR BEGINNERS

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OPENSOLARIS FOR BEGINNERS

Philip TorchinskySolaris EvangelistSun Microsystems

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OpenSolaris

• What is it?• Why to use it?• How to use it?• Why participate?• How to participate?• How to learn?

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What is OpenSolaris

• The word has multiple meaning> community> project> code base> distributions> Operating System – OpenSolaris 2008.05

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What's new in OpenSolaris

• New LiveCD distribution• New installer, ZFS root filesystem• Image Packaging System – IPS• Multiple Boot Environment (see beadm(1))

• Most recent OpenSolaris kernel (nv_b89)

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Distributions available

OpenSolaris

Solaris Express Community EditionSolaris Express Developers Edition

(SXCE, SXDE)

BelenixNexentaSchillixmarTuxMilax

Sun sponsored Community supported

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Solaris advantages

• UNIX, multiplatform, GUI• No viruses• Solaris is free as well as various software

for it• Open source• Solaris installed with the default settings

is absolutely secure

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and more advantages

• Easy administration• Solaris guarantees absolute

compatibility• Flexible and strong security model

(RBAC)• Containers: secure, balancing load,

and capable to run Linux apps

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and even more advantages

• ZFS: always consistent on disk, easy manipulated, unlimited in space, self-healing, designed for pools, fast in snapshotting

• Added security with labels (from Trusted Solaris)

• DTrace• SMF

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Where Solaris is useful?

• Web surfer

• Small office/home office

• Developer PC

• Web server

• Terminal client/server

• Workgroup/Enterprise server

• HPC

• Many other applications

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Community Groups (a.k.a.Communities)

• http://opensolaris.org/os/communities• Basic element of governance• Centered around a common interest

> Printing, Networking, Performance> Advocacy, Documentation> Academic & Research, Systems

Administrators> Approachability, Desktop, Clusters, HPC

• Core Contributors & Contributors• Mailing lists

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Projects

• http://opensolaris.org/os/projects• Body of work

> Usually involves code– Ex: CIFS client for Solaris, NWAM– WebStack, KDE, OpenGrok

> ... but not necessarily– Ex: Starter Kit, Country Portals

• Mailing lists• Source repositories

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Getting involved• Install & run (and then talk about it)

• Explore the source (and then talk about it)

• Join an interesting project (and talk to them)

• Contribute to that project (do some code!)

• Start your own project (but talk to more than just yourself)

• Participate in mailing list discussions (nothing to do but talk)

• Blog (put your thoughts down)

• Promotion, evangelize, advocate (getting tired of talking to the same old people?)

• File bugs (share about what's broken)

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If you need help

• IRC> irc://irc.freenode.net/#opensolaris

• Mailing lists> http://mail.opensolaris.org/

• web forums> http://opensolaris.org/os/discussions

• http://opensolaris.org/os/newbies

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Look inside!

• http://src.opensolaris.org/• Powered by OpenGrok

> http://opensolaris.org/os/project/opengrok

• Cross-index• Find definitions• Full text search

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Create more!

• Want to start a project?http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/ogb/policies/project-instantiation.txt

• Projects endorsed by 1 or more communities• Submit a request to any community you

think would be interested in your project• Community votes on the proposal, and if

approved, resources are set up– Web space, mailing lists– SCM repositories

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Feedback is always critical!

• http://bugs.opensolaris.org/• .... because NOBODY writes perfect code• Report or diagnose bugs• Lookup and query bugs

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Get trained and certified!

• Get started with “How to” guides> http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/howto_guides.jsp

• Get trained with sun.com/training> at no cost in the frame of SAI

http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/edu/programs/sai/

• ... or get trained for free > http://www.sun.com/solaris/freetraining

http://sunstudentcourses.com• Get certified

> http://www.sun.com/training/certification

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More about Solaris and OpenSolaris

• http://opensolaris.com• http://opensolaris.org• http://sun.com/solaris• http://developers.sun.com• http://www.sun.com/bigadmin• http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl

• http://sunstudentcourses.com

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Join OpenSolaris!

Everyone and Everything is Participating!

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OPENSOLARIS FOR BEGINNERS

Philip TorchinskyPhilip.Torchinsky@sun.com

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