Lifecycle Management
Oracle Solaris 11 includes a complete and integrated set of technologies for managing the software lifecycle of the platform. With support for secure end-to-end provisioning with the Automated Installer, failsafe software update with the Image Packaging System and ZFS Boot Environments, rapid application deployment using Unified Archives, and a comprehensive compliance framework, Oracle Solaris 11 helps to increase productivity, reduce human error and greatly reduce IT costs.
Installation
- How to Minimize the Size of Your Oracle Solaris IPS Package Repository
- Taking Your First Steps with Oracle Solaris 11
- Installation and Deployment Administration, Cheat Sheet (PDF)
Application Deployment
- DevOps on Oracle Solaris Like a Pro and Hands on Lab and in-depth guides Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 New!
- Automated Application Development and Deployment with DevOps on Oracle Solaris 11
Product Documentation
- Manually Installing Oracle Solaris 11.4 Systems
- Automatically Installing Oracle Solaris 11.4 Systems
- Updating Your Operating System to Oracle Solaris 11.4
- Updating Systems and Adding Software in Oracle Solaris 11.4
- Creating and Administering Oracle Solaris 11.4 Boot Environments
- Creating Package Repositories in Oracle Solaris 11.4
- Transitioning from Oracle Solaris 10 to Oracle Solaris 11.4
- Using Unified Archives for System Recovery and Cloning in Oracle Solaris 11.4
- Packaging and Delivering Software with the Image Packaging System in Oracle Solaris 11.4
- Oracle Solaris Blog
- How to interactive editing manifests with Automated Installer (the Oracle Solaris blog)
- Dave Miner
Blogs
Software Management
- Overview of Oracle Solaris Release Cadence
- Overview of Image Packaging System in Oracle Solaris
- How to Set Up a Repository Mirroring Service with the Oracle Solaris 11 Image Packaging Service
- Building and Deploying Nagios on Oracle Solaris 11
- Oracle Solaris System Software Management with Image Packaging System White Paper (PDF)
- Introducing the Basics of Image Packaging System (IPS) on Oracle Solaris 11
- Advanced Administration with the Image Packaging System (IPS) on Oracle Solaris 11
- Understanding Oracle Solaris 11 Package Versioning
- How to Create and Publish Packages to an IPS Repository on Oracle Solaris 11
- How to Update Oracle Solaris 11 Systems From Oracle Support Repositories
- More Tips for Updating Your Oracle Solaris 11 System from the Oracle Support Repository
- How to Create Multiple Internal Repositories for Oracle Solaris 11
- How to Update Only Java on Your Oracle Solaris 11 System
- Basic Operations with the Image Packaging System
- Image Packaging System One Liners Cheat Sheet (PDF)
- Dissecting pkg(5) manifests Presentation