Current Open Sourced Documentation
This page references all of the OpenSolaris docs that are currently open sourced. To see translations of these docs, go here: Translations
Open sourced documentation is available to the OpenSolaris community in a variety of formats and via 3 access points: 1) a docs consolidation tarball, 2) the OpenSolaris source Mercurial repository, and 3) the OpenSolaris Information Resources wiki:
Docs consolidation tarball
A tar file of documentation in Solbook 3.5 XML format. The tarball is available on the download center and is routinely updated with doc updates. These updates are announced in the docs-discuss forum and mail alias and the opensolaris-announce forum and mail alias. There are community and open source tools available for converting from Solbook to Docbook XML, creating OpenSolaris branded HTML. The primary intent of this tarball is to provide documentation for community members who want to redistribute documentation with their own OpenSolaris distros. To find more on the content on the doc tarball, use these links:
Mercurial repository
The Mercurial repository hosts the source files for OpenSolaris, including a small set of open source documentation that is in Solbook 3.5 XML format.
| Doc | Mercurial location |
|---|---|
| Getting Started With OpenSolaris | getstart.book in /hg/indiana/GSG |
| OpenSolaris Image Packaging System Guide | ips.book in /hg/pkg/ips_docs |
| OpenSolaris Automated Installer Guide | AIinstall.book in /hg/indiana/docs1 |
| OpenSolaris Managing Boot Environments | snapupgrade.book in /hg/indiana/docs1 |
| OpenSolaris Distribution Constructor Guide | DistroConst.book in /hg/indiana/docs1 |
Wiki doc source
Documentation created on the OpenSolaris Information Resources wiki is governed by the PDL and available to the community. The terms of use (TOU) on wikis.sun.com also applies. For more information, see:
Note: Creating a derivative work of an open source document requires that you re-title the new book. For book re-titling practices and examples, see section D in the following: Sun Trademark and Logo Usage Guidelines.