Heads up: SCIv1

The changeset

Author: Jan Damborsky <dambi@opensolaris.org>
Repository: /hg/caiman/slim_source
Latest revision: 91b57d590dfa35eb4f70d19a4bbb26b284d6f13d
Total changesets: 1
Log message:
6998974 Deliver System Configuration Interactive Tool
7011201 Textinstaller does accept only alphanumerical usernames
7002621 The initial user configuration needs other entries
7004649 InstallLogger doesn't propagate log levels appropriately
4681 Enable static IP config screens for text installer
14205 page up and page down don't do anything in the text installer

delivered first version of System Configuration Interactive tool (aka SCI tool) into build 162.

What's new ?

SCI tool can be used for generating sample System Configuration profile

If run as a standalone application, SCI tool generates System Configuration (SC) profile reflecting information entered by user on configuration screens.

Created SC profile is in form which installadm(1m) tool accepts, thus can be used as a sample SC profile for configuration of system installed via Automated Installer.

SCI tool only generates SC profile, configuration is NOT applied to running system.

What can be configured

• hostname
• network
  • None
  • Automatic (nwam)
  • Manual
    • IPv4 address/netmask for chosen network interface
    • IPv4 default route
    • DNS as a naming service (one search domain and one nameserver)
      *user/root accounts
      *time zone

How to install

# pkg install system/install/configuration

How to invoke

# /usr/bin/sysconfig

By default, the generated SC profile is stored in /tmp/sc_manifest.xml file. The destination of created SC profile can be customized in following way:

# SC_FILE=/system/volatile/sc.xml /usr/bin/sysconfig

Known limitations

First version of SCI tool is not zone aware. If invoked within non-global zone, SCI tool might display configuration screens which are not applicable to zone's characteristics. For instance, SCI tool does not skip networking configuration screens when invoked in non-global zone with shared-IP stack.

First version of SCI tool lacks configuration screens for following configuration areas:

• IPv6 networking configuration
• other than DNS naming services (LDAP, NIS)
• locale
• screen for User/Root account is not yet fully compliant with PSARC/2010/165 opinion.

Known issues

7026330 sysconfig does not apply date and time configuration
7026383 snv_160 quit_01 SCI manual test:sysconfig shouldn't quit after pressing "cancel"
7026963 Request to have the capability of specifying multiple DNS name server and multiple search domains
7026989 SCI tool does not show hostname, ip address and netmasks with manual option.
7026887 SCI Tool should be prepared to handle longer usernames

Design specification

http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/download/Project+caiman/System+Configuration+Project/sci%2Dtool%2Dlatest.pdf

Where to report issues

Please report any issues found in Bugster under category solaris/install/configuration.

Text installer enhanced with support for manual network configuration

Text installer was modified to utilize SCI tool for system configuration. As a visible result of that transition, text installer was enhanced with configuration
screens supporting manual network configuration. Selecting 'Manually' on 'Network' screen provides for configuration of following parameters on installed system:

• IPv4 address/netmask for chosen network interface
• IPv4 default route
• DNS as a naming service (one search domain and one nameserver)

Where to report issues

Please report any issues found in Bugster under category solaris/install/configuration.