About Network Auto-Magic, aka NWAM
Network Auto-Magic is a project to simplify and automate network configuration on Solaris. There are currently two components: Service Discovery, which incorporates Multicast DNS into Solaris, and Network Profiles, which allow users to specify various network configurations to be created depending on the current network conditions. The Network Profiles component is often commonly referred to as NWAM.
Current Status
NWAM Phase 0 integrated into nevada build 62. Additional information about phase 0, including how to enable it and some debugging tips, can be found here.
Service Discovery integrated into nevada build 72. Refer to the Service Discovery section for more information about this component, including future directions.
NWAM Phase 0.5, or "picea," integrated into nevada build 100. This project included some much-needed improvements to phase 0, focusing primarily on improved observability by and interaction with the user. Available information about Phase 0.5 includes:
We're also working on NWAM Phase 1, which will add greater flexibility/ configurability as well as a more complete User Interface; available phase 1 materials include:
We are starting a wiki that will be used for collaborating on topics related to NWAM.
Project Overviews
Our project lead Renee Danson gave a presentation (PDF, 248KB) at the Solaris Network Forum on December 11, 2007. The talk covered motivations for and goals of the NWAM project, as well as an overview of how we plan to address those in the various phases of the project.
Project lead emeritus John Beck gave a presentation (PDF, 210KB) to the Bay Area OpenSolaris user group meeting on March 22, 2007. The talk included a project overview as well as Phase 0 implementation details and future plans.
Background Information
Read the story boards to learn what we think the user experience ought to be like, and the Requirements which those stories imply for this project, then our Architecture for what we think our high-level design will look like.