LET'S OPEN SOLARIS

Danilo Poccia
Senior Systems Engineer
Sun Microsystems Italia S.p.A.
The Renaissance of Solaris
Solaris 10:
Breakthrough Capabilities
Multi-Platform
• Intel
• DTrace (Dynamic Tracing)
> Real-time debugging and
• AMD
optimization • SPARC
• Predictive self-healing
> Automatic diagnosis and recovery Multi-Vendor
• Containers (Zones), Logical • Sun
Domains, Sun xVM • IBM
> Consolidate, isolate and protect
thousands of apps on a single server
• Dell
• ZFS
• HP
> Virtually unlimited scalability
Open Source
> Virtually guaranteed data integrity
• OpenSolaris
• Secure by default

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Open Source

• Opened June 2005

• OSI-approved, free (as in “freedom”) software license
> Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL)

• Open development processes

• Expansion into new markets
> Virtualization
> Storage
> Cluster

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OpenSolaris
Solaris Innovation with a “Distribution” Model

• OpenSolaris as an integratable component,

not a large integrated body of code
> Core operating system
> Package repositories delivering Sun and non-Sun
innovation
• Closing the “familiarity gap”
> Easier to acquire, easier to install, GNU userland,
package management system, ...
• Focus on unique Solaris capabilities
> Upgrade rollback via ZFS snapshots, AMP stack with
integrated DTrace probes, binary compatibility, ...

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Easy to Acquire
Redistributable CD
Solaris 10 OpenSolaris

6 CDs Single CD

.org
Mirror Sites
Sun Download Center

Sun Download Center Available Everywhere

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Easy to Install

• Simplified install and upgrade

• Localized graphical installer
• Automates basic system configuration
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Easy to Maintain
Image Packaging System Upgradable
Frozen
Incorporated
eXcluded

• Easy to administer
• Easy to package for the developer
• More frequent fixes
• Upgrade and rollback with ZFS snapshots
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Two-Tier Release Model
One Solaris Platform, Two Delivery Mechanisms

• Enterprise-class • Web economy

• Unmatched level of • Latest Solaris
support innovations
• Long release cycle • Short release cycle
(3 – 5 years, with (every 6 months)
frequent updates)

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For the Developer
Unique Features of Solaris Offer Unique Possibilities

DTrace • DTrace probes in Java, Ruby, Perl, php, Python, ...

• Debugging unmodified Linux binaries running in BrandZ
• Simulate and debug distributed applications with Solaris
Containers

Solaris • Simulate and debug distributed applications in multiple zones

Containers • Test multiple app server versions in identical environments

ZFS • Multiple local development workspaces with little disk space

• Cloning zones for identical environments

Documentation • Abundant, well-maintained and authoritative developer

documentation

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Installing Ruby with IPS
root@opensolaris:~# pkg refresh
root@opensolaris:~# ruby
-bash: ruby: command not found
root@opensolaris:~# pkg status -a| grep -i ruby
pkg://opensolaris.org/SUNWruby18@1.8.6-0.79 known ----
root@opensolaris:~# pkg install SUNWruby18
DOWNLOAD PKGS FILES XFER (MB)
Completed 1/1 1546/1546 8.50/8.50

PHASE ACTIONS
Install Phase 1837/1837
root@opensolaris:~# ruby
puts "Hello, World!"
Hello, World!

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LET'S OPEN SOLARIS
Danilo Poccia
danilo.poccia@sun.com
blogs.sun.com/danilop

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