Contents
CHAPTER 1 Introducing OpenSolaris
The True Name of Open Source Software
What You'll Find and Learn in This Book
The OpenSolaris Community: OpenSolaris.org
CHAPTER 2 The Advantages of Developing with OpenSolaris
OpenSolaris Runs on "Commodity" Hardware Platforms
OpenSolaris Runs High-Quality Application Software
You Can Get a Software Support Subscription for OpenSolaris
CHAPTER 3 Getting and Installing OpenSolaris
Direct "Bare-Metal" Installation
Installing OpenSolaris as a Guest VM (Recommended)
CHAPTER 4 A Familiar User and Developer Environment and More
PART 2 Working with OpenSolaris
CHAPTER 5 SMF: The Service Management Facility
Exploring the Basic ZFS Features
Creating and Managing ZFS Storage Pools
Managing Boot Environments with ZFS
CHAPTER 7 OpenSolaris and Virtualization
Global and Local Zone Environments
More OpenSolaris Virtualization
Installing the OpenSolaris 2008.11 xVM Hypervisor
PART 3 Exploiting OpenSolaris's Unique Features
CHAPTER 8 A Development Environment on OpenSolaris
Introducing the Web Stack and AMP
Taking a Tour of the Command-Line Package Manager
Building Applications for a Container Environment
Introducing Zones and Discrete Privileges
Qualifying Your Application for Zones
Installing Tomcat in a Container
Taking a Quick Tour of NetBeans IDE
Creating the Repository and Managing Files
Using the Manage Access Control Method
Integrating NetBeans with Other Products
Putting It All Together with IPS
CHAPTER 9 Innovative OpenSolaris Features
DTrace Community Contributions
The Tracker Utility: Where's That File?
The OpenSolaris Distro Constructor
And Now for a Little Entertainment
OpenSolaris Educational Resources
The OpenSolaris Curriculum Development Resources
OpenSolaris Learning Cloud Service
Appendix A Recommended Reading and Viewing
Linux to OpenSolaris Translation
APPENDIX B OpenSolaris 2009.06