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What is a Branded Zones ? Branded zones(BrandZ) provides the framework to create non-global zones that contain non-native operating environments. This allows individual zones to emulate an OS environment other than the native one of the global OS. The brand for a zone is set at the time the zone is created, and is implemented with interposition points within the OS kernel that can be used to change the behavior of syscalls, process loading, thread creation, and other elements. Three brands that have been implemented are Solaris Containers for Linux Applications, Solaris 8 Containers, and Solaris 9 Containers.
Supported Brands based on architecture
Solaris on Sparc Solaris 8 – full root only Solaris 9 – full root only Solaris 10 – sparse or full root Solaris 11/OpenSolaris – sparse or full root
Solaris on Intel/AMD x86/x64 processors
We will see the procedure to install only Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 branded zones in this article.
Download and Install Container Packages
Solaris 8
#gunzip s8containers-1_0-06-solaris10-sparc.tar.gz
#tar xvf s8containers-1_0-06-solaris10-sparc.tar
#pkgadd -d ./s8containers-1_0-06/Product SUNWs8brandr
#pkgadd -d ./s8containers-1_0-06/Product SUNWs8brandu
#pkgadd -d ./s8containers-1_0-06/Product SUNWs8p2v
Solaris 9 #gunzip s9containers-1_0-rr-solaris10-sparc.tar.gz
#tar xvf s9containers-1_0-rr-solaris10-sparc.tar
#pkgadd -d ./s9containers-1_0-rr/Product SUNWs9brandk
#pkgadd -d ./s9containers-1_0-rr/Product SUNWs9brandr
#pkgadd -d ./s9containers-1_0-rr/Product SUNWs9brandu
Download and Install Container Patches Solaris 8 you can download Solaris 8 patch from here and install it using patchadd Solaris 9 you can download Solaris 9 patch from here and install it using patchadd
Create/download flar image
You can create flar image from an existing Solaris 8 or 9 server using flarcreate command or Download example solaris 8 or 9 flar images from here (you should have been downloaded this in Install package step already )
Create branded zones
# mkdir -p /zones/testzone #chmod 700 /zones/testzone
# zonecfg -z testzone
testzone: No such zone configured
Use 'create' to begin configuring a new zone.
zonecfg:testzone> create -t SUNWsolaris9 # to create solaris9 branded zone
or zonecfg:testzone> create -t SUNWsolaris8 # to create solaris8 branded zone zonecfg:testzone> set zonepath=/zones/testzone
zonecfg:testzone> set autoboot=true
zonecfg:testzone> add net
zonecfg:testzone:net> set address=[provide ip here]
zonecfg:testzone:net> set physical=[provide interface name here]
zonecfg:testzone:net> end
zonecfg:testzone> commit
zonecfg:testzone> exit
Install Branded Zones Install the branded zones using zoneadm command by passing solaris 8 or 9 flar image location
# zoneadm -z testzone install -u -a /solaris9.flar
Log File: /var/tmp/testzone.install.log
Source: Installing: This may take several minutes...
Postprocessing: This may take several minutes...
Result: Installation completed successfully.
Log File: /zones/testzone/root/var/log/testzone.install.log # zoneadm list -iv
ID NAME STATUS PATH BRAND IP
0 global running / native shared
- testzone installed /zones/testzone solaris9 shared
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Zone Booting
Bootup the zone using zoneadm boot command and do the initial system configuration
#zoneadm -z testzone boot # zlogin -C testzone
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