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Installing Oracle® Solaris 11.3 Systems

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Updated: May 2019
 
 

Creating an AI Manifest Using the installadm Command

For the Oracle Solaris 11.3 release, the installadm create-manifest and installadm update-manifest commands have been enhanced to allow you to edit the manifest being created or updated. Additionally, it is now possible to create a new manifest from an existing manifest in the install service. For example:

  • create-manifest -n servicename -m new-manifest brings up a manifest in the installadm interactive mode that is based on reasonable defaults.

  • create-manifest -n servicename -f file creates a manifest using the contents of the named file.

  • create-manifest -n servicename -f file -e allows you to edit a manifest using the contents of the named file. If the file is a derived manifest script, then you will be placed in an editor. The editor selected is either defined by the VISUAL or EDITOR environmental variables. If neither variable is defined, then the vi editor is used. If the file is not a derived manifest script, then you will edit the manifest in the installadm interactive mode.

  • create-manifest -n servicename -M manifest -m new-manifest creates a new manifest using the contents of the existing manifest.

  • create-manifest -n servicename -M manifest -e -m new-manifest creates a new manifest using the contents of the existing manifest. If the existing manifest is a derived manifest script, then you will be placed in an editor. The editor selected is either defined by the VISUAL or EDITOR environmental variables. If neither variable is defined, then the vi editor is used. If the existing manifest is not a derived manifest script, then you will edit the manifest in the installadm interactive mode.

  • update-manifest -n servicename -m new-manifest updates a manifest. If the manifest is a derived manifest script, then you will be placed in an editor. The editor selected is either defined by the VISUAL or EDITOR environmental variables. If neither variable is defined, then the vi editor is used. If the manifest is not a derived manifest script, then you will edit the manifest in the installadm interactive mode.

  • update-manifest -n servicename -f file -m manifest updates a manifest using the contents of the named file

  • update-manifest -n servicename -f file -m manifest -e allows you to edit a manifest that has been updated using the contents of the file. If the file is a derived manifest script, then you will be placed in an editor. The editor selected is either defined by the VISUAL or EDITOR environmental variables. If neither variable is defined, then the vi editor is used. If the file is an xml file, then you will edit the manifest in the installadm interactive mode.

installadm Interactive Editor Commands

You can get into the interactive editor mode either by using the –e option on the command line. Once in the interactive edit mode, you can use the following commands:

add

Adds an object or property. If you add the –w option the command will prompt for objects and properties. See the description of walk below.

cancel

Discards any changes made on the current level and navigates up one level.

commit

At the top level, validates changes, saves the manifest and continues editing.

delete

Deletes an object or property.

end

Validates changes made on the current level and if no errors occur navigates up one level.

exit

Prompts whether to save the manifest and exit after the changes are validated, exit without saving uncommitted changes or continue editing.

info

Displays all objects and properties up to one level down.

move

Changes the order of multiple objects, such as software publishers.

select

Selects an object and navigates to that level.

set

Sets the value of a property.

walk

Prompts for each settable property and any settable subobjects or subproperties for the select object.

Examples of Using the installadm Interactive Edit Mode

Several example showing the interactive mode are given in the installadm(1M) man page. The following sections provide additional examples.

Example 63  Creating a Manifest Entry with installadm in the Walk Mode

In this example a second publisher is added to the manifest named test.

# installadm create-manifest -n default-sparc -m test
installadm:test> select software
installadm:test:software> info
   type: IPS
   name: <not specified>
   facet[1]:
     ...
   facet[20]:
      name: facet.locale.zh_TW
      value: true
   publisher:
      name: solaris
      key: <not specified>
      cert: <not specified>
      ca-cert: <not specified>
      origin: http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release
      mirror: <not specified>
      cmd-options: <not specified>
   pkg-list:
      action: install
      name: pkg:/entire@0.5.11-0.175.3
      name: pkg:/group/system/solaris-large-server
      reject: <not specified>
installadm:test:software> add -w publisher
   *** To terminate walk, use Ctrl-D ***
   name [<not specified>]: firstboot
   key [<not specified>]: 
   cert [<not specified>]: 
   ca-cert [<not specified>]: 
   origin [<not specified>]: file:///net/host1/export/firstbootrepo
   origin [<not specified>]: 
   mirror [<not specified>]: 
   cmd-options [<not specified>]: 
installadm:test:software:publisher> info
   name: firstboot
   key: <not specified>
   cert: <not specified>
   ca-cert: <not specified>
   origin: file:///net/host1/export/firstbootrepo
   mirror: <not specified>
   cmd-options: <not specified>
installadm:test:software:publisher> end
installadm:test:software> exit
1. Save manifest and exit
2. Exit without saving uncommitted changes
3. Continue editing
Please select choice: 1
Created Manifest: 'test'
Example 64  Changing the Order of an Object with installadm

In this example, the order of the publishers is switched.

# installadm update-manifest -n default-sparc -m test
installadm:test> select software
installadm:test:software> info
   type: IPS
   name: <not specified>
   facet[1]:
     ...
   facet[20]:
      name: facet.locale.zh_TW
      value: true
   publisher[1]:
      name: solaris
      key: <not specified>
      cert: <not specified>
      ca-cert: <not specified>
      origin: http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release
      mirror: <not specified>
      cmd-options: <not specified>
   publisher[2]:
      name: firstboot
      key: <not specified>
      cert: <not specified>
      ca-cert: <not specified>
      origin: http://example.com/solaris/mybuild
      mirror: <not specified>
      cmd-options: <not specified>
   pkg-list:
      action: install
      name: pkg:/entire@0.5.11-0.175.3
      name: pkg:/group/system/solaris-large-server
      reject: <not specified>
installadm:test:software> move publisher 2 1
installadm:test:software> info
   type: IPS
   name: <not specified>
     ...
  publisher[1]:
      name: firstboot
      key: <not specified>
      cert: <not specified>
      ca-cert: <not specified>
      origin: http://example.com/solaris/mybuild
      mirror: <not specified>
      cmd-options: <not specified>
   publisher[2]:
      name: solaris
      key: <not specified>
      cert: <not specified>
      ca-cert: <not specified>
      origin: http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release
      mirror: <not specified>
      cmd-options: <not specified>
   pkg-list:
      action: install
      name: pkg:/entire@0.5.11-0.175.3
      name: pkg:/group/system/solaris-large-server
      reject: <not specified>
installadm:test:software> exit
1. Save manifest and exit
2. Exit without saving uncommitted changes
3. Continue editing
Please select choice: 1
Updated Manifest: 'test'
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