Solaris – Page 3 – Riaan's SysAdmin Blog

My tips, howtos, gotchas, snippets and stuff. Use at your own risk!

Solaris 10 which package do I need

In Solaris 11 package management got a lot better and is almost as good as APT in the Linux world.

Following is my notes on several Solaris 11 procedures. I just bunched it together but you may just need one

I generally prefer installing server with a very minimal footprint and just add what is necessary. Think small templates etc..

In modern grep utilities can use -A (after) and -B (before) to return additional lines from your search. Solaris 11

In a previous article I wrote about using Sendmail to block outbound email and at the same time allow email

In some projects I need to block outbound email but still allow email to a select few domains (or even

Quick example of a simple HAProxy setup on Solaris 11. Create a suitable home and download the binary: Setup a

While trying to clone a production stack for development I got a little paranoid and added some firewall rules to

Mostly I try to install the absolute minimum graphics software on a server. Most installs should be possible without graphics.

This is a procedure that might be useful if you ever have to grow a Solaris VTOC /SMI partition containing