Greetings We're pleased to announce an update to SmartOS.
It can be downloaded at https://download.joyent.com/pub/iso/smartos-20110926T021612Z.iso Major changes since 20110813: * Persistent setup on boot: creates a zpool and datasets for /var, /etc/zones, /etc/ssh, /zones * /usr/sbin/create-machine : allows you to define & install a vm or zone via a json file, greatly simplifying use of the joyent brand * vmadm : simplified vm management utility allowing better control & interrogation of vms (documentation coming, but invoked without options will give usage) * networking persistence : define it once ( via the dataset setup ), next reboot it's there * ssh host key persistence : no more errors from ssh * zone persistence * root's password can now be changed from the default of 'root' Notes: * Users created on the global zone do NOT persist across reboots. Create zones for your nonroot users and applications * If root's password changes, you must copy /etc/shadow to /usbkey/shadow and chmod it 0400. This is not done automatically * If you wish to have the previous SmartOS behavior and bypass the dataset setup, there is a GRUB option to do so (second option on boot). Otherwise setup will run and cannot be exited. * post-install changes to network configuration are done via /usbkey/config * Using partitions for your data is not currently easily supported, you must use whole disks Documentation for these features is forthcoming and will be available at wiki.smartos.org Thank you -John Sonnenschein Joyent, Inc ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
