How to check zones in the Global Zone
ID NAME STATUS PATH BRAND IP
0 global running / native shared
1 bpass running /zones/bpass native shared
The directory where the zone will be running need 700 permission
root@/# cd zones
root@/# mkdir -p /newzone
root@/# chmod 700 newzone
root@/# zonecfg -z newzone
Use 'create' to begin configuring a new zone.
zonecfg:newzone>create
zonecfg:newzone>set zonepath=/zones/newzone
zonecfg:newzone>set autoboot=true
zonecfg:capped-memory>set physical=2g
zonecfg:capped-memory>set swap=4g
zonecfg:capped-memory>set locked=1g
zonecfg:capped-memory>end
If you want to create a Whole zone, you will use shared file system, and you can see when you perform a "zonecfg -z newzone info" the following file systems shared
/lib
/platform
/sbin
/usr
However you can remove them in order to avoid the sharing files and create and Sparse Zone
zonecfg:newzone> remove inherit-pkg-dir dir=/lib
zonecfg:newzone> remove inherit-pkg-dir dir=/platform
zonecfg:newzone> remove inherit-pkg-dir dir=/sbin
zonecfg:newzone> remove inherit-pkg-dir dir=/usr
Now you can add the network device to the zone, adding physical device to the zone
zonecfg:newzone> add net
zonecfg:newzone:net> set address=192.168.200.20
zonecfg:newzone:net> set physical=bge0
zonecfg:newzone:net> set defrouter=192.168.200.1
zonecfg:newzone:net> end
Finally you can configure the file systems if you need add in this case we will use LEGACY.
Suppose that you have a zpool-test with a zfs with legacy mountpoint
NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT
zpool-test 1.00T 459G 21K none
zpool-test/apps 1.00T 459G 13.6G legacy
zonecfg:newzone>add fs
zonecfg:newzone:fs> set type=zfs
zonecfg:newzone:fs> set special=zpool-test/apps
zonecfg:newzone:fs> set dir=/apps
zonecfg:newzone:fs> end
Now you can verify and commit the changes done
zonecfg:newzone>verify
zonecfg:newzone>commit
zonecfg:newzone>exit
root@ #zoneadm -z newzone install
When the zone is installed you can boot the zone
root@ #zoneadm -z newzone boot
Now you can access with zlogin with the option -C in order to login to the zone console
#zlogin -C newzone
[Connected to zone 'newzone' console]
Select a Language
0. English
1. es
2. fr
Please make a choice (0 - 2), or press h or ? for help: 0
Select a Locale
0. English (C - 7-bit ASCII)
1. Canada (English) (UTF-8)
2. Canada-English (ISO8859-1)
3. U.S.A. (UTF-8)
4. U.S.A. (en_US.ISO8859-1)
5. U.S.A. (en_US.ISO8859-15)
6. Go Back to Previous Screen
Please make a choice (0 - 6), or press h or ? for help: 0
...
Enter the host name which identifies this system on the network. The name
must be unique within your
Host name for bge0:1 newzone
...
...
System identification is completed.
...
rebooting system due to change(s) in /etc/default/init
[NOTICE: Zone rebooting]
SunOS Release 5.10 Version
Copyright 1983-2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
Hostname: newzone
newzone console login: root
Password:
Feb 17 15:15:30 newzone login: ROOT LOGIN /dev/console
Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.10 October 2007
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Regards
Roger
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