a-setup.sh

#!/bin/sh
#
# Configurables:
#
#  - Disk size is in GB
#  - Memory size is in MB
#  - SSH port is the local forwarded port to the VM:22
#
disksize="32"
memsize="1024"
sshport="8322"
vmname="SmartOS"
dlsite="https://us-east.manta.joyent.com//Joyent_Dev/public/SmartOS/20141113T164921Z/"
vboxdir=$(VBoxManage list systemproperties \
            | awk '/^Default.machine.folder/ { print $4 }')

isopath="$1"

if [ -z "${isopath}" ]; then
#
# Find a suitable md5sum program.
#
  if type md5 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
      md5sum='md5'
      column='NF'
  elif type digest >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
       digest md5 /dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1; then
      md5sum='digest md5'
      column='NF'
  elif type digest >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
       digest -a md5 /dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1; then
      md5sum='digest -a md5'
      column='1'
  elif type md5sum >/dev/null 2>&1; then
      md5sum='md5sum'
      column='1'
  elif type openssl >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
       openssl md5 -hex /dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1; then
      md5sum='openssl md5 -hex'
      column='NF'
  else
      echo "ERROR: Sorry, could not find an md5 program" 1>&2
      exit 1
  fi

#
# Download MD5 file and parse it for the latest ISO image and checksum
#

  if [ -e smartos-sums.txt ]; then
    curl -o smartos-sums.txt ${dlsite}/md5sums.txt 2>/dev/null
  fi
  latest_md5=$(awk '/.iso$/ { print $1 }' smartos-sums.txt)
  smartos_version=$(sed -ne "/^${latest_md5}/s/.*-\(.*\).iso/\1/p" \
                      smartos-sums.txt)
  if [ -z "${smartos_version}" ]; then
    echo "ERROR: Couldn't determine latest version"
    exit 1
  fi

#
# Download the latest ISO image and verify
#
  mkdir -p "${vboxdir}/${vmname}"

  echo "${vboxdir}/${vmname} <- ${dlsite}/smartos-${smartos_version}.iso"
  isopath="${vboxdir}/${vmname}/smartos-${smartos_version}.iso"

  if [ ! -f "${isopath}" ]; then
    echo "Downloading ${dlsite}/smartos-${smartos_version}.iso"
    curl -o "${isopath}" \
            ${dlsite}/smartos-${smartos_version}.iso
  else
    echo "Skipping download."
  fi
  ${md5sum} "${isopath}" | awk '{ print $'${column}' }'
  dl_md5=$(${md5sum} "${isopath}" \
             | awk '{ print $'${column}' }')
  if [ -z "${dl_md5}" ]; then
    echo "ERROR: Couldn't fetch ISO image"
    exit 1
  fi

  if [ "${latest_md5}" != "${dl_md5}" ]; then
    echo "ERROR: md5 checksums do not match -- remove ${isopath} and re-run"
    exit 1
  fi
fi

#
# Create VirtualBox VM
#
echo "Creating/Updating Virtual Machine"
VBoxManage showvminfo "${vmname}" >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    # VM already exists, just update the ISO image
    VBoxManage storageattach "${vmname}" --storagectl "IDE Controller" \
      --port 1 --device 0 --type dvddrive \
      --medium "${isopath}"
else
    # Create the VM
    VBoxManage createvm --name "${vmname}" --ostype OpenSolaris_64 --register
    VBoxManage storagectl "${vmname}" --name "IDE Controller" --add ide

    # Attach the ISO image
    VBoxManage storageattach "${vmname}" --storagectl "IDE Controller" \
      --port 1 --device 0 --type dvddrive \
      --medium "${isopath}"

    # Create and attach the zone disk
    VBoxManage createhd --filename "${vboxdir}/${vmname}/smartos-zones.vdi" \
      --size $(echo "${disksize}*1024" | bc)
    VBoxManage storageattach "${vmname}" --storagectl "IDE Controller" \
      --port 0 --device 0 --type hdd \
      --medium "${vboxdir}/${vmname}/smartos-zones.vdi"

    # Set misc settings
    VBoxManage modifyvm "${vmname}" --boot1 dvd --boot2 disk --boot3 none
    VBoxManage modifyvm "${vmname}" --memory ${memsize}
    VBoxManage modifyvm "${vmname}" --natpf1 "SSH,tcp,,${sshport},,22"
fi

#
# Start it up
#
echo "Starting Virtual Machine"
VirtualBox --startvm "${vmname}" &

in-smartos-setup.sh

## Set up SmartOS in VirtualBox
# http://www.perkin.org.uk/posts/automated-virtualbox-smartos-installs.html

# set up global zone with Joyent datasets
if [[ ! -e /var/db/imgadm/sources.list || `grep -v "https://datasets.joyent.com/datasets" /var/db/imgadm/sources.list` ]]; then
  echo "https://datasets.joyent.com/datasets" >> /var/db/imgadm/sources.list
fi

imgadm update

# download sdc:sdc:base64:1.7.1 dataset
imgadm import d34c301e-10c3-11e4-9b79-5f67ca448df0

# find gateway based on global zone gateway
export GATEWAY=$(netstat -r | grep default | awk '{ print $2 }')

# create a 'manage' zone
if [[ ! `vmadm list -H alias=manage` ]]; then
  echo "{
    \"brand\": \"joyent\",
    \"dataset_uuid\": \"d34c301e-10c3-11e4-9b79-5f67ca448df0\",
    \"quota\": 1,
    \"max_physical_memory\": 64,
    \"alias\": \"manage\",
    \"resolvers\": [\"10.1.1.1\", \"8.8.8.8\"],
    \"nics\": [
      {
        \"nic_tag\": \"admin\",
        \"ip\": \"dhcp\",
        \"netmask\": \"dhcp\",
        \"gateway\": \"${GATEWAY}\"
      }
    ]
  }" | vmadm create
fi

echo "{
  \"brand\": \"joyent\",
  \"dataset_uuid\": \"d34c301e-10c3-11e4-9b79-5f67ca448df0\",
  \"quota\": 10,
  \"alias\": \"main\",
  \"max_physical_memory\": 1024,
  \"resolvers\": [\"10.1.1.1\", \"8.8.8.8\"],
  \"nics\": [
    {
      \"nic_tag\": \"admin\",
      \"ip\": \"dhcp\",
      \"netmask\": \"dhcp\",
      \"gateway\": \"${GATEWAY}\"
    }
  ]
}" | vmadm create

5:07 PM Raynos: https://gist.github.com/chrisdickinson/8e42f31f5fff28cdbfe4 might help -- the in-vm stuff is a bit rough
5:09 PM from that point, you can scp stuff to the server (if you make an alias like "smartos") with scp file smartos:/zones/<zone-uuid>/root/ to put the file into the root of the zone's filesystem
5:11 PM if you're looking for the ability to debug linux cores on that smartos vm, then: make sure to copy the node binary that generated the core as well as the core itself to the smartos vm,
5:11 PM download http://us-east.manta.joyent.com/NodeCore/public/libproc-update.so from the vm,
5:12 PM s/from the/to the/g
5:13 PM then you should be able to do (from inside the zone aliased as "main" in the above) LD_PRELOAD_64=./libproc64-update.so mdb path/to/node-binary-that-generated-the-core path/to/core