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Solaris 11.4 CDE Install Proxmox
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PROXMOX_SOLARIS_INSTALL.md

Download ISO https://www.oracle.com/solaris/solaris11/downloads/solaris-downloads.html

Upload to Proxmox local ISO images

Create VM Choose downloaded ISO Guest OS: Linux 5.x

Grahics: Default
Chipset: i440fx
Bios: OVMF
SCSI: Virtio
Disk: 32G, Virtio Block
CPU Type: host
Memory: 5G minimum to install, 4G after install
Network model: VirtIO

Options

  • Enable Guest Agent, advanced type isa-serial

Remove EFI disk before startup.

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SOLARIS_POST_INSTALL_SETUP.md

After install, log in via console or SSH.

Change to serial console

bootadm set-menu console=serial serial_params=0,19200,8,n,1
bootadm change-entry -i 0 'kargs=-B console=ttya'

Configure public package updates if you don't have a support account

pkg set-publisher -G'*' -g http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release/ solaris

Permit root login

rolemod -K type=normal root
gsed -i'' 's/^\(CONSOLE.*\)/#\1/' /etc/default/login
gsed -i'' 's/^\(PermitRootLogin\).*/\1 yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_confi
svcadm restart svc:/network/ssh:default
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