SPARC: Installing With WAN Boot (Examples)

This chapter provides an example of setting up and installing client systems over a wide area network (WAN). The examples in this chapter describe how to perform a secure WAN boot installation over an HTTPS connection.

• Sample Site Setup

• Create the Document Root Directory

• Create the WAN Boot Miniroot

• Check the Client OBP for WAN Boot Support

• Install the wanboot Program on the WAN Boot Server

• Create the /etc/netboot Hierarchy

• Copy the wanboot-cgi Program to the WAN Boot Server

• (Optional) Configure the WAN Boot Server as a Logging Server

• Configure the WAN Boot Server to Use HTTPS

• Provide the Trusted Certificate to the Client

• (Optional) Use Private Key and Certificate for Client Authentication

• Create the Keys for the Server and the Client

• Create the Solaris Flash Archive

• Create the sysidcfg File

• Create the Client's Profile

• Create and Validate the rules File

• Create the System Configuration File

• Create the wanboot.conf File

• Check the net Device Alias in OBP

• Install Keys on the Client

• Install the Client