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

• Install the wanboot Program on the WAN Boot Server

• Create the /etc/netboot Hierarchy

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

• 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 Client OBP for WAN Boot Support

• Check the net Device Alias in OBP

• Install Keys on the Client

• Install the Client

Sample Site Setup

Figure 45-1 shows the site setup for this example.

Figure 45-1 Sample Site for WAN Boot Installation

This sample site has the following characteristics.

• The server wanserver-1 is to be configured as a WAN boot server and an install server.

• The IP address of wanserver-1 is 192.168.198.2.

• The domain name of wanserver-1 is www.example.com.

• wanserver-1 is running the Solaris 9 4/04 operating environment.

• wanserver-1 is running the Apache web server. The Apache software on wanserver-1 is configured to support HTTPS.

• The client to be installed is named wanclient-1.

• wanclient-1 is an UltraSPARCII system.

• The client ID for wanclient-1 is 010003BA152A42.

• The IP address of wanclient-1 is 192.168.198.210.

• The IP address of the client's subnet is 192.168.198.0.

• The client system wanclient-1 has Internet access, but is not directly connected to the network that includes wanserver-1.

• wanclient-1 is a new system that is to be installed with the Solaris 9 4/04 operating environment.