Solaris 11- Configuring Nsswitch.conf

##Configuring nsswitch.conf

The next step is to configure the svc:/system/name-service/switch service .

solaris:~$ svccfg -s name-service/switch

svc:/system/name-service/switch> setprop config/default = files

svc:/system/name-service/switch> setprop config/host = "files dns"

svc:/system/name-service/switch> setprop config/ipnode = astring: "files dns"

svc:/system/name-service/switch> exit

solaris:~$ svcadm refresh name-service/switch

solaris:~$ svcadm restart name-service/switch

Now examine the /etc/nsswitch.conf to confirm it worked:

Solaris 11 - How to change the hostname of the server?

1 - To check the current environment properties:

root@solaris:~# svccfg -s system/identity:node listprop config

config                 application        

config/enable_mapping boolean     true

config/nodename       astring     solaris

config/loopback       astring     solaris

2 - Set the new hostname

root@solaris:~# svccfg -s system/identity:node setprop config/nodename="my-host-name"

root@solaris:~# svccfg -s system/identity:node setprop config/loopback="my-host-name"

3- Refresh the properties:

root@solaris:~# svccfg -s system/identity:node refresh

4 - Restart the service:

root@solaris:~# svcadm restart system/identity:node

5 - verify that the changes took place:

root@solaris:~# svccfg -s system/identity:node listprop config

config                 application       

config/enable_mapping boolean     true

config/nodename       astring     my-host-name

config/loopback       astring     my-host-name

root@solaris:~# hostname

my-host-name

How-to for simple SysAdmin tasks which gets performed differently on Solaris 11

The previous behavior of modifying a configuration file to configure naming services no longer works. 

How a system will get information on hosts, users? 
On Solaris 10 - Update /etc/nsswitch.conf

On Solaris 11 
#svccfg -s svc:/system/name-service/switch:default


How a system will be able to resolve the hostname resolution with DNS?
On Solaris 10 - Update /etc/resolv.conf

On Solaris 11
# svccg
svc:> select /network/dns/client
svc:/network/dns/client> setprop config/options = "ndots:2,retrans:3,retry:1"
svc:/network/dns/client> listprop config/options
config/options astring     ndots:2,retrans:3,retry:1
# svcadm refresh dns/client

How to change the hostname of the system?
On Solaris 10- Update /etc/nodename

On Solaris 11
# svccfg -s svc:/system/identity:node setprop config/nodename = astring: nodename
# svcadm refresh svc:/system/identity:node

# svcadm restart svc:/system/identity:node

How to change or configure Locale and the timezone?

Solaris 11 -changing locale
# svccfg -s svc:/system/environment:init setprop environment/LANG = astring: fr_FR.UTF-8# svcadm refresh svc:/system/environment

Solaris 11- For changing Timezone
# svccfg -s timezone:default setprop timezone/localtime= astring: US/Mountain

# svcadm refresh timezone:default

How to set default route on Solaris 10 vs 11?
On Solaris 10,
You need to update /etc/defaultrouter

Oracle Solaris 11, you can persistently set the default route for a system,
route -p add default ip-address