Setting up /opt/csw (Blastwave software) on any DRCSCS Solaris 8 (or newer) Sparc Based System.

Suggestions, Warnings and Bugs

Suggestions:

If some package needs localized "/opt/csw/etc/" files, create them in a "/etc/" directory and symlink them into the "/opt/csw/etc/" tree. See the "Individual redirection" section in "http://www.blastwave.org/userguide/sharingcsw.html"

Bugs:

/opt/csw/var is "shared" not "local".

Don't setup/use any csw packages that use the /opt/csw/var/ tree yet!

Installation Recipe

1. Check that the host is running Solaris 8.0 or newer:

   uname -a

2. Make sure "/autofs" mount point with correct permissions exists:

   umask 0222; mkdir /autofs

3. On Xhier'd systems, tell orphan not to descend the automount tree:

   Add "/autofs" entry to file "/.software/local/accounts/config/local/orphan_ignore"

4. Create an "/etc/auto_software" automountd map file containing:

   #
   # csw tree is the open source software we're getting from
   # http://www.blastwave.org/. We install the software on host "core.cs"
   # using "/opt/csw/bin/pkg-get -i " which sets it up on the
   # "fs-software.cs" file server. The host "backup.cs" then rsync's the
   # "fs-software.cs:/opt/csw" to mirror "fs-software.student.cs:/opt/csw" via a root cronjob.
   #
   csw -ro,soft,intr,nosuid \
   fs-software.cs.uwaterloo.ca,fs-software.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca(1):/opt/csw

5. Modify or create as needed "/etc/auto_master" to use the new map file and have a warning about the orphan program:

   #
   # Note: Program "orphan" (if installed) does not recognize these mounts
   # as NFS mounts and therefore must be explicitly configured not to
   # descend them. See the information about the "orphan_ignore" file
   # in "man orphan".
   #
   
   #
   # Map file for open-source software mounts.
   /autofs/software auto_software

6. Restart automountd:

   /etc/init.d/autofs stop && /etc/init.d/autofs start

7. Check automount is working:

   ls /autofs/software/.

8. The csw software expects to be in the /opt tree so create a softlink:

   ln -s /autofs/software/csw /opt/csw

9. Check that the users can access the software:

   ls /opt/csw/bin