• As of 2015-03-30, use hipster ISO for userland building
• Once logged in, use nwam applet to disable NICs for zones ===
  • Create a profile named “Zones”
  • Add only global zone NIC in the “Activate every time” section
• Shutdown and remove virtual installation ISO
• Boot up and install Solaris guest additions
• Shutdown and remove virtual guest-additions ISO
• Boot into new system, ready to proceed

• Entries in /etc/hosts
• Desktop preference changes
• Shell initialization and ~/.* files

• pkg unset-publisher openindiana.org
• pkg set-publisher -p http://pkg.openindiana.org/hipster-2015
• pkg install -v package/pkg
• pkg update -v

See OpenIndiana for zone basics

• zlogin oibld init 5
• cp -pf /etc/zones/oibld.xml /zones/oidev/oibld
• zfs snapshot -r zonepool/zones/oidev/oibld@snapshotname
• zoneadm -z oibld boot

Following guide at http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Building+with+oi-userland …

• Update zone (if installed from hipster ISO) : pkg update -v
• Install prerequisite packages in the zone: pkg install build-essential

• Create a fork of OpenIndiana/oi-userland in your own github account space
• Clone your fork and set up for use

  git clone https://www.github.com/yourlogin/oi-userland
  cd $HOME/oi-userland ; gmake setup ; gmake check-environment

• Set your local repo as publisher:

  pkg set-publisher -p file://$HOME/oi-userland/i386/repo
  pkg set-publisher -P userland

• Run a local package server for other zones or hosts:

  /usr/lib/pkg.depotd -d $HOME/oi-userland/i386/repo -p 10000

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