As I mentioned in my previous post about Puppet, there are some new Solaris-specific Resource Types for Puppet 3.4.1 in Oracle Solaris 11.2.  All of these new Resource Types and Providers have been available on java.net since integration into the FOSS projects gate.  I am actively working with Puppet Labs to get this code pushed back upstream so that it’s available for anybody to work with.

Here’s a small description of a few (of 23) of the new Resource Types:

  • boot_environment
    • name – The boot_environment name (#namevar)
    • description – Description for the new boot environment
    • clone_be – Create a new boot environment from an existing inactive boot environment
    • options – Create the datasets for a new boot environment with specific ZFS properties.  Specified as a hash
    • zpool – Create the new boot environment in the specified zpool
    • activate – Activate the specified boot environment
  • pkg_publisher
    • name – The publisher name (#namevar)
    • origin – Which origin URI(s) to set.  For multiple origins, specify them as a list
    • enable – Enable the publisher
    • sticky – Set the publisher ‘sticky’
    • searchfirst – Set the publisher first in the search order
    • searchafter – Set the publisher after the specified publisher in the search order
    • searchbefore – Set the publisher before the specified publisher in the search order
    • proxy – Use the specified web proxy URI to retrieve content for the specified origin or mirror
    • sslkey – The client SSL key
    • sslcert – The client SSL certificate
  • vnic
    • name – The name of the VNIC (#namevar)
    • temporary – Optional parameter that specifies that the VNIC is temporary
    • lower_link – The name of the physical datalink over which the VNIC is operating
    • mac_address – Sets the VNIC’s MAC address based on the specified value
  • dns
    • name – A symbolic name for the DNS client settings to use.  This name is used for human reference only
    • nameserver – The IP address(es) the resolver is to query.  A maximum of 3 IP addresses may be specified.  Specify multiple addresses as a list
    • domain – The local domain name
    • search – The search list for host name lookup.  A maximum of 6 search entries may be specified.  Specify multiple search entries as a list
    • sortlist – Addresses returned by gethostbyname() to be sorted.  Entries must be specified in IP ‘slash notation’.  A maximum of 10 sortlist entries may be specified.  Specify multiple entries as an array.
    • options – Set internal resolver variables.  Valid values are debug, ndots:n, timeout:n, retrans:n, attempts:n, retry:n, rotate, no-check-names, inet6.  For values with ‘n’, specify ‘n’ as an integer.  Specify multiple options as an array.

Other Resource Types are:

  • Datalink Management:   etherstub, ip_tunnel, link_aggregation, solaris_vlan
  • IP Network Interfaces:  address_object, address_property, interface_properties, ip_interface, ipmp_interface,                                             link_properties, protocol_properties, vni_interface
  • pkg(5) Management:  pkg_facet, pkg_mediator, pkg_variant
  • Naming Services:  nis, nsswitch, ldap

The zones Resource Type has been updated to provide Kernel Zone and archive support as well.