Solaris 8 Administrator's Guide

Description

This guide covers all aspects of deploying Solaris as an enterprise-level network operating system, with a focus on e-commerce. Written for experienced network administrators who want an objective guide to networking with Solaris, the book covers installation on the Intel and Sparc platforms, and instructs you how to setup Solaris as a file server, application server, and database server.

Full Description

The Solaris operating system, along with related Sun products like Java, is one of the most reliable and scalable platforms on which to build e-commerce products, and on which to support all networked services. Yet, one problem that potential users face is finding out more information about what Solaris offers. In a sense, they want to know how much technical work is involved in migrating to Solaris, and what kind of philosophy Solaris is based on. To answer these questions, Solaris 8 Administrator's Guide covers all aspects of deploying Solaris as a network server, including both basic and advanced network services. Given newfound interest in Solaris as an enterprise network operating system, this guide is aimed squarely at supporting enterprise-level services. It's written for experienced network administrators who want an objective guide to networking with Solaris, and covers installation on both the Intel and Sparc platforms. With it, you will learn how to setup Solaris as a file server, application server, and database server. In its coverage of advanced topics, Solaris 8 Administrator's Guide offers examples of configuration files and the installation of third-party software packages. This comprehensive book also contains more conceptual and difficult material that is absent from other Solaris reference manuals. At all points, emphasis is placed on issues like evaluating the security, scalability, and reliability of specific software packages--at the expense of providing detailed coverage of every available package. The book covers the practical experience and new skills needed to understand the impact of new services and new software products on existing server systems. Author Paul Watters--a recognized authority on Solaris--avoids so-called "historical" services, like UUCP, which can easily fill chapters but are not commonly found in today's production environments. Indeed, he doesn't bother to provide an in-depth history of Solaris or UNIX at all, assuming that you can find this material elsewhere. Instead, the practical focus is on supporting relevant contemporary networking technologies. Solaris 8 Administrator's Guide provides you with a third-party view that not only praises Solaris, but is critical and realistic in its assessment. This book is for experienced Solaris Administrators as well as and those looking to migrate to this operating system.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Network Is the Computer
1. Sun ONE (Open Network Environment)
2. Solaris Releases
3. Solaris Resources
Chapter 2 Building Solaris Networks
1. System Concepts
2. Network Architectures
3. Internet Protocols
4. Using inetd
5. Using snoop
Chapter 3 Installing Solaris
1. Pre-Installation Checklist
2. Solaris Installations (SPARC)
3. Solaris Installations (Intel)
4. Preparing for Installation (SPARC)
5. Preparing for Installation (Intel)
6. Web Start Wizard Installation
Chapter 4 Network Configuration
1. Creating Networks and Subnets
2. Configuring Network Interfaces
3. Obtaining Network Statistics
4. Routing
Chapter 5 Naming Services
1. Domains and Name Services
2. Domain Name Service
3. Network Information Service
4. Network Information Service+
5. Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Chapter 6 Host Administration
1. User Management
2. Software Package Management
3. Printer Management
4. Quotas
5. Installing Sendmail
Chapter 7 File Serving
1. Samba
2. Network File System Servers
3. NFS Performance Measurement
Chapter 8 Data Management
1. Data Management Principles
2. Revision Control Tools
3. Understanding Backups
4. Selecting a Backup Media
5. Backup and Restore Methods
6. Backup/Restore Packages
Chapter 9 Network Security
1. Password Security
2. Secure Shell
3. Disabling IP Ports
4. Packet Filtering
5. Kerberos 5
6. IPsec
7. SOCKS Internet Proxy
8. MD5
Chapter 10 Network Information Systems
1. Understanding Web Information Systems
2. Configuring a Web Server
3. Running Servlets
4. Writing Servlets
5. CORBA
6. Enterprise JavaBeans
7. Installing a Database Server

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Product Details

Title:

Solaris 8 Administrator's Guide

By:

Dr. Paul Andrew Watters

Publisher:

O'Reilly Media

Formats:

Print
Safari Books Online

Print Release:

January 2002

Pages:

304

Print ISBN:

978-0-596-00073-8

| ISBN 10:

0-596-00073-1

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About the Author

Dr. Paul Andrew Watters

Paul A. Watters, MAPS, M.Phil.(Cambridge),B.A.(Hons.)(Tasmania),B.A. (Newcastle) recently submitted his PhD thesis in computer science at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, in the topic of natural language processing, and neural networks. The software he developed as part of his doctoral thesis runs on high-end Solaris servers through the Internet using CGI. In addition, he has eight years systems management and application development experience in commercial and R&D organizations. He specializes in building e-commerce and Internet information systems, based on Java, Solaris and open standards like CORBA. He is a columnist and author for the trade journal Inside Solaris, author of Solaris 8 Administrator's Guide, lead author of the upcoming Solaris 8: The Complete Reference, published by Osborne McGraw-Hill, and Solaris E-Commerce Bible, published by IDG.

View Dr. Paul Andrew Watters's full profile page.

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Solaris 8 Administrator's Guide

Chapter 1 The Network Is the Computer

Sun ONE (Open Network Environment)

Solaris Releases

Solaris Resources

Chapter 2 Building Solaris Networks

System Concepts

Network Architectures

Internet Protocols

Using inetd

Using snoop

Chapter 3 Installing Solaris

Pre-Installation Checklist

Solaris Installations (SPARC)

Solaris Installations (Intel)

Preparing for Installation (SPARC)

Preparing for Installation (Intel)

Web Start Wizard Installation

Chapter 4 Network Configuration

Creating Networks and Subnets

Configuring Network Interfaces

Obtaining Network Statistics

Routing

Chapter 5 Naming Services

Domains and Name Services

Domain Name Service

Network Information Service

Network Information Service+

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

Chapter 6 Host Administration

User Management

Software Package Management

Printer Management

Quotas

Installing Sendmail

Chapter 7 File Serving

Samba

Network File System Servers

NFS Performance Measurement

Chapter 8 Data Management

Data Management Principles

Revision Control Tools

Understanding Backups

Selecting a Backup Media

Backup and Restore Methods

Backup/Restore Packages

Chapter 9 Network Security

Password Security

Secure Shell

Disabling IP Ports

Packet Filtering

Kerberos 5

IPsec

SOCKS Internet Proxy

MD5

Chapter 10 Network Information Systems

Understanding Web Information Systems

Configuring a Web Server

Running Servlets

Writing Servlets

CORBA

Enterprise JavaBeans

Installing a Database Server

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