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A Planning Guide for Moving to LDAP as Naming Service in the Solaris OS

Mon, 03 May 2010 11:22:53 GMT

Moving from Network Information Service (NIS) or NIS+ to Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)? Read this first. Topics include DIT design and implementation of a hybrid DIT.

Sun's Open Network Systems Launch

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 11:04:07 GMT

Solaris 10 OS and OpenSolaris have been extended to provide performance, energy efficiency and reliability enhancements for the new Open Network Systems. Get more information and download the new Sun BluePrint.

Managing Boot Environments With OpenSolaris Package Manager

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:14:53 GMT

Learn how to manipulate BEs for convenience and transparency; update software in a BE; clone, create, or delete BEs; and set a BE as default.

Writing Your First Ruby-on-Rails Web Application

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:59:53 GMT

Use NetBeans IDE 6.5 and GlassFish v3 Prelude to create a Ruby-on-Rails Web application in OpenSolaris 2008.11 without typing a single line of code.

LOFS Mounted Platform-Specific Routine Libraries With CMT UltraSPARC Processor-Based Systems

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:44:53 GMT

Multiple versions of platform-specific routine (PSR) libraries (per platform, per processor) can be used with chip multithreading (CMT) UltraSPARC processor-based systems running the Solaris 10 OS, so that each processor is optimally utilized.

Working With Multiple Boot Environments on the OpenSolaris OS

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:29:53 GMT

With the OpenSolaris beadm utility, you can efficiently create, modify, or delete multiple boot environments with different system configurations and switch back and forth among them with ease. Note: This article has been updated to reflect the file structure in OpenSolaris 2008.11.

Introducing pfexec, a Convenient Utility in the OpenSolaris OS

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:14:53 GMT

Passwordless pfexec is the OpenSolaris version of Linux's sudo. Learn how to assign the appropriate rights profile to users so that they can execute commands with root privileges by prepending pfexec to the commands without becoming root. Note: This article has been updated with clarifications.

Installing Sun Web Stack on OpenSolaris OS

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:59:53 GMT

Sun Web Stack contains numerous preconfigured tools (Apache, MySQL, PHP, NetBeans IDE, and others) for developing and deploying applications. This article describes how to install and initialize the stack on OpenSolaris.

Writing Your First Web Application Using PHP on the Solaris OS

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:44:53 GMT

Create a sample program using PHP on the Solaris OS with the NetBeans 6.0 IDE.

How Tos/Cookbooks for Using NetBeans with Solaris Express Developer Edition 01/08

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:29:53 GMT

This is the landing page contains links to the various cookbooks/how-tos for using NetBeans 6.0 with these new runtime stacks.

Why Develop on the Solaris OS

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:14:53 GMT

Solaris Express Developer Edition (SXDE) offers you unique features, backward compatibility, quality development tools, an easy download, and a thriving open source community.

Develop and Deploy the SAMP Applications in Solaris Express Developer Edition 1/08

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:59:53 GMT

Ludovic Champenois demonstrates how to use the new SAMP features in SXDE, from developing PHP applications using NetBeans IDE 6 to deploying to an optimized Apache-MySQL-PHP stack-- all using GNOME-based GUIs.

Solaris Express Developer Edition 1/08 Now Available!

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:44:53 GMT

This Solaris release, built from the open source OpenSolaris code, includes the latest version of NetBeans, an integrated web application stack and ClusterTools to help you create Solaris, Java and Web 2.0 applications.

My Experience Installing Solaris Express Developer Edition (SXDE)

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:29:53 GMT

Join Bob Eckstein, senior SDN writer, as he takes SXDE out for a spin.

Solaris, PostgreSQL, and NetBeans - Just Perfect!

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:14:53 GMT

PostgreSQL is the open source enterprise database platform fully integrated into Solaris 10 and Solaris Express Developer Edition (SXDE) with comprehensive support offerings from Sun. This blog describes how to quickly setting up PostgreSQL 8.2 on SXDE 9/07 to make it work with NetBeans 6.0.

SXDE 9/07 Localized Docs Now Available!

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:59:53 GMT

The latest version of the localized SXDE documentation is now available online at the SXDE website .

Sun Net Talk: Solaris Express Developer Edition

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:44:53 GMT

This brief on-demand webcast shows how developers can create high-performance applications using this distribution and deploy to the Solaris 10 OS.

Introduction to Solaris and opensolaris.org

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:10:34 GMT

An introduction to the Solaris Operating Environment and the OpenSolaris open source project.

Solaris Cluster 3.2 2/08 is now available !

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:55:34 GMT

The 1st update of Solaris Cluster 3.2 increases flexibility, ease of use and extends virtualization support.

New! Ruby Developer Resource Center

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:40:34 GMT

Just learning or already deploying? Get downloads, docs, news feeds, blogs, screencasts, and learning trails to help you build applications using Ruby, JRuby, and Ruby-on-Rails.

Atomic SPARC: Using the SPARC Atomic Instructions

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:25:34 GMT

This article introduces the SPARC memory model and atomic instructions, then implements some IBM AIX interfaces for use on the Solaris OS (SPARC Platform Edition).

NetBeans IDE 6.1 Beta Blogging Contest

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:10:34 GMT

Start blogging about NetBeans IDE 6.1 and win some fabulous prizes. Download NetBeans IDE 6.1 Beta

What We're Watching: pNFS in OpenSolaris

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:55:34 GMT

A presentation from Spencer Shepler and Siddheshwar Mahesh on pNFS in OpenSolaris - SNIA Storage Developer Conference (September 2007)

IPv6 on Solaris

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:40:34 GMT

This paper is targeted towards a developer with IPv4 experience and looking to migrate to IPv6.

Playing with ZFS, USB memory disks and VMware Fusion

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:25:34 GMT

At Immersion Week in Chicago, they gave Jim Laurent a USB hub and 3 memory sticks. Read how to demonstrate ZFS on them using nothing more than a Mac Book Pro with VMware Fusion and Solaris 10.

Now Available: Crossbow Beta

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:10:34 GMT

Create your own network in a box . Crossbow provides the building blocks for network virtualization and resource control by virtualizing the stack and NIC around any service, protocol or Virtual machine. The source code and binaries are available now. Learn more

Debugging the JVM Using dbx

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:55:34 GMT

See how to use the Sun Studio tool dbx to debug a particularly thorny JVM crash on a Solaris x86 system.

Sun Studio Express - February 2008 Build

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:40:34 GMT

See how to use the Sun Studio tool dbx to debug a particularly thorny JVM crash on a Solaris x86 system.

What We're Watching: Hyon Kim on a New Multipath Management API for SCSI Devices

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:25:34 GMT

Hyon Kim reports on a new multipath management API for SCSI devices at SNIA's Storage Developers' Conference (Sept, 2007).

What We're Watching: John Forte on a New iSCSI Management API

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:10:34 GMT

John Forte presents a new iSCSI Management API at the SNIA Storage Developer Conference, September 10-13, 2007.

MySQL article - Sun and MySQL: How It Stacks Up for Developers

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:55:34 GMT

MySQL, the world's most popular open-source database, fills an important niche in Sun's software stack. With Sun's reach and resources, MySQL is poised for even wider adoption.

Updated: MySQL InnoDB Performance Tuning for the Solaris 10 OS

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:40:34 GMT

You can maximize the performance of MySQL on the Solaris platform through configuration and tuning of the database server, along with optimizing the Solaris OS for MySQL.

What We're Watching: Mark Carlson on the Management Framework Reference

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:25:34 GMT

Updated! Video repaired, full hour now available! At SNIA SDC (Sept, 2007), Mark Carlson provides an early look at SNIA's Management Framework effort.

Tape Drive Support in Solaris

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:10:34 GMT

Learn to use tape drive self-identification to automatically configure tape drives in the Solaris OS.

SunSPOTs Go Open Source

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:55:34 GMT

Recently Sun Microsystems announced that it would open source both the hardware and operating system for SunSPOTs, its sensor networking product based on Java technology.

OpenSolaris Developer Preview 2 is Now Available!

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:40:34 GMT

This is an x86-based LiveCD install image , containing some new and emerging OpenSolaris technologies and should be considered a developer preview only. For more details about the system requirements along with some basic user documentation refer to the OpenSolaris project resources page .

Student Developers

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:25:34 GMT

Where can you find hot technologies, open-source communities, and job opportunities? Sun is looking for students who are ready to innovate and create the future. >> More

Sorting Out Solaris Releases

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:10:34 GMT

This brief Webcast will help you sort through the different versions of Solaris and help you understand which version will best suit your needs. The speakers also give you a sneak peak into Project Indiana -- the new open source binary distribution of OpenSolaris that combines the best of Linux with the unique features of the Solaris OS.

Tap into the Power of Network.com

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:55:34 GMT

Network.com offers flexible access to the pay-per-use computing resources of Sun Grid Compute Utililty and its growing catalog of high-performance computing applications. You can use the Network.com platform to easily build, test and deploy your on-demand applications to anyone on the Internet. There is now a Sun Grid Plugin for NetBeans !

Happy 10th Anniversary, Tech Days

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:40:34 GMT

Tech Days, which began from a night's brainstorming among Sun employees, is now bigger and better than ever as it celebrates the 10th year of its storied history.

NetBeans IDE Talk in Second Life

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:25:34 GMT

The NetBeans team is putting out an invitation for Second Life users: "please join us in Sun's Developer Playground in Second Life on Thursday, January 31 at 10am PST as Brian Leonard and David Botterill, NetBeans Technology Evangelists, discuss NetBeans IDE 6.0. Learn how this latest release enables greater developer productivity with a faster, smarter editor, multi-language support, and a customizable IDE."

Tocarema Powers Up (PDF)

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:10:34 GMT

For its automated trading platform, startup Tocarema had an impressive list of requirements for its C/C++ toolchain. They turned to Sun Microsystems and its Sun Studio 12 software. See how they did it!

Create Your Own OpenSolaris IPS Repository in a Weekend

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:55:34 GMT

Michal Pryc has created a terrific 6 part series. These presentations cover the process of building packages using Common Build Environment to sending your packages to the IPS repository.

Getting Started with Sun Studio

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:40:34 GMT

For developers new to Sun Studio software, this guide provides an introduction to Sun Studio software, its features and usage.

SDN Channel

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:25:34 GMT

Trying to find a broadcast you missed or would like to view again? Visit the SDN Channel for a listing of past episodes.

Setting up memcache on Solaris

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:10:34 GMT

memcached is a high-performance, distributed memory object caching system, intended for use in speeding up web applications. Find out how to set it up with Solaris Zones.