Setup IPS package repository for OpenSolaris 2009.06

Download the repository DVD image

Get the repo image from http://genunix.org.
Download osol-repo-0906-full.iso to /src
I recommend verifying the checksums with md5sums_repo_0906.txt

Take a look at README.osol-repo while you’re downloading for more information.

(Optional) Create a compressed ZFS filesystem

We don’t need access time, hence -o atime=off.

pfexec zfs create -o atime=off -o compression=on rpool/repo

Mount the image and copy the repo directory

pfexec bash
mkdir /mnt/cd
mount -F hsfs /src/osol-repo-0906-full.iso /mnt/cd
mkdir /rpool/repo
rsync -aP /mnt/cd/repo/ /rpool/repo

Unmount the iso:

umount /mnt/cd

(Optional) Set ZFS filesystem as readonly

pfexec zfs set readonly=on rpool/repo

Configure pkg server

pfexec bash
svccfg -s pkg/server setprop pkg/inst_root=/rpool/repo
svccfg -s pkg/server setprop pkg/readonly=true

Specify a port that will not conflict with another service, see http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers

svccfg -s pkg/server setprop pkg/port=4

Copy the config file:

cp /rpool/repo/cfg_cache /etc/0906_cfg_cache
svccfg -s pkg/server setprop pkg/cfg_file=/etc/0906_cfg_cache

Edit the server config file

From http://genunix.org/dist/indiana/README.osol-repo:

Then, using a text editor of your choice, change the following line in the above file [/etc/0906_cfg_cache]:

origins = http://pkg.opensolaris.org/release

Replace everything after ‘ = ‘, to the end of the line, with the network-accessible hostname of the system that the depot server will be hosted on as follows (if you changed the port number above, you would include it using :, after ‘.com’ in the example below):

I used:

origins = http://localhost:4/

Refresh and start the pkg server

pfexec bash
svcadm refresh pkg/server
svcadm enable pkg/server

Configure your pkg client

pfexec bash
pkg set-publisher -O http://localhost:4/ opensolaris.org

Double check pkg publisher is set:

pkg publisher

No errors? Great! now you can “pkg install” whatever you need from your machine instead of from the net.