Build & Install PHP 8.5.12 from Solaris Userland before offical Oracle release

With the recent PHP zero day problems I am sure you wonder what to do with your PHP version if you on Solaris. You could wait for Oracle release, put in a workaround, take website down or build/install a new version (unoffically).

Guide for the upgrade:

Rustc Version 1.89 and Oracle Solaris

Oracle Solaris does come with rustc and cargo, but it may be possible it will be not be the latest version. For example I am working with ClamAV 1.5.x and it required a later version. If you cannot wait for a new version to appear in Solaris here is what you can do:

Key points:

• Ref: https://github.com/psumbera/solaris-rust
• Tested on Solaris 11.4.84.201.1

Building and Installing ClamAV 1.4.x LTS on Solaris 11.4

ClamAV is an open-source antivirus engine which is widly used. Problem has been that since v1.0.0 onwards the build process changed and didn't work on Solaris. Now you can build and run it on Solaris 11.4. 

Key points:

• At this time ClamAV does not support Solaris, but I have filed bug reports
• Using ClamAV 1.4.2 LTS (https://www.clamav.net/downloads)
• Tested on Solaris 11.4.79.189.2 onwards and Solaris 11.4.81 CBE
• I am miss basic steps i.e. creating usernames, etc
• Installation will be put into /usr/local/clamav142

Setup 4CAT (Capture and Analysis Toolkit) on linux Server using Docker

4CAT is a research tool that can be used to analyse and process data from online social platforms. Its goal is to make the capture and analysis of data from these platforms accessible to people through a web interface, without requiring any programming or web scraping skills. 

There is some great documentation already, but no harm adding a bit more detail.

Tested on Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS & 4CAT 1.38

mysql:version_80 Service in Maintenance State in Oracle Solaris

I recently tried upgradeing MySQL 5.7 to MySQL 8.0 on SPARC kernel zone (KZ) but it failed. Here is some information which may help people in the future. 

So, I run our webserver www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk in a Solaris Kernel Zone which using a small MySQL 5.7 database, so after the upgraded failed I moved it to a test system and here is the steps and output which came to the possible workarounds.

Building OpenJDK 13 and OpenJDK 14 on Solaris 11 x86_64

Following on from a previous blog "Building OpenJDK 12 on Solaris 11 x86_64" I have added instructions for OpenJDK 13 on Oracle Solaris 11.4 x64, and the setup is exactly the same for OpenJDK 14

Configuring Bacula Backup Software for Solaris 11.4

Following up from my last post Building Bacula Backup Software for Solaris 11.4 where I got the software up and running, now it time to do the configuration which is the toughest part and longest section.