Solaris SMF manifest for mimedefang

I have been using MIMEDefang for some time and I thought I would write a Solaris SMF manifest so it would fit with the new Solaris 10 services.

I started off looking at a collection of existing manifest files from smtp-sendmail.xml to ssh.xml and a few online pages. So to convert your existing installation to use SMF do:

[updated 3rd July 2008 : init-script.in]

1) Rename the old startup files (you can delete them at a later date):
# ls /etc/rc?.d/*mimedefang
/etc/rc0.d/K38mimedefang /etc/rc1.d/K38mimedefang /etc/rc2.d/S82mimedefang /etc/rcS.d/K38mimedefang
# mv /etc/rc0.d/K38mimedefang etc/rc0.d/_K38mimedefang
# mv /etc/rc1.d/K38mimedefang etc/rc1.d/_K38mimedefang
# mv /etc/rc2.d/S82mimedefang etc/rc2.d/_S82mimedefang
# mv /etc/rcS.d/K38mimedefang etc/rc1.d/_S38mimedefang

2) Copy the startup file to a different location. You could put it in /lib/svc/method where all the Solaris ones are located, but I decided to keep it with the other mimedefang software (if you do change the location make sure you update the manifest file correctly):
# cp /etc/init.d/mimedefang /usr/local/mimedefang/bin/init-mimedefang

3) You can use your existing startup file and it will work with this manifest, but if you want to make full use of the manifest, then use this new version.

4) The download version is a replacement for the "examples/init-script.in" found in the source code directory, so you will need to to be put it in place before you build mimedefang (init-script is built when you run configure) and then copy init-script to in new location.
# cp  examples/init-script   /usr/local/mimedefang/bin/init-mimedefang
Changes are:
- Altered it to get rid of some none Solaris options.
- Altered the stop_it routines so it does a better job (better use of kill and more checking), which means that mimedefang will auto restart if it dies.
- Altered so it makes use of the properties of the service.
# diff -u init-script.orig init-script.in
--- init-script.orig    Thu Oct 18 17:46:05 2007
+++ init-script.in    Thu Jul 3 12:19:29 2008
@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
#!/bin/sh
#
-# FreeBSD/NetBSD start/stop script for MIMEDefang.
+# Solaris 10 start/stop script for MIMEDefang.
#
# PROVIDE: mimedefang
# REQUIRE: LOGIN
# BEFORE: mail
# KEYWORD: shutdown
+Modified 3rd July 2008
+    - added extra test in stop_it so mimedefang restarts after a "pkill -u defang"

-RETVAL=0
+. /lib/svc/share/smf_include.sh
+
+RETVAL=$SMF_EXIT_OK
prog='mimedefang'
-SPOOLDIR='@SPOOLDIR@'
+
+# Obtain SPOOLDIR (default=/var/spool/MIMEDefang)
+SPOOLDIR=`/usr/bin/svcprop -p config/spooldir $SMF_FMRI`
+SPOOLDIR=${SPOOLDIR:-'@SPOOLDIR@'}
PID="$SPOOLDIR/$prog.pid"
MXPID="$SPOOLDIR/$prog-multiplexor.pid"

@@ -40,7 +47,8 @@
# SOCKET=$SPOOLDIR/mimedefang.sock

# Run the multiplexor and filters as this user, not root. RECOMMENDED
-MX_USER=@DEFANGUSER@
+MX_USER=`/usr/bin/svcprop -p config/mx_user $SMF_FMRI`
+MX_USER=${MX_USER:-'@DEFANGUSER@'}

# Syslog facility
# SYSLOG_FACILITY=mail
@@ -51,6 +59,8 @@

# "yes" turns on the multiplexor relay checking function
# MX_RELAY_CHECK=no
+MX_RELAY_CHECK=`/usr/bin/svcprop -p config/mx_relay_check $SMF_FMRI`
+MX_RELAY_CHECK=${MX_RELAY_CHECK:-'no'}

# "yes" turns on the multiplexor HELO checking function
# MX_HELO_CHECK=no
@@ -57,9 +67,13 @@

# "yes" turns on the multiplexor sender checking function
# MX_SENDER_CHECK=no
+MX_SENDER_CHECK=`/usr/bin/svcprop -p config/mx_sender_check $SMF_FMRI`
+MX_SENDER_CHECK=${MX_SENDER_CHECK:-'no'}

# "yes" turns on the multiplexor recipient checking function
# MX_RECIPIENT_CHECK=no
+MX_RECIPIENT_CHECK=`/usr/bin/svcprop -p config/mx_recipient_check $SMF_FMRI`
+MX_RECIPIENT_CHECK=${MX_RECIPIENT_CHECK:-'no'}

# Set to yes if you want the multiplexor to log events to syslog
MX_LOG=yes
@@ -112,7 +126,8 @@

# Minimum number of processes to keep. The default of 0 is probably
# too low; we suggest 2 instead.
-MX_MINIMUM=2
+MX_MINIMUM=`/usr/bin/svcprop -p config/mx_minimum $SMF_FMRI`
+MX_MINIMUM=${MX_MINIMUM:-'2'}

# Maximum number of processes to run (mail received while this many
# processes are running is rejected with a temporary failure, so be
@@ -119,7 +134,8 @@
# wary of how many emails you receive at a time). This applies only
# if you DO use the multiplexor. The default value of 2 is probably
# too low; we suggest 10 instead
-MX_MAXIMUM=10
+MX_MAXIMUM=`/usr/bin/svcprop -p config/mx_maximum $SMF_FMRI`
+MX_MAXIMUM=${MX_MAXIMUM:-'10'}

# Uncomment to log slave status; it will be logged every
# MX_LOG_SLAVE_STATUS_INTERVAL seconds
@@ -173,29 +189,6 @@
     . @CONFDIR_EVAL@/$prog.conf
fi

-# BSD specific setup
-if [ -f /etc/rc.subr ]
-then
-    . /etc/rc.subr
-
-    name=$prog
-    rcvar=`set_rcvar`
-    # default to not enabled, enable in rc.conf
-    eval $rcvar=\${$rcvar:-NO}
-
-    load_rc_config $name
-
-    pidfile=$MXPID
-    procname=$PROGDIR/$prog-multiplexor
-    start_cmd="start_it"
-    stop_cmd="stop_it"
-    sig_reload="INT"
-    reread_cmd="reread_it"
-    # provide both "reload", the FreeBSD default, with a direct signal to
-    # the multiplexor, and "reread", the MIMEDefang default, using md-mx-ctrl
-    extra_commands="reload reread"
-fi
-
# Make sure required vars are set
SOCKET=${SOCKET:=$SPOOLDIR/$prog.sock}
MX_SOCKET=${MX_SOCKET:=$SPOOLDIR/$prog-multiplexor.sock}
@@ -288,11 +281,32 @@
     # Stop daemon
     printf "%-60s" "Shutting down $prog: "
     if test -f "$PID" ; then
-    kill `cat $PID`
-    RETVAL=$?
+    if kill -0 `cat $PID` > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+        kill `cat $PID`
+        RETVAL=$?
+    else
+        echo "mimedefang (`cat $PID`) has already been stopped."
+        # double check kill mimedefang , but all should be OK
+        # is this over the top?
+        RETVAL=$SMF_EXIT_OK
+        pkill -0 -u $MX_USER -x $prog > /dev/null 2>&1
+        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+        pkill -u $MX_USER -x $prog
+        RETVAL=$?
+        fi
+    fi
     else
-    RETVAL=1
+    echo "mimedefang has already been stopped."
+    # double check kill mimedefang , but all should be OK
+    # is this over the top?
+    RETVAL=$SMF_EXIT_OK
+    pkill -0 -u $MX_USER -x $prog > /dev/null 2>&1
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+        pkill -u $MX_USER -x $prog
+        RETVAL=$?
+    fi
     fi
+
     if [ $RETVAL = 0 ] ; then
    echo "[ OK ]"
     else
@@ -302,10 +316,30 @@
     # Stop daemon
     printf "%-60s" "Shutting down $prog-multiplexor: "
     if test -f "$MXPID" ; then
-    kill `cat $MXPID`
-    RETVAL=$?
+    if kill -0 `cat $MXPID` > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+        kill `cat $MXPID`
+        RETVAL=$?
+    else
+        echo "mimedefang-multiplexor (`cat $MXPID`) has already stopped."
+        # double check kill mimedefang-mult(iplexor) but all should be OK
+        # is this over the top?
+        RETVAL=$SMF_EXIT_OK
+        pkill -0 -u $MX_USER -x $prog-mult > /dev/null 2>&1
+        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+        pkill -u $MX_USER -x $prog-mult
+        RETVAL=$?
+        fi
+    fi
     else
-    RETVAL=1
+    echo "mimedefang-multiplexor has already stopped."
+    # double check kill mimedefang-mult(iplexor) but all should be OK
+    # is this over the top?
+    RETVAL=$SMF_EXIT_OK
+    pkill -0 -u $MX_USER -x $prog-mult > /dev/null 2>&1
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+        pkill -u $MX_USER -x $prog-mult
+        RETVAL=$?
+    fi
     fi
     if [ $RETVAL = 0 ] ; then
    echo "[ OK ]"

5) Create the manifest file (download version):
# cd /var/svc/manifest/network
# cat > mimedefang.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE service_bundle SYSTEM "/usr/share/lib/xml/dtd/service_bundle.dtd.1">
<!--
  Created by Andrew Watkins 9th May 2008
  References:
    /var/svc/manifest/network
    http://opensolaris.org/os/community/smf
    http://www.sun.com/bigadmin
  Thanks to
    David F. Skoll
    Kimmo Jaskari
  Modified 14th May 2008
    - major rewrite
    - added properties
    - dependent on sendmail
-->

<service_bundle type='manifest' name='mimedefang'>
<service name='network/mimedefang' type='service' version='1'>
    <single_instance />

    <dependency name='fs-local' grouping='require_all' restart_on='none'
        type='service'>
        <service_fmri value='svc:/system/filesystem/local' />
    </dependency>

    <dependency name='network-service' grouping='require_all'
        restart_on='none' type='service'>
        <service_fmri value='svc:/network/service' />
    </dependency>

    <dependency name='system-log' grouping='optional_all'
        restart_on='none' type='service'>
        <service_fmri value='svc:/system/system-log' />
    </dependency>

    <dependent name='mimedefang_multi-user'
        grouping='optional_all' restart_on='none'>
        <service_fmri value='svc:/milestone/multi-user' />
    </dependent>

    <dependent name='mimedefang_sendmail'
        grouping='optional_all' restart_on='none'>
        <service_fmri value='svc:/network/smtp:sendmail' />
    </dependent>

    <instance name='default' enabled='false'>
    <!-- instance-specific properties, methods, etc. go here. -->
      <dependency name='config-file' grouping='require_all'
          restart_on='refresh' type='path'>
          <service_fmri
            value='file://localhost/etc/mail/mimedefang-filter' />
      </dependency>

      <exec_method type='method' name='start'
        exec='/usr/local/mimedefang/bin/init-mimedefang start'
        timeout_seconds='60' />

      <exec_method type='method' name='stop'
        exec='/usr/local/mimedefang/bin/init-mimedefang stop'
        timeout_seconds='120' />

      <exec_method type='method' name='refresh'
        exec='/usr/local/mimedefang/bin/init-mimedefang reread'
        timeout_seconds='60' />

      <exec_method type='method' name='restart'
        exec='/usr/local/mimedefang/bin/init-mimedefang restart'
        timeout_seconds='60' />

      <property_group name='startd' type='framework'>
        <propval name='ignore_error' type='astring'
          value='core,signal' />
      </property_group>

      <property_group name='config' type='application'>
        <stability value='Evolving' />
        <propval name='spooldir' type='astring' value='/var/spool/MIMEDefang' />
        <propval name='mx_socket' type='astring' value='mimedefang-multiplexor.sock' />
        <propval name='mx_user' type='astring' value='defang' />
        <propval name='mx_relay_check' type='astring' value='no' />
        <propval name='mx_sender_check' type='astring' value='no' />
        <propval name='mx_recipient_check' type='astring' value='no' />
        <propval name='mx_maximum' type='integer' value='10' />
        <propval name='mx_minimum' type='integer' value='2' />
      </property_group>

      <template>
        <common_name>
            <loctext xml:lang='C'>
            mimedefang filtering e-mail system
            </loctext>
        </common_name>
        <documentation>
            <doc_link name='mimedefang' uri='http://www.mimedefang.org' />
        </documentation>
      </template>

    </instance>
    <stability value='Unstable' />
</service>
</service_bundle>
^D
#


6) Check and setup the manifest:
# svccfg validate /var/svc/manifest/network/mimedefang.xml
# svccfg import /var/svc/manifest/network/mimedefang.xml

7) See if it all worked:
# svcs -a mimedefang
STATE          STIME    FMRI
disabled       16:58:48 svc:/network /mimedefang:default

8) Check what properties are available to be altered:
# /usr/bin/svcprop -p config mimedefang:default
config/mx_socket astring mimedefang-multiplexor.sock
config/spooldir astring /var/spool/MIMEDefang
config/stability astring Evolving
config/mx_maximum integer 10
config/mx_minimum integer 2
config/mx_relay_check astring no
config/mx_sender_check astring no
config/mx_recipient_check astring no
config/mx_user astring defang

9) Change any which need to be altered
# svccfg -s mimedefang:default setprop config/mx_maximum = 10
# svccfg -s mimedefang:default setprop config/mx_user = "defang5"
# svccfg -s mimedefang:default setprop config/mx_relay_check = "yes"
# svccfg -s mimedefang:default setprop config/mx_sender_check = 'yes'
# svccfg -s mimedefang:default setprop config/mx_recipient_check = "yes"
# svcadm refresh mimedefang


10) Start it up
# svcadm enable mimedefang
# svcs -a mimedefang
STATE          STIME    FMRI
online         16:59:48 svc:/network /mimedefang:default


11) Check the log file
# svcs -l mimedefang:default
fmri svc:/network/mimedefang:default
name mimedefang filtering e-mail system
enabled true
state online
next_state none
state_time Tue May 27 15:06:25 2008
logfile /var/svc/log/network-mimedefang:default.log
restarter svc:/system/svc/restarter:default
contract_id 284
dependency require_all/refresh file://localhost/etc/mail/mimedefang-filter (online)
dependency require_all/none svc:/system/filesystem/local (online)
dependency require_all/none svc:/network/service (online)
dependency optional_all/none svc:/system/system-log (online)
# cat /var/svc/log/network-mimedefang:default.log

References
smf(5) Frequently Asked Questions
Solaris Service Management Facility - Service Developer Introduction

The "Sun Ultra" is dead. Long live the "Sun Ultra" !

Well it is the end of an Era after 10 years of using an Sun Ultra 10 at work I have finally obtained a Ultra 24 with a nice 22" display. About Time!

Sun Ultra 10 Workstation, Sun UltraSPARC[tm]-IIi 440 MHz, 512MB Memory, 9 GB IDE Disk Drive, Creator3D graphics (Got memory up 1GB, but after some deaths it ended at 384MB)	Sun Ultra 24 Workstation, Intel Core2 Quad Extreme QX6850 3.0 GHz, 6 GB Memory, 250 GB SATA Disk Drive, NVS290 Graphics
Sun Ultra 10 + 20" Sun Monitor Grand Total = £2780 (May 1998)	Sun Ultra 24 £1171.18 + 4GB Memory £61.19 + 22" ViewSonic £192.86 Grand Total = £1425.23 (April 2008)

Improve OpenSolaris Performance

So, you downloaded the latest version of OpenSolaris and it is installed and running. Well there are a few (I will add more as they become aware to me) things you can remove to improve performance and slightly clean up your system.

Following can improve performace:
Remove the Update Manager GUI, since at this time it does nothing in OpenSolaris (removes the update manager process).

# pkgrm SUNWupdatemgrr SUNWupdatemgru

Remove the Basic Registration Application (improve the startup of JDS/GNOME).

# svcadm disable svc:/system/basicreg:default
# pkgrm SUNWbrgr SUNWbrg

Following cleans the system up:
Remove PPP.

# pkgrm SUNWpppdt SUNWpppdu SUNWpppd SUNWpppdr SUNWpppg

Remove the UUCP Utilities.

# svcadm disable svc:/network/uucp:default
# pkgrm SUNWbnur SUNWbnuu

A complete Webserver in one download

So, you have your new machine and you need to get the Website up and running today, so what do you do:

1. Solaris comes with the Apache server, but if you want php, then you have to download it.
2. You obtain the software source from all the sites and start compiling..Get a life.
   
3. You down load the packages from http://www.sunfreeware.com, but which ones and have you got all those extra Perl modules.
4. Why can't I download one package and GO!

Well you can there is a great site called Cool Stack off the http://www.opensparc.net which have a few software packages which have been compiled and optimised for the Sun Hardware (SPARC /T1 or AMD).

• CSKamp. This package includes Apache2, MySQL5 and PHP5 built to work together.
• CSKmysql. This package includes a 64bit version of MySQL5 and is built with innodb.
• CSKperl. This package includes Perl 5. Note that Solaris 10 ships with the same version of Perl. However, in addition to being better optimized, CSKperl includes several perl extensions.
• CSKtds, CSKncurses, CSKphplibs. These packages are optional libraries required if you plan to use the corresponding PHP extensions.
• CSKmemcached. This package includes memcached, a distributed object cache system.
• CSKruby. This package includes ruby, rubygems and rails.
• CSKsquid. This package includes Squid Web Proxy Cache.

So, all you need is download CSKamp (OK! I lied 3 downloads in my case) CSKperl and "CSKtds, CSKncurses,CSKphplibs (combined as one download)"

And, yes you install the packages and you are ready to go and to prove it I obtained MediaWiki and it installed and ran with out any other modules, not bad and saved me a lifetime.


NOTEs:
- check out the FAQ since it shows you had to start packages up as services
- disable APC or upgrade to later version. (again see FAQ)
- the coolstack has now got an OpenSolaris Project

Benchmarking Sun X4100 using SiSoftware Sandra

Just had delivery of a new Sun Fire X4100 M2 with (2x AMD Opteron Model 2216, 4x1GB PC2-5300 DDR2-667 memory) and I thought I would test its performance compared to other machines. I decided that the best way is to install windows 2003 x86 on it and then use SiSoftware Sandra Lite XI SP2 (version 1135). The following diagrams are the results when Sandra was run from a remote PC session and windows fully patched (red show winner)

(a) Sun Fire X4100 M2
2x AMD Opteron Model 2216 @2.4Ghz,
4x1GB PC2-5300 DDR2-667 RAM

(b) Viglen
Intel Core 2 CPU 6600 @ 2.4GHz
2GB of RAM

(c) Xen/OpenSolaris
Using the Viglen above I installed OpenSolaris B78 with windows installed via Sun Xvm/Xen.

Processor Arithmetric	Dhrystone ALU (higher is better)	Whetstone iSSE3 (higher is better
x4100	35291 MIPS	26161 MFLOPS
Viglen	21734 MIPS	15158 MFLOPS
Xen	10377 MIPS	7260 MFLOPS

Multi-Core Efficiency	Inter-Core Bandwidth (higher is better)	Inter-Core Latency (lower is better)
X4100	3890 MB/s	116 ns
Viglen	7060 MB/s	74 ns
Xen	N/A	N/A

Physical Disks	Drive Index (higher is better)	Random Access Time (lower is better)
X4100	58 MB/s	7 ms
Viglen	67 MB/s	14 ms
Xen	117 MB/s	1 ms

Memory Bandwidth	RAM Bandwidth Int Buffered iSSE2 (higher is better)	RAM Bandwidth Float Buffered iSSE2 (higher is better)
X4100	10982 MB/s	10953 MB/s
Viglen	5011 MB/s	5041 MB/s
Xen	4762 MB/s	4784 MB/s

Memory Latency	Random Memory Latency (lower is better)	Speed Factor (lower is better)
X4100	91 ns	72.2
Viglen	99 ns	74.2
Xen	116 ns	80

Cache and Memory	Combined Index (higher is better)	Speed factor (lower is better)
X4100	25235 MB/s	15.7
Viglen	20174 MB/s	33.3
Xen	12570 MB/s	17.1

Building & Installing MediaWiki

I was asked the other day to install a Wiki and I thought I would publish the steps required to get the Wiki up and running. You most probably aware the wiki side is the easy part, since it requires a lot of other software installed on your system.

I will do this on a Solaris 10 SPARC system and since I believe in not installing to much non standard O/S software I will try to keep it down to the bare bones, but there is still a lot to do:

What I will require:

1. Perl
• I will install the non Sun version, since I want this more up to date, plus I have published an install guide before, but I will update this for latest release.
2. MySQL
• I have a choice of databases including Postgres and both come with Solaris 10, but again I will install my own version. I have more expertise with MySQL than Postgres, but that is my choice.
  
3. PHP
• This is the key for the wiki.
  
4. Apache Server
• I will use latest version 2.2 , even thought I have always used Version 1.3 before.
5. MediaWiki
• I have a little expertise of it and after some studying I believe it is the easies to setup (We will see!).

On route I am sure I will end up install other software, but this is the main tools to get my system up and running.

Installing Perl & Apache on Solaris 10

One of the first things you will want to setup on your new Solaris/OpenSolaris operating system is a web server, even though Solaris now comes with Perl and Apache installed by default, it is still worth installing your own version. New versions of Perl and Apache will always be ahead of the Solaris version, plus you will never damage the pre-installed version.

The procedure has been test on:

• Solaris 10 3/05 SPARC & X86
• Fully Patched
• Installed Solaris Software Companion (/opt/sfw)

The following steps will install:

• perl 5.8.7
• basic perl modules used by apache
• Apache 1.3.34 (Version 1 is still widely used)

Step 1) Setup environment vaiables (Using csh):

# setenv PATH \
    /usr/sfw/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
# setenv PATH \
    ${PATH}:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/sbin:/opt/sfw/bin:.
# setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH \
    /usr/sfw/lib:/usr/local/lib:/opt/sfw/lib

Step 2) Configure and install perl (Install location will be /usr/local/perl587)

# gtar xfz perl-5.8.7.tar.gz
# cd perl-5.8.7
# rm -f config.sh Policy.sh
# sh Configure -Dcc='gcc -B/usr/ccs/bin/' \
    -Dprefix=/usr/local/perl587 -des
# make
# make test
# make install
# cd ..
# cp /usr/local/perl587/bin/perl /usr/local/bin

Step 3) Check perl has been install and is in your path.

# rehash
# which perl
/usr/local/bin/perl
# perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 7) configuration:
Platform:
osname=solaris, osvers=2.10, archname=sun4-solaris
... a lot more stuff....

Step 4) Install some basic perl modules (down load from: http://search.cpan.org/)

# gtar xfz HTML-Tagset-3.04.tar.gz
# cd HTML-Tagset-3.04
# perl Makefile.PL
# make
# make test
# make install
# cd ..

# gtar xfz HTML-Parser-3.46.tar.gz
# cd HTML-Parser-3.46
# perl Makefile.PL
# make
# make test
# make install
# cd ..

# gtar xfz URI-1.35.tar.gz
# cd URI-1.35
# perl Makefile.PL
# make
# make test
# make install
# cd ..

# gtar xfz Compress-Zlib-1.41.tar.gz
# cd Compress-Zlib-1.41
# perl Makefile.PL
# make
# make test
# make install
# cd ..

# gtar xfz libwww-perl-5.803.tar.gz
# cd libwww-perl-5.803
# perl Makefile.PL -n
# make
# make test
# make install
# cd ..

Step 5) Set up mod_perl (Need to extract apache files first, since it updates them):

# gtar xfz apache_1.3.34.tar.gz
# gtar xfz mod_perl-1.29.tar.gz
# cd mod_perl-1.29
# perl Makefile.PL \
    APACHE_SRC=../apache_1.3.34/src \
    DO_HTTPD=1 USE_APACI=1 \
    PREP_HTTPD=1 EVERYTHING=1
# make
# make install

Step 6) Previous step did not compile apache. I prefer it that way:

# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Apache/1334 \
    --enable-module=info \
    --enable-module=most --enable-shared=max \
    --enable-module=status \
    --enable-module=so \
    --activate-module=src/modules/perl/libperl.a

# make
# make install

Step 7) We will pause here, since if you try to start the apache server you will get an error if this is on a SPARC platform.

# /usr/local/Apache/1334/bin/apachectl start

Syntax error on line 210 of /usr/local/Apache/1334/conf/httpd.conf:
Cannot load /usr/local/Apache/1334/libexec/mod_negotiation.so into server: ld.so.1: httpd: fatal: relocation error: file /usr/local/Apache/1334/libexec/mod_negotiation.so: symbol __floatdisf: referenced symbol not found
/usr/local/Apache/1334/bin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started

Step 8) SKIP to "step 9" if you are on a x86 platform.

# cd src/modules/proxy
# ld -G -o mod_proxy.so mod_proxy.lo \
    `gcc -print-libgcc-file-name`
# cd ../standard
# ld -G -o mod_negotiation.so mod_negotiation.lo \
    `gcc -print-libgcc-file-name`
# cd ../../..
# make
# make install

Step 9) Test that it all works

# /usr/local/Apache/1334/bin/apachectl start
http://localhost:8080

You will need to read other documention about configurations changes you can make to apache, but now you have a working version to use.

Hope it will helped some people and if there are any errors or commenst please be in contact.

Installing StarOffice 8 on a Solaris NFS client (workstation)

As you are all away StarOffice 8 is now out it looks good, but you may find out that integrating the software into GNOME/CDE on a Solaris/OpenSolaris workstation after install the software on a NFS server. If you are happy to install the whole (400MB+) on every workstation then you don't have to worry about this problem.

With StarOffice 7 you could install the software once on your network and then run the simple command on all workstations "/usr/dt/bin/dtappintegrate -s /opt/staroffice7" which would integrate it with your windows system. This feature was replace in the new version with packages, which seems a better idea, but it does not work 100%, since it needs a bit of manual work.

The procedure you will require is:

1) Install StarOffice 8 on your NFS server. (Keep the unpacked files, usually located in /var/tmp/unpack_staroffice/packages)

2) On your workstation mount the software filesystem i.e.

# mount server:/opt/staroffice8 /opt/staroffice8
# mount server:/opt/adabas /opt/adabas

3) Install the following packages if they don't already exists on your system (location can be found from step 1): Solaris 10 already has then installed so you can skip this.

SUNWj5cfg JDK 5.0 Host Config. (1.5.0_03)
SUNWfreetype2 FreeType2 Font library
SUNWj5rt JDK 5.0 Runtime Env. (1.5.0_03)

4) Install the following packages:

SUNWstaroffice-desktop-integratn Desktop integration for StarOffice 8
SUNWstaroffice-shared-mime-info shared mime info updates for StarOffice 8

5) Next step is a manual process to merge the contents of /etc/mailcap and /etc/mime.types on the client with the ones on the server. This was automaticly done on the server installation, since the package "SUNWstaroffice-desktop-int-root" did it. But this can not be installed on a client: [I just copied it from the server]

/etc/mailcap
/etc/mime.types

6) Finally, add a link:
cd /etc
ln -s /opt/staroffice8 staroffice8

I have talked to Sun about this problem and I belive they are going to look into it. I guess they did not bother about this setup thinking that we would install all the software on all workstation,
which I guess what the PC people are going to do, but UNIX people don't do this!

Hope this helps others.

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