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.

Building Bacula Backup Software for Solaris 11.4

As we know Networker backup software does not support Solaris as a backup server any longer, so we need to look else where. Ventured over to bacula.org which is an open source version which seems very popular so will give it a go.

Building Python 3.7 on Solaris 11.4 using solaris-userland

As we know Python 3.7 is not out for Oracle Solaris 11.4 yet, but could be out soon, so if you can't wait or you want the latest version then use the official Solaris userland source code to build it

Building ClamAV on Solaris 11.4 using solaris-userland

Well, I have started moving all the software I use over to solaris-userland builds so next in line after my last blog of building FFmpeg is ClamAV. The reason for this it speed the process of build, IPS Build and install for packages which have a quick release schedule.

Building FFmpeg on Solaris 11.4 using solaris-userland

Well,as promised after my last entry about Building and Packaging FFmpeg on Solaris 11.4 I followed Chris Beal blog entry Building Opensource on Solaris 11.4 to create build information for FFmpeg using solaris-userland.

Building and Packaging FFmpeg on Solaris 11.4

FFmpeg is a suite of libraries and programs for handling video, audio and for a Solaris 11 desktop user it is required for video in your Firefox. At the moment it does not come with Solaris you will need to build it yourself.

This guide will take you through building FFmpeg, creating a Package and then installing it. There has been a recent blog entry about  building Opensource on Solaris (by Chris Beal), which use the github.com/oracle/solaris-userland as the base, but I will not follow this example at this time. May be at a later date.

Building OpenJDK 12 on Solaris 11 x86_64

Following on from a previous blog "Building OpenJDK 11 on Solaris 11 x86_64" I have added instructions for OpenJDK 12 on Oracle Solaris 11.4 x64 (SPARC version downloadable).

Building OpenJDK 11 on Solaris 11 SPARC

Instructions for OpenJDK 11 on Solaris 11 SPARC.
This follows on from previous posts:

• Building OpenJDK 10 on Solaris 11 x86_64
• Building OpenJDK 11 on Solaris 11 x86_64
• Building OpenJDK 10 on Solaris 11 SPARC

Building OpenJDK 10 on Solaris 11 SPARC

As promised here are the instructions for OpenJDK 10 on Solaris 11 SPARC.
This follows on from previous posts:

• Building OpenJDK 10 on Solaris 11 x86_64
• Building OpenJDK 11 on Solaris 11 x86_64

Building OpenJDK 11 on Solaris 11 x86_64

Following on my last blog "Building OpenJDK10 on Solaris 11" I have added instructions for OpenJDK 11 on Oracle Solaris x64 (SPARC version downloadable).

Building OpenJDK 10 on Solaris 11 x86_64

Well, as we all know Oracle are not allowing the release a binary version of Java 9,10 and may be 11 on Oracle Solaris x64 at this time (SPARC version downloadable). We can all guess why but I hope that they will release a x86 version soon.

Anyway, if you want to keep up with everyone else you can build the OpenJDK version. It builds under Oracle Solaris x64 and SPARC (saying that having problem with SPARC version at this time). Full build information is here. 
Setup:

Package version differences between Solaris 11.4 Beta v Solaris 11.3 SRU latest

Thought I would just do a quick comparison between the software versions of the packages in Solaris 11.4 Beta Refresh 2 (11.4.0.0.1.10.0) and latest Solaris 11.3 SRU  (11.3.34.4.0).

Fixes Ciphers on Apache httpd server

I thought I would just make a note of the steps to check what cipher I was running on our web server and to see how to remove any old/weak ones.

Ref:

• How to identify and remove CBC ciphers in the CipherSuite?
• Mozilla SSL Configuration Generator
• ssl-enum-ciphers NSE Script
• SSL Server Test

Solaris 11.4: FileZilla 3.31 builds on Solaris cleanly (nearly)

After seeing a post on twitter about building FileZilla on Solaris 11.3 I thought I would I would try it on Solaris 11.4.

I did get it working but with some "Dirty Fixes", by adding cast of "size_t" to a lot of code, but then I realised that there was a quicker fix..

Solaris 11.4: LDAP changes for ldapsearch & ldapmodify

With the release of Oracle Solaris 11.4 Beta and the move over to OpenLDAP, you will notice ldap commands have changed. To help myself and may be some others I will document the changes for reference.

Ref: Using ldapsearch to do an LDAP Search using TLS/SSL
       Updated: How to Connect Securely to LDAP using PHP
       How To Manage and Use LDAP Servers with OpenLDAP Utilities

Solaris 11.4: Tips about Upgrading from Solaris 11.3

With the release of Oracle Solaris 11.4 Beta I am sure many have upgraded but when I tried to upgrade my Sun Ultra 24 desktop I had a few problems. This is more down to me modifying the Solaris over the years and not with Solaris 11.4.

Just checked and I installed Solaris 11 back in 20th October 2011 11:19pm.

Solaris 11.4: Setting up Sendmail / SASL to handle SMTP AUTH

With the release of Solaris 11.4 Beta we finally get SASL implementation based on the open source Cyrus SASL version 2.1.26 with a few changes. Which means that Solaris can now handle SMTP AUTH out of the box.

I have been here before with previous blog entries:
- Can Solaris 11 Sendmail / SASL handle SMTP AUTH
- Solaris 11: Setting up Sendmail / SASL to handle SMTP AUTH

Ref: Using Simple Authentication and Security Layer

Setting up Oracle Solaris iSCSI Targets for Multipathed

After wasting 2 weeks on getting this to work I thought I would post a step-by-step guide.

I have been using iscsi targets on Oracle Solaris for years, but only with the installation of a new storage system with two VLANS (multipathed) for failover I needed Solaris to recognise the different VLANs in case of a interface failure.

This wasn't easy, since the Oracle Solaris documentation  is very unclear about it. It has all the information there but finding it and understanding it is near impossible.

The following steps show you the procedure to connect and a single iscsi target accessible via two interfaces for failover.