You can specify the configuration and installation of non-global zones as part of an Automated Install (AI) client installation. See Installing Oracle Solaris 11.2 Systems for more information. Oracle Solaris Kernel Zones primarily are created using the direct installation method. Kernel zone creation methods are documented in Installing a Kernel Zone in Creating and Using Oracle Solaris Kernel Zones .
To create a zone on an Oracle Solaris system, the global administrator uses the zonecfg command to configure a zone by specifying various parameters for the zone's virtual platform and application environment. The zone is then installed by the global administrator, who uses the zone administration command zoneadm to install software at the package level into the file system hierarchy established for the zone. The zoneadm command is used to boot the zone. The global administrator or authorized user can then log in to the installed zone by using the zlogin command. If role-based access control (RBAC) is in use, the zone administrator must have the authorization solaris.zone.manage/zonename.
For information about zone configuration, see Chapter 2, Non-Global Zone Configuration Overview. For information about zone installation, see Chapter 2, About Installing, Shutting Down, Halting, Uninstalling, and Cloning Non-Global Zones, in Creating and Using Oracle Solaris Zones . For information about zone login, see Chapter 4, About Non-Global Zone Login, in Creating and Using Oracle Solaris Zones .
To configure and install Oracle Solaris Kernel Zones, see Creating and Using Oracle Solaris Kernel Zones .