Creating a Custom Oracle^® Solaris 11.3 Installation Image

Selecting a Manifest to Use when Building an Installation Image

This procedure describes the general steps to install the generic DC manifests, which can then be used to create customized manifests.

1. Become an administrator.

   For more information, see Using Your Assigned Administrative Rights in Securing Users and Processes in Oracle Solaris 11.3.

2. Install the distribution-constructor package.

   # pkg install distribution-constructor

3. Review the contents of the manifest files.

   Sample DC Manifest Files gives a general description of the default manifests included in the package.

4. Make a copy of one of the sample manifests.

   # cp /usr/share/distro_const/dc_livecd.xml /var/tmp/test.xml

Next Steps

After this you can edit the new manifest as needed, including adding any custom scripts as described in the following sections. After that you can create the image as described in Building an Image.