Resource and Property Types

The resource and property types are described as follows:

Zone name

The zone name identifies the zone to the configuration utility. The following rules apply to zone names:

• Each zone must have a unique name.

• A zone name is case-sensitive.

• A zone name must begin with an alpha-numeric character.

  The name can contain alpha-numeric characters, underbars (_), hyphens (-), and periods (.).

• The name cannot be longer than 64 characters.

• The name global and all names beginning with SUNW are reserved and cannot be used.

zonepath

The zonepath property is the path that contains the zone root. Each zone has a root directory that resides in the global zone's file system under its zonepath. At zone installation time, the zonepath directory hierarchy will be created with the proper owner and mode.. The zonepath directory is required to be owned by root with the mode 700.

The non-global zone's root path is one level lower. The zone's root directory has the same ownership and permissions as the root directory (/) in the global zone. The zone directory must be owned by root with the mode 755. These directories are created automatically with the correct permissions, and do not need to be verified by the zone administrator. This hierarchy ensures that unprivileged users in the global zone are prevented from traversing a non-global zone's file system.

Path	Description
/home/export/my-zone	zonecfg zonepath
/home/export/my-zone/root	Root of the zone
/home/export/my-zone/dev	Devices created for the zone

See Traversing File Systems for a further discussion of this issue.

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See Solaris 10 6/06, Solaris 10 11/06, Solaris 10 8/07, and Solaris 10 5/08: Do Not Place the Root File System of a Non-Global Zone on ZFS for ZFS restrictions for these releases.

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autoboot

If this property is set to true, the zone is automatically booted when the global zone is booted. Note that if the zones service, svc:/system/zones:default is disabled, the zone will not autoboot, regardless of the setting of this property. You can enable the zones service with the svcadm command described in the svcadm(1M) man page:

global# svcadm enable zones

bootargs

Solaris 10 8/07: This property is used to set a boot argument for the zone. The boot argument is applied unless overridden by the reboot, zoneadm boot, or zoneadm reboot commands. See Solaris 10 8/07: Zone Boot Arguments.

pool

This property is used to associate the zone with a resource pool on the system. Multiple zones can share the resources of one pool. Also see Solaris 10 8/07: dedicated-cpu Resource.

limitpriv

Solaris 10 11/06 and Later:This property is used to specify a privilege mask other than the default. See Privileges in a Non-Global Zone.

Privileges are added by specifying the privilege name, with or without the leading priv_. Privileges are excluded by preceding the name with a dash (-) or an exclamation mark (!). The privilege values are separated by commas and placed within quotation marks (“).

As described in priv_str_to_set(3C), the special privilege sets of none, all, and basic expand to their normal definitions. Because zone configuration takes place from the global zone, the special privilege set zone cannot be used. Because a common use is to alter the default privilege set by adding or removing certain privileges, the special set default maps to the default, set of privileges. When default appears at the beginning of the limitpriv property, it expands to the default set.

The following entry adds the ability to use DTrace programs that only require the dtrace_proc and dtrace_user privileges in the zone:

global# zonecfg -z userzone zonecfg:userzone> set limitpriv="default,dtrace_proc,dtrace_user"

If the zone's privilege set contains a disallowed privilege, is missing a required privilege, or includes an unknown privilege, an attempt to verify, ready, or boot the zone will fail with an error message.

scheduling-class

Solaris 10 8/07: This property sets the scheduling class for the zone. See Scheduling Class in a Zone for additional information and tips.

ip-type

Solaris 10 8/07: This property is required to be set only if the zone is an exclusive-IP zone. See Solaris 10 8/07: Exclusive-IP Non-Global Zones and How to Configure the Zone.

dedicated-cpu

Solaris 10 8/07: This resource dedicates a subset of the system's processors to the zone while it is running. The dedicated-cpu resource provides limits for ncpus and, optionally, importance. For more information, see Solaris 10 8/07: dedicated-cpu Resource.

capped-cpu resource

Solaris 10 5/08: This resource sets a limit on the amount of CPU resources that can be consumed by the zone while it is running. The resource provides a limit for ncpus.

capped-memory resource

Solaris 10 8/07: This resource groups the properties used when capping memory for the zone. The capped-memory resource provides limits for physical, swap, and locked memory. At least one of these properties must be specified.

dataset

Solaris 10 6/06: Adding a ZFS file system dataset resource enables the delegation of storage administration to a non-global zone. The zone administrator can create and destroy file systems within that dataset, create and destroy clones, and modify properties of the dataset. The zone administrator cannot affect datasets that have not been added to the zone or exceed any top level quotas set on the dataset assigned to the zone.

ZFS datasets can be added to a zone in the following ways.

• As an lofs mounted file system, when the goal is solely to share space with the global zone

• As a delegated dataset

See Chapter 10, Oracle Solaris ZFS Advanced Topics, in Oracle Solaris ZFS Administration Guide and File Systems and Non-Global Zones.

Also see Chapter 30, Troubleshooting Miscellaneous Solaris Zones Problems for information on dataset issues.

fs

Each zone can have various file systems that are mounted when the zone transitions from the installed state to the ready state. The file system resource specifies the path to the file system mount point. For more information about the use of file systems in zones, see File Systems and Non-Global Zones.

inherit-pkg-dir

This resource should not be configured in a whole root zone.

In a sparse root zone, the inherit-pkg-dir resource is used to represent directories that contain packaged software that a non-global zone shares with the global zone.

The contents of software packages transferred into the inherit-pkg-dir directory are inherited in read-only mode by the non-global zone. The zone's packaging database is updated to reflect the packages. These resources cannot be modified or removed after the zone has been installed using zoneadm.

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Four default inherit-pkg-dir resources are included in the configuration. These directory resources indicate which directories should have their associated packages inherited from the global zone. The resources are implemented through a read-only loopback file system mount.

• /lib

• /platform

• /sbin

• /usr

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net

The network interface resource is the interface name. Each zone can have network interfaces that are be set up when the zone transitions from the installed state to the ready state.

device

The device resource is the device matching specifier. Each zone can have devices that should be configured when the zone transitions from the installed state to the ready state.

rctl

The rctl resource is used for zone-wide resource controls. The controls are enabled when the zone transitions from the installed state to the ready state.

hostid

A hostid that is different from the hostid of the global zone can be set.

attr

This generic attribute can be used for user comments or by other subsystems. The name property of an attr must begin with an alpha-numeric character. The name property can contain alpha-numeric characters, hyphens (-), and periods (.) . Attribute names beginning with zone. are reserved for use by the system.