System Administration Guide: Oracle Solaris Containers-Resource Management and Oracle Solaris Zones

ProcedureHow to Enable Networking in an lx Branded Zone

When you install an lx branded zone, networking is disabled. Use a procedure such as this one to enable networking.

You must be the zone administrator to perform this procedure.

  1. Edit the /etc/sysconfig/network file in the zone.


    NETWORKING=yes
    HOSTNAME=your.hostname
  2. To set up a NIS domain, add a line similar to the following:


    NISDOMAIN=domain.Sun.COM
Configuring Networking and Naming Services

For more information on configuring networking or naming services, consult the documentation for your Linux distribution.