How to Create a Profile

Overview - The procedure to create a profile involves:

• Editing a file

• Selecting profile keywords and profile values to define how to install the Trusted Solaris software on a workstation

Follow this procedure to create as many profiles as you need for your site.

1. As root, at label admin_low, open the Admin Editor.

2. Enter a file name (the profile) to be edited.

   You can create a new file or edit one of the sample profiles in the JumpStart directory you created. For example,

   File to Edit: /jumpstart/basic_install_profile

   The name of a profile should reflect how it will install the Trusted Solaris software on a workstation (for example, basic_install_profile, eng_profile, or mktg_profile).

3. Add profile keywords and profile values to the profile.

   Be aware of these things as you edit the profile:

   • "Profile Examples" provides some examples of profiles.

   • "Profile Keyword and Profile Value Descriptions" provides the list of valid profile keywords and values.

   • You can have as many lines in the profile as necessary to define how to install the Trusted Solaris software on a workstation.

   • You can add a comment after the pound sign (#) anywhere on a line. If a line begins with a #, the entire line is a comment line. If a # is specified in the middle of a line, everything after the # is considered a comment. Blank lines are also allowed in a profile.

   • The profile keywords and their values are case sensitive.

   • Profiles should be owned by root and have permissions equal to 644.

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   Note -

   See "Using pfinstall to Test Profiles" for detailed information about testing profiles.

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   This completes the procedure to create a profile. To continue setting up for a custom JumpStart installation, see "How to Create the rules File".