What Is a Profile?

A profile is a text file that defines how to install the Solaris software (for example, which software group to install) on a system. Every rule specifies a profile to define how a system will be installed when the rule is matched. You usually create a different profile for every rule; however, the same profile can be used in more than one rule.

A profile consists of one or more profile keywords and their values. Each profile keyword is a command that controls one aspect of how the Solaris installation program will install the Solaris software on a system. For example, the profile keyword and value

system_type  server

tells the Solaris installation program to install the system as a server.

If you created the JumpStart directory by using the procedures in "Creating a Profile Diskette " or "Creating a Profile Server", example profiles should already be in the JumpStart directory.