What Is the rules File?

The rules file is a text file that should contain a rule for each group of systems (or single systems) that you want to automatically install. Each rule distinguishes a group of systems based on one or more system attributes, and it links each group to a profile, which is a text file that defines how the Solaris software will be installed on each system in the group. For example, the rule

karch sun4c - basic_prof -

specifies that the Solaris installation program will automatically install any system with the sun4c platform group based on the information in the basic_prof profile. The rules file is used to create the rules.ok file, which is required for custom JumpStart installations.

If you set up the JumpStart directory by using the procedures on "Creating a Profile Diskette " or "Creating a Profile Server", an example rules file should already be in the JumpStart directory; the example rules file contains documentation and some example rules. If you use the example rules file, make sure you comment out the example rules that you will not use.