Installation Process Overview

You must perform the steps discussed here. This section examines the steps in the installation process as illustrated in Figure 1-1.

Figure 1-1 Installation Process Overview

• Step 1: During this phase of the process, you must see Solaris ISP Server 2.0 Administration Guide, Chapter 2, Setup Guidelines, and README.html to plan the installation of Solaris ISP Server.

  The goal of this step is to:

  • Understand the features of Solaris ISP Server components as discussed in "Introducing Solaris ISP Server" in Solaris ISP Server 2.0 Administration Guide.

  • Design network host setup and designate role for Solaris ISP Server network hosts. See "Install Scenario".

  • Check the README for late breaking news.

• Step 2: During this phase of the process, you must see Chapter 3, Installation Requirements to prepare the network hosts.

  The goal of this step is to ensure that your network hosts meet:

  • Specified "Patches to Install".

  • Specified "Hardware Requirements".

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  Repeat this step to prepare all the Solaris ISP Server software hosts on the network.

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• Step 3: During this phase of the process, you must see either:

  • Chapter 4, Installing Solaris ISP Server 2.0 Software to install Solaris ISP Server 2.0 software. Or,

  • Chapter 5, Upgrading to or Reinstalling Solaris ISP Server 2.0 Software to upgrade to Solaris ISP Server 2.0 software.

  The goal of this step is to ensure

  • Successful installation of or upgrade to Solaris ISP Server platform extensions.

  • Successful installation of or upgrade to Solaris ISP Server services.

• Step 4: During this phase of the process, you must see Chapter 7, Configuring Sun Internet Mail Server and Chapter 8, Starting and Configuring the Services to perform the postinstallation tasks.

  The goal of this step is to:

  • Integrate, if required, Sun^TM Internet Mail Server with Solaris ISP Server.

  • See "Configuring HotJava" and configure HotJava^TM browser to support applet security requirements for the Solaris ISP Server components.

  • Access the services through Sun Internet Administrator or directly from a browser and start the services.

Planning the Installation

You must perform the steps discussed here. This section examines the steps in the planning phase of the installation process as illustrated in Figure 1-2.

Figure 1-2 Planning the Installation

• Step 1: Read "Introducing Solaris ISP Server" in Solaris ISP Server 2.0 Administration Guide.

  The goal of this step is to understand:

  • The features of Solaris ISP Server platform extensions and services.

  • How Solaris ISP Server installs.

• Step 2: See Chapter 2, Setup Guidelines to design the network.

  The goal of this step is to design Solaris ISP Server network using the:

  • Sample network configuration discussed in the "Install Scenario".

  • Understand Solaris ISP Server software installation features such as "Solaris ISP Server admin File" and "Changes to Solaris".

• Step 3: Check the README, at media_root/README.html, for any late-breaking corrections to this documentation.

• Step 4: Proceed to prepare for the installation of Solaris ISP Server components after designing the network. See Figure 1-3 for more information.