How to Install by Using the Unified Archive File and an AI Install Service

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Before You Begin

To perform this procedure, you must have downloaded the Unified Archive file to your AI install server. See How to Download the Image File.

Perform the following on the AI install server.

Create or modify an AI manifest.
For example, you can use the AI install server's /usr/share/auto_install/manifest/default_archive.xml and modify it according to your AI setup. Ensure that the manifest includes the following fragment that applies to this OpenStack installation:
```
<software type="ARCHIVE">
       <source> 
          <file uri="full-path-to-the-UAR-file"/>
       </source>
       <software_data action="install"> 
          <name>*</name>
       </software_data>
          </software>
```

Set up an AI install service that uses the AI manifest from the previous step.

Suppose that you downloaded the Unified Archive for a SPARC system. After creating the manifest, you want to associate it with the existing default-sparc AI alias service. The following example shows how you would first optionally list available services, then associate the manifest with the selected service. As a final step, you list the services again to verify the result of the association.

# installadm list -m
Service Name        Manifest Name   Type      Status    Criteria
------------        -------------   ----      ------    --------
default-sparc       orig_default    derived   default   none
solaris11_3-sparc   orig_default    derived   default   none

# installadm create-manifest -n default-sparc \
-m os_manifest -f openstack_manifest.xml -d
Created Manifest: 'os_manifest'

# installadm list -m
Service Name        Manifest Name   Type      Status    Criteria
------------        -------------   ----      ------    --------
default-sparc       os_manifest     xml       default   none
                    orig_default    derived   default   none
solaris11_3-sparc   orig_default    derived   default   none

Boot the target system.
```
{0} ok boot net - install
```
The installation process takes a while to finish.
After the installation is completed, reboot the system.
The SCI Tool is displayed to configure the system. If you do not see the SCI Tool, press the Enter key or press Ctrl-L to redraw the screen.
Provide the information as prompted by the SCI Tool.
Log in to the Horizon dashboard.
See Using the OpenStack Dashboard.