How to Install into a Kernel Zone Using the Unified Archive File

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Before You Begin

Make sure of the following:

The target system that hosts the kernel zone satisfies the virtualization requirements.

Installation requirements are discussed in Planning for an OpenStack Configuration.
The OpenStack Unified Archive file has been downloaded to the system. See How to Download the Image File.

Create a kernel zone.
```
# zonecfg -z kzone-name create -t SYSsolaris-kz
```
This step creates a kernel zone based on the Oracle Solaris template called SYSsolaris-kz.

Configure the kernel zone.

See the zonecfg(1M) man page for descriptions of configurable resources.

The following example configures the zone with 8 virtual CPUs and a limit of 12 GB of physical memory.

# zonecfg -z kzone-name
zonecfg:OpenStackKZ> select virtual-cpu
zonecfg:OpenStackKZ:virtual-cpu> set ncpus=8
zonecfg:OpenStackKZ:virtual-cpu> end
zonecfg:OpenStackKZ> select capped-memory
zonecfg:OpenStackKZ:capped-memory> set physical=12g
zonecfg:OpenStackKZ:capped-memory> end
zonecfg:OpenStackKZ> verify
zonecfg:OpenStackKZ> exit

(Optional) Check your configuration.
```
# zonecfg -z kzone-name info
```
Install the kernel zone.
In the following example, 50 GB of disk space is used for the kernel zone to ensure sufficient space to create volumes for the VM instances.
```
# zoneadm -z kzone-name install -a archive-path -x install-size=50g
```
where archive-path refers to the full pathname of the location of the OpenStack Unified Archive.
Boot the zone.
```
# zoneadm -z kzone-name boot
```
Log into the zone console to complete the configuration.
```
# zlogin -C kzone-name
```
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.
Log in to the Horizon dashboard.
See Using the OpenStack Dashboard.