About Configuration Profiles

Configuration profiles enable you to automate post-installation configurations which you would otherwise perform manually.

A typical tool for creating configuration profiles is the System Configuration Interactive (SCI) tool. For example, to create a profile in /var/tmp/, you would type:

$ sysconfig create-profile -o /var/tmp/

The command opens the SCI tool and displays screens where you set parameter values such as time zones, language, and so on. The configurations are saved in sc_profile.xml in the directory you specified.

The profile must be assigned to an install service in order to be used in an installation. For example:

$ installadm create-profile -p myprofile -f /var/tmp/sc_profile.xml -n ai-x86

The -p option creates the profile instance for the service ai-x86. When you run the installation, system configuration based on the profile becomes part of the automated operation.

If an install service does not have any associated configuration profile, then you would have to perform the post-installation configuration manually. When the client reboots after the completion of the installation, the SCI tool automatically opens. You specify values on different screens to configure the system.

For additional information about system configuration profiles, see Chapter 3, Working With System Configuration Profiles in Customizing Automated Installations With Manifests and Profiles.