Disabling and Enabling Security

This section describes the options you can use to disable security requirements without deleting the security configuration, and then re-enable security requirements using the previously configured server and client authentication settings.

Security is enabled by default. While security is disabled, no credentials are issued to clients and no credentials are required from clients. While security is disabled, no HTTPS network protection is provided for any of the AI files served to a client. User-specified secure files served by the AI web server (as described in Configuring the AI Server's Web Server Files Directory) are not accessible while security is disabled.

While security is disabled, you can continue to configure security. Any changes are effective when security is re-enabled.

Use the following command to disable security enforcement server-wide:

$ installadm set-server -S
Refreshing web server.
Automated Installer security has been disabled.

Use caution when disabling security for systems that already have install services configured. The secured install service data will not require authentication to access, and non-authenticated clients will be able to install Oracle Solaris through AI.

Use the following command to re-enable security enforcement after security enforcement has been disabled with set-security --disable:

$ installadm set-security -s
Configuring web server security.
Refreshing web server.
Warning: client 02:00:00:00:00:00 of service solaris11_4-i386 
is required to have credentials but has none.
Automated Installer security has been enabled.