How to Enable Multicast DNS on the AI Server

Ensure that your role has the appropriate rights profiles to perform this procedure. See Using Rights Profiles to Install Oracle Solaris.

  1. Verify that the mDNS package is installed.
    $ pkg info dns/mdns
    

    If the package is absent, use the pkg install command to add it to the system.

  2. Update the name service switch information.

    Add mdns to the configuration of the config/host property.

    $ /usr/sbin/svccfg -s svc:/system/name-service/switch
    svc:/system/name-service/switch> setprop config/host = astring: "files dns mdns"
    svc:/system/name-service/switch> select system/name-service/switch:default
    svc:/system/name-service/switch:default> refresh
    svc:/system/name-service/switch> quit
    
  3. Enable the mDNS service.
    $ svcadm enable svc:/network/dns/multicast:default