How to Administer the Manifest Files for an Install Service

Document Information

1. Introduction to the Automated Installer

2. Automated Installer Task Map

3. Automated Installer Setup Instructions

4. How to Administer an Automated Install Server

5. How to Administer a Custom Install Client

6. How to Administer the Manifest Files for an Install Service

Types of Manifests

How to Create New AI Manifests

How to Create Custom SC Manifest Files

How to Assign Manifests to a Client

How to Customize Client Installations Using Manifests

7. How to Manage Client Installations

8. Troubleshooting and FAQs for the Automated Installer

9. Appendix

Chapter 6

When you create install services by using the installadm create-service command, these services contain XML manifest files. These XML manifest files contain default specifications for installing the OpenSolaris OS to client systems. You can copy the default manifest files and manually edit the copies to create custom installation specifications for particular client systems.