Questions tagged [smartos]

SmartOS is an open-source Unix-like operating system

SmartOS is an open-source Unix-like operating system that combines OpenSolaris technology with Linux's KVM virtualization. Its core kernel contributed to illumos project. It features four technologies, ZFS, DTrace, Zones and KVM. SmartOS is designed to be particularly suitable for building clouds and generating appliances. It is developed for Joyent.

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Run Ghost blog as subfolder of website running on node http-server

First, forgive my lack of understanding of Joyent's smartmachine instance. I am running a free dev tier smartmachine instance of NodeJS for this scenario. I am running a website at [path]/server/public/ on the filesystem via http-server and I want…
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How do I use the HotSpot DTrace probes on SmartOS?

On Mac OS X, I can find the HotSpot probes of running Java programs by running: cody.mello@ashur ~ (1) % sudo dtrace -ln 'hotspot*:::' Password: Invalid connection: com.apple.coresymbolicationd ID PROVIDER MODULE …
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Receive incremental ZFS stream of clone and overwrite origin

tldr; I'm trying to receive a ZFS stream, that has been created as replicate (-R) from a cloned filesystem. Using zfs recv -o origin=[clone-origin] just gives cannot receive: local origin for clone [...] does not exist. Precondition I have a SmartOS…
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Use pkgsrc and pkgin utilities from SmartOS on OmniOS

I am working with a virtual machine running 64 bit OmniOS install of solaris and would like to access packages in the joyent SmartOS package repository, I am trying to install pkgrsrc but have had not any luck. I have tried following these…
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DTrace-like function tracing of Rust program on macOS

I have a Rust program that uses a C FFI, and I would like to instrument any time a function from that C FFI is called, and the arguments passed to it. Im developing on macOS, and it seems like DTrace is a good fit, but with the macOS SIP enabled…
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Provisioning dataset with brand joyent is not supported - smartos

Today I'm trying to create a VM using smartos. I built this config file (called router.json): { "alias": "router", "hostname": "router", "brand": "joyent", "max_physical_memory": 256, "image_uuid": "088b97b0-e1a1-11e5-b895-9baa2086eb33", "quota":…
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Illumos kernel preprocessor macro

I can't find any info on what macro to use in an ifdef to determine the illumos kernel. I use __linux to catch Linux. Filler for stackoverflow grammar check filler filler filler filler.
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kstat, getting the number of lightweight processes running in a zone

SmartOS zones have a cap or maximum number of lightweight processes defined in the zone package. To check if my current settings make sense I would like to collect the total number of lightweight processes over time (from within the zone). I already…
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Vagrant and SmartOS networking

I am attempting to create a Vagrant (VirtualBox) VM running SmartOS, with the following constraints/requirements: The VM should have at least 2 NICs: one that is public-facing (bridged), and one that is private (host-only). It is preferable to use…
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SmartOS not recognizing my keyboard upon installation

I bought a homeserver and wanted to install SmartOS... I have a Roccat ISKU USB-Keyboard which is working at the startup (can enter bios) and I can also choose the startup option via this keyboard.. Live 64-bit (text) After choosing this option it…
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SmartOS configuring zone networking issue - no connectivity

I am experimenting a bit with SmartOS on a spare dedicated server. I have 2 IP adresses on the server. for ex 1.1.1.1 and 2.2.2.2 (They are not in the same range). The global zone was configured my global zone to use the IP 1.1.1.1 Here is the…
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How to make Cassandra use two disks on ZFS in SmartOS?

I heard that there's a huge improvement when Cassandra can write it's logfiles to one disk, and the SS Tables to another. I have two disks, and if I was running Linux I would mount each in a different path and configure Cassandra to write on…
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ChromeDrive on Solaris (Joyent's SmartOS)

I have a NodeJs app and I'm trying to use Selenium on SmartOS which is based on Solaris. In order to proceede I've installed selenium-webdriver (from NPM), but the package requires ChromeDriver. When I try to install the ChromeDriver I…
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Is it possible to run 32 bit program (IonCube) on 64 bit Solaris (SmartOS)?

I am extremely new to the Solaris world however we are attempting to utilize SmartOS which is made by Joyent for the purposes of web hosting. First problem we run into almost immediately: Our client's eCommerce site uses an extension that is encoded…
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How to install SmartOS in a Linux KVM instance?

I need to test a program on SmartOS. I don't have any spare systems lying around so I wanted to install it into a KVM image on my GNU/Linux distribution. I've installed Solaris 11 that way and that worked pretty well. I downloaded the ISO and…
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