[OmniOS-discuss] OmniOS doc

[Frédéric Alix]

Yep, a survival guide can be a good solution.
It should show to Linux/FreeBSD admin how to use ZFS, Zones,
Etherstub/Vnic, FSS, Capping memory, tuning the system.
In what format can we do this if you are agree ?
A page in the actual wiki ? a dedicated website ? cms ? pdf file ?

See you, Fred

2014-11-03 11:21 GMT+01:00 Steffen Kram <sk at kram.io>:

> > I think an OmniOS Survival guide would be great.
>
> Theo, I think that would be a really good idea. In my opinion some pages
> of the current wiki admin guide are already a very good first start (e.g.
> networking and zones). What’s missing in my point of view are „Migration
> Guides“ from other operating systems, especially linux and freebsd. Those
> migration guides should cover all things that look „strange“ for
> non-solaris folks e.g. partitioning, they should elaborate how to best use
> the „specialities“ e.g. how to use smf, fmd ..., what are the benefits of
> crossbow, what’s that automounter thing? Why is my home not in /home?
>
> Those are the questions I often get from people not familiar with
> Illumos/Solaris. I already startet a couple of notes that would cover some
> of those questions. Helping newbies or linux-sysadmins to get started with
> omnios. So I would really like to contribute if there would be a real
> community site.
>
> > If you have to put something like "newbies" in quotes and talk about
> them as different than us, you are viewing this community in an unhealthy
> way.  OmniOS is designed to take Illumos and all of its features and
> package it in a way that makes a minimal and useful general operating
> system targeted at servers and appliances.  Anyone with whom that vision
> aligns is most welcome in the community and we should encourage efforts to
> make them feel as an accepted part of the whole.
>
> I think the OmniOS community might be small but I would never call it
> unhealthy and I must confess I like the familiar atmosphere.
>
> One thing why I prefer OmniOS about any other os/distro out there is its
> focus on minimalism. This is something that totally contradicts with easy
> accessibility for newbies. However, we as a community could do a better job
> to pave the way for the more experienced linux/bsd sysadm who wants to dig
> into OmniOS. This might be to provide a comprehensive guide how to run
> typical software stacks. This should include how to build from the source,
> how to package those things and how to run it (smf).
>
> Although I provide a public OmniOS package server myself. I would never
> recommend to use omnios just with 3rd party repositories. I think the
> provided build scripts are a wealthy source of information to build own
> packages or to do a quick proof of concept but they should for sure not be
> viewed as the „Missing OmniOS Distribution Packages“. Those packages might
> be highly customized for someone else very own specific needs.
>
> What I’m getting at, it’s for sure that it would be nice to be more
> attractive for a broader user base, but all efforts should be in the spirit
> of the existing OmniOS. Hey, that’s why the existing user base is here in
> the first place. So let’s educate people on how to use OmniOS to unleash
> it’s full potential and don’t try to just provide them with easy to use
> pre-packaged solutions!
>
> Let me close with a pointer to the scala community. They had a similar
> problem for a long time, and since they come up with
> http://docs.scala-lang.org the documentation is constantly improving. I
> really like this approach of a comprehensive website, containing in-depth
> guides, easy how-tos for primers and handy cheat-cheats for the daily use.
> I’m ready to contribute to a great community doc and willing to invest time
> to build it if others also jump in!
>
> Cheers, Steffen
>
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