Hands-On Labs for Oracle Solaris

General

• Build your own cloud environment with Oracle Solaris 11 RAD + REST (PDF)
• In this lab, you will learn how to use RAD to build a simplest IaaS environment, the most common actions like query, request, boot and modify virtual machines are simulated in the lab. Oracle Solaris Zones is the default virtualization technology on Oracle Solaris, you will learn how to use JAVA client to list zones, show zones’ properties, and create zones, also you will learn how to control and modify zones by RESTful interface.
• Oracle Solaris for IBM AIX Users
• This lab explores the basics of the administration of Oracle Solaris 11 for administrators who are experienced with IBM AIX.
• Oracle Solaris 11 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Users
• This Lab introduces the basics of administration of Oracle Solaris 11 for existing administrators who are experienced with Red Had Enterprise Linux.
• Uncover JDK 8 Secrets Using DTrace on Oracle Solaris 11
• This article will help to learn how to use the DTrace to find out how a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) implements its new features, including Streams Pipeline, Stream Parallelism, Lambda Lazy Evaluation, and Recursion Optimizing on Oracle Solaris 11.

Applications

• Learn to use the Data Analytics Accelerator APIs to Boost Performance of Analytics Applications
• This hands-on lab describes how to use the Data Analytics Accelerator (DAX) APIs to boost the performance of analytics applications.
• This lab demonstrates how to leverage Oracle Solaris Unified Archives to accelerate the process of setting up an Oracle WebLogic Server Cluster.
• This article describes how to set up a secure multitenant Oracle Database 12c environment with secure isolation and comprehensive data protection from the ground up using Oracle Solaris 11 security capabilities. It also provides information about how the Transparent Data Encryption feature of Oracle Advanced Security can leverage the Oracle Solaris Cryptographic Framework to deliver high-performance security on Oracle SuperCluster engineered systems and on Oracle servers based on Oracle's SPARC T4 or SPARC T5 processors

Cloud Management

• Zero Downtime with OpenStack Live Migration for Oracle Solaris Kernel Zones 
• This hands-on lab demonstrates how to use the Nova service to deploy a VM instance with a Java EE application. Oracle OpenStack live migration is used to migrate the VM instance with minimum downtime and ensure the high availability of the application during the migration.
• Use OpenStack to Easily Deploy and Scale an Apache Spark Cloud on Oracle Solaris (Hands-on-Lab 3638) 
• This hands-on-lab will show you how to use OpenStack Heat to automatically deploy an Apache Spark standalone cluster in Oracle Solaris 11.3. To simplify the demonstration, you will deploy only a two-node Spark cluster. By slightly changing the Heat Orchestration Template (HOT) file, you can easily deploy a large-scale Spark cluster. 
• Deploying an Enterprise Private Cloud with OpenStack in 20 Minutes (Part 1)
• This lab shows how to set up a complete private cloud instance using OpenStack on Oracle Solaris 11.2.
• Deploying Applications Quickly and Securely in an Enterprise Private Cloud with OpenStack (Part 2)
  This lab will take you through the basics of using OpenStack on Oracle Solaris 11 and installing applications into newly created virtual machine instances.

Data Management

• How to Set Up a Hadoop Cluster Using Oracle Solaris 
  This hands-on lab presents exercises that demonstrate how to set up an Apache Hadoop cluster using Oracle Solaris 11 technologies such as Oracle Solaris Zones, ZFS, and network virtualization.
• Introducing to the Oracle Solaris ZFS File System 
  A hands-on tutorial on the basics of Oracle Solaris ZFS. This lab describes how devices are used in storage pools, including performance and availability implications.

Installation

• Install Oracle Solaris on Oracle VM VirtualBox
• This lab is a prerequisite to the upcoming labs. It installs an Oracle Solaris 11 virtual machine for Oracle VM VirtualBox on your system. Instructions and prerequisites are provided for Windows, MacOS, Solaris, and Linux.

Networking

• Deploying the Oracle Solaris Integrated Load Balancer in 60 Minutes
• This lab demonstrates how the Integrated Load Balancer feature of Oracle Solaris provides an easy and fast way to deploy a load-balancing system. It also shows how to use the different types of load-balancing modes offered by the Integrated Load Balancer.

Security

• Using Oracle Solaris to Secure Your Web Applications from Common Attacks
• In this hands-on lab, you will learn how to use Oracle Solaris security features, such as process privilege management, auditing, Oracle Solaris Immutable Zones, Oracle Solaris IP Filter, and ZFS encryption, to prevent common web application attacks, provide data safety, and detect intrusion quickly.
• Protecting Your Applications with Oracle Solaris Security
• How to use role-based access controls (RBAC) and assign privileges to both users and processes. Also, how to use the Service Management Facility to give non-privilege aware processes the correct level of privileges. Great background material, too!
• Assessing, Reporting and Customizing the Security Compliance in Oracle Solaris 11
• This article will help you to understand what is Oracle Solaris Security Compliance and how it works to help with security compliance check.

Software Management

• Oracle Solaris 11 Packaging for Administrators
• In this lab we will explore what's required to create a new software package in Oracle Solaris 11 for Nagios.
• Introduction to Image Packaging System (IPS) for Developers
• This lab will introduce you to the IPS concepts, the process of managing system software, and the process of publishing your own software packages in IPS format.

Storage

• Build a Storage Cloud that is Sustainable, Low Cost, and Secure (PDF)
• In 60 Minutes: Build a Storage Cloud that is Sustainable, Low Cost, and Secure
• Demonstrating Oracle Hierarchical Storage Manager 6.0 (PDF)
• Build a Scalable, Secure Tiered Storage Infrastructure in less than an hour.

Virtualization

• Oracle Solaris 11 in the Cloud
• Learn how Oracle Solaris 11 places cloud at it's core, integrating the key Oracle Solaris 11 features.
• Combining Virtual OS, Network and Storage in Oracle Solaris 11 
• How to create, configure, and install an Oracle Solaris zone in its own ZFS file system, and assign it a virtual network interface. An interesting lab that shows you how to combine multiple virtualization features of Oracle Solaris with real-world benefits.