OpenSolaris JeOS

Open Solaris JeOS

OS family	Unix-like
Working state	Current
Source model	free / open source software
Latest stable release	OpenSolaris 2009.06 / June 23, 2009
Available language(s)	Multilingual
Kernel type	Monolithic kernel
Default user interface	Command-line only, GUIs available through repository

OpenSolaris JeOS, (pronounced /ˈdʒuːs/ "juice"), is a reduced installation of the Sun-managed OpenSolaris distribution available as virtual machine (VM) images for a variety of system virtualization platforms. The images are as small as 139 MB and offer an alternative means to quickly deploy OpenSolaris on a platform of your choice. You can tailor your deployment by adding packages from network-based package repositories and performing any other application-specific configuration changes.

Features

Pre-installed JeOS installations are provided by the OpenSolaris JeOS project for a variety of system virtualization platforms. Using these heavily reduced, text-based, headless server-oriented forms of the Sun-managed OpenSolaris distribution, developers and administrators can more easily produce application-tailored installations of OpenSolaris in virtual appliance, cloud and bare metal environments.

• Small footprint alternative to the Live CD-based installation
• Pre-installed packages for common features used by virtual appliance developers
• Hardened out the box using Solaris security best practices demonstrated in the Immutable Service Containers (ISC) project.
• Scriptable, SSH-based control of initial boot process to enable appliance build automation

Available downloads

OpenSolaris 2009.06 JeOS Prototype downloads are available in 10+ most popular Virtualization platforms as native and Open Virtualization Format (OVF) VM images for the following Virtualization platforms:

Intel/AMD x86 32bit and x86-64bit

• VirtualBox
• VMware Products including Player and ESX/ESXi
• Xen based platforms such as Oracle VM and Sun xVM
• KVM based platforms like desktop Linux Distributions or latest RedHat Hypervisor
• QEMU based platforms like desktop Linux Distributions
• Microsoft Hyper-V or Microsoft Virtual PC
• Parallels Desktop

SPARC

• Logical Domains (SPARC SUN4V)

Note: OpenSolaris OS JeOS Prototype VM images have both 32bit and 64bit architectures in single image.

External links

• OpenSolaris JeOS Homepage
• OpenSolaris 2009.06 JeOS Prototype on VMware Virtual Appliance Market Place
• Virtual appliances and the Open Virtualization Format
• What's JeOS, and Why Should You Care?
• System News for Sun Users

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