Are you an application developer using the OpenSolaris operating system? If so, you are in the right place! Start here to find information that will help you get your development environment set up, highlight developer tools, and describe developer features built into OpenSolaris. Tasks are grouped either by action or by topic. Don't be concerned if you see a line that says "No content found for label(s)...." Titles on this page are dynamically generated, and that message just means that there are no topics in the wiki for that category.

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Migrating

Migrating from Linux to Solaris or OpenSolaris

Migrating from Solaris 10 to OpenSolaris

Setting Up

Becoming an OpenSolaris Operating System Power User [PDF]

Developing on the OpenSolaris Operating System [PDF]

Software Developer Information Resources

How To Add IPS Repositories

Installing C++, Fortran Development Tools

Installing DTrace Tools

Installing GlassFish

Installing HPC Development Tools

Installing Java, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, Tcl

Installing MySQL, PostgreSQL

Installing NetBeans IDE and Tools

Installing the Web Development Stack

Isolating Your Development Work

Setting Up Your Development Environment on OpenSolaris

Using Different Operating Systems

Application Development Packages

Deploying Your Application

Setting Up Automated Backups

Using Different OpenSolaris Boot Environments

Boot into the 32-bit Kernel on a 64-bit Platform

Enable the Deadman Feature to Avoid a Hard Hang

Porting

Migrating from Linux to Solaris or OpenSolaris

Software Porters OpenSolaris Community

Porting to the Solaris OS

Secure Programming

Secure Programming including best practices for secure coding, tips on using C library functions securely, using Sun Studio lint to report programming constructs that might be insecure, and using Parfait - a new static analysis tool that detects many types of bugs, including security vulnerabilities

Profiling MPI Applications with the Sun Studio Performance Tools

Sun Studio Multicore/Parallel Programming Topic Page on SDN

Performance Tuning

Application Performance Tuning

Using Profiling Points in the NetBeans IDE

Measuring Performance with Sun Studio Tools [PDF]

Performance OpenSolaris Community

DTrace Quick Start Guide: Observing Native and Web Applications in Production [PDF]

DTrace OpenSolaris Community

LatencyTOP OpenSolaris Project

Observability OpenSolaris Community

Sun Studio Performance Analyzer

Sun Performance Library User's Guide

Sun Studio Thread Analyzer User's Guide

Sun Studio Performance Tuning Topic Page on SDN

Sun Studio Performance Analysis Topic Page on SDN

Deploying

Software Porters OpenSolaris Community on OpenSolaris.org
Creating a Development Desktop on OpenSolaris with Sun Studio and SFE (spec-files-extra)
SourceJuicer Contrib Process

SourceJuicer OpenSolaris Project. This project automates the OpenSolaris IPS package build process, provides a package collecting robot, makes it easier for developers to contribute and review contributions, and provides bug and test management tools in support of OpenSolaris contributors. SourceJuicer provides automated package submission and build services to community developers. It is the gateway to the OpenSolaris /pending and /contrib repositories.
How to Build IPS Software Packages SourceJuicer how to guide
SourceJuicer documentation
SourceJuicer Help including Writing IPS Spec Files
SourceJuicer How To Guide [PDF] Using SourceJuicer to contribute to OpenSolaris
Diving into the SourceJuicer [PDF] CommunityOne West 2009 presentation
Porting Applications with the OpenSolaris Operating System SourceJuicer [PDF]
Issues When Porting Open Source Projects to Solaris Using SourceJuicer
How to Contribute a Package to OpenSolaris Using SourceJuicer [blog]

Deploying Your Application

How to Create and Publish an IPS Package

How to Publish SVR4 Packages to Your Repository

How to Create Your Own OpenSolaris Repository

Application Development Packages

Deploying Your Application

Getting Started With IPS for 2008.11

How To Add IPS Repositories

How to Browse the Support and Extra Repositories

How to Configure Your Apache Server for p5i WebInstall

Multi-platform Packaging for Layered Distros

Setting Up Your Development Environment on OpenSolaris

Using Different OpenSolaris Boot Environments

Using IPS CLI

Using IPS GUI(Package Manager)

Using the Update Manager

Creating Your Own Distributions

Using the Distribution Constructor

Editing the Manifest Files

Using the Finalizer Scripts

Creating an Image

Troubleshooting Distribution Constructor Problems

Developing Games

Games on OpenSolaris Community

Tasks Sorted by Topic

Solaris 10

Migrating from Linux to Solaris or OpenSolaris

Migrating from Solaris 10 to OpenSolaris

Web Stack

Installing the Web Development Stack

Web Stack Documentation See tabs for Ruby, Squid, and other tools.

Web Stack Installation and Configuration Guide

Web Stack Getting Started Guide

Web Stack Home See child pages for Integrating Components into SFW, FastCGI, Lighttpd, Python Frameworks, memcached, SquidCache, and many other tools.