[rescue] Solaris 11.1 install new package from Oracle/remote thru proxy

Jerry Kemp

2017-11-01 21:09:58 UTC

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Original question below.

Like most things, its all simple once you know what you are doing.

The answer here was, even though I was not changing publishers, was to
completely delete the default publisher, then add it back with the proxy
parameter in place.

This is the only/final command line entry, once the existing publisher was deleted.

# pkg set-publisher --proxy http://10.160.0.1:8080 -p
http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release

was even able to do a

# pkg update --accept

thru his proxy, an update the box from 11.1 to 11.3.

Jerry

Post by Jerry Kemp
trying to assist a friend at a different company with limited Solaris experience.
Normally easy stuff, but, in short, new VM, fresh install of Solaris 11.1 x86/64
and needs to pull packages directly from Oracle.
The monkey wrench in his gears is no direct Internet access, only available thru
proxy server.
# pkg publisher
shows default settings
from the help page from pkg, I found this
.........................................
pkg set-publisher [-Ped] [-k ssl_key] [-c ssl_cert]
[-g origin_to_add|--add-origin=origin_to_add ...]
[-G origin_to_remove|--remove-origin=origin_to_remove ...]
[-m mirror_to_add|--add-mirror=mirror_to_add ...]
[-M mirror_to_remove|--remove-mirror=mirror_to_remove ...]
[-p repo_uri] [--enable] [--disable] [--no-refresh]
[--reset-uuid] [--non-sticky] [--sticky]
[--search-after=publisher]
[--search-before=publisher]
[--search-first]
[--approve-ca-cert=path_to_CA]
[--revoke-ca-cert=hash_of_CA_to_revoke]
[--unset-ca-cert=hash_of_CA_to_unset]
[--set-property name_of_property=value]
[--add-property-value name_of_property=value_to_add]
[--remove-property-value name_of_property=value_to_remove]
[--unset-property name_of_property_to_delete]
[--proxy proxy to use]
[publisher]
.........................................
so I gave him this command to try
# pkg set-publisher --proxy http://10.160.0.1:8080 -p \ <-new line
http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release
pkg.oracle.com is the public package repository.
The command executes without error or warning then returns to the command prompt.
New package commands, such as
# pkg update
do not seem to generate any new traffic over the network interface as is being
watched with snoop
I have never had to configure the pkg command(s) to run thru a proxy server
before, and, FWIW, both the help page and man page are not very verbose in this
area.
hoping someone else has needed to do this previously, and can comment as to
whether this is the correct direction to go, or if something else is necessary.
Thank you,
Jerry

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