The following sections list the OpenSolaris 2009.06 repositories and provides the procedures to obtain the keys and certificates required by some repositories for access. Repositories usually provide either a catalog of packages for a complete installation of an operating system or they provide a small set of packages for specific purposes , such as a single application or a set of applications. The following repositories contain a small set of packages that rely on a repository that contains the bulk of the operating system content. A preferred publisher's repository should have a sufficiently complete catalog to enable an installation of the operating system.Some repositories require that you obtain keys and certificates for access to packages. The following table provides a list of repositories that are available for the OpenSolaris 2009.06 release and their descriptions.Repository Description Support Contract Requirement pkg.opensolaris.org/release This repository contains the package versions at the time of the operating system release and contains only those newer versions of packages required to address severe defects or security fixes in the released product. No support contract required. pkg.opensolaris.org/contrib This repository contains software built and reviewed by the community. No support contract required. pkg.opensolaris.org/pending This repository is a holding area for packages that need evaluation before getting published to the pkg.opensolaris.org/contrib repository. The packages in this repository may require more testing and are not recommended for general use. No support contract required. pkg.opensolaris.org/dev This repository contains the OpenSolaris packages that are under development. No support contract required. pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/support This repository is regularly updated with newer versions of the packages, based on the discovery and remedy of defects in the released product. This repository requires a support contract and an SSL certificate for access. Requires a support contract. pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/extra This repository contains software made available under end-user license terms that do not allow further distribution. This repository requires a key and certificate. Does not require a support contract, but you are required to accept specific license terms. At the https://pkg.sun.com site, you can obtain the keys and certificates needed to access packages at pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/support and the pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/extra repositories.A Sun ID and password is required to log in to the pkg.sun.com web site. Register at https://pkg.sun.com and obtain your Sun ID and password, if you do not already them.The pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/support and the pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/extra repositories are displayed after you have logged in. At the https://pkg.sun.com site, log in with your Sun ID and password.The Certificate Requests page is displayed with two repositories: pkg.opensolaris.org/extra and pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/support. Choose the repository that contains the packages you need.For the /support repository, you must have a support contract. You will be asked to type your contract ID. The key and certificate are generated for you. Save the key and certificate on your file system to a persistent location. The key and certificate files have the extension .pem.Remember the name and location of the key file and the certificate as you will need them to access certain repositories. In this example the key and certificate files are downloaded to ~/Desktop/ . The files are then saved to a directory /var/pkg/ssl.$ pfexec mkdir -p /var/pkg/ssl $ pfexec chmod 755 /var/pkg/ssl $ pfexec cp -i ~/Desktop/OpenSolaris_extras.key.pem /var/pkg/ssl/ $ pfexec cp -i ~/Desktop/OpenSolaris_extras.certificate.pem /var/pkg/ssl/ You now can associate your key and certificate with a repository. This section provides information on how to associate a key and certificate with a repository. For the OpenSolaris 2009.06 release, the following repositories require a key and certificate for access:pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/support pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/extra Ensure you have downloaded the key and certificate on to your system. See for instructions. Associate the pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/support which is a core repository, with the preferred publisher, opensolaris.org, and associate the key and certificate with the pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/support repository.The \ in the command below is a line-continuation character and should not be entered when executing the command. $ pfexec pkg set-publisher -P -O pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/support\ -k key_file_path/key_file -c cert_file_path/cert_file opensolaris.org In this example, the key and certificate files are located in the /var/pkg/ssl/ directory. The repository is associated with the existing preferred publisher, opensolaris.org.$ pfexec pkg set-publisher -P -O pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/support\ -k /var/pkg/ssl/OpenSolaris_extras.key.pem -c /var/pkg/ssl/OpenSolaris_extras.certificate.pem opensolaris.org If you want to retrieve updated catalogs for the new repositories, use the pkg refresh command. If you want to install additional packages, use the pkg install command. See . If you want to update an image, use the pkg image-update command. See . Ensure you have downloaded the key and certificate on to your system. See for instructions. Add a publisher, associate the pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/extra repository with a new publisher, and associate a key and certificate with the pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/extra repository.pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/extra is a supplemental repository and does not need to be associated with a preferred repository.The \ in the command below is a line-continuation character and should not be entered when executing the command. $ pfexec pkg set-publisher -O repository \ -k key_file_path/key_file -c cert_file_path/cert_file new_publisher In this example, the key and certificate files are located in the /var/pkg/ssl/ directory. The repository is associated with the new publisher, extra.$ pfexec pkg set-publisher -O https://pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/extra \ -k /var/pkg/ssl/OpenSolaris_extras.key.pem -c /var/pkg/ssl/OpenSolaris_extras.certificate.pem extra If you want to retrieve updated catalogs for the new repositories, use the pkg refresh command. If you want to install additional packages, use the pkg install command. See . If you want to update an image, use the pkg image-update command. See .