Getting Started

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Getting Started with OpenSolaris

Step One: Open an Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3 account

In order to use OpenSolaris on Amazon EC2 you need to have an account with Amazon Web Services.

• If you have not already registered, sign up for an Amazon Web Service account
• In addition, you need to sign up for Amazon S3 service. Signing up is free but you are required to provide a credit card number for charges associated with Amazon Web Services usage fees. Note that there are no additional charges for using OpenSolaris OS on Amazon EC2.

Step Two: Access to OpenSolaris AMIs

There are a variety of Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) offered by Sun:

• OpenSolaris 2009.06 — Sun's latest supported offering of OpenSolaris.
• OpenSolaris 2008.11 — Sun's current supported offering of OpenSolaris.
• OpenSolaris 2008.05 — Sun's first supported offering for an OpenSolaris based distribution.
• Solaris Express Community Edition — Solaris Express Community Edition is Sun's binary release for OpenSolaris developers. It is built from the latest OpenSolaris source and additional technology that has not been published in the OpenSolaris source base.

Access to OpenSolaris 2009.06 and 2008.11 AMIs requires no registration. These AMIs are available under the terms of this license agreement.

If you would like email updates and information regarding new AMIs from Sun and access to the pre-2008.11 and SXCE AMIs, please complete this registration form. Once you register and are approved, Sun grants access to OpenSolaris AMIs for your account identifiers so that you can request provisioning on instances. You will be notified by email within one business day once approved.

Step Three: Provision OpenSolaris on Amazon EC2

Provision and instantiate one of the Sun-offered AMIs on Amazon EC2.

• Familiarize yourself with Amazon Web Services Developer Tools. Use the Amazon EC2 Getting Started Guide.
• Refer to the Getting Started Guide for OpenSolaris on Amazon EC2

Step Four: Get Support

For technical support on OpenSolaris during the beta:

• Email the support email address provided upon registration or email the "Technical Support Team" on the OpenSolaris on Amazon EC2 blog. Someone will get back to you in one business day.
• You can also discuss Solaris on Amazon EC2 issues with the Amazon Web Services Community.
• For the latest OpenSolaris AMI updates, check out the OpenSolaris on Amazon EC2 blog.

Account and billing issues:

• You will only be billed by Amazon Web Services for Amazon EC2 and other service usage. For service usage fees, go to Amazon Web Services
• For questions regarding your account or billing issues, send an email to webservices@amazon.com and include your Amazon Web Services account number in the email.