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Documentation Consolidation (Docs) Download Center

The Documentation consolidation includes books and tutorials. Pieces of this consolidation will be released separately.

Currently, thirty-seven (37) books are available.

Books available:

• Application Packaging Developer's Guide
• Device Driver Tutorial
• DTrace User Guide
• Memory Thread Placement and Optimization Developer's Guide
• OpenSolaris Developer's Reference Guide
• Solaris CIFS Administration Guide
• Solaris Containers: Resource Management and Solaris Zones Developer's Guide
• Solaris Express Developer Edition Installation Guide: Laptop Installations
• Solaris Express Developer Edition Release Notes
• Solaris Express Developer Edition What's New
• Solaris Express Installation Guide: Solaris Flash Archives (Creation and Installation)
• Solaris Express Installation Guide: Basic Installations
• Solaris Express Installation Guide: Custom JumpStart and Advanced Installations
• Solaris Express Installation Guide: Network-Based Installations
• Solaris Express Installation Guide: Planning for Installation and Upgrade
• Solaris Express Installation Guide: Solaris Live Upgrade and Upgrade Planning
• Solaris Express Package List
• Solaris Modular Debugger Guide
• Solaris Trusted Extensions Administrator's Procedures
• Solaris Trusted Extensions Developer's Guide
• Solaris Trusted Extensions Installation and Configuration Guide
• Solaris Trusted Extensions Label Administration
• Solaris Trusted Extensions Transition Guide
• Solaris Trusted Extensions User's Guide
• Solaris Tunable Parameters Reference Manual
• Solaris Volume Manager System Administration Guide
• System Administration Guide: Advanced Administration
• System Administration Guide: Basic Administration
• System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems
• System Administration Guide: IP Services
• System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP)
• System Administration Guide: Network Services
• System Administration Guide: Security Services
• System Administration Guide: Solaris Containers--Resource Management and Solaris Zones
• System Administration Guide: Solaris Printing
• Writing Device Drivers
• ZFS Administration Guide

Source for these thirty-seven (37) books can be found on the Docs Download page. To make a contribution or request a sponsor, refer to the Documentation Community.

The books are licensed under the Public Documentation License.

To download the source files, complete the following steps:

1. Click the Docs link located on the Docs Download page and save the docs-YYYYMMDD.tar.gz file to disk.
2. Type the following command to unzip the docs-YYYYMMDD.tar.gz file

   gzip -d docs-YYYYMMDDD.tar.gz

3. Type the following command to untar the docs-YYYYMMDDD.tar file

   tar xvf docs-YYYYMMDDD.tar

The files are extracted into directories.