How to save routing entries permanently after route add

Question

Hi guys,
I have added routing entries through route add command. I know i can add routing entries permanently thru -p option in route add command but didin't use that option. How to save those routing entries now?
Thanks...

Answer 1

The filename you are looking for is /etc/inet/static_routes which is available only on Solaris 10 update 3 or later:
root_sol10u3# route -p add -net 192.168.138.0/24 192.168.136.1
root_sol10u3# cat /etc/inet/static_routes
# File generated by route(1M) - do not edit.
-net 192.168.128.0/22 192.168.136.1
-net 192.168.138.0/24 192.168.136.1
-net 172.31.68.0/24 192.168.149.253
-net 172.31.69.0/24 192.168.149.253
root_sol10u3#For Solaris 10 update 2 or earlier, persistent static routes are not implemented. Additionally, the old RC script method suggested above also will not work for Solaris 10 given the host isn't always guaranteed to reach the "multiuser" milestone and subsequently run the legacy /etc/rc*/S* scripts (say if a filesystem fails to mount). For those releases, you should create a new manifest file as follows:
root_sol10u2# cat /var/svc/manifest/network/RKstatic-routes.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE service_bundle SYSTEM "/usr/share/lib/xml/dtd/service_bundle.dtd.1">
<!--
        Static Route SMF Manefest
        To be replaced by official Sun mechanism in next solaris release
-->
<service_bundle type='manifest' name='RKstatic-routes'>
<service
  name='network/RKstatic-routes'
  type='service'
  version='1'>
    <create_default_instance enabled='true' />
    <single_instance/>
    <dependency name='network'
        grouping='require_any'
        restart_on='error'
        type='service'>
            <service_fmri value='svc:/network/service' />
    </dependency>
  <exec_method
    type='method'
    name='start'
    exec='/lib/svc/method/RKstatic-routes start'
    timeout_seconds='60' />
  <exec_method
    type='method'
    name='stop'
    exec='/lib/svc/method/RKstatic-routes stop'
    timeout_seconds='60' />
  <property_group name='startd' type='framework'>
    <propval name='duration' type='astring' value='transient' />
  </property_group>
  <stability value='Unstable' />
</service>
</service_bundle>
root_sol10u2#Then create the method script:
root_sol10u2# cat /lib/svc/method/RKstatic-routes
#!/bin/sh
# RKstatic-routes
# To be called by the network/RKstatic-route SMF service
ACTION=${ACTION:-add}
setup_routes () {
#Route to networks.
/usr/sbin/route $ACTION net 172.1.0.0 -netmask 255.255.0.0 10.1.0.0
/usr/sbin/route $ACTION net 172.2.0.0 -netmask 255.255.0.0 10.2.0.0
case "$1" in
    start)
        echo "${ACTION}ing static routes"
        setup_routes
    stop)
        ACTION=delete
        echo "${ACTION}ing static routes"
        setup_routes
        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
        exit 1
esac
root_sol10u2#Then, import and enable/start the service:
root_sol10u2# svccfg -v import /var/svc/manifest/network/RKstatic-routes.xml
root_sol10u2# svcadm enable network/RKstatic-routes
root_sol10u2# To stop:
root_sol10u2# svcadm disable network/RKstatic-routes
root_sol10u2# For posterity, here is a pre-Solaris 10 version:
root_sol9# cat /etc/init.d/staticRoutes.sh
#!/bin/sh
case "$1" in
        start)
                test -f /etc/routes.conf || exit 0
                while read type route gateway
                do
                        /usr/sbin/route add $type $route $gateway
                done < /etc/routes.conf
        stop)
                test -f /etc/routes.conf || exit 0
                while read type route gateway
                do
                        /usr/sbin/route delete $type $route $gateway
                done < /etc/routes.conf
                echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/routes { start | stop }"
esac
root_sol9# cat /etc/routes.conf
172.1.2.0/24 172.1.2.4
172.1.3.0/24 172.1.3.4
root_sol9# ln -s /etc/rc2.d/S70staticRoutes /etc/init.d/staticRoutes.sh
root_sol9#Best Regards,
Bryan Wood