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 ##### illumos
 Of course, to play with doors, you will need access to illumos! I recommend
-these two routes, depending on your preferences:
-
-* Want to run it in a VM on your desktop? Try [OpenIndiana](appendices/OpenIndiana).
-* Just want to spin up a cloud instance? I like SmartOS on [Joyent](appendices/SmartOS).
-
-Doors are super lightweight, so feel free to be as cheap as you want. You will
-not need significant resources for this tutorial.
+installing [OpenIndiana](appendices/OpenIndiana) on a VM on your workstation.
 
 ### Sources
 I am writing this because there seems to be so little about doors on the 
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-# Setup SmartOS on Joyent
-*From zero to illumos in eight minutes*
-
-This can be somewhat less overhead that setting up a VM on VirtualBox, and may
-be more your style if you prefer things like the AWS Console.
-
-### Sign up for a Joyent account
-Follow [this link](https://lpage.joyent.com/Triton-Free-Trial.html) to set up a
-Triton account (Triton is the name of Joyent's SmartOS-based cloud) that comes
-with more than enough free cycles to work through this tutorial. If you already
-have an account and are out of the free-cycle realm, rest assured you can
-complete this tutorial for a matter of pennies.
-
-Setting up your account will require you to share an SSH public key with Joyent.
-You will need to use the corresponding private key to access your SmartOS
-instance.
-
-### Create a new "Infrastructure Container"
-This is Triton-lingo for "create a new SmartOS zone". This will give you a self-
-contained virtual copy of illumos that you can use for this tutorial.
-
-![create-instance](create-instance.png)
-
-#### Select the instance type
-Triton lets you do a number of things, but for our purposes we want an
-"Infrastructure Container" in `us-east-1` (unless you happen to know another
-location is closer to you).
-
-![infrastructure-container](infrastructure-container.png)
-
-#### Select the OS
-We want SmartOS -- specifically the "base" image that doesn't have a lot
-configured already. We'll add exactly what we want later.
-
-![smartos](smartos.png)
-
-#### Select the instance size
-Doors are super lightweight, so we need almost nothing for this tutorial. Choose
-the cheapest instance size offered.
-
-![cheap](cheap.png)
-
-#### Launch
-Name this sucker 'doors-tutorial' and launch it!
-
-![launch](launch.png)
-
-### Connect to your new Instance
-Keep an eye on your list of instances in your Triton control panel. When you see
-your previously configured instance boot, note its ip address:
-
-![list](list.png)
-
-`ssh` into that host as root, using the keypair you specified earlier.
-
-### Install the dependencies we need for this tutorial
-```bash
-pkgin -y install git-2.19.1
-pkgin -y install gmake-4.2.1nb1
-pkgin -y install gcc8-8.2.0
-echo 'PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/gcc8/bin' >> ~/.profile
-source ~/.profile
-git clone https://github.com/robertdfrench/revolving-door.git
-cd revolving-door
-gmake test # Make sure the whole tutorial builds on your system!
-```
-
-Once you are done, remember to tear this instance down, or Joyent will continue
-to bill you for it.
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