Getting Started with Oracle Linux
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure has a set of Oracle Linux platform images that you can select when creating an instance.
For more information about Oracle Linux platform images, see Platform Images. For information about specific releases of platform images, see Release Information.
Key features for Oracle Linux on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Oracle Linux images available on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure include:
The advantages of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Oracle Linux images over traditional Oracle Linux deployments are:
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Instances automatically have access to Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN) content.
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If the instance is connected to a service gateway, it has access to ULN content through the regional yum servers. Unlike the publicly available Oracle Linux yum server, the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure regional yum servers mirror all ULN channels. Thus, you can access ULN content without registering the system with ULN or using alternate tools to manage channel access, which simplifies software management on the instance.
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All images have Oracle Ksplice installed by default.
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You can run Ksplice to install patches manually or enable automatic updates to get the latest security patches without any need to reboot.
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The default kernel is the latest version Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) available for the image.
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Setting the default kernel to UEK ensures the broadest functionality support immediately after deploying an instance.
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Instances can use the OCI Utilities.
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The OCI utilities are a set of custom tools that allow the instance to access information about infrastructure resources. These tools can help automatically discover or provision resources as you need them.
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