Oracle Autonomous Linux Service

Autonomous Linux performs automatic daily security updates on your Oracle Linux instances, and monitors the instances for critical events.

For more information, see Overview of Autonomous Linux.

Security Features

Oracle Autonomous Linux Security Features

Feature

Description

Automatic daily packages and updates

Instances that use the Oracle Autonomous Linux image are automatically updated daily with available packages and patches that address security vulnerabilities. Some of these updates can include zero-downtime Ksplice patches for kernel, OpenSSL, and glibc libraries. You can modify the execution time of these daily updates.

Security reports

View filterable reports that list security advisories for your instances and indicate whether your instances are up-to-date on security patches.

Monitoring of exploit detection events

If an exploit detection event occurs on an instance, review the event details, its log files, and stack trace information about the event.

Security event notifications

Choose to be notified when a security event occurs on an instance. You do so by setting the notification topic for the instance.