Subscribe to the Private Cloud Appliance ULN Channels

Subscribe the ULN mirror server to the appropriate Private Cloud Appliance ULN channels.

Note:

ULN channels can be subscribed to once updates are added for download. If new channels are made available, repeat this procedure to subscribe to them, so the mirror can receive the updates.

If no "PCA" channels appear, verify that your CSI is correctly enabled to display them.

Caution:

Only install patches from the "PCA" channels. Manually updating the appliance using other channels and other methods is not supported. Security and other updates to Oracle Linux will come through the "PCA" channels.

1. Log in to https://linux.oracle.com, go to the System Details page of the ULN mirror server, and click Manage Subscriptions.

2. Subscribe to the following ULN channels for Private Cloud Appliance:

   • PCA 3.0.2 Container Images

   • PCA 3.0.2 Firmware

   • PCA 3.0.2 Hypervisor

   • PCA 3.0.2 MN

   • PCA 3.0.2 OCI Compute Images

   • PCA 3.0.2 Region Registry

   The list also contains channels with source RPMs for the binary channels; their name contains "src". Do not subscribe to these "src" channels, because they are not used for patching and would take up significant space on your mirror.

   • PCA 3.0.2 Container Images src

   • PCA 3.0.2 Hypervisor src

   • PCA 3.0.2 MN src

   In the Available channels list, scroll down to the "PCA 3.0.2" channels. Use the > button to move the channels in the preceding list to the Subscribed Channels column. Click the Save Subscriptions button.

3. Use the yum repolist command to verify that you have correctly subscribed to the Private Cloud Appliance channels.

   The example shows output from an Oracle Linux 7 mirror. The "status" column does not appear on Oracle Linux 8.

   # sudo yum repolist
   ...
   repo id                              repo name                            status 
   pca302_x86_64_container_images       PCA 3.0.2 Container Images             492
   pca302_x86_64_fw                     PCA 3.0.2 Firmware                       6
   pca302_x86_64_hypervisor             PCA 3.0.2 Hypervisor                   179
   pca302_x86_64_mn                     PCA 3.0.2 MN                            31
   pca302_x86_64_oci                    PCA 3.0.2 OCI Compute Images             5
   pca302_x86_64_regionregistry         PCA 3.0.2 Region Registry                2

As an alternative to the ULN web interface, you can subscribe to ULN channels from the command line. See Oracle Linux: Managing ULN Channel Subscriptions via Command Line (Doc ID 1674425.1).