The software described in this documentation is either in Extended Support or Sustaining Support. See https://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/enterprise-linux-support-policies-069172.pdf for more information.
Oracle recommends that you upgrade the software described by this documentation as soon as possible.
This section contains the following chapters:
Chapter 1, Yum describes how you can use the yum utility to install and upgrade software packages.
Chapter 2, Ksplice describes how to configure Ksplice Uptrack to update the kernel on a running system.
Chapter 3, Boot Configuration describes the Oracle Linux boot process, how to use the GRUB boot loader, how to change the run level of a system, and how to configure the services that are available at each run level.
Chapter 4, System Configuration Settings describes the files and virtual file systems that you can use to change configuration settings for your system.
Chapter 5, Kernel Modules describes how to load, unload, and modify the behavior of kernel modules.
Chapter 6, Device Management describes how the system uses device files and how the udev device manager dynamically creates or removes device node files.
Chapter 7, Task Management describes how to configure the system to run tasks automatically within a specific period of time, at a specified time and date, or when the system is lightly loaded.
Chapter 8, System Monitoring and Tuning describes how to collect diagnostic information about a system for Oracle Support, and how to monitor and tune the performance of a system.
Chapter 9, System Dump Analysis describes how to configure a system to create a memory image in the event of a system crash, and how to use the crash debugger to analyse the memory image in a crash dump or for a live system.
Table of Contents
- 1 Yum
- 1.1 About Yum
- 1.2 About ULN
- 1.3 Yum Configuration
- 1.4 Using Yum from the Command Line
- 1.5 Yum Groups
- 1.6 Installing and Using the Yum Security Plugin
- 1.7 Switching CentOS or Scientific Linux Systems to Use the Oracle Linux Yum Server
- 1.8 Creating and Using a Local ULN Mirror
- 1.9 Creating a Local Yum Repository Using an ISO Image
- 1.10 Setting up a Local Yum Server Using an ISO Image
- 1.11 For More Information About Yum
- 2 Ksplice
- 3 Boot Configuration
- 4 System Configuration Settings
- 5 Kernel Modules
- 6 Device Management
- 7 Task Management
- 8 System Monitoring and Tuning
- 9 System Dump Analysis
- 10 Control Groups
- 10.1 About cgroups
- 10.2 Subsystems
- 10.3 Enabling the cgconfig Service
- 10.4 Enabling PAM to Work with cgroup Rules
- 10.5 Restarting the cgconfig Service
- 10.6 About the
cgroupsConfiguration File - 10.7 About the cgroup Rules Configuration File
- 10.8 Displaying and Setting Subsystem Parameters
- 10.9 Use Cases for
cgroups