1 System Configuration

This section contains the following chapters:

  • Yum describes how you can use the yum utility to install and upgrade software packages.

  • Ksplice describes how to configure Ksplice Uptrack to update the kernel on a running system.

  • Boot and Service 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.

  • System Configuration Settings describes the files and virtual file systems that you can use to change configuration settings for your system.

  • Kernel Modules describes how to load, unload, and modify the behavior of kernel modules.

  • Device Management describes how the system uses device files and how the udev device manager dynamically creates or removes device node files.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Yum

This chapter describes how you can use the yum utility to install and upgrade software packages.

Note:

The information in this chapter has been migrated to separate and more updated documentation. See Oracle Linux 7: Managing Software .

For information about creating and using a Yum server that acts as a local mirror of the ULN channels, see Oracle Linux: Unbreakable Linux Network User's Guide for Oracle Linux 6 and Oracle Linux 7.

Ksplice

This chapter provides a high-level overview of Oracle Ksplice.

Note:

The information in this chapter has been migrated to separate and more updated documentation. See Oracle Linux: Ksplice User's Guide.

Boot and Service Configuration

This chapter describes the Oracle Linux boot process, how to use the GRUB 2 bootloader, how to change the systemd target for a system, and how to configure the services that are available for a target.

Note:

The information in this chapter has been migrated to separate and more updated documentation. See Oracle Linux 7: Managing Core System Configuration .

System Configuration Settings

This chapter describes the files and virtual file systems that you can use to change configuration settings for your system.

Note:

The information in this chapter has been migrated to separate and more updated documentation. See Oracle Linux 7: Managing Core System Configuration.

Kernel Modules

This chapter describes how to load, unload, and modify the behavior of kernel modules.

Note:

The information in this chapter has been migrated to separate and more updated documentation. See Oracle Linux 7: Managing Core System Configuration.

Device Management

This chapter describes how the system uses device files and how the udev device manager dynamically creates or removes device node files.

Note:

The information in this chapter has been migrated to separate and more updated documentation. See Oracle Linux 7: Managing Core System Configuration.

Task Management

This chapter 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.

Note:

The information in this chapter has been migrated to separate and more updated documentation. See Oracle Linux 7: Managing Core System Configuration.

System Monitoring and Tuning

This chapter describes how to collect diagnostic information about a system for Oracle Support, and how to monitor and tune the performance of a system.

Note:

The information in this chapter has been migrated to separate and more updated documentation. See Oracle Linux 7: Managing Core System Configuration.

System Dump Analysis

This chapter 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.

Note:

The information in this chapter has been migrated to separate and more updated documentation. See Oracle Linux 7: Managing Core System Configuration.