Configuring a Local Ksplice Mirror for the Offline Client

To use the Ksplice Offline client, you must configure a local Ksplice mirror using either a local ULN mirror or an Oracle Linux Manager server. You can then download the latest Ksplice update packages to this server at regular intervals and configure any other systems to receive both yum and Ksplice updates.

For more information about offline clients, see:

• About Ksplice Offline Mode
• Configuring the Ksplice Enhanced Client for Offline Mode
• Configuring Ksplice Uptrack Clients for Offline Mode
• Switching Between Online and Offline Ksplice Uptrack Installation Modes

Local ULN Mirror

Configure an Oracle Linux host as a local ULN mirror to act as a Ksplice mirror.

Oracle Linux 8 and Oracle Linux 9

The instructions for Oracle Linux 8 and Oracle Linux 9 might vary slightly from the Oracle Linux 7 instructions that follow. For more information, see Oracle Linux: Managing Software on Oracle Linux .

Oracle Linux 7

For more information about setting up a local ULN mirror, see Oracle Linux: Unbreakable Linux Network User's Guide for Oracle Linux 6 and Oracle Linux 7.

1. Sign in to https://linux.oracle.com, and provide the ULN username and password that you used to register the system.

2. On the Systems tab, from the list of registered systems, select the link for the system's name.

3. On the System Details page, select Edit.

4. On the Edit System Properties page, select the Yum Server checkbox, then apply any changes.

5. On the System Details page, select Manage Subscriptions.

6. On the System Summary page, select the appropriate channels from the list of available or subscribed channels, then move the channels between the two lists by using the arrows.

7. Change the list of subscribed channels to include the Ksplice for Oracle Linux channels that you want to make available to local, offline clients. See Available Ksplice Channels.

8. When you're finished with the channel selection sign out of ULN.

Oracle Linux Manager Server

To set up an Oracle Linux Manager server to act as a Ksplice mirror, you must configure the repositories and associated software channels for the Oracle Linux releases and architectures of the systems on which you want to run the Ksplice Offline client. Each Ksplice channel is a child of the appropriate, base software channel. For information about available channels, see Available Ksplice Channels.

You then need to specify the URL of the appropriate Ksplice channel. For the Oracle Linux 9 (x86_64) channel on ULN, you would specify the URL as follows:

uln:///ol9_x86_64_ksplice

For more information, see the chapter that describes how to use Ksplice with Oracle Linux Manager in Oracle Linux Manager: Client Life Cycle Management Guide.