Table of Contents

• Title and Copyright Information
• Preface
• 1 About Oracle Ksplice
  • Why Use Ksplice?
  • Life Cycle of a Ksplice Update
  • In-Memory Compared to On-Disk Updates
  • Available Architectures
  • Maintained Kernels
  • Using the Ksplice Inspector Tool
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Ksplice Support
  • Oracle Enterprise Manager Ksplice Support
• 2 Preparing to Use Oracle Ksplice
  • Choosing a Ksplice Client
    • About the Ksplice Enhanced Client
    • About the Ksplice Uptrack Client
    • About Ksplice Offline Mode
  • Ksplice Client Configuration Options
  • Registering With ULN
    • Available Ksplice Channels
    • Updating ULN Subscriptions
  • Configuring a Local Ksplice Mirror for the Offline Client
    • Setting Up a Local ULN Mirror
      • Configuring the Local ULN Mirror
      • Localizing Subscriptions for the ULN Mirror Server
  • Installing the Ksplice Client From ULN
• 3 Using the Ksplice Enhanced Client
  • Limitations of the Ksplice Enhanced Client
  • Using the ksplice Command For the Ksplice Enhanced Client
  • Preventing the Ksplice Enhanced Client From Patching User Space Processes and Libraries
  • Configuring the Ksplice Enhanced Client for Offline Mode
  • Using the Known Exploit Detection Feature on the Ksplice Enhanced Client
    • Running Known Exploit Detection on the Ksplice Enhanced Client
    • Configuring Known Exploit Logging and Email Notification Options
    • Temporarily Disabling and Enabling Tripwires
  • Removing the Ksplice Enhanced Client Software
• 4 Using the Ksplice Uptrack Client
  • Using Uptrack Commands to Manage Ksplice Updates
  • Updating the Ksplice Uptrack Client to a Specific Effective Kernel Version
  • Switching Between Online and Offline Ksplice Uptrack Installation Modes
  • Configuring Ksplice Uptrack Clients for Offline Mode
  • Using the SNMP Plugin for Ksplice Uptrack
    • Installing and Configuring the SNMP Plugin
    • Testing the SNMP Plugin
  • Removing the Ksplice Uptrack Client Software
• 5 Using the Ksplice Uptrack API
  • Installing the API Command Line Tools
  • Working With API Credentials
  • Using the Ksplice Uptrack API Commands
    • Setting the API Username and Key Variables
    • Specifying a Proxy
    • uptrack-api-authorize
    • uptrack-api-describe
    • uptrack-api-list
  • About the API Implementation
    • GET /api/1/machines
    • GET /api/1/machine/$UUID/describe
    • POST /api/1/machine/$UUID/authorize
    • POST /api/1/machine/$UUID/group
  • Configuring the check_uptrack Nagios Plugin
  • Using the Nagios Plugin