 | Oracle LinuxHow-To for Sysadmins and Developers |
This page provides resources to help sysadmins and developers of Oracle Linux evaluate, deploy, and maintain installations of the Linux OS and the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel.
You can also find more information about Oracle Linux here:
The Oracle Linux distribution is free to download use and distribute. Oracle Linux Support is available if you want premier backports, comprehensive management, indemnification, testing, and more.
- Blog: How to subscribe to the free Oracle Linux errata yum repositories
- Blog: Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 2 has been released
To see Oracle's hosted Linux projects and FOSS from Oracle, visit oss.oracle.com.
What's New
Tech Article: The Role of Oracle Solaris Zones and Oracle Linux Containers in a Virtualization Strategy
Oracle Solaris zones are referred to as lightweight virtualization because they impose no overhead on the virtualization layer and the applications running in the non-global zones. As a result, they are a perfect choice for high performance applications. Detlef Drewanz continues his overview of virtualization strategies with a focus on Oracle Linux Containers and Oracle Solaris zones.
posted Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:47:19 +0000
Oracle Solaris zones are referred to as lightweight virtualization because they impose no overhead on the virtualization layer and the applications running in the non-global zones. As a result, they are a perfect choice for high performance applications. Detlef Drewanz continues his overview of virtualization strategies with a focus on Oracle Linux Containers and Oracle Solaris zones.
posted Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:47:19 +0000
Tech Article: How I Simplified Oracle Database
11g Installation on Oracle Linux 6
An RPM package available in Oracle Linux 6 automatically downloads and installs software packages required to install Oracle Database 11g on Oracle Linux 6. It also resolves package dependencies and adjusts kernel parameters. All you need to do is install it. Like Ginny did. Similar to a previous article, but updated by Michele Casey and Lenz Grimmer.
posted Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:05:15 +0000
An RPM package available in Oracle Linux 6 automatically downloads and installs software packages required to install Oracle Database 11g on Oracle Linux 6. It also resolves package dependencies and adjusts kernel parameters. All you need to do is install it. Like Ginny did. Similar to a previous article, but updated by Michele Casey and Lenz Grimmer.
posted Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:05:15 +0000
Tech Article: Tips for Securing Your Oracle Linux Environment
System logging with logwatch and process accounting with psacct can help detect intrusion attempts and determine whether a system has been compromised. So can using the RPM package manager to verifying the integrity of installed software. These and other tools are described in this second article, which takes a wider perspective and gives you tips for securing your entire Oracle Linux environment.
posted Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:14:32 +0000
System logging with logwatch and process accounting with psacct can help detect intrusion attempts and determine whether a system has been compromised. So can using the RPM package manager to verifying the integrity of installed software. These and other tools are described in this second article, which takes a wider perspective and gives you tips for securing your entire Oracle Linux environment.
posted Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:14:32 +0000
Tech Article: How I Use the Advanced Features of the Btrfs File System in Oracle Linux
How to create and mount a Btrfs file system. How to copy and delete files. How to create and manage a redundant file system configuration. How to check the integrity of the file system and its remaining capacity. How to take snapshots. How to clone. And more. In this article Margaret explores the more advanced features of the Btrfs file system.
posted Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:39:24 +0000
How to create and mount a Btrfs file system. How to copy and delete files. How to create and manage a redundant file system configuration. How to check the integrity of the file system and its remaining capacity. How to take snapshots. How to clone. And more. In this article Margaret explores the more advanced features of the Btrfs file system.
posted Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:39:24 +0000
Blog: How and Why We Integreated ASMLib Into Oracle Linux, by Wim Coekaerts
Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM), developed in 2004, was a sophisticated volume manager of sorts for Oracle data. It was great, but difficult to administer. ASMlib is a small set of extensions designed to make device management easier. Wim explains how and why Oracle decided to integrate Oracle ASMLib into Oracle Linux.
posted Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:06:02 +0000
Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM), developed in 2004, was a sophisticated volume manager of sorts for Oracle data. It was great, but difficult to administer. ASMlib is a small set of extensions designed to make device management easier. Wim explains how and why Oracle decided to integrate Oracle ASMLib into Oracle Linux.
posted Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:06:02 +0000
Tech Article: Tips for Hardening an Oracle Linux Server
General strategies for hardening an Oracle Linux server. Oracle Linux comes "secure by default," but the actions you take when deploying the server can increase or decrease its security. How to minimize active services, lock down network services, and many other tips. By Lenz Grimmer and James Morris.
posted Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:42:44 +0000
General strategies for hardening an Oracle Linux server. Oracle Linux comes "secure by default," but the actions you take when deploying the server can increase or decrease its security. How to minimize active services, lock down network services, and many other tips. By Lenz Grimmer and James Morris.
posted Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:42:44 +0000
Tech Article: How I Got Started With The Btrfs File System for Oracle Linux
The basic capabilities that Margaret Bierman discovered while becoming familiar with the Btrfs file system in Oracle Linux, plus the instructions she used to create a file system, verify its size, create subdirectories, and perform other basic administrative tasks.
posted Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:00:19 +0000
The basic capabilities that Margaret Bierman discovered while becoming familiar with the Btrfs file system in Oracle Linux, plus the instructions she used to create a file system, verify its size, create subdirectories, and perform other basic administrative tasks.
posted Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:00:19 +0000
Tech Article: Which Tool Should I Use to Manage Which Virtualization Technology?
A summary of the interfaces and tools that sysadmins can use to set up and manage virtual server, operating system, network, and storage resources from Oracle.
posted Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:41:11 +0000
A summary of the interfaces and tools that sysadmins can use to set up and manage virtual server, operating system, network, and storage resources from Oracle.
posted Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:41:11 +0000
Podcast: A Technology Preview of Transcendent Memory
Turns out that in a virtual environment, RAM is the bottleneck. Not because it's slow, it's not, but because each CPU still had to use its own RAM. Which gets expensive. In this podcast, Dan Magenheimer describes how Oracle and the open source community taught the guest kernel in Oracle Linux to share its memory with other CPU's. Transcendent memory will wind up saving large data centers a lot of money. Find out how.
posted Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:53:51 +0000
Turns out that in a virtual environment, RAM is the bottleneck. Not because it's slow, it's not, but because each CPU still had to use its own RAM. Which gets expensive. In this podcast, Dan Magenheimer describes how Oracle and the open source community taught the guest kernel in Oracle Linux to share its memory with other CPU's. Transcendent memory will wind up saving large data centers a lot of money. Find out how.
posted Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:53:51 +0000
Tech Article: How to Create a Local Yum Repository for Oracle Linux
How to create a local yum repository for Oracle Linux, and configure up2date and yum to install and update packages from the repositories. By Jared Greenwald.
posted Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:41:30 +0000
How to create a local yum repository for Oracle Linux, and configure up2date and yum to install and update packages from the repositories. By Jared Greenwald.
posted Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:41:30 +0000
To see older Linux-related content posted on OTN, go to our Linux section on Delicious.
Printer View