Yes. Oracle is a Red Hat CCSP partner that provides cloud services for customers to deploy Red Hat Enterprise Linux. In addition, Oracle and Red Hat collaborate to support mutual customers on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), consistent with what Red Hat customers expect from any of the company’s CCSP partners.
Yes. Customers should use the Red Hat Cloud Access Program to leverage their Red Hat Enterprise Linux licenses.
Customers can use the Red Hat Cloud Access Program to move licenses between on-premises and cloud vendors. For further questions, customers should engage their Red Hat sales team for assistance.
Licensing is currently through Red Hat. Availability of on-demand licensing through OCI is being considered.
Licensing is currently through Red Hat. Availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux via Oracle Cloud Marketplace is being considered.
Customers can use the Red Hat Cloud Access Program to move licenses between on-premises and cloud vendors. For further questions, customers should engage their Red Hat sales team for assistance.
Licensing and payment for Red Hat Enterprise Linux is currently through Red Hat.
Licensing and payment for Red Hat Enterprise Linux is currently through Red Hat.
Oracle Support Rewards only considers services purchased directly from Oracle. Oracle Support Rewards will be applied to the underlying infrastructure (for example, compute or storage) leveraged by OCI Compute when running Red Hat Enterprise Linux but not to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux license.
Licensing is through Red Hat. Red Hat’s licensing contract determines the treatment of tax.
Licensing is currently through Red Hat. On-demand licensing via OCI is currently not available.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 8, and 9 are supported. Note that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 has reached end of maintenance and isn’t available.
The specific versions and shapes that have been certified through Red Hat are
Yes. Red Hat distributes the operating system. It’s their official edition.
Customers may contact either Red Hat Support or Oracle Support. Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux is provided by both Red Hat, based on the customer support contract with Red Hat, and Oracle, included with consuming certified compute resources on OCI. As needed, Red Hat Support and Oracle Support will collaborate on behalf of the customer.
Customers may contact either Red Hat Support or Oracle Support. Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux is provided by both Red Hat, based on the customer support contract with Red Hat, and Oracle, included with consuming certified compute resources on OCI. As needed, Red Hat Support and Oracle Support will collaborate on behalf of the customer.
Customers may contact either Red Hat Support or Oracle Support. Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux is provided by both Red Hat, based on the customer support contract with Red Hat, and Oracle, included with consuming certified compute resources on OCI. As needed, Red Hat Support and Oracle Support will collaborate on behalf of the customer.
Customers must have a valid subscription for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which will include support.
Yes. Support is included with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Standard and Premium subscriptions. Oracle Support provides support for the infrastructure automatically through the use of OCI Compute.
Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux is provided by Red Hat. Oracle Support provides support for the infrastructure.
Consult the blog post “RHEL runs on OCI supported by Oracle and Red Hat.”
The specific versions and shapes that have been certified through Red Hat are
Additional shapes are a high priority use case for Oracle and Red Hat.
Yes. Red Hat Enterprise Linux running on OCI Compute will be supported in OCI Dedicated Region for the certified configurations.
Customers use the same process with any standard Red Hat Enterprise Linux distribution to update the operating systems.
Customers can subscribe to notifications through their Red Hat accounts for Red Hat Enterprise Linux updates.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is configured to pull updates from Red Hat official repositories, which are maintained by Red Hat.
Yes. Partners can purchase subscriptions in the same manner as they do today through the Red Hat Cloud Access Program.
Yes. Partners can use Red Hat Enterprise Linux today just as they do in other environments.
Customers should consult their Red Hat sales team for acceptable use of their Red Hat Enterprise Linux licenses.