Oracle Linux 7 SCL RPMS

Oracle Linux 7 SCL RPMS

• https://oss.oracle.com/SCL/OL7/SRPMS/

oracle linux 7 & oracle linux 8 bonus repos

oracle linux 7 & oracle linux 8 bonus repos

oracle linux 7 repos

• addons
• developer
• developer_EPEL
• latest
• software_collections

oracle linux 7 yum install

# yum install oraclelinux-developer-release-el7
# yum install oracle-epel-release-el7

oracle linux 7 yum repolist

# yum repolist
Loaded plugins: langpacks, ulninfo
repo id repo name status
ol7_addons/x86_64         Oracle Linux 7Server Add ons (x86_64) 411
ol7_developer/x86_64      Oracle Linux 7Server Development Packages (x86_64)                                    1,254
ol7_developer_EPEL/x86_64 Oracle Linux 7Server Development Packages (x86_64) 31,355
ol7_latest/x86_64         Oracle Linux 7Server Latest (x86_64) 16,661
ol7_software_collections/x86_64  Software Collection Library release 3.0 packages for Oracle Linux 7 (x86_64) 14,433

oracle linux 7 docs

• https://yum.oracle.com/oracle-linux-7.html
• https://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL7/addons/x86_64/index.html
• https://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL7/developer/x86_64/index.html
• https://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL7/developer/EPEL/x86_64/index.html

oracle linux 8 repos

• appstream
• baseos
• developer
• developer_EPEL

oracle linux 8 repo docs

• https://yum.oracle.com/oracle-linux-8.html
• https://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL8/addons/x86_64/index.html
• https://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL8/developer/x86_64/index.html
• https://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL8/developer/EPEL/x86_64/index.html

oracle linux 8 yum install

# yum install oraclelinux-developer-release-el8
# yum install oracle-epel-release-el8

oracle linux 8 yum repolist

# yum repolist
Last metadata expiration check: 0:07:13 ago on Mon 06 Apr 2020 14:26:26 EDT.
repo id repo name status
ol8_appstream      Oracle Linux 8 Application Stream (x86_64) 11,621
ol8_baseos_latest  Oracle Linux 8 BaseOS Latest (x86_64) 4,652
ol8_developer      Oracle Linux 8 Development Packages (x86_64)                                        29
ol8_developer_EPEL Oracle Linux 8 EPEL Packages for Development (x86_64) 594

 

oracle linux 8 network install yum repo gotcha #devops #sysadmin

oracle linux 8 yum repo has a different url format to the oracle linux 7 yum repo

• https://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL8/baseos/latest/x86_64/index.html

oracle linux 7 podman install

oracle linux 7 podman install

# yum install oracle-softwarecollection-release-el7 
# yum install yum-utils
# yum-config-manager --enable ol7_addons 

oracle linux 7 podman install podman and slirp4netns

# yum install podman
# yum install slirp4netns

then enable user namespaces

# echo "user.max_user_namespaces=10000" > /etc/sysctl.d/userns.conf
# sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.d/userns.conf

then add user

# useradd -m $USER

then login as $USER

$ podman images

centos, @oraclelinux & ibm red hat gnu/linux 7 & 8 #sysadmin with @netdata

centos, @oraclelinux & ibm red hat gnu/linux 7 & 8 #sysadmin with @netdata

V 7 install

TBD

V 8 install

# install netdata

V 7 & V 8 enable, start and check status

# systemctl ?
# systemctl ?

V 7 & V 8 check firewall config and check netdata port 19999 is public

red hat 7

https://localhost:19999/

TBD

centos 8 & oracle linux 8

https://localhost:19999/

centos, @oraclelinux & ibm red hat gnu/linux 7 & 8 #sysadmin with #cockpit

centos, @oraclelinux & ibm red hat gnu/linux 7 & 8 #sysadmin with #cockpit

V 7 install

# yum install cockpit

V 8 install

# dnf install cockpit

V 7 & V 8 enable, start and check status

# systemctl enable --now cockpit.socket
# systemctl status cockpit.socket

V 7 & V 8 check firewall config and check cockpit port 9090 is public

# firewall-config

centos 8

https://localhost:9090/

red hat 7

https://localhost:9090/

oracle linux 7 network install yum repo gotcha

oracle linux 7 network install yum repo gotcha(s)

if you have a 800×600 screen scroll down to

goto network & hostname (

• enable network card
• enable DHCP

then goto installation source and enter

• https://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL7/latest/aarch64/ for ARM & AArch64
• https://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL7/latest/x86_64/ for X86 64 bit

then set software selection to

• server with gui (and choose KDE if you are running in a low spec environment)

see also

• https://yum.oracle.com/
• https://yum.oracle.com/oracle-linux-7.html

Oracle Linux 7 yum ++

Theres more than meets the eye to Oracle Linux 7 yum as well as the default yum repo there are also BONUS yum repos for EPEL, NODE etc

You can also connecting to yum mirrors in different Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) regions

• https://yum.oracle.com/getting-started.html
• https://yum.oracle.com/getting-started.html#installing-software-from-oracle-linux-yum-server
• https://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL7/latest/aarch64/

By default you get

# ls -l /etc/yum.repos.d/
total 12
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 3594 Mar 30 01:28 oracle-linux-ol7.repo
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2587 Mar 30 01:27 uek-ol7.repo
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  226 Mar 30 01:27 virt-ol7.repo

# yum repolist
Loaded plugins: langpacks, ulninfo
repo id                                 repo name                                                                                               status
ol7_UEKR5/x86_64                        Latest Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 5 for Oracle Linux 7Server (x86_64)                           263
ol7_latest/x86_64                       Oracle Linux 7Server Latest (x86_64)                                                                    16,661

but you can update to the latest by running

# yum install oracle-softwarecollection-release-el7

and you will then have more repos available

# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/oracle-softwarecollection-ol7.repo
[ol7_software_collections]
name=Software Collection Library release 3.0 packages for Oracle Linux 7 ($basearch)
baseurl=https://yum$ociregion.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL7/SoftwareCollections/$basearch/
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1

then to get access to oracle linux 7 EPEL repo run

# yum install yum-utils
# yum-config-mgr --enable oracle-epel-release-el7 
# yum repolist
yum --enablerepo=* repolist

and you should see

repo id                                 repo name                                                                                                    status
ol7_MODRHCK/x86_64                      Latest RHCK with fixes from Oracle for Oracle Linux 7Server (x86_64)                                            619
ol7_UEKR3/x86_64                        Latest Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 3 for Oracle Linux 7Server (x86_64)                                984
ol7_UEKR3_OFED20/x86_64                 OFED supporting tool packages for Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel on Oracle Linux 7 (x86_64)                       64
ol7_UEKR4/x86_64                        Latest Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 4 for Oracle Linux 7Server (x86_64)                                166
ol7_UEKR4_OFED/x86_64                   OFED supporting tool packages for Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 4 on Oracle Linux 7 (x86_64)            205
ol7_UEKR4_archive/x86_64                Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 4 for Oracle Linux 7Server (x86_64) - Archive                           1,084
ol7_UEKR5/x86_64                        Latest Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 5 for Oracle Linux 7Server (x86_64)                                263
ol7_UEKR5_RDMA/x86_64                   Oracle Linux 7 UEK5 RDMA (x86_64)                                                                               189
ol7_UEKR5_archive/x86_64                Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 5 for Oracle Linux 7Server (x86_64) - Archive                             245
ol7_UEKR6/x86_64                        Latest Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 6 for Oracle Linux 7Server (x86_64)                                 71
ol7_UEKR6_RDMA/x86_64                   Oracle Linux 7 UEK6 RDMA (x86_64)                                                                                34
ol7_addons/x86_64                       Oracle Linux 7Server Add ons (x86_64)                                                                           411
ol7_kvm_utils/x86_64                    Oracle Linux 7Server KVM Utilities (x86_64)                                                                     441
ol7_latest/x86_64                       Oracle Linux 7Server Latest (x86_64)                                                                         16,661
ol7_latest_archive/x86_64               Oracle Linux 7Server Latest (x86_64) - Archive                                                               24,368
ol7_optional_archive/x86_64             Oracle Linux 7Server Optional (x86_64) - Archive                                                             19,061
ol7_optional_latest/x86_64              Oracle Linux 7Server Optional Latest (x86_64)                                                                12,153
ol7_security_validation/x86_64          Oracle Linux 7Server (x86_64) Security Validations                                                               86
ol7_software_collections/x86_64         Software Collection Library release 3.0 packages for Oracle Linux 7 (x86_64)                                 14,433
ol7_u0_base/x86_64                      Oracle Linux 7Server GA installation media copy (x86_64)                                                      6,171

Oracle Linux 7 node/nodejs 10 howto

Oracle Linux 7 node/nodejs 10 howto

# yum install oracle-nodejs-release-el7
# yum install nodejs

Oracle Linux 7 – the distro you can login to as root WITHOUT getting errors

Oracle Linux 7 – the distro “you can login to as root” without getting errors

All the other distros (Canonical/Debian/Ubuntu) have been saying for years that it is impossible to login to root (with gui) WITHOUT getting errors ! Well Oracle have just proved them all wrong !

Here’s a screen shot of a with a root gui login on Oracle Linux 7 with NO ERRORS WHATSOEVER and Xubuntu clearly showing the

inappropriate ioctl for device

error that Canonical/Debian/Ubuntu say is IMPOSSIBLE to fix !