websoft9/install/VMimage/OracleLinux.md

Oracle Linux

How to create VM image?

You should download Oracle Linux image to OSS/S3 directly, don't try to build image from ISO manual setup by KVM/VMVare/VirtualBox

Cloud image requirements

• Kernel:
  • Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK)(√)
  • Red Hat Compatible Kernel(RHCK)
• OS disk automaticlly resize
• User can user password or key both for create VM or reset password
• OS start methond on Cloud: UEFI-Preferred
• Logic Disk partition: LVM
• File system type: xfs(√)、btrfs
• Softwares: cloud-init, agent of Cloud provider, virtio, NVMe
• Other config: https://github.com/Websoft9/mcloud/blob/master/ansible/roles/desktop/tasks/image.yml
• Applicaitons: Desktop or Docker/Podman
• Other repository

  yum install -y oraclelinux-developer-release-e* oracle-nodejs-release-e* oracle-epel-release-e*; fi
  python3 and pip at OracleLinux7?
  

Upgrade Oracle Linux

You can use leapp to upgrade major version, e.g Oracle Linux8 > Oracle Linux9

Test your Cloud private image

Some Cloud provider have tools for your image testing:

• 阿里云 sersi