websoft9/install/VMimage/OracleLinux.md
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Oracle Linux

How to create VM image?

You should download Oracle Linux image from official website, 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: BIOS/UEFI
  • Disk partition: LVM/?
  • File system type: FAT32、EXT2、EXT3、EXT4、UFS?
  • 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, Docker/Podman, Java

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: