Burning an ISO so it’s bootable Once you have the ISO downloaded, you may need to do some additional preparations. If you are installing using a USB device, simply copying the file to a flash drive will not work, as the ISO is not actually unpacked on the media. If the ISO is not correctly […]
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Arm’ing for the future of IT – it’s not just a slice of Raspberry Pi – Oracle Linux 8 – Get It? Got It? Good!
Arm’ing for the future of IT – it’s not just a slice of Raspberry Pi First, let’s chat about Oracle Linux on advanced RISC machines, more commonly known as Arm CPUs. This newer architecture has many advantages over the older x86_64 architecture that Intel and AMD use. This includes lower power consumption; lower latency, enabling […]
Time to take the Leapp and start phase two – Oracle Linux 8 – Get It? Got It? Good!
Time to take the Leapp and start phase two Now that we’re set, it’s time to make the jump forward! As with the Leapp pre-upgrade, how you Leapp in OCI is slightly different than other environments: Figure 1.18 – Leapp upgrade starting 2. Leapp will take some time. Did you remember to make your backup? […]
CentOS is dead as we know it, have you looked at Oracle Linux yet? 2 – Oracle Linux 8 – Get It? Got It? Good!
Getting ready Before you start, you will need a system running Scientific Linux 7.x and 8.x, Rocky 8.x, and CentOS 7.x and 8.X. If your CentOS system is CentOS Stream, the script will not work. There are a few other things to think about before running the Oracle script, as follows: How to do it… […]
Automating the OS install options with kickstart 2 – Installing with and without Automation Magic
This is the time zone for the server: # System timezonetimezone America/New_York –isUtc An encrypted root password can be set on the new system. Normally, the password is encrypted, but optionally, you can use the –-plaintext option with a plaintext password. You can also generate an encrypted password using the python3 -c ‘import crypt,getpass;pw=getpass.getpass();print(crypt.crypt(pw) if […]
DHCP server – more than just IPs – Installing with and without Automation Magic
DHCP server – more than just IPs The DHCP server will be running a standard DHCP server that is available with Oracle Linux 8. Installation of DHCP is straightforward. Getting ready To set up a DHCP server, you will need an Oracle Linux 8 VM running on the same subnet that VMs that will be […]
Setting up the web server – HTTPD – Installing with and without Automation Magic
Setting up the web server – HTTPD The next step for the PXE server is to install a web server. In this example, we will use Apache. Other web servers will also work, but Apache is one of the most common. Getting ready To set up an HTTP server, you will need an Oracle Linux […]
Back in the day – a manual installation – Installing with and without Automation Magic
Back in the day – a manual installation Automated installations are great, but for some admins, the complexity of configuring and maintaining the infrastructure to support an automated installation is more effort than doing a manual installation. This recipe will go over how the manual installation works. Getting ready To do this, you will need […]
Back in the day – a manual installation 2 – Installing with and without Automation Magic
How it works… A manual boot process is fairly simple to do. Once booted, on the INSTALLATION SUMMARY screen, you have many options: Generally, the first setting that is set is the network. This is key for not only network installations but also setting up NTP for time synchronization: Figure 2.21 – Setting hostname and […]
Appendix – kickstart options – Installing with and without Automation Magic
Appendix – kickstart options The following table covers the most popular options that control the installation and their syntax: Option Name authselect Description It configures the authentication options for the system using the authselect command. authselect options are the same as the authselect command. They are passed directly to the command. Options See […]