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OCI - How to Install oracle-cloud-agent Package on Oracle Linux Platform

edited Jun 6, 2025 1:35PM in Linux 1 comment

Applies to:

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Linux x86_64

Goal:

This document describes how to install oracle-cloud-agent Package on a Oracle Linux Platform

Solution:

To manually install the Oracle Cloud Agent software on a Linux Instance for OSMH or non-OSMH enabled instance follow the steps below:

1) OSMS Enabled Instances :

  • Search for and add the software source “Oracle Software for OCI users on Oracle Linux”, following steps in document : Adding Vendor Software Sources
  • Then install the oracle-cloud-agent package 

Oracle Linux 7

$ sudo yum install oracle-cloud-agent

Oracle Linux 8 and 9

$ sudo dnf install oracle-cloud-agent


2) Non-OSMH Enabled Instances:

  • Create the oci-included repository file and add the repository information below:

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