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OCI: How to Configure IPv6 Addresses on Oracle Linux InstancesApplies To: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later Linux x86-64 Goal: This document details how to configure IPv6 addresses to a vNIC on an Oracle Linux ins… -
OOM kills DNF during sudo dnf upgrade -y on OCI Free Oracle Linux 8.7Summary: OOM kills DNF during sudo dnf upgrade -y on OCI Free Oracle Linux 8.7 Content (required): I have an OCI Free with Oracle Linux 8.7 (image was 8.6) that used to … -
Oracle Linux - How to mount a SMB/CIFS Share using SYSTEMDAPPLIES TO: Linux OS – Version Oracle Linux 7.0 to Oracle Linux 9.0 [Release OL7 to OL9] Linux x86_64 on Oracle Public Cloud GOAL: Mount a SMB/CIFS share using SYSTEMD a…Alejandro Rodriguez L.-Oracle 1.4K views 0 comments 0 points Started by Alejandro Rodriguez L.-Oracle Linux -
OCI: How to stop unwanted firewalld processesApplies To: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Linux x86-64 Goal: This document outlines the steps required to stop any unwanted firewalld processes Symptoms: The firewalld.ser…
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OCI: Specific User is Unable to Login To InstanceApplies to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later Linux x86-64 Goal This document outlines the steps required to recover from a failed login attempt for a s…
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OCI: Cron Job for Oracle User Is Not RunningApplies to: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later Oracle Linux - Any version Symptoms: A cron job is not executing the script even though there is activity…
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OSMH: How to Assign/Update New profile to Existing OSMH Managed Instance?APPLIES TO OSMH On-Prem GOAL How to Assign/Update New Profile to Existing OS Management Hub (OSMH) Managed Instance for which the profile is deleted or required an updat…
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OCI: fluentd General Protection Fault in libc-2.17.soApplies to: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later Linux x86-64 Symptoms After upgrading to glibc-2.17-326.0.5.el7_9.x86_64, the following errors from the u…
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Linux: Executing ssh –X Gives error “/ usr/bin/xauth: error in locking authority file” for UserApplies to: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Linux x86-64 Symptoms Connecting with ssh -X to a destination server results in a successful login but an error is displayed: /us…
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OCI: Instance Fails to Boot and Drops to dracut PromptApplies to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later Linux x86-64 Goal This document outlines the steps required to recover an instance that drops to the dracu…
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postfix and oci smtp serverHi, I've an Oracle Linux vm, version 7.9 and Postfix 2.10.1 I'm trying to use postfix as a relay server, and I've used oci smtp credentials of a dedicated oci user to se…
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How to Remove Weak Ciphers from SSH in Oracle Linux 8 and 9Applies to: Oracle Linux - Version 8 and later Goal Some Ciphers, Macs and KexAlgorithms used by default in SSHD configuration, are considered weak by some security scan…
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OCI : SSH Login Failed Due To Protocol MismatchApplies To: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Oracle Linux - Version 6 Symptoms User is not able to login using private key with the following scenarios: Connection using “ssh…
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OCI - How to Install oracle-cloud-agent Package on Oracle Linux PlatformApplies 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 manu…
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Oracle Linux – How to create /dev/zero after accidentally deletedAPPLIES TO: Linux OS – Version Oracle Linux 7.0 to Oracle Linux 9.0 [Release OL7 to OL9] Linux x86_64 on Oracle Public Cloud GOAL: Create the character device /dev/zero …Alejandro Rodriguez L.-Oracle 51 views 0 comments 0 points Started by Alejandro Rodriguez L.-Oracle Linux
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Oracle Linux – Fix KSPLICE was unable to install updates because a modified kernel is runningAPPLIES TO: Linux OS – Version Oracle Linux 7.0 to Oracle Linux 9.0 [Release OL7 to OL9] Linux x86_64 on Oracle Public Cloud GOAL: Install latest Ksplice patches. Sympto…Alejandro Rodriguez L.-Oracle 323 views 0 comments 0 points Started by Alejandro Rodriguez L.-Oracle Linux
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OCI: Leapp Fails at "Upgrade requires links in root directory to be relative"APPLIES TO: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Linux x86-64 SYMPTOMS Leapp preupgrade checks fails with below potential risks to the upgrade Risk Factor: high (inhibitor) Title…
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CUPS Fails to Print and Reports “Unable to get printer status”Applies to: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Symptoms: After configuring a new printer in CUPS, the “lpstat” command shows “Connected to printer” but, after trying to print, …
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SSH Login Reports Error “Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key”Applies To: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later Linux x86-64 Symptoms: Below messages written into /var/log/secure log file frequently: ... May 8 07:44:5…
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“du” Reports Less Space Utilization than “df”Applies to: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Linux x86-64 Symptoms: The du (/usr/bin/du) and df (/bin/df) commands output display different storage space utilization values: …
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Security Related Posts on Oracle Linux BlogAnalysis of CVE-2025-4598: systemd-coredump FIPS 140-3 for the Linux Kernel Understanding Spectre v2 Mitigations on x86 Pillars of protection—A holistic view of enterpri…
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Oracle Linux Automation Manager Related Posts on Oracle Linux BlogOracle Linux Automation Manager 2.3 is now available on Oracle Linux 9 Automating Leapp upgrades using OLAM Slack Notifications from Oracle Linux Automation Manager Disc… -
Networking Related Posts on Oracle Linux BlogARP Internals: an in-depth exploration of how ARP functions RoCEv2 Congestion Counters Explained Oracle Linux 9.2 receives IPv6 Ready Gold Logo and meets USGv6-r1 standa…
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Migration Related Posts on Oracle Linux BlogUpdate CentOS Linux for free Still on CentOS Linux 7? Easily switch to Oracle Linux, a stable RHEL-compatible alternative Surprising reasons why CentOS users feeling str…
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Memory Management Related Posts on Oracle Linux BlogThe NUMA Awareness of the Linux Scheduler Memory Correctable Error (CE) - Userspace Control soft-offline pages oomwatch - A Userspace Out of Memory Killer - OLED Memstat…
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KVM Related Posts on Oracle Linux BlogIntroduction to CPU Hotplug Configuring Windows Failover Cluster for KVM/QEMU Building KVM selftest static binary on Oracle Linux 8 Virtual Machine UEFI Firmware Debug M…
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Data Storage Related Posts on Oracle Linux BlogIntroduction to ASMLib v3 Using drop_caches probably won’t crash your system What’s new for NFS in Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 8? Device Mapper Multipath, an I…
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Kernel Related Posts on Oracle Linux BlogUEK8 Packaging Internals What’s new in File Systems with UEK8: Btrfs, XFS, and NFS updates Folio Wins Without Trying When cgroup v2 meets nftables: A migration story ign…
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Oracle Linux Learning HUBWelcome to Oracle Linux Learning HUB This thread provides you with information to help you grow your skillset using Oracle Linux. In this thread we have organized Oracle…
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Cloud Native Computing Related Posts on Oracle Linux BlogUpgrading Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE) with zero impact using OCI Load Balancer and draining Using OCI Object Storage buckets as a Persistent Volume Claim (PVC) in OCI…