Oracle Linux 7 (extended support) Image

The Oracle Linux 7 platform image is based on Oracle Linux 7 and can be used for Compute instances.

Oracle Linux platform images are released regularly to provide important and timely security and critical bug fixes. The image includes Oracle Ksplice preinstalled, which applies critical security patches to the kernel without requiring a reboot.

Release Notes

For information on the latest platform image release, see Oracle Linux 7 Image Release Notes.

Creating an Instance

To create a Compute instance using a platform image, see Creating an Instance.

Default Software Repositories

When you create an Oracle Linux 7 Compute instance, the following repositories are enabled on the instance by default.

Note

Only the ELS repositories are updated with security and critical bug fixes because Oracle Linux 7 is in Extended Support. See Enabling the Oracle Linux 7 Extended Support Repository.

Oracle Linux 7 Default Repositories
Enabled Repository	Description
`ol7_latest_ELS`	Oracle Linux 7Server ELS
`ol7_ksplice_ELS`	Ksplice for Oracle Linux 7 ELS
`ol7_UEKR6_ELS`	Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 6 for Oracle Linux 7 ELS
`ol7_MySQL80`	MySQL 8.0 for Oracle Linux 7
`ol7_MySQL80_connectors_community`	MySQL 8.0 Connectors Community for Oracle Linux 7
`ol7_MySQL80_tools_community`	MySQL 8.0 Tools Community for Oracle Linux 7
`ol7_UEKR6`	Latest Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 6 for Oracle Linux 7Server
`ol7_addons`	Oracle Linux 7Server Add ons
`ol7_ksplice`	Ksplice for Oracle Linux 7Server
`ol7_latest`	Oracle Linux 7Server Latest
`ol7_oci_included`	Oracle Software for OCI users on Oracle Linux 7
`ol7_optional_latest`	Oracle Linux 7Server Optional Latest
`ol7_software_collections`	Software Collection Library release 3.0 packages for Oracle Linux 7

Viewing Enabled Repositories

Connect to the instance.
View the of repositories:
```
sudo yum repolist
```

Installing the OCI CLI

See Installing the CLI: Oracle Linux 7