1. Installation Guide
  2. Installing Oracle Linux 7 On a Bare-Metal Server

K Installing Oracle Linux 7 On a Bare-Metal Server

Prior to installing the ISR components, you must have Oracle Linux installed on your hardware. You can either install Oracle Linux via a USB stick or a DVD. This guide documents installing Oracle Linux via a USB.

Note:

When you install Oracle Linux via a USB stick, you must have a 16 GB or bigger USB drive.
For a much more comprehensive and thorough description of installing Oracle Linux 7, see https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E52668_01/E54695/E54695.pdf.

Note:

Traditionally CIS hosts are installed as Virtual Machines (VMs) on VMware. For more information on installing VMware, see APPENDIX.

To install Oracle Linux via a USB stick:

  1. Download “Oracle Linux 7.X for x86 64 bit ISO image” from http://edelivery.oracle.com/linux.
    1. Sign in.
    2. Enter Oracle Linux in the search field.
    3. Select x86 64 bit from Select Platform and click Select.
    4. Click Continue.
    5. Click Continue if the correct version is displayed.
    6. Follow the instructions provided to complete the download.
  2. Create a bootable USB stick that contains the full Oracle Linux 7 ISO image. The following example uses Rufus 2.8 software to create the bootable USB stick.
    This screenshot shows an example of Rufus 2.8 software creating a bootable USB stick.

    Note:

    You can also install Oracle Linux via a DVD by downloading “Oracle Linux 7.1 for x86 64 bit ISO image” from http://edelivery.oracle.com/linux and burning the *.iso image onto a DVD.
  3. Insert your bootable Oracle Linux 7 USB drive onto your hardware.
  4. Boot the system from the boot image by selecting Boot from usb from the boot menu options.
    The system locates the boot image file and the boot menu appears.This screenshot shows the boot menu.
  5. Select Install Oracle Linux 7.2, hit <Enter>, and follow the Oracle Linux Installer instructions.
  6. Select the appropriate language and select Set keyboard to default layout for selected language. Click Continue.
    This screenshot shows the installation summary screen.

    The Installation Summary screen appears.

    Note:

    During the installation, the default configuration of partitions allocates almost the entire disk to the "/home" directory. ISR software is installed by default on the path /opt/isr, requiring more space on the root ("/") directory or, more specifically, the "/opt" directory. If the Oracle Linux 7 installer defaults are accepted, the ISR components can very easily run out of disk space and not function properly.