Subscribe to ULN Channels

If a system is subscribed to ULN and you want to install the Oracle KVM Stack, you must subscribe the system to the appropriate ULN channel before installing the virtualization packages. For instructions on how to subscribe to a ULN channel, see the following topics.

Note:

A ULN channel subscription isn't required when installing the Default KVM Stack.

Oracle Linux 9: Subscribe to ULN Channels

The Default KVM Stack is available in the standard ULN channels on an Oracle Linux 9 system. To use the Oracle KVM Stack, the appropriate ol9_<arch>_kvm_utils ULN channel must be enabled before installing the chosen virtualization packages.

What Do You Need?

A registered ULN Oracle Linux 9 server. For details on how to register an Oracle server with ULN, see Oracle Linux: Managing Software on Oracle Linux.
Ensure that the system meets the virtualization package requirements for the KVM application stream module that you're installing, see KVM Host: System Requirements and Oracle Linux 9: Yum Repositories and ULN Channels.
Ensure that UEK R7 is installed and running on the system.
ULN username and password.

Steps

To subscribe to ULN channels, follow these steps:

Sign in to https://linux.oracle.com with your ULN username and password.
On the Systems tab, from the list of registered systems, select the link name for the specified system.
On the System Details page, select Manage Subscriptions.
On the System Summary page, select the required ol9_<arch>_kvm_utils channel from the Available Channels list, then click the right-arrow to move selected channels to the Subscribed Channels list.
Click Save Subscriptions.

Oracle Linux 8: Subscribe to ULN Channels

The Default KVM Stack is available as an application stream module in the standard ULN channels on an Oracle Linux 8 system. To use either of the Oracle KVM Stacks, the appropriate ol8_<arch>_kvm_appstream ULN channel must be enabled before installing the chosen virtualization application stream module.

What Do You Need?

A registered ULN Oracle Linux 8 server. For details on how to register an Oracle server with ULN, see Oracle Linux: Managing Software on Oracle Linux.
Ensure that the system meets the virtualization package requirements for the KVM application stream module that you're installing, see KVM Host: System Requirements and Oracle Linux 8: Yum Repositories and ULN Channels.
Ensure that either UEK R6 or UEK R7 is installed and running on the system.
ULN username and password.

Steps

To subscribe to ULN channels, follow these steps:

Sign in to https://linux.oracle.com with your ULN username and password.
On the Systems tab, from the list of registered systems, select the link name for the specified system.
On the System Details page, select Manage Subscriptions.
On the System Summary page, select the required ol8_<arch>_kvm_appstream channel from the Available Channels list, then click the right-arrow to move selected channels to the Subscribed Channels list.
Click Save Subscriptions.

Oracle Linux 7: Subscribe to ULN Channels

WARNING:

Oracle Linux 7 is now in Extended Support. See Oracle Linux Extended Support and Oracle Open Source Support Policies for more information.

Migrate applications and data to Oracle Linux 8 or Oracle Linux 9 as soon as possible.

The Default KVM Stack is available in the standard ULN channels on an Oracle Linux 7 system. To use the Oracle KVM Stack, the appropriate ol7_<arch>_kvm_utils ULN channel must be enabled before installing the virtualization packages.

What Do You Need?

A registered ULN Oracle Linux 7 server. For details on how to register an Oracle Linux 7 server with ULN, see Oracle Linux: Unbreakable Linux Network User's Guide for Oracle Linux 6 and Oracle Linux 7.
Ensure that the system meets the virtualization package requirements, see KVM Host: System Requirements and Oracle Linux 7: Yum Repositories and ULN Channels.
Ensure that UEK R4, UEK R5, or UEK R6 is installed and running on the system.
ULN user account credentials (username and password).

Steps

To subscribe to ULN channels, follow these steps:

Sign in to https://linux.oracle.com with the ULN username and password.
On the Systems tab, from the list of registered systems, select the link name for the specified system.
On the System Details page, select Manage Subscriptions.
On the System Summary page, select the required ol7_<arch>_kvm_utils channel from the Available Channels list, then click the right-arrow to move selected channels to the Subscribed Channels list.
Click Save Subscriptions.