Data Sheet

Oracle Linux
A highly optimized and secure operating environment for application
development and deployment, Oracle Linux delivers virtualization,
management, automation, and cloud native computing tools, along
with the operating system, in a single, easy-to-manage offering. It is
supported on-premises, in the cloud, and at the edge. Oracle Linux is
an ideal choice for users who need a stable Red Hat Enterprise Linux Key features

(RHEL)-compatible alternative.  Zero-downtime kernel,

hypervisor, and user space
updates with Ksplice
Software features  KVM server virtualization and
oVirt-based virtualization
Choice of OS kernels manager
• The Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) delivers the latest Linux  AWX- and Ansible-based
operating system innovations and business-critical performance and Automation Manager and
security optimizations for cloud and on-premises deployment while Automation Engine
providing binary compatibility with applications certified to run on Red  Cloud native tools such as
Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). UEK Release 7, based on the mainline long Kubernetes
term support (LTS) Linux kernel version 5.15, includes many upstream
 Linux management and high
enhancements and is available on Oracle Linux 8 and 9.
availability
• The Red Hat Compatible Kernel (RHCK). RHCK allows users to run their
existing RHEL-compatible software on Oracle Linux without
modification and to take advantage of Oracle's own optimizations and Key benefits
features.  Increase security by applying
patches with zero-downtime
Security and compliance
 Improve performance of
• Ksplice zero-downtime updates patch the kernel, hypervisor, and critical
enterprise workloads
user space libraries without requiring a reboot or interruption.
 Simplify and automate
• Ksplice known exploit detection enables auditing and alerting for known operations with a single
privilege escalation vulnerabilities. complete support offering
• Common Criteria (CC) Certification and FIPS 140-2 validation of its  Proven performance and
cryptographic modules. FIPS 140-3 validation is in progress. reliability in Oracle
Engineered Systems and
• Published Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) in Security
Oracle Cloud
Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) format.
 Free to use, free to distribute,
Cloud native DevSecOps
free to update
• Oracle Cloud Native Environment is software for configuring, deploying,  Lower total cost of ownership
updating, and upgrading infrastructure for running cloud native (TCO)
applications. It is based on open standards, specifications, and APIs
defined by the Open Container Initiative and Cloud Native Computing
Foundation (CNCF), including a CNCF-certified Kubernetes module,
container runtimes, service mesh, storage, networking, observability,
and diagnostics.

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Virtualization Supported hardware

• Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor is included with Oracle Oracle Linux is supported on the
following hardware architectures
Linux, supporting Intel VT-x and VT-d hardware extensions and Secure
Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) for AMD-V enabled processors.  64-bit Intel and AMD
(x86-64)
• Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager configures, monitors, and manages
Oracle Linux KVM.  64-bit Arm (aarch64)
Visit the Oracle Linux Hardware
File systems
Compatibility List (HCL)
• XFS is the default file system for Oracle Linux 7, 8 and 9.
• Btrfs, for large storage subsystems. Related products
• Oracle Cluster File System 2 (OCFS2), a general purpose, extent-based  Oracle VM VirtualBox
clustered file system.
 Oracle Enterprise Manager
• Gluster Storage for Oracle Linux, a scalable, distributed file system.
 Oracle Engineered Systems
• Oracle Linux also supports the T10 Protection Information Model (T10-
PIM) to help prevent silent data corruption.
Related services
High availability
Support services for Oracle
• Corosync and Pacemaker, the de-facto standard open source high Linux
availability solution for Linux, are supported along with HAproxy and  Oracle Linux Support
keepalived which provide load balancing services.
 Oracle Premier Support for
• Oracle Clusterware, an enterprise high-availability software solution, is Systems
included with Oracle Linux Support subscriptions.  Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Management tools includes Oracle Linux Premier
Support without additional cost
• Oracle Linux Automation Manager and Engine, based upon the open
source AWX and Ansible projects respectively, enables users across an
organization to create, share, and manage infrastructure automation
tasks.
• Oracle Linux Manager provides tools for managing the Oracle Linux
software life cycle. It also helps automate a kickstart installation, system
configuration, and maintenance tasks.
• DTrace, a dynamic tracing framework, provides insight into the behavior
of the operating system and user programs in real time.
• Oracle Enterprise Manager base installation is included with every
Oracle Linux Support subscription.
• Additionally, customers have the option of using the OS Management
Service to automate common operating system management tasks such
as patch and package management, and security and compliance
reporting for Oracle Linux and Microsoft Windows compute instances
deployed in Oracle Cloud.

Run Oracle Linux on-premises or in the cloud

Customers can choose to run the same Oracle Linux on-premises or in the cloud.
Oracle-built Oracle Linux images are available in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure,
Microsoft Azure, and Amazon Web Services. This makes it easy to run Oracle
Linux instances anywhere.

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Great platform for application development and deployment
Since the debut in 2006, Oracle Linux has been completely free to use and easy
to download. The same version of software can be run across build,
development, QA/test, and production systems, in the cloud or on-premises.

ISO installation images are available from the Oracle Linux yum
server and Oracle Software Delivery Cloud. Individual RPM packages are
available on the Oracle Linux yum server and the Unbreakable Linux Network
(ULN). Container images are available via Oracle Container Registry, GitHub
Container Registry and Docker Hub.

There are additional Oracle Linux resources such as scripts to build Oracle Linux
images, virtual machine templates and Vagrant projects that can help users
rapidly build and provision Oracle Linux instances for Oracle VM VirtualBox,
KVM, Oracle Cloud or other clouds.

Oracle Linux compatibility

Oracle Linux is 100% application binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise
Linux. Migrating an existing system from RHEL or CentOS Linux to Oracle Linux
does not require the operating system or any application to be reinstalled. Oracle
can also take over support for customers’ existing RHEL or CentOS Linux
systems. Just follow the instructions outlined at linux.oracle.com/switch.html
and linux.oracle.com/switch/centos.

Independent Software Vendors (ISV) and Independent Hardware Vendors (IHV)

work closely with Oracle to help ensure their offerings are up to date, tested,
certified, and supported with Oracle Linux.

Established member of the Linux community

Oracle is a platinum member of the Linux Foundation and the Cloud Native
Computing Foundation, and one of the industry's largest contributors to open
source.

Free and comprehensive training and learning resources

In addition to documentation, Oracle offers free and comprehensive training
resources such as learning paths, tutorials, hands-on labs, and videos to help
users develop applications on Oracle Linux and get the best value from their
Oracle Linux deployments.

Flexible support options and more value

Oracle is the only vendor in the industry that offers a complete Linux-based
solution stack – applications, middleware, database, management tools,
operating system, virtualization, hardware, engineered systems, and cloud. With
Oracle as their Linux support provider, customers can have a single point of
contact for all their support needs.

Oracle Linux Support can be significantly lower in cost than competing vendors’
Linux support. Customers can decide which of their systems should be covered
by a support subscription and at which level each of them should be supported.
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This makes Oracle Linux an ideal choice for both development and production
systems.
Support coverage Premier support Basic support
24x7 telephone and online support
Around-the-clock access to enhancements,
updates, and errata
Oracle Enterprise Manager for Linux
Management
Oracle Linux Manager
High availability with Oracle Clusterware
Comprehensive tracing with DTrace
Oracle Linux load balancer
Container runtimes (Docker and Podman)
Comprehensive indemnification
Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager
Zero-downtime patching with Ksplice
Oracle Linux Automation Manager/Engine
Oracle Cloud Native Environment
(Kubernetes)
Gluster Storage for Oracle Linux
HA with Corosync and Pacemaker
Premier backports
Lifetime sustaining support

Resources
• Learn more at oracle.com/linux

• Download Oracle Linux

• Oracle Linux documentation and training

• Oracle Linux and Virtualization ISV catalog

• Oracle Linux and Virtualization hardware certification list (HCL)

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