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Working with Oracle Linux

Build your skills in the installation and administration of Oracle Linux. These skills with Oracle Linux tools and features can also be used in traditional, cloud-based and virtual environments.

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Introduction
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This learning path provides you information to help you grow your skill set using Oracle Linux.

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Whether you are working with traditional, cloud-based, or virtual environments, these skills will progress your knowledge into becoming a better Oracle Linux End-user, DevOps, or System Administrator.

The following sections to this learning path will provide training videos, documents and other useful resources on topics such as:

Installing the Operating System

Technologies and components included in the Oracle Linux operating environment

Building systems to suit your needs, whether development or production, physical or virtual

Applying resources using fully-featured enterprise software
Installation
343 Min
One of the first skills to learn is how to install Oracle Linux. Learn this process step-by-step on how to complete a Linux installation.

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Videos

Installing Oracle Linux 8 8 Min

Install Oracle Linux on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 4 Min

BIOS Firmware Bootloader Process on Oracle Linux 7 Min

GRUB 2 on Oracle Linux 10 Min

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface on Oracle Linux 8 Min

systemd System and Service Manager on Oracle Linux 9 Min

systemd Target Units on Oracle Linux 7 Min
Hands On Labs And Tutorials

Hands On Labs

Manage the Boot Kernel for Oracle Linux - (30mins)

Learn How to Localize Your Installation on Oracle Linux - (45mins)

Use sysctl on Oracle Linux - (35mins)

Use systemd on Oracle Linux - (60mins)

Switch from CentOS 8 to Oracle Linux 8 - (90mins)

Quiz

Working with Oracle Linux - Installation - (30mins)
Administration
110 Min
Learn how to administer Oracle Linux. These videos go through typical administration tasks performed on a Linux system.

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Videos

System Configuration Date and Time 7 Min

System Configuration Proc File System 6 Min

System Configuration Sysfs File System 7 Min

Oracle Linux Automating Tasks Cron Utility 7 Min

Oracle Linux Automating Tasks Anacron, At, and Batch Utilities 6 Min

Oracle Linux Kernel Module Configuration 7 Min

Oracle Linux Users and Groups 12 Min

Oracle Linux Password Aging and Su 9 Min

Configure and Connect to an FTP Server on Oracle Linux 8 Min

Introduction to Using vim on Oracle Linux 8 Min

Oracle Linux Upgrades with Leapp 10 Min

Introduction to Control Groups on Oracle Linux 6 Min

SELinux Basics on Oracle Linux 6 Min

Pluggable Authentication Modules on Oracle Linux 4 Min

Introducing Udev on Oracle Linux 7 Min
Hands On Labs and Tutorials

Hands On Labs

Create users and groups on Oracle Linux - (45mins)

Configure Chrony on Oracle Linux - (35mins)

Use the Crontab Utility to Schedule Tasks on Oracle Linux - (40mins)

Use tmux on Oracle Linux - (45mins)

Install and Configure Postfix on Oracle Linux - (45mins)

Configure STARTTLS for Postfix on Oracle Linux - (60mins)

Install the NGINX Web Server and Proxy on Oracle Linux - (45mins)

Upgrade Oracle Linux with Leapp (90mins)

Run Control Groups Version 2 on Oracle Linux (60mins)

Use SELinux on Oracle Linux (45mins)

Quiz

Working with Oracle Linux - Administration - (30mins)
Monitoring and Logging
273 Min
Learn how to monitor system performance and review system logs on Oracle Linux. These videos go through typical monitoring and logging tasks performed on a Linux system.

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Videos

Oracle Linux System Monitoring: sosreport utility 3 Min

Oracle Linux System Monitoring iostat utility 7 Min

System Monitoring with mpstat on Oracle Linux 5 Min

System Monitoring with vmstat on Oracle Linux 5 Min

System Monitoring with top on Oracle Linux 5 Min

System Monitoring with netstat on Oracle Linux 3 Min

System Logging with rsyslog on Oracle Linux 5 Min

System Logging with logwatch on Oracle Linux 3 Min

System Logging with journald using journalctl on Oracle Linux 5 Min

Linux Auditing System on Oracle Linux 7 Min
Hands On Labs and Tutorials

Hands On Labs

Monitor System Resources on Oracle Linux - (60mins)

Work with System Logging on Oracle Linux - (90mins)

Audit Oracle Linux with Auditd (45mins)

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Working with Oracle Linux - Monitoring and Logging - (30mins)
Networking
262 Min
Learn how to connect Oracle Linux to the network. These videos go through the configuration files, firewalls, and command line utilities to get a Linux system online.

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Videos

Network Configuration Files on Oracle Linux 7 Min

Using NetworkManager CLI (nmcli) on Oracle Linux 7 Min

Network Bonding in Oracle Linux with the NMCLI Utility 7 Min

Create VLANs in Oracle Linux with the NMCLI and IP Utilities 7 Min

Using the ip command on Oracle Linux 9 Min

Introduction to using firewalld on Oracle Linux 8 Min

Using nftables on Oracle Linux 7 Min
Hands On Labs and Tutorials

Hands On Labs

Use NetworkManager and IP Command on Oracle Linux - (90mins)

Create Network Bonds using Network Manager CLI - (45mins)

Create VLANs on Oracle Linux - (45mins)

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Working with Oracle Linux - Networking - (30mins)
Package Management
142 Min
Package Management is an essential skill for installing software on Oracle Linux. Oracle Linux 8 introduced DNF, which replaces YUM, and in this video series, we cover how to use DNF, install the Oracle UEK kernel and how to add repositories.

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Videos

DNF on Oracle Linux 16 Min

Installing the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 6 on Oracle Linux 8 4 Min

Installing the EPEL repository on Oracle Linux 2 Min
Hands On Labs and Tutorials

Hands On Labs

Use DNF on Oracle Linux - (45mins)

Configure a Local Yum Mirror on Oracle Linux - (45mins)

Quiz

Working with Oracle Linux - Package Management - (30mins)
Oracle Ksplice
98 Min
Learn to install, configure and use Oracle Ksplice to provide rebootless kernel and critical user-space updates.

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Videos

Enabling Oracle Ksplice (online mode) using Oracle Linux 9 Min

Running Ksplice commands (online mode) on Oracle Linux 4 Min

Running uptrack commands (online mode) on Oracle Linux 4 Min

Uninstalling Oracle Ksplice (online mode) using Oracle Linux 6 Min
Hands On Labs and Tutorials

Hands On Labs

Using Oracle Ksplice in Oracle Linux - (45mins)

Quiz

Working with Oracle Linux - Oracle Ksplice - (30mins)
Remote Management
118 Min
When working with Oracle Linux, the environment you are accessing is not always physically accessible via a monitor, keyboard, and mouse. Learn how to administer your environment remotely, Depending on if you want a command-line environment (CLI) or graphical (GUI).

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Videos

Using OpenSSH ProxyJump 7 Min

Using SSH and Client-side Config with Oracle Linux 7 Min

Using SSH tunnels with Oracle Linux 9 Min

Provision user and ssh key with Ansible on Oracle Linux 7 Min

Install and Configure VNC Server on Oracle Linux 6 Min

Using Gnome 3 Screen Sharing on Oracle Linux 7 Min
Hands On Labs and Tutorials

Hands On Labs

Configuring SSH Tunnels in Oracle Linux - (45mins)

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Working with Oracle Linux - Remote Management - (30mins)
Storage Management
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Whether manually partitioning your primary disk, adding additional disks for storage, or creating shared storage, working with disks is a skill all Linux Administrators should know. These videos will get you started on using fdisk, formatting, filesystems, and disk encryption.

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Videos

Disk Partitioning with fdisk on Oracle Linux 8 Min

Using Ext2, Ext3, and Ext4 File Systems on Oracle Linux 8 Min

Mounting File Systems on Oracle Linux 9 Min

Using fstab to Mount Devices on Oracle Linux 9 Min

Using Swap Space on Oracle Linux 8 Min

Configure an NFS Server on Oracle Linux 9 Min

Mount an NFS Export on Oracle Linux 5 Min

Automount NFS Shares on Oracle Linux 6 Min

Use the XFS File System on Oracle Linux 10 Min

Get Started with the Btrfs File System on Oracle Linux 10 Min

Btrfs Subvolumes and Snapshots on Oracle Linux 11 Min

Use Snapper to Automate Btrfs Snapshots on Oracle Linux 11 Min

Introduction to GlusterFS on Oracle Linux 6 Min

Logical Volume Management on Oracle Linux 7 Min
Hands On Labs and Tutorials

Hands On Labs

Work with file systems on Oracle Linux - (90mins)

Configure Logical Volumes on Oracle Linux - (30mins)

Use autofs on Oracle Linux - (30mins)

Create an NFS Server on Oracle Linux - (45mins)

Use Network-Bound Disk Encryption on Oracle Linux - (40mins)

Set Up Gluster Storage on Oracle Linux - (60mins)

Get Started With the Btrfs File System on Oracle Linux - (60mins)

Create a Highly Available NFS Service with Gluster and Oracle Linux - (120mins)

Configure RAID Logical Volumes on Oracle Linux - (45mins)

Build a Software RAID Array on Oracle Linux - (30mins)

Reduce and Relocate Volume Groups on Oracle Linux - (30mins)

Use and Enable ACLs on Oracle Linux - (45mins)

Encrypt Drives using LUKS on Oracle Linux - (30mins)

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Working with Oracle Linux - Storage Management - (30mins)
Virtualization
15 Min
Take advantage of Linux virtualization and run operating systems as guests within Oracle Linux. In these videos we cover lessons on installation, management, creation and other aspects related to using virtualization on Oracle Linux.

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KVM

Videos

Enabling KVM on Oracle Linux 6 Min

Setup Cockpit Web Console to manage KVM on Oracle Linux 5 Min

Using Cockpit to create KVM VMs on Oracle Linux 7 Min

SSH into a NAT based KVM VM on Oracle Linux 3 Min

Create a Network Bridge for KVM on Oracle Linux 8 Min

Using a Network Bridge with KVM VMs on Oracle Linux 7 Min

Switch a KVM VM from NAT to Bridged on Oracle Linux 5 Min

Convert and Deploy a VirtualBox VM to KVM on Oracle Linux 9 Min

Add a disk to an existing KVM VM on Oracle Linux 7 Min

Hands On Labs

Create VMs with KVM on Oracle Linux - (45 mins)

Quiz

Working with Oracle Linux - KVM - (30mins)
VirtualBox

Videos

Install VirtualBox 6.1 on Oracle Linux 6 Min

Install VirtualBox 6.1 Extension Pack on Oracle Linux 5 Min

Create a Linux VM using VirtualBox 6.1 on Oracle Linux 10 Min

Install VirtualBox 6.1 Guest Additions (Linux VM) on Oracle Linux 6 Min

Export a Linux VM guest using VirtualBox 6.1 on Oracle Linux 6 Min

Quiz

Working with Oracle Linux - VirtualBox - (30mins)

Containers

Videos

Containers - A High-Level Overview 5 Min

Are Containers Virtual Machines? 6 Min

Install Podman, Buildah, and Skopeo on Oracle Linux 6 Min

Pulling an Image using Podman on Oracle Linux 0 Min

Using Public Registries with Podman 8 Min

Create a Local Registry with Podman on Oracle Linux 6 Min

Running a Container using Podman on Oracle Linux 9 Min

Introduction to Image Layers with Podman on Oracle Linux 6 Min

Using Bind Mounts with Podman Containers on Oracle Linux 8 Min

Using Volumes for Podman Container Storage on Oracle Linux 8 Min

Use a Dockerfile with Podman on Oracle Linux 9 Min

Use chroot on Oracle Linux 8 Min

Hands On Labs

Get started with Podman - (30mins)

Use storage with Podman containers - (30mins)

Use a Container to Create a DNF or ULN Repo Mirror - (60mins)

Hands On Tutorials

Building multi-platform container images using Podman on Oracle Linux - (30mins)

Quiz

Working with Oracle Linux - Containers - (30mins)

Kubernetes

Videos

A Quick Tour of Kubernetes on Oracle Linux 6 Min

Introducing Kubernetes Resources on Oracle Linux 4 Min

Install Minikube on Oracle Linux 5 Min

Hands On Labs

Install Minikube on Oracle Linux - (45 mins)

Run Kubernetes on Oracle Linux (1 hour)

Quiz

Working with Oracle Linux - Kubernetes - (15mins)
Oracle Linux Documentation and Resources
0 Min
Find additional information and resources to support your learning progress.

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Documentation
- Oracle Linux Documentation Home Page
Useful Resources
- Oracle Linux Product page
Oracle Linux Training