Welcome to the OS Management on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Track

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The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure OS Management service allows you to manage and monitor updates and patches for the operating system environments on your Oracle Cloud instances, including instances managed by the OS Management Oracle Autonomous Linux service. OS Management also provides options for discovering and monitoring resources on your instances.

OS Management Installation

One of the first requirements to use the OS Management Service is to have a running instance of Linux or Windows.

Videos

Installing Patches with OS Management for Windows in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Graphic showing the working with OS Management Service section

OS Management Usage and Configuration

These videos will provide information to get started and work with the OS Management Service on Linux and Windows instances.

Videos

Getting Started with OS Management for Linux on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Using OS Management for Linux on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Working with Software Sources in OS Management

Oracle Autonomous Linux with OS Management in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Migrate Standalone Oracle Autonomous Linux Instances to use OS Management Service

Getting Started with OS Management for Windows in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Managing Oracle Linux Module Streams and Profiles with the OS Management Service

Creating a Compliance Report with OS Management for Linux for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Labs

Practice your skills with the OS Management Service with these free hands on labs.

Migrate Standalone Oracle Autonomous Linux Instances to use OS Management Service

Practice using a migration script to migrate older Oracle Autonomous Linux instances to integrate with the OS Management service in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Standalone Autonomous Linux instances are instances created with older Oracle Autonomous Linux images, typically from July 2021 and earlier. These instances are referred to as standalone because, when created, they are not integrated by default with the OS Management service in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. An alx-migrate script has been created to migrate these standalone instances to be managed by the OS Management service. Oracle Autonomous Linux instances built with images from August 2021 onwards are by default integrated with the OS Management service. After the script is installed, the migration can be performed, and the instance registered and then managed using the OS Management service. It then takes advantage of the additional autonomous capabilities provided by the service, such as monitoring processes and critical events, and automatic daily updating and patching.

Managing Oracle Linux Module Streams and Profiles with the OS Management service

Oracle Linux AppStreams introduced the concept of modules, streams and profiles that allow for the management of different versions of software applications within a single OS release. From the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure console the OS Management service can manage instance modules and AppStreams, including viewing module information and updating modules, streams, and profiles. Similarly, from the command line, AppStreams on a single instance can also be installed and managed.