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Explore System Configuration Files and Kernel Tunables

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Details

Oracle Linux provides many ways to customize your system’s configuration. A system’s configuration includes arguments for various services in config files found in the /etc/sysconfig directory and runtime kernel tuning parameters under the /proc/sys file system. Whether you set the configuration changes as transient or persistent, each parameter and value impacts how your system runs and behaves.

Objectives

In this tutorial, you’ll learn to:

  • View system configuration files
  • Modify kernel settings
  • View hardware device and device driver attributes

Prerequisites

  • Minimum of a single Oracle Linux system

  • Each system should have Oracle Linux installed and configured with:

    • A non-root user account with sudo access
    • Access to the Internet