Subscribing to Oracle Linux 7 Extended Support Yum Channels

The Extended Support maintenance policy for Oracle Linux 7 has been updated to provide expanded coverage of security issues and includes select critical bug fixes. This policy applies Oracle Linux version 7.9 for x86_64. Oracle Linux version 7.9 for aarch64 is excluded from coverage. For detailed support policy information, see the Oracle Linux Extended Support and Lifetime Support Policy documents.

For information about extended support repositories for OS Management Hub, see the release note.

If you are running Oracle Linux 7 instances on OCI, complete the following to enable the Oracle Linux Extended Support yum channels:

1. Ensure the instance is updated to Oracle Linux 7.9 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 6 (UEK6).
2. From a command line, connect to the Oracle Linux 7 instance using SSH.
3. Install the oraclelinux-els-release-el7.x86_64 package, which enables the ol7_latest_ELS, ol7_UEKR6_ELS, and ol7_ksplice_ELS yum channels.
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   $ sudo yum install oraclelinux-els-release-el7.x86_64 -y

   ...                          
   ol7_UEKR6                                           
   ol7_UEKR6_ELS                                       
   ol7_addons                                        
   ol7_ksplice                                             
   ol7_ksplice_ELS                                       
   ol7_latest                                             
   ol7_latest_ELS                                         
   ol7_oci_included                                        
   ol7_optional_latest                                  
   ...    

4. Check your yum channel configuration.
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   $ sudo yum repolist

   ...
   ol7_UEKR6/x86_64       Latest Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 6 for Oracle Linux 7Server (x86_64)
   ol7_UEKR6_ELS/x86_64   Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 6 for Oracle Linux 7 ELS (x86_64)  
   ...
   ol7_ksplice            Ksplice for Oracle Linux 7Server (x86_64)        
   ol7_ksplice_ELS/x86_64 Ksplice for Oracle Linux 7 ELS (x86_64)  
   ...
   ol7_latest/x86_64      Oracle Linux 7Server Latest (x86_64)    
   ol7_latest_ELS/x86_64  Oracle Linux 7Server ELS (x86_64)
   ...           

5. If you are using the ol7_kvm_utils and ol7_userspace_ksplice channels, consider enabling the ol7_kvm_utils_ELS and ol7_userspace_ksplice_ELS Oracle Linux Extended Support channels.
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   $ sudo yum-config-manager --enable ol7_kvm_utils_ELS 

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   $ sudo yum-config-manager --enable ol7_userspace_ksplice_ELS

6. Recheck your yum channel configuration.
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   $ sudo yum repolist

   ...
   ol7_kvm_utils_ELS/x86_64  KVM Utilities for Oracle Linux 7 ELS (x86_64)
   ...
   ol7_userspace_ksplice_ELS/x86_64  Ksplice aware userspace packages for Oracle Linux 7 ELS (x86_64) 
   ...