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Oracle Linux Cookbook

You're reading from  Oracle Linux Cookbook

Product type Book
Published in Jan 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803249285
Pages 548 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Authors (3):
Erik Benner Erik Benner
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Erik B. Thomsen Erik B. Thomsen
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Jonathan Spindel Jonathan Spindel
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Oracle Linux 8 – Get It? Got It? Good! 2. Chapter 2: Installing with and without Automation Magic 3. Chapter 3: Exploring the Various Boot Options and Kernels in Oracle Linux 4. Chapter 4: Creating and Managing Single-Instance Filesystems 5. Chapter 5: Software Management with DNF 6. Chapter 6: Eliminating All the SPOFs! An Exercise in Redundancy 7. Chapter 7: Oracle Linux 8 – Patching Doesn’t Have to Mean Rebooting 8. Chapter 8: DevOps Automation Tools – Terraform, Ansible, Packer, and More 9. Chapter 9: Keeping the Data Safe – Securing a System 10. Chapter 10: Revisiting Modules and AppStreams 11. Chapter 11: Lions, Tigers, and Containers – Oh My! Podman and Friends 12. Chapter 12: Navigating Ansible Waters 13. Chapter 13: Let’s All Go to the Cloud 14. Index 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Installing OLAM

Since the dawn of time we, as the human race, have tried to make things easier, quicker, and more efficient. However, I’m sure most of us have heard from our parents, “Never take shortcuts," or “When I was a kid, I had to walk to and from school uphill, in the snow, with one leg, both ways.” These anecdotes really never change; they evolve as we get to our parent’s age, and we try to pass on our wisdom to the next generation. Well, what if I told you that you could have your cake and eat it too? Automation is the evolution of computing and the automation of repeatable tasks. Now, of course, we can’t automate everything, and there are certain tasks that aren’t worth the effort to automate, because they’re not repeatable or the factors change to the point that automation would break the process.

The dictionary definition of automation is “the application of technology, programs, robotics, or process...

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