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This repo stores the architecture-specific rootfs tarballs for the officialOracle Linux base images published onDocker HubandGitHub Container Registry.

Oracle Linux is an open-source operating system available under the GNU GeneralPublic License (GPLv2). Suitable for general purpose or Oracle workloads,it benefits from rigorous testing of more than 128,000 hours per day withreal-world workloads and includes unique innovations such as Ksplice forzero-downtime kernel patching, DTrace for real-time diagnostics, the powerfulBtrfs file system, and more.

The Oracle Linux images are intended for use in theFROM field of adownstreamDockerfile. For example, to use the latest optimized Oracle Linux7 image, specifyFROM oraclelinux:7-slim.

Due to the fact that only the latest tarball for each tag is stored in thedist-amd64 anddist-arm64v8 branches, it is not possible to use Git'shistory to determine what has changed and when. Thus, we maintain aCHANGELOGin themaster branch that documents the changes made to various images by date.

Oracle recommends usingoraclelinux:7-slim as your base layer as it containsjust enough packages foryum to work to install more packages. Therefore, ithas the smallest size and the least amount of unneeded content.

Theoraclelinux:7 images is based off the package set what would be installedvia a Minimal install of Oracle Linux.

As with Oracle Linux 7, the8-slim variant contains just enough packages toinstall more.

However, it also replaces the standarddnf client with the tinymicrodnf tool to further reduce space. If you need the functionality of thefull client, you can install it viaRUN microdnf install dnf in yourdownstreamDockerfile.

To provideyum compatibility, useRUN microdnf install yum.

An example of how to enable module support when usingmicrodnf can be seenin theoraclelinux:8variants of theOracleLinuxDeveloperimages in theOracle Docker Images repo.

We provide sample Dockerfiles for several Oracle products in theOracle Docker Images repository onGitHub. Many of these images are also available for direct download fromtheOracle Container Registry.

This project is not accepting external contributions at this time. For bugs or enhancement requests, please file a GitHub issue unless it’s security related. When filing a bug remember that the better written the bug is, the more likely it is to be fixed. If you think you’ve found a security vulnerability, do not raise a GitHub issue and follow the instructions in oursecurity policy.

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Released under the GPLv2. See theLICENSE.txt file in thisrepository for more information.

Oracle provides support to Oracle Linux subscription customers via theMy Oracle Support portal. The Oracle Linux Dockerimages are covered by Oracle Linux Basic and Premier support subscriptions.Customers should follow existing support procedures to obtain support for OracleLinux running in a Docker container.

For users without an Oracle Linux support subscription, the following resourcesare available:

• TheOracle Technology Network Community
• TheOracle Applications and Infrastructure Community.

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• Unbreakable Linux Network
• Oracle Linux Yum Server

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