Oracle Linux

Oracle Linux 7 Installation

Oracle Linux 7 installation

In this article I will describe how to perform a basic Oracle Linux 7 installation by using DVD or ISO in graphical mode. For detail instruction on installation refer oracle doc here.

Download the Oracle Linux 7 DVD/ISO from edelivery.oracle.com

Installation steps:

  1. Boot from the DVD or ISO from to start the installation.
    Select “install Oralce Linux 7.0

2. . From the language list select the Language and click on Continue button.

3. From the installation summary screen select the below options and configure the settings:

  • Choose the Time & Date
  • Software Selection
  • Installation Destination for Device selection
  • Network and Hostname

Choose the Time & Date: Pick the Region and City by the drop down list

From the software Selection screen select the Base Environment

Network & Hostname: Click Configure to configure the network settings, or this can be configure after the system boots.

Installation Destination: choose where to install the software and configure the storage

4. Once all configurations are down, Click on “Begin Installation” to start the OS installation

5. Set the root password: Click on Root Password and set the root Password

6. Once the installation completes, click “Reboot” button

7. After the system reboot, Click on Root Password and set the root password

8. Accept the License agreement: Click on “License Information” and check the “I accept the “License Agreement” button and click on “Done” Button. And click on “Finish Configuration

9. Enable Kdump if required and click on Forward button

10. Set up the Software Updates and click Forward button

11. Choose the user and enter the password

12. Select the language and click on Next button

13. Select Next

14. Select “Start using Oracle Linux Server”

We have successfully installed Oracle Linux 7.

Hope this helps..

Install and configure VNC Server on Linux

Installating and configuring VNC on linux

Description

In this article I will describe the step by step Installation and Configuration of VNC Server on Linux 7 environments.

We will be covering the following steps:

  1. VNC Server Prerequisites and rpm installation
  2. Configure VNC Server
  3. Start the VNC Service
  4. Enable VNC Server
  5. Accessing the GUI using VNC Server
1. VNC Server Prerequisites and rpm installation

Note: Before installing the VNC server, Make sure the OS is installed with GNOME Desktop.

For configuring VNC Server, the following packages has to be installed.

# yum install tigervnc-server
# yum install xorg-x11-fonts-Type1
2. Configure VNC Server

Copy the VNC configuration file /lib/systemd/system/vncserver@.service to /etc/systemd/system directory and mention the port which has to connect. By default VNC will listen to port 5900.

# cp /lib/systemd/system/vncserver@.service /etc/systemd/system/vncserver@:2.service

Here I have mentioned port 2, so that the VNC Desktop will be accessible on port 5902.

Manually edit the copied file /etc/systemd/system/vncserver@:2.service and replace <USER> to your username
In the below example I have replaced <USER> with oracle

# vi /etc/systemd/system/vncserver@:2.service
[Unit]
Description=Remote desktop service (VNC)
After=syslog.target network.target

[Service]
Type=simple

# Clean any existing files in /tmp/.X11-unix environment
ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/vncserver -kill %i > /dev/null 2>&1 || :'
ExecStart=/usr/bin/vncserver_wrapper oracle %i
ExecStop=/bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/vncserver -kill %i > /dev/null 2>&1 || :'

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Or you may use sed command to replace the string,

# sed -i 's/<USER>/oracle/g' /etc/systemd/system/vncserver@:2.service
3. Start the VNC Service

Switch to Oracle user and start the VNC Service

# vncserver

Output:

[oracle@ol7-dev ~]$ vncserver
Warning: ol7-dev:1 is taken because of /tmp/.X11-unix/X1
Remove this file if there is no X server ol7-dev:1
xauth: file /home/oracle/.Xauthority does not exist
New 'ol7-dev:2 (oracle)' desktop is ol7-dev:2
Starting applications specified in /home/oracle/.vnc/xstartup
Log file is /home/oracle/.vnc/ol7-dev:2.log
[oracle@ol7-dev ~]$
4. Enable the VNC Service

Switch to root user and enable the vncserver service for oracle user on port 5902. This will also enable autostart on system boot.

Switch to root user:

# su -

Reload systemd’s configuration

# systemctl daemon-reload

Configure the VNC password for user oracle

# vncpasswd oracle

Start and enable the VNC Server service. This will enable the auto start on system boot

# systemctl start vncserver@:2.service
# systemctl enable vncserver@:2.service
5. Accessing the GUI using VNC Server

Download and install any VNC viewer on your client PC to access the VNC Server. Here I am using VNC Viewer (Here is the download link)

Enter the VNC Server IP and

Enter the VNC password

You are now connected to the VNC Server.

Hope this helps…