Ceph Storage for Oracle Linux Release 1.0

Getting Started

Ceph is an open-source storage solution known for delivering high performance, scalability and reliability utilizing a distributed storage cluster with interfaces for block, object and file level storage. Oracle Linux provides Ceph as a technology preview for Oracle Linux 6 and 7 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (Release 3) and Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux Release 2.0.

No Technical Support

Our technical support organization will not provide technical support, phone support, or updates to you for the programs provided on this page. The Ceph Storage for Oracle Linux Release 1.0 is currently only available as a technology preview. If you have questions or would like to provide feedback, please post to the Oracle Linux Forum.

Steps to set up yum repository

Oracle Linux 7

1. Download and copy yum configuration file by running the following commands as root:

   # cd /etc/yum.repos.d
   # wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/beta/public-yum-ol7-ceph-beta.repo 

2. If you do not have an Oracle Linux 7 repository configured, Enable the ol7_latest,ol7_UEKR3, ol7_addons and ol7_optional_latest repositories for Oracle Linux 7. Please refer to http://public-yum.oracle.com/getting-started.html for details on how to enable Oracle Linux 7 repositories
3. Enable the appropriate repository by editing the yum configuration file
   • Open the yum configuration file in a text editor
   • Locate the section in the file for the repository you plan to update from, e.g. [ol7_latest]
   • Change enabled=0 to enabled=1

You may be prompted to confirm the import of the Oracle OSS Group GPG key.

Oracle Linux 6

1. Download and copy yum configuration file by running the following commands as root:

   # cd /etc/yum.repos.d
   # wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/beta/public-yum-ol6-ceph-beta.repo 

2. If you do not have an Oracle Linux 6 repository configured, Enable the ol6_latest and ol6_UEKR3_latest repositories for Oracle Linux 6. Please refer to http://public-yum.oracle.com/getting-started.html for details on how to enable Oracle Linux 6 repositories
3. Enable the appropriate repository by editing the yum configuration file
   • Open the yum configuration file in a text editor
   • Locate the section in the file for the repository you plan to update from, e.g. [ol6_latest]
   • Change enabled=0 to enabled=1

You may be prompted to confirm the import of the Oracle OSS Group GPG key.