Oracle Linux 6 extended support from CloudLinux allows you to continue running your Oracle Linux 6 server after the end of Oracle Linux 6 support in March 2021.
CloudLinux provides Oracle Linux 6 extended support through the year 2025.
Oracle Linux 6 extended support from CloudLinux doesn't require migration. You just run an installer script that adds a new repository file. No reboot is necessary.
To install the Oracle Linux 6 ELS repository on a server, follow these steps:
wget https://repo.cloudlinux.com/oraclelinux6-els/install-oraclelinux-els-repo.py
python install-oraclelinux-els-repo.py --license-key XXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX
The installation script registers the server in the CLN with the key, receives the token and adds the yum-repository with the token.
The script will create the /etc/yum.repos.d/oraclelinux-els.repo
yum repository config file and add the PGP key.
yum info curl | grep els
It should return the release of an available package and ELS repo.
Release : 55.el6.cloudlinux.ol.els6
Repo : oraclelinux6-els
After this, you will be able to install updates from the repository using a regular yum upgrade
command.
We provide an opportunity to create local mirrors of our oraclelinux6-els
repositories.
To obtain the access to the local mirroring, provide your External IP address to your Account Manager or at sales@cloudlinux.com.
Use rsync
to create a local mirror.
To create a local mirror of the repository with the oraclelinux6-els
security updates, you need to use rsync://repo.cloudlinux.com/ORALINUX6ELS/
.
For example:
rsync -avSHP --delete rsync://repo.cloudlinux.com/ORALINUX6ELS/
In order to use ELS for Oracle Linux, you need to open TCP port 443 to the following destinations: