Oracle introduces Oracle Autonomous Linux
Oracle has introduced a fully autonomous operating system, Oracle Autonomous Linux, which is based on Oracle Linux and provides support for Oracle Cloud and Oracle Engineering. This operating system is free for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure customers. “Oracle Autonomous Linux, along with the new Oracle OS Management Service, is the first and only autonomous operating environment that eliminates complexity and human error to deliver unprecedented cost savings, security, and availability for customers.”
In addition to Oracle Autonomous Linux, Oracle introduced the Oracle OS Management Service, a highly available Oracle Cloud Infrastructure component for monitoring and controlling systems, whether they are running Autonomous Linux, Linux or Windows. Users can automate common administrative tasks for Linux systems.
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Prior to this, Oracle has introduced an autonomous database that automatically handles database infrastructure issues such as hardware configuration, security, and software installation, through machine learning, to detect patterns and exceptions in the data center, and to handle certain aspects of database management. The database can be instantiated through API calls, while Oracle handles all manual tasks that might be handled by the DBA.
“Oracle Autonomous Linux builds on Oracle’s proven history of delivering Linux with extreme performance, reliability, and security to run the most demanding enterprise applications,” said Wim Coekaerts, senior vice president of operating systems and virtualization engineering, Oracle. “Today we are taking the next step in our autonomous strategy with Oracle Autonomous Linux, providing a rich set of capabilities to help our customers significantly improve reliability and protect their systems from cyberthreats.”
To increase the security of autonomous systems, Oracle announced a new set of security services, including Oracle Data Safe, for monitoring data, user and configuration security issues. In addition to monitoring database activity, customers can use it to identify sensitive data and block databases to minimize or eliminate security risks. Oracle Data Safe is included in all Oracle Database Cloud services.
