Autonomous Linux Glossary
Review essential terms to help understand key concepts of Autonomous Linux.
- GROUP
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A collection of instances that's managed together for standard tasks.
See Understanding Groups.
- INSTANCE
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An OS installation that has registered with the service. An instance is an OCI compute instance.
- JOB
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An action that the service takes against one or more instances, such as installing updates or attaching software sources to an instance or group. A job can be run immediately or scheduled for a future date and time. Some jobs, such as update jobs, can also be scheduled as a recurring event. When a job runs, it dispatches work to the instance.
See Understanding Jobs.
- ORACLE CLOUD AGENT
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Autonomous Linux uses an Oracle Cloud Agent plugin. The agent interacts with the instance as directed by the service and reports data and results back to the service.
See Oracle Cloud Agent.
- OS MANAGEMENT HUB AGENT PLUGIN
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The service plugin for the Oracle Cloud Agent.
- PROFILE
- A profile defines the default software sources for an instance or the group to assign to the instance.
- REGISTRATION
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The initial onboarding of an instance into the service.
- SOFTWARE SOURCE
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A software repository. The service uses software sources to provide packages and module streams to instances and groups. Software sources are defined within the OS Management Hub service.
See Understanding Software Sources.
The following types of software sources are available:
- VENDOR SOFTWARE SOURCE
- A software repository with content provided by the OS vendor.
- THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE SOURCE
- A third-party source is a yum repository provided by an independent software vendor (ISV) or independent hardware vendor (IHV).
- PRIVATE SOFTWARE SOURCE
- A private source is a yum repository provided by the customer.
- CUSTOM SOFTWARE SOURCE
- A user-defined software repository derived from vendor software sources.
- VENDOR
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An organization that provides OS distributions. For example, Oracle or Microsoft.