How to activate Oracle Linux 6 ELS with an activation key?

Anna

Issue

To enable the Oracle Linux 6 ELS repository on a server, follow these steps:

1. Download an installer script:

wget https://repo.cloudlinux.com/oraclelinux6-els/install-oraclelinux-els-repo.py

2. Run the installer script with one of the trial keys:

python install-oraclelinux-els-repo.py --license-key XXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX

3. The installation script registers the server in the CLN with the key, receives the token and adds the yum-repository with the token.

4. The script will create the /etc/yum.repos.d/oraclelinux-els.repo yum repository config file and add the PGP key.

4.1 To ensure that installation has been completed successfully, run the following command:

yum info curl | grep els

4.2 It should return the release of an available package and ELS repo.

Release     : 55.el6.cloudlinux.ol.els6
Repo        : oraclelinux6-els

5. After this, you will be able to install updates from the repository using a regular yum upgrade command.