Welcome to Oracle Linux Cloud Native
IT architecture has evolved over the decades. So now applications are compromised of containers that deliver microservices, that reside in the cloud.
Software for cloud-native microservices is regarded as the standard IT architecture.
And with that there is a need for industry standards.
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) promulgates guidelines and defines certifications for cloud-native microservices software.
The graduated projects from the CNCF are:
- Kubernetes — Orchestration
- Prometheus — Monitoring
- Envoy — Network Proxy
- CoreDNS — Service Discovery
- containerd — Container Runtime
- Fluentd — Logging
- Jaeger — Distributed Tracing
- Vitess — Storage
- TUF — Software Update Spec
Oracle Corporation is a member of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, and they offer the Oracle Linux Cloud Native Environment (OLCNE).
The Oracle Linux Cloud Native Environment
The Oracle Linux Cloud Native Environment (OLCNE) is a set of open source Cloud Native Computing Foundation projects.
With the OLCNE, Oracle provides these features to develop microservices-based applications:
- Container Infrastructure with Docker and Kata containers
- Container Orchestration and Management with Kubernetes
- Cloud Native Networking with Flannel
- Cloud Native Storage with Gluster
- Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery with Jenkins X
- Observability and Diagnostics with Prometheus and Fluentd
Customers can get started with the OLCNE quickly with Oracle VirtualBox, and the Vagrant OLCNE from GitHub.
The Vagrant OLCNE is named ‘vagrant-boxes/OLCNE’ and replaces the original ‘vagrant-boxes/Kubernetes’.
The original ‘vagrant-boxes/Kubernetes’ is still available, but for Vagrant Kubernetes the ‘vagrant-boxes/OLCNE’ is now the standard for the OLCNE.
Paul Guerin is an international consultant that specialises in Oracle database. Paul is based from a global delivery center in South East Asia, but has clients from Australia, Europe, Asia, and North America. Moreover, he has presented at some of the world’s leading Oracle conferences, including Oracle Open World 2013. Since 2015, his work has been featured in the IOUG Best Practices Tip Booklet, and in publications from AUSOUG, Oracle Technology Network, and Oracle Developers (Medium). In 2019, he was awarded as a most valued contributor for the My Oracle Support Community. He is a DBA OCP, and continues to be a participant of the Oracle ACE program.
