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oracle cloud oci (free tier) now supports @oracle, @centos, @ubuntu gnu/linux & @microsoft #windows instances #cloud #devops #sysadmin #webdev

oracle cloud oci (free tier) now supports Oracle Linux Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 7 & 8, centos 6 & 7, ubuntu 16,18 & 20 & windows 2016 & 2019 instances

Oracle-Provided Images

to connect to gnu/linux instances you need to use ssh

Connecting to an Instance (oracle.com)

Oracle @VirtualBox 6.1.6 now released fixes shared clipboard and other bugs

Oracle @VirtualBox 6.1.6 now released fixes shared clipboard and other bugs

unfortunately you CANT do an inplace update because vboxnetdhcp process blocks the update so

  • shutdown VirtualBox 6.1.2 first
  • REBOOT your (windows 10) pc
  • then run VirtualBox 6.1.6 installer

vboxinstall.png

oracle vbox bug tracker

Now Oracle @oraclecloud are providing bare-metal @NVIDIA #GPUs through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for @foldingathome #beatthevirus #curethevirus

Now Oracle @oraclecloud are providing bare-metal @NVIDIA #GPUs through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for @foldingathome #beatthevirus #curethevirus

and YOU can join in at home with Oracle VirtualBox and VMware Photon VM

Oracle VirtualBox™ & VMware Photon OS™

Oracle VirtualBox™ & VMware Photon OS™

None of the VMware Photon OS™ OVA work on virtual box

instead use the VMware Photon OS™ for @foldingathome

Boot it and change root password by typing E etc as per (how to change gnu/linux root password)

You could also try the ISO

Once you get PH working it has avery clean install

$ cat /etc/passwd
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
bin:x:1:1:bin:/dev/null:/bin/false
daemon:x:6:6:Daemon User:/dev/null:/bin/false
messagebus:x:18:18:D-Bus Message Daemon User:/var/run/dbus:/bin/false
systemd-bus-proxy:x:72:72:systemd Bus Proxy:/:/bin/false
systemd-journal-gateway:x:73:73:systemd Journal Gateway:/:/bin/false
systemd-journal-remote:x:74:74:systemd Journal Remote:/:/bin/false
systemd-journal-upload:x:75:75:systemd Journal Upload:/:/bin/false
systemd-network:x:76:76:systemd Network Management:/:/bin/false
systemd-resolve:x:77:77:systemd Resolver:/:/bin/false
systemd-timesync:x:78:78:systemd Time Synchronization:/:/bin/false
nobody:x:65534:65533:Unprivileged User:/dev/null:/bin/false
sshd:x:50:50:sshd PrivSep:/var/lib/sshd:/bin/false
fahclient:x:999:100:Folding@home Client:/var/lib/fahclient:/sbin/nologin
cdarra:x:1000:100::/home/cdarra:/bin/bash

cdarra@vghetto-photonos [ / ]$ ls -l
total 44
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 May 10 2019 bin -> usr/bin
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Mar 22 23:04 boot
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 3480 Mar 29 09:47 dev
drwxr-xr-x 42 root root 4096 Mar 29 09:55 etc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 10 2019 home
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 May 10 2019 lib -> usr/lib
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 May 10 2019 lib64 -> usr/lib
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Mar 22 22:38 lost+found
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 10 2019 media -> run/media
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Mar 22 22:38 mnt
dr-xr-xr-x 94 root root 0 Mar 29 09:47 proc
drwxr-x--- 5 root root 4096 Mar 29 09:55 root
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 480 Mar 29 09:49 run
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 May 10 2019 sbin -> usr/sbin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 May 10 2019 srv -> var/srv
dr-xr-xr-x 13 root root 0 Mar 29 09:47 sys
drwxrwxrwt 10 root root 200 Mar 29 09:56 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Mar 22 22:38 usr
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Mar 22 23:02 var

Startup screenshot

VirtualBox_fah_29_03_2020_10_38_35.png

 

Oracle VirtualBox 6.1.2

Oracle VirtualBox 6.1.2 (DO NOT USE 6.1.4 IS HAS MAJOR BUGS)

Oracle VirtualBox VMs (inc DB App Dev VM)

Oracle VirtualBox VMs (inc Cloud Server Storage VM)

Use the @Oracle #OCI #FnProject to program your #iot #codecard #liveforthecode

Use the @Oracle #OCI #FnProject to program your #iot #codecard #liveforthecode

Installation steps

  • create an oracle oci oracle linux vm instance
  • install docker engine
  • install fnproject container

CodeCard Docs

FnProject – FnProject is a lightweight Docker-based serverless functions platform

FnProject on GitHub

RAW

Button a - long pressed
>>>
>>>
Request:
  host: apex.oracle.com
  port: 443
  url: https://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/appslab/functions/master
  fingerprint:
  method: GET
application/json
Response:
  {"template":"template3","title":"FSSE8INFO",
"subtitle":"open source advocate",
"bodytext":"dl ml expo 2020                 \n
dl ml expo 2020\n
dl ml expo 2020",
"icon":"duke","backgroundColor":"black",
"barcode":"Oracle Code"}
>>>
Button b - long pressed
>>>
>>>
Request:
  host: apex.oracle.com
  port: 443
  url: https://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/appslab/functions/master
  fingerprint:
  method: GET
application/json
Response:
  {"template":"template3","title":"VIZZ8INFO",
"subtitle":"open source advocate",
"bodytext":"dl ml expo 2020                 \n

dl ml expo 2020\n
dl ml expo 2020",
"icon":"duke","backgroundColor":"white",
"barcode":"Oracle Code"}
>>>
Button a - short pressed
>>>
>>>
Request:
  host: apex.oracle.com
  port: 443
  url: https://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/appslab/functions/master
  fingerprint:
  method: GET
application/json
Response:
  {"template":"template1","title":"OSDE8INFO",
"subtitle":"open source advocate",
"bodytext":"blockchain expo                  2020\n
blockchain expo 2020\n
blockchain expo 2020",
"icon":"duke","backgroundColor":"white",
"barcode":"Oracl                 e Code"}
>>>
Button b - short pressed

Request:
  host: apex.oracle.com
  port: 443
  url: https://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/appslab/functions/master
  fingerprint:
  method: GET
application/json
Response:
  {"template":"template1","title":"OSDE8INFO",
"subtitle":"open source advocate",
"bodytext":"blockchain expo                  2020\n
blockchain expo 2020",
"icon":"duke","backgroundColor":"white",
"barcode":"Oracle Code"}
>>>