With Autonomous Linux, Oracle Keeps Server Apps Running During Patching


When a microprocessor vulnerability rocked the tech industry last year, companies scrambled to patch nearly every server they had. In Oracle’s case, that meant patching the operating system on about 1.5 million Linux-based servers.
Oracle finished the job in just 4 hours, without taking down the applications the servers ran, by using Oracle’s own automation technology.
The technology involved is at the heart of Oracle Autonomous Linux, which the company announced at Oracle OpenWorld 2019 in San Francisco last month. Oracle has been using Autonomous Linux to run its own Generation 2 Cloud infrastructure, and now it is available at no cost to Oracle Cloud customers.
Besides the speed of patching, the other benefit is that it’s done automatically, without hands-on work by systems administrators, developers, or security operations staff, says Wim Coekaerts, senior vice president for operating systems and virtualization engineering at Oracle.
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