Blog

This tutorial describes the step-by-step process of Oracle Linux 7 installation on a Virtual machine.

Required Software	Oracle VirtualBox or VMWare Workstation Oracle Linux Installation Media
Required Hardware	OS: Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit Memory: 8 GB or more Storage: at least 100 GB

Please follow the below steps to install Oracle Linux 7 on VirtualBox:

1. Download the Oracle Linux ISO image from Oracle eDelivery. If you do not know how to install it, follow my other article, Download ISO image for Linux 7.5

2. Open Oracle VirtualBox or VMWare Workstation. If you did not install the same, follow the article Download & Install VirtualBox

3.VirtualBox Preference Set: Set the default location of your VM machines. Here I have created the Cluster directory in D drive. You can create any directory as per your requirement.

4. Create a new machine and click on Expert mode:

5. Provide any name(Here Node1) for your virtual machine and click on hardware. Also, check the type and version are correct as per your downloaded ISO image.

6. Provide at least 8GB/8192MB memory and 2 processors. Also, enable EFI and click on hard disk:

7. In the Hard Disk section provide a 100GB Hard Disk File Size and click on Finish.

8. Select the Node1 machine and click on settings:

9. Click on storage and after that add an optical drive to add the Linux 7.5 disk image file:

10. Click on Add Disk Image File and select the ISO image that you have downloaded from step 1.

11. Select the Node1 and move it to a new group:

12. Select the new group and rename it to RAC:

13. Start the Node1 machine:

14. Select Install Oracle Linux 7.5. Use PgUp/PgDn key to select this.

15. Change the view if you are unable to see it properly:

16. Select the language and continue:

17. Click on the software selection to select the base environment and the additional software:

18. Click on Installation Destination and select the hard disk:

19. Click on Begin Installation. We will set up the Network and Hostname later.

20. Click on the root password under user settings and set the root password. Here the root password is root123.

21. Click on User Creation and provide your full name and any user name. Also, check the box “make this user administrator” and uncheck “Require a password to use this account” :

22. Once Installation is completed, click on reboot.

23. Click on License Information and accept the license agreement:

24. Click on your name and you are ready to go:

Congratulations! You have completed the Linux 7.5 installation on VirtualBox.

If you want to install VirtualBox Guest Editions then follow the article VirtualBox Guest Editions Installation.