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This tutorial describes the step-by-step process of Oracle Linux 9 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 9 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

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 ORACLE directory under D drive.

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

5. Provide any name for your virtual machine and click on hardware:

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 Oracle Linux 9 machine and click on settings:

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

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

11. Start the Oracle Linux 9 machine:

12. Select Install Oracle Linux 9.0.0. Use PgUp/PgDn key to select this.

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

14. Select the language and continue :

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

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

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

18. Click on Network & Host Name. Provide the hostname (here server1.localdomain) and click on configure:

19. Click on IPV4 Settings. Select the checkbox “Require IPv4 addressing for this connection to complete” and Save.

20. Apply the new hostname and click on done:

21. Click on User Creation and provide your full name and any user name. Also, mark this user administrator. Uncheck “Require a password to use this account”

22. Once the installation is complete, reboot the system:

23. Click on your name to log in to the system: