Detailed Installation Guide for Rocky Linux, the Alternative to CentOS

Detailed Installation Guide for Rocky Linux, the Alternative to CentOS

This article mainly explains the detailed installation guide for Rocky Linux, the alternative to CentOS. Date: November 22, 2025 Author: Ren Congcong Preparation Materials: 1. VirtualBox https://www.virtualbox.org/ 2. Rocky Linux Complete Image https://rockylinux.org/en/ Create a Virtual Machine to Install Rocky Linux Step 1: Click to create with the configuration information as follows Note: You can … Read more

Deploying Oracle 19c on Rocky Linux 9.6

Deploying Oracle 19c on Rocky Linux 9.6

Oracle 19c, as an enterprise-level relational database management system, can fully leverage its high performance and high availability advantages on Rocky Linux (a RHEL-compatible distribution). Given the limited installation documentation specifically for Oracle 19c on Rocky Linux 9.6, this article systematically organizes and optimizes the deployment process by combining Oracle’s official documentation with general installation … Read more

Deploying k8s 1.31.14 + KubeSphere on Rocky Linux

Deploying k8s 1.31.14 + KubeSphere on Rocky Linux

This article demonstrates the deployment of <span>x86-RockyLinux</span> in a freshly installed system environment using <span>all-in-one</span>, with just four short commands to deploy k8s 1.31.14 + ks3.4.1 (monitoring, alerting, logging) both online and offline. If you have other needs, feel free to add me on WeChat <span>sd_zdhr</span>. The next demonstration will expand from one master node … Read more

Compiling ossfs on Rocky Linux 9

ossfs allows you to mount the object storage OSS bucket to the local file system in a Linux environment, enabling you to manipulate OSS objects just like local files, facilitating data sharing. Operating Environment:Rocky Linux release 9.2 (Blue Onyx) 1. Dependency Packages dnf install gcc-c++ autoconf automake libtool libcurl-devel gettext-devel 2. Compiling libfuse from Source … Read more

Complete Guide to Deploying Rocky Linux with Docker

Rocky Linux, as the optimal alternative after CentOS has ceased updates, is fully compatible with RHEL and offers 10 years of long-term support, making it the preferred choice for enterprise-level server deployments. Deploying via Docker can completely resolve traditional deployment issues such as “environment inconsistency, cumbersome migration, and chaotic version management,” making it particularly suitable … Read more

Recommended Systems and Virtual Machine Software for Linux Beginners: Rocky Linux and VMware

For beginners, to lower the learning barrier, let’s start with recommendations: Linux Version: Rocky Linux (https://rockylinux.org/zh-CN/download) Virtual Machine Software: VMware (registration required for download) Search in the public account: Linux Beginner Notes: Where to download VMware Workstation 17 and Red Hat Linux RHEL 10. You can also register an account to download from here: https://www.vmware.com/products/desktop-hypervisor/workstation-and-fusion.Reasons … Read more

Which Cloud Server System is Better: Rocky Linux or Ubuntu?

Choosing between Rocky Linux and Ubuntu as a cloud server system does not have a definitive “better” option, only a “more suitable” one. Both are excellent choices, but they have significant differences in positioning, philosophy, and ecosystems. I will provide a detailed comparison from multiple dimensions and give a final recommendation. Core Summary: One Minute … Read more

Summary of Linux Ecosystem Downloads and Mirror Addresses

Summary of Linux Ecosystem Downloads and Mirror Addresses

This document summarizes some commonly used systems and download addresses on servers, as well as operations for switching to domestic software sources, for reference only. Regarding system selection, I personally recommend Ubuntu, or if you must use RHEL-based systems, CentOS is no longer available, but Alma and Rocky are quite similar. For domestic use, consider … Read more

Comprehensive Guide! Installing Kubernetes v1.34 Production-Grade Cluster on Rocky Linux 10

Comprehensive Guide! Installing Kubernetes v1.34 Production-Grade Cluster on Rocky Linux 10

Kubernetes (K8s) is an open-source container orchestration platform developed by Google that automates the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It provides features such as high availability, elastic scaling, service discovery, rolling updates, and self-healing, freeing operations teams to focus on business, making it the standard infrastructure for the cloud-native era. PreparationThis article is … Read more

A Quick Start Guide to Virtualization with KVM (Second Edition) Writing Plan

A Quick Start Guide to Virtualization with KVM (Second Edition) Writing Plan

Interestingly, three years ago, when I started writing “A Quick Start Guide to Virtualization with KVM” and “Advanced Practices in Virtualization with KVM,” it was just after the initial lull of the pandemic, and cloud architecture was surging. At that time, KVM was like a galloping horse, racing across the open-source prairie, and we took … Read more