Importing and Running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16 (SLES 16) Cloud Image on OCI
Overview Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) supports custom image import , enabling users to deploy operating systems beyond marketplace offerings. This is particularly useful for testing enterprise Linux distributions such as SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) . Currently the Operating Systems from the SUSE family - OpenSUSE (Leap or Tumbleweed) or SUSE Enterprise Linux Server, SUSE Enterprise Linux Desktop ETC are not available natively on OCI or through OCI Marketplace. In this post, I demonstrate how to import a SLES 16 Minimal Cloud Image (qcow2) into OCI and launch a compute instance using that image. ⚠️ This demonstration is executed in a personal OCI tenancy using publicly available cloud images. No customer environments or confidential information are used. Oracle Products Used Oracle Cloud Infrastructure OCI Compute OCI Custom Images OCI Object Storage OCI IAM Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) Why Use SLES Cloud ...