OCI Utilities

Instances created using Oracle-Provided Images based on Oracle Linux include a pre-installed set of utilities that are designed to make it easier to work with Oracle Linux images.

These utilities consist of a service component and related command line tools that can help with managing

• block volumes (attach, remove, and automatic discovery);
• secondary VNIC configuration;
• discovering the public IP address of an instance;
• retrieving instance metadata;
• sending notification messages.

The following list summarizes the components that are included in the OCI utilities.

• ocid The service component of oci-utils. This normally runs as a daemon started via systemd. This service scans for changes in the iSCSI and VNIC device configurations and caches the OCI metadata and public IP address of the instance.
• oci-growfs Expands the root filesystem of the instance to its configured size.
• oci-iscsi-config Used to display and configure iSCSI devices attached to a compute instance.
• oci-metadata Displays metadata for the compute instance.
• oci-network-config Lists or configures virtual network interface cards (VNICs) attached to the Compute instance.
• oci-network-inspector Displays a detailed report for a given compartment or network.
• oci-public-ip Displays the public IP address of the current system in either human-readable or JSON format.
• oci-notify Sends a message to an OCI notification service.

For usage details, see the OCI Utilities section of the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure documentation.