Has anyone tried this procedure?Hi!
Custom images are not an option for Oracle Always Free tier after the trial period expires.
So you can install the image from inside the vm.
If anyone interested, here's a way to do it.
1) Create instance. Under "Image and shape" choose "Rocky Linux 9.1 - Free (x86_64)". Save Private key. Create.
2) Open puttygen, "Load" the private key, "Save private key" as mikrotik.ppk
3) Open putty, "Connection->SSH->Auth->Credentials", browse for ppk on the first and private key on the second.
Return on Session and enter rocky@(your vm's public address) on "Host Name (or IP address)" box and open.
4) Execute
sudo -i
yum install unzip
umount -l /dev/sda1
curl -L https://download.mikrotik.com/routeros/ ... .9.img.zip | funzip | dd of=/dev/sda bs=1M
sync
reboot
(you may need to force reboot it from the console)
5) Firstly check the console's firewall (Networking->Virtual cloud networks->yourvcn->Security Lists)
and the connect through the public ip and secure RouterOS from inside.
I did... Failed for me.Has anyone tried this procedure?
How do it?The only downside is the 50mbps network limit,
but it's very easy to use ipsec through the console to overcome it.
Does it really work to "lazy" umount the root of a running system and overwrite the underlying block device with `dd`ing the CHR image to it?umount -l /dev/sda1
curl -L https://download.mikrotik.com/routeros/ ... .9.img.zip | funzip | dd of=/dev/sda bs=1M
sync
reboot
Yes, although I'm no linux expert, this is the first thing I thought back then when I first tried it.Does it really work to "lazy" umount the root of a running system and overwrite the underlying block device with `dd`ing the CHR image to it?
P4t. Friend, how did you manage to activate the Container on this Oracle Arm64 VM? I can only use the X86 version normally, but as it only has 1GB of Ram it is very limited, can you provide me with the necessary tips so that I can use the Container resources? I would be very grateful if you could tell me step by step. I'm also experiencing the same crashing issues with this CHR image. Hug!I contacted the support about the problem and they are aware of the issue:
"We are aware about this issues and look forward to fixing them on upcoming RouterOS versions, unfortunately, I cannot provide a release date now."
So we wait to do their magic, as they always do. I guess that this is not their top priority right now.
My oracle arm vm do also crash frequently, for no apparent reason and reboots by itself.
And sometimes I cannot connect to it using winbox.
But I have almost 20 docker containers running smoothly and none the less,
it's still awesome and very usable even with these issues.
