Oracle 12c RAC in GCE on Ubuntu 14.04.1

I'm building Oracle RAC today on GCE (Google Compute Engine) on Ubuntu 14.04.1 GCE VM instance.

gstanden@vmem1:~$ gcloud auth login

Your browser has been opened to visit:

https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth?redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A8085%2F&prompt=select_account&response_type=code&client_id=32555940559.apps.googleusercontent.com&scope=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.googleapis.com%2Fauth%2Fappengine.admin+https%3A%2F%2Fwww.googleapis.com%2Fauth%2Fbigquery+https%3A%2F%2Fwww.googleapis.com%2Fauth%2Fcompute+https%3A%2F%2Fwww.googleapis.com%2Fauth%2Fdevstorage.full_control+https%3A%2F%2Fwww.googleapis.com%2Fauth%2Fuserinfo.email+https%3A%2F%2Fwww.googleapis.com%2Fauth%2Fndev.cloudman+https%3A%2F%2Fwww.googleapis.com%2Fauth%2Fcloud-platform+https%3A%2F%2Fwww.googleapis.com%2Fauth%2Fsqlservice.admin+https%3A%2F%2Fwww.googleapis.com%2Fauth%2Fprediction+https%3A%2F%2Fwww.googleapis.com%2Fauth%2Fprojecthosting&access_type=offline

(process:20252): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed

Saved Application Default Credentials.

You are now logged in as [gil.standen@gmail.com].

Your current project is [None]. You can change this setting by running:

$ gcloud config set project PROJECT

gstanden@vmem1:~$ gcloud config set project ubuntu-oracle-containers

gstanden@vmem1:~$ gcloud compute ssh ubuntu-1

ERROR: (gcloud.compute.ssh) Unable to fetch a list of zones. Specifying [--zone] may fix this issue:

- Invalid value for project: ubuntu-oracle-containers

gstanden@vmem1:~$ gcloud config set project Ubuntu-Oracle-Containers

gstanden@vmem1:~$ gcloud compute ssh ubuntu-1

ERROR: (gcloud.compute.ssh) Unable to fetch a list of zones. Specifying [--zone] may fix this issue:

- Invalid value 'Ubuntu-Oracle-Containers'. Values must match the following regular expression: '(?:(?:[-a-z0-9]{1,63}\.)*(?:[a-z](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?):)?(?:[0-9]{1,19}|(?:[a-z](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?))'

gstanden@vmem1:~$ gcloud config set project

usage: gcloud config set SECTION/PROPERTY VALUE [optional flags]

ERROR: (gcloud.config.set) too few arguments

gstanden@vmem1:~$ gcloud config

Usage: gcloud config [optional flags] <command>

command may be list | set | unset

View and edit Google Cloud SDK properties.

optional flags:

--format FORMAT Format for printed output.

--help Display detailed help.

--project PROJECT_ID Google Cloud Platform project ID to use for this

invocation.

--quiet, -q Disable all interactive prompts.

--trace-token TRACE_TOKEN

Token used to route traces of service requests for

investigation of issues.

-h Print a summary help and exit.

commands:

list View Google Cloud SDK properties.

set Edit Google Cloud SDK properties.

unset Erase Google Cloud SDK properties.

ERROR: (gcloud.config) too few arguments

gstanden@vmem1:~$ gcloud config list

[core]

account = gil.standen@gmail.com

disable_usage_reporting = False

project = Ubuntu-Oracle-Containers

user_output_enabled = True

gstanden@vmem1:~$ gcloud config set project inbound-respect-844

gstanden@vmem1:~$ gcloud compute ssh ubuntu-1

For the following instances:

- [ubuntu-1]

choose a zone:

[1] asia-east1-b

[2] asia-east1-a

[3] asia-east1-c

[4] europe-west1-a (DEPRECATED)

[5] europe-west1-c

[6] europe-west1-b

[7] us-central1-f

[8] us-central1-a

[9] us-central1-b

Please enter your numeric choice: 7

WARNING: You do not have an SSH key for Google Compute Engine.

WARNING: [/usr/bin/ssh-keygen] will be executed to generate a key.

Generating public/private rsa key pair.

Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):

Enter same passphrase again:

Your identification has been saved in /home/gstanden/.ssh/google_compute_engine.

Your public key has been saved in /home/gstanden/.ssh/google_compute_engine.pub.

The key fingerprint is:

e6:dd:84:49:c5:d9:33:83:50:b0:fc:13:cb:ea:e2:27 gstanden@vmem1.vmem.org

The key's randomart image is:

+--[ RSA 2048]----+

| o=o+ |

| . o+ = |

| + . + |

| . = o |

| S o * |

| o . + . |

| . o . |

| E.. |

| ..+. |

+-----------------+

Updated [https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/inbound-respect-844].

Warning: Permanently added '104.154.50.183' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.

Welcome to Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.16.0-30-generic x86_64)

* Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/

System information as of Mon Feb 2 17:26:54 UTC 2015

System load: 0.0 Processes: 74

Usage of /: 7.1% of 9.81GB Users logged in: 0

Memory usage: 3% IP address for eth0: 10.240.106.166

Swap usage: 0%

Graph this data and manage this system at:

https://landscape.canonical.com/

Get cloud support with Ubuntu Advantage Cloud Guest:

http://www.ubuntu.com/business/services/cloud

0 packages can be updated.

0 updates are security updates.

gstanden@ubuntu-1:~$ uname -

uname: extra operand ‘-’

Try 'uname --help' for more information.

gstanden@ubuntu-1:~$ uname -a

Linux ubuntu-1 3.16.0-30-generic #40~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 15 17:43:14 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

gstanden@ubuntu-1:~$ ifconfig

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 42:01:0a:f0:6a:a6

inet addr:10.240.106.166 Bcast:10.240.106.166 Mask:255.255.255.255

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1460 Metric:1

RX packets:759 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:885 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:187924 (187.9 KB) TX bytes:94605 (94.6 KB)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback

inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0

UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1

RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

gstanden@ubuntu-1:~$

Working with X11 Forwarding in Containers

gstanden@vmem1:~$ ssh -Y -C 104.154.50.183

Welcome to Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.16.0-30-generic x86_64)

* Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/

System information as of Tue Feb 3 16:46:23 UTC 2015

System load: 0.0 IP address for sw4: 192.210.39.1

Usage of /: 54.9% of 9.81GB IP address for sw2: 10.207.40.1

Memory usage: 8% IP address for sw3: 10.207.41.1

Swap usage: 0% IP address for sw9: 172.221.40.1

Processes: 145 IP address for sw8: 172.220.40.1

Users logged in: 1 IP address for sw5: 192.211.39.1

IP address for eth0: 10.240.106.166 IP address for sw6: 192.212.39.1

IP address for sw7: 192.213.39.1 IP address for lxcbr0: 10.0.3.1

IP address for sw1: 10.207.39.1

=> /swap is using 87.7% of 4.80GB

Graph this data and manage this system at:

https://landscape.canonical.com/

Get cloud support with Ubuntu Advantage Cloud Guest:

http://www.ubuntu.com/business/services/cloud

0 packages can be updated.

0 updates are security updates.

Last login: Tue Feb 3 16:46:23 2015 from 24.107.146.127

gstanden@ubuntu-1:~$ xclock

gstanden@ubuntu-1:~$ echo $DISPLAY

ubuntu-1:11.0

gstanden@ubuntu-1:~$ echo xauth add `xauth list ${DISPLAY#localhost}`

xauth add ubuntu-1.vmem.org:11 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 3bc2c31d29a268b266be74e146678e43

gstanden@ubuntu-1:~$ ssh grid@lxcora01

grid@lxcora01's password:

Last login: Tue Feb 3 11:38:32 2015 from ubuntu-1.vmem.org

[grid@lxcora01 ~]$ xauth add ubuntu-1.vmem.org:11 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 3bc2c31d29a268b266be74e146678e43

xauth: creating new authority file /home/grid/.Xauthority

[grid@lxcora01 ~]$ xclock

Error: Can't open display:

[grid@lxcora01 ~]$ echo $DISPLAY

[grid@lxcora01 ~]$ export DISPLAY=ubuntu-1:11.0

[grid@lxcora01 ~]$ xclock

[grid@lxcora01 ~]$