# RHEL becomes native offering on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

> **Key takeaway:** Red Hat Enterprise Linux is now generally available as a native, first-party offering directly through the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console, with unified support and drawdown against Oracle Universal Credit commitments.

**Published:** 2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00 
**Source:** Red Hat Blog 
**Category:** distro-news 
**Canonical URL:** https://fosswire.org/news/rhel-becomes-native-offering-on-oracle-cloud-infrastructure.html 

## Summary
RHEL 9 and 10 can now be deployed natively on OCI x86 virtual machines through the OCI Console, with hourly pay-as-you-go billing. Oracle handles Tier 1 and Tier 2 support directly, escalating to Red Hat for deep OS issues. Customers can apply 100% of costs against existing Oracle Universal Credit commitments, creating a single procurement path for infrastructure and OS subscriptions.

## What RHEL on OCI offers
- **Supported versions**: RHEL 9 and 10 guests on Intel and AMD 64-bit virtualized shapes
- **Tooling integration**: Native access to OCI CLI, telemetry services, Ansible, and Terraform
- **Billing model**: Pay-as-you-go hourly billing with 100% drawdown against Oracle Universal Credit commitments
- **Support structure**: Oracle handles Tier 1/Tier 2; escalates to Red Hat for deep OS investigations
- **Procurement**: Direct through OCI Console, no separate Red Hat subscription purchase required

## Why it matters
This removes a procurement friction point for enterprises already committed to Oracle's cloud ecosystem, potentially expanding RHEL's footprint among Oracle database and application customers who previously faced subscription complexity.