Oracle Database 18c: Provisioning the Linux server

In the initial menu of the Oracle Cloud click on “Compute” and later on “Instances”:

On the next tab, click the “Create Instance” button:

In the Create Compute Instance tab, provide the requested information:

Name: Choose a name for your instance. (In the example: VMLINUXmachine)

Select an available domain for your instance: Choose the first available domain (In the example: ysjg: PHX-AD-1)

Choose an operating system or image source: Keep the option available on Oracle.

Image Operating System: Oracle Linux 7.6

Choose instance type: Choose “Virtual Machine”

Shape: We will use the option “VM.Standard2.1”

Image Version: Please select the latest version, 2018.09.25-0 (latest)

Configure boot volume: Keep the default option.

SSH Keys: Because Linux operating systems use SSH keys for authentication, you must provide a public key. Click “Choose SSH key file” and provide a public SSH key.

Then click on the “create” button:

While the server is being provisioned, the status displayed will be “Provisioning”:

Once the process is finished, the status is changed to “RUNNING”:

An interesting fact is that from this moment it is already possible to make ssh connection with the created server:


[root@techdatabasketblog /]# ssh 129.146.128.2
The authenticity of host '129.146.128.2 (129.146.128.2)' can't be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:kuM9EKvzZ47/2qof0kVZc9+po3tDjTEPdsCXVgye9BI.
ECDSA key fingerprint is MD5:84:06:1b:75:2c:5a:f4:72:db:49:ab:7e:b1:5c:5a:67.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added '129.146.128.2' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
Enter passphrase for key '/root/.ssh/id_rsa':
Please login as the user "opc" rather than the user "root".

Connection to 129.146.128.2 closed.
[root@techdatabasketblog /]# ssh opc@129.146.128.2
Enter passphrase for key '/root/.ssh/id_rsa':

[opc@vmlinuxmachine ~]$ hostname
vmlinuxmachine

[opc@vmlinuxmachine ~]$ uname -a
Linux vmlinuxmachine 4.14.35-1844.3.2.el7uek.x86_64 #2 SMP Mon Feb 25 17:43:37 PST 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[opc@vmlinuxmachine ~]$ date
Tue Apr 23 11:03:45 GMT 2019
[opc@vmlinuxmachine ~]$

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