Step 3 - Oracle DBCS : Create A Database Deployment

There are several ways in which you can create a Database Deployment in Oracle Database Cloud Service. Some of the methods that you can use to create a Database Deployment are:

• QuickStart Template
• Create Service Wizard
• Using Snapshot
• Hybrid Disaster Recovery (DR) Deployment

In this article we will demonstrate how to Create A Database Deployment using Create Service Wizard.

Prerequisites:

• Oracle Account
• Oracle Cloud Subscription
• SSH Public/Private Key pair

Steps to Create a Database Deployment

• Open a web browser and enter the URL you received in the Welcome email to login to Oracle Cloud Account

• Enter your username and password

• Click on the Menu as shown in the image below

• Click on Database (OCI)

• Click on "Go to Console"

• Click on "Create Service"

• Fill in all the details and click Next
• Service Name: Enter the service name, It only accepts hyphen (-) as special character
• Description (optional): Enter a description on the service
• Notification Email: To send the update on Instance creation
• Service level: Oracle Database Cloud Service
• Metering Frequency: Monthly or Hourly
• Software Release: 11gR2, 12cR1 or 12cR2
• Software Edition: Enterprise, standard, Enterprise Edition - Extreme performance or Enterprise Edition - High performance
• Database Type: Single Instance, Single Instance with Data Guard, RAC, RAC with Data Guard, Hybrid DR

• Fill in all the details 
• DB Name: This will be your container DB name
• PDB Name: This will be your pluggable DB name
• Administrator password: This will be your administrator password for users sys, system, dbaas_monitor and so on
• Backup and Recovery Configuration: Cloud and Local, Cloud only or None
• Compute Shape: select the configuration you need for your business
• SSH Public Key: choose the public key you generated in steps

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• Click on advance settings and choose your desired option

Steps to upload public key

• Click Next

• Review the Summary and click "Create"

• At this moment the Service creation is in progress. Click on the Service Name

• This page shows that the provisioning is in-progress. Click on Oracle Database Cloud Services to go back to the home page

• Click on the arrow symbol shown below to see the service create and delete history

• Click refresh to check the status of service

• The service has been created successfully

• Up on the completion you will also receive the email that the service is created and is now available for use

• Click on the arrow symbol and "show more" to see all the details about the service just created

• Make a note of the IP address as it will used to connect to the compute node

Conclusion

In this article we have learned how to Create a Database Deployment on Oracle Database Cloud Service using Create Service Wizard. There are several ways in which you can create a Database Deployment, using the QuickStart template is the fastest and the easiest method to create a Database Deployment.