Oracle SOA Cloud Service requires access to an existing relational database that contains the standard Oracle Fusion Middleware schemas. The schemas are required by Oracle Java Required Files (JRF).
You can use an on-premises database or a database that is deployed through Oracle Database Cloud Service.
Note:
To coordinate restoration of database backups with restoration of Oracle SOA Cloud Service instances, consider using a database for which Flashback and Database Point-in-Time-Recovery support is enabled.
Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) database deployments are supported if you use Oracle Database Cloud Service. For information about provisioning Database as a Service database deployments, see Creating a Database Deployment in Using Oracle Database Cloud Service.
When you create an Oracle SOA Cloud Service instance, you have to provide the following information about the database:
User name for the database administrator
Password for the database administrator, or the password that was specified when the Oracle Database Cloud Service database deployment was created