SSH Key Pair

Oracle SOA Cloud Service requires a secure shell (SSH) public/private key pair for authenticating access to a virtual machine through an SSH client.

You can use an SSH public/private key pair that you have already created and saved to a file. If using Oracle Database Cloud Service, you may use the same SSH public/private key pair for provisioning an Oracle Database Cloud Service database deployment and an Oracle SOA Cloud Service instance.

If necessary, you can generate a new key pair by using a standard SSH key generation tool. For more information, see:

• Creating an SSH Key Pair

• The Create an SSH key pair tutorial

When you create an Oracle SOA Cloud Service instance, you are prompted to supply the public key.

To connect to a virtual machine in an Oracle SOA Cloud Service instance, you supply the paired private key when logging in to the machine using an SSH client.