Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Task 4: Link an OCI Account

Learn how to link a new or existing OCI Account to Oracle Database@Azure.

After you complete Task 3: Purchase Offer, Oracle sends you an email with the subject line "Action Required: Welcome to New Oracle Cloud Service Subscription(s)". After you receive the email, you can link an OCI account to your Oracle Database@Azure service. Whether you create a new OCI account or link an existing account depends on your situation. Read about both options in the following sections.

Your OCI account is used for the provisioning and management of container databases (CDBs) and pluggable databases (PDBs). Your OCI account also allows Oracle to provide infrastructure and software maintenance updates for your database service.

Note

The Pay as You Go offer requires that you create a new OCI account. You cannot link an existing OCI account when onboarding for the Pay as You Go offer.

Create a New OCI Account

Use these instructions if either of the following apply:

  • You purchased the Pay as You Go offer
  • You purchased a private offer and don't have an OCI account, or want to create a new OCI account.
To create and link a new OCI account for Oracle Database@Azure

  1. Click Overview on the Oracle purchase details page. Then find the Status field in the Essentials section and click the "Not configured" link.

    An image of the Azure portal showing the Oracle purchase details page.

  2. Under Oracle Cloud Account information, select Create a new OCI account. Then enter the following information for the person who will administer the OCI account:

    • Email address
    • First name
    • Last name
    • New password
    • Confirm password

    Click Apply to continue.

    An image of the Azure portal showing new account admin configuration.

  3. On the Oracle purchase page, provide your Oracle Cloud account name and Home region to validate your OCI account.

    An image of the Azure portal showing the Oracle purchase page with the Oracle Cloud account successfully validated.

  4. On the Oracle purchase page, expand the Essentials section and verify the Status in the Oracle Cloud account section is "Validated".

    An image of the Azure portal showing the Oracle purchase page with the Oracle Cloud account status set to "Validated".

Link an existing OCI account to Oracle Database@Azure

Learn how to link an existing OCI account to Oracle Database@Azure.

Use the instructions in this section if you purchased a private offer and have an OCI account that you want to link to your Oracle Database@Azure service.

To Link an OCI account for Oracle Database@Azure

  1. Click Overview on the Oracle purchase details page. Then find the Status field in the Essentials section and click the "Not configured" link.

    An image of the Azure portal showing the Oracle purchase details page.

  2. Under Oracle Cloud Account information, select Link an existing OCI account. Click the Link account on OCI button to continue.

    An image of the Azure portal showing the Oracle purchase page with the option to use an existing OCI account selected.

  3. On the Oracle purchase page, provide your Oracle Cloud account name and Home region to validate your OCI account.

    An image of the Azure portal showing the Oracle purchase page with the Oracle Cloud account successfully validated.

  4. On the Oracle purchase page, expand the Essentials section and verify the Status in the Oracle Cloud account section is "Validated".

    An image of the Azure portal showing the Oracle purchase page with the Oracle Cloud account status set to "Validated".
Note

To provision Oracle Database@Azure resources in a supported region, your OCI tenancy must be subscribed to the target region. See Managing Regions and Subscribing to an Infrastructure Region for more information.