Create a Database Management Private Endpoint
You must create a private endpoint to connect Database Management to an Oracle Cloud Database.
The private endpoint is a representation of Database Management in the VCN in which the Oracle Cloud Database can be accessed, and acts as a VNIC with private IP addresses in a subnet of your choice. The private endpoint does not have to be on the same subnet as the Oracle Cloud Database, although, it must be on a subnet that can communicate with the Oracle Cloud Database.
In Database Management, you can create the following types of private endpoints:
- Private endpoint for single instance Oracle Cloud Databases: You can create a maximum of five Database Management private endpoints in your tenancy (per region) to connect to single instance Oracle Cloud Databases in the Bare Metal and Virtual Machine DB systems. There is no restriction on the number of single instance databases for which you can enable Database Management using a single private endpoint. The private endpoint for single instance Oracle Cloud Databases has only one private IP address.
- Private endpoint for RAC Oracle Cloud Databases: You can create only one Database Management private endpoint in your tenancy (per region) to connect to RAC Oracle Cloud Databases in the Virtual Machine DB system and Exadata Cloud service. One private endpoint for RAC Oracle Cloud Databases can support up to 15 single client access network listeners (SCANs). In the case of Virtual Machine DB systems, a SCAN is equal to one RAC Virtual Machine DB system. In the case of Exadata Cloud service, it's equal to one Exadata Cloud service VM cluster, regardless of the number of individual RAC databases hosted on the Exadata Cloud service VM cluster. The private endpoint for RAC Oracle Cloud Databases has two private IP addresses.
Note that you can create one private endpoint of each type in a VCN, which means that you can create one private endpoint for single instance databases and one for RAC databases.
Here's a diagram that provides an overview of how a Database Management private endpoint communicates with the Oracle Cloud Database.

For information on private endpoints, see About Private Endpoints.
Before you create a Database Management private endpoint in the VCN, you must:
- Make a note of the VCN and subnet information, which is available on the Database System Details page of the Oracle Cloud Database.
- Obtain the permissions required to work with virtual networking resources in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and create a Database Management private endpoint. For information, see Permissions Required to Enable Database Management for Oracle Cloud Databases.
To create a Database Management private endpoint:
To view details of the private endpoint, click its name. On the Private Endpoint Details page, you can:
- View details such as the associated VCN and subnet and the private IP addresses assigned to the Database Management private endpoint. Note that the private IP address information is required to configure security rules.
- View the Registered Databases associated with the private endpoint.
- Click Work Requests on the left pane under Resources to monitor the work requests pertaining to the private endpoint. You can click a particular work request to go to the Work Requests page and view work request information, log messages, and error messages, if any. For more information on Work Requests, see Work Requests.