1. Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Storage Software Appliance
  2. Obtaining the Storage Software Appliance Image

2 Obtaining the Storage Software Appliance Image

To provision Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Storage Software Appliance– Cloud Distribution, you must first upload and register the appliance image in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic. Then you must specify the appliance parameters in a configuration file and use a provisioning tool to create an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic instance with the appliance deployed on the instance.

  1. Go to the Oracle Cloud Downloads page at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/cloud/downloads/index.html.
  2. Look for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Storage Software Appliance, and click that link.
  3. Look for Download Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Storage Software Appliance and click that link.
  4. On the resulting page, accept the license agreement.
  5. Download the tar.gz file that contains the appliance image, configuration template, and provisioning script for Cloud Distribution.
  6. Extract the contents of the tar.gz file to a local directory of your choice.
  7. Copy the configuration template (fscs_conf_template.yml) and provisioning script (fscs.sh) to the host on which you plan to run the appliance provisioning tool. Provide Execute permission to fscs.sh with chmod command. See About the Appliance Provisioning Tool.
  8. Upload the appliance image file (OSCSA-CD-version.tar.gz) to the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage Classic account that’s associated with your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic site.
    See Uploading Machine Image Files to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage Classic in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic.
  9. Register the appliance image in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic.
    See Registering a Machine Image in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic.

    Important:

    Make a note of the name that you specify for the machine image while registering it, as shown in the following example:
    Screenshot showing an example of the Associate Image dialog box in Oracle Compute Cloud Service.
Next Step: Preparing the OCI Compute Classic Environment