Differences Between the Cloud and On-Premises Environments

Some features of Oracle API Manager behave differently in the cloud than in an on-premises environment.

Oracle API Manager Cloud Service	Oracle API Manager On Premises
You run the Oracle SOA Cloud Service provisioning wizard and select Oracle API Manager, which automatically installs all software (including Oracle Service Bus), configures the necessary schemas in the Oracle database, and configures the Oracle WebLogic Server domain. See Provisioning Oracle API Manager Cloud Service for information about the Oracle SOA Cloud Service provisioning wizard, including prerequisites for running the wizard.	You must manually install Oracle API Manager, Oracle Service Bus, and an Oracle database on your own hardware and configure the necessary database schemas and Oracle WebLogic Server domain.

Oracle API Manager Cloud Service

Oracle API Manager On Premises

You run the Oracle SOA Cloud Service provisioning wizard and select Oracle API Manager, which automatically installs all software (including Oracle Service Bus), configures the necessary schemas in the Oracle database, and configures the Oracle WebLogic Server domain.

See Provisioning Oracle API Manager Cloud Service for information about the Oracle SOA Cloud Service provisioning wizard, including prerequisites for running the wizard.

You must manually install Oracle API Manager, Oracle Service Bus, and an Oracle database on your own hardware and configure the necessary database schemas and Oracle WebLogic Server domain.

For a complete list of differences between Oracle SOA in the cloud and on-premises environments, see Differences Between the Cloud and On-Premises Environments of Using Oracle SOA Cloud Service.