Creating an Oracle API Platform Cloud Service

Creating an Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic Instance

Create an Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic instance with the Provisioning wizard in the My Services Console.

Before You Begin

Ensure that you have subscribed to the required services, collected the required information for each service, and created SSH keys. See Before You Begin with Oracle Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic.

To create a new Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic instance:

Open the My Services Console. See Accessing the My Services Console.
Click Create Service.
If no DBaaS service is available, a message displays and the service creation halts until there is a running DBaaS service is available.

On the Service page, provide a name and description for the service instance, and provide information about its high-level characteristics. When you are finished, click Next to advance to the Service Details page.

Element	Description
Service Name	Use the following conventions to compose your instance name: The name must start with a letter. The name cannot contain more than 50 characters. The name cannot contain special characters other than the hyphen character. A message displays if your instance name does not meet all criteria.
Description	Describe the instance.
Notification Email	(Optional) Enter an email address where you would like updates about the instance-creation operation to be sent.
SSH Public Key	Specify the value of the VM Public Key, the name of the file that contains the public key value, or have the wizard create a new key for you. Define the public key for the secure shell (SSH). This key is used for authentication when connecting to the Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic instance using an SSH client. Click Edit to display the public key input for VM access and specify the public key using one of the following methods: Select Key file name and click Choose File to select a file that contains the public key for the secure shell (SSH). Select Key value and enter the value of an existing public key. Select Create a New Key to have the wizard create a new public key for you. Make sure you download the zip file containing the keys that the wizard generated. Click Enter when you’re finished adding or generating the SSH key.

Complete the Database Configuration section to provide details about the Database Cloud Service instance you’ve created for this Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic instance.

Element	Description
Associated DBaaS Service Name	Select an existing Database Cloud Service instance name.
PDB Name	Enter the name of the pluggable database for Oracle Database 12c. If not specified, the PDB name provided when the Oracle Database Cloud Service database deployment was created will be used. This value does not apply to Oracle Database Cloud Service database deployments running Oracle Database 11g.
Administrator User Name	Your Database Cloud Service user name. This value must be set to a database user with SYSDBA system privileges. You can use the default user SYS or any user that has been granted the SYSDBA privilege.
Password	The database administrator password specified when the Database Cloud Service instance was created.

Complete the Load Balancer Configuration section to provide details about the load balancer provisioned with your instance.

Element	Description
Provision Load Balancer	Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic automatically provisions a load balancer. This option is set to true by default and is not editable.

Complete the API Gateway section to provide details about the number of gateway licenses you want this instance to use.

Element	Description
Gateway Licenses	The number of gateway licenses you want this instance to use.

Complete the Weblogic section to provide details about the WebLogic administrator account for your instance.

Element Description

Element	Description
Administration User Name	The user name of the Oracle WebLogic Server Administrator. The Administrator User Name for the Weblogic server should start with a letter, consist of letters and numbers, and be 8 to 50 characters. A message displays if your user name does not meet all criteria. Note that you can change the user name through the WebLogic Server Administration Console after you have created the instance.
Administration User Password	Specify an Oracle WebLogic Server Administrator password that meets the following criteria: It must begin with a letter. It must contain between 8 and 30 characters. It must contain at least one number. Optionally, it can contain any number of the following special characters: “$#_”. For example: `Ach1z0#d`. A message displays if your password does not meet all criteria.
Confirm Administration User Password	Retype the password.

Administration User Name

The user name of the Oracle WebLogic Server Administrator.

The Administrator User Name for the Weblogic server should start with a letter, consist of letters and numbers, and be 8 to 50 characters. A message displays if your user name does not meet all criteria.

Note that you can change the user name through the WebLogic Server Administration Console after you have created the instance.

Administration User Password

Specify an Oracle WebLogic Server Administrator password that meets the following criteria:

It must begin with a letter.
It must contain between 8 and 30 characters.
It must contain at least one number.
Optionally, it can contain any number of the following special characters: “$#_”. For example: Ach1z0#d.

A message displays if your password does not meet all criteria.

Confirm Administration User Password

Retype the password.

Complete the Backup and Recovery Configuration section, providing information about the Oracle Storage Cloud Service container where cloud backups are stored.

Element Description

Element	Description
Cloud Storage Container	The URL of the Object Storage Classic container in which backups must be stored Format: `[http\|https]://storage_service_rest_endpoint_url/{containerName}` Example: `https://example.storage.oraclecloud.com/v1/MyService-example/MyContainer` You can find the REST endpoint URL on the Service Details page in the My Services Console. See Finding the REST Endpoint URL for Your Service Instance in Using Oracle Storage Cloud Service. By default, all backups that are more than seven days old are moved to the storage service at this URL.
Cloud Storage User Name	The name of the Oracle Storage Cloud Service administrator. The Cloud Storage user name should be between 2 to 50 characters and consist of only letters, numbers and the following special characters: .(dot), -(hyphen), _(underscore), @(at). A message displays if your user name does not meet all criteria.
Cloud Storage Password	The password of the Oracle Storage Cloud Service administrator. Cloud Storage Password should be a minimum of 8 and maximum 30 characters. A message displays if your password does not meet all criteria.

Cloud Storage Container

The URL of the Object Storage Classic container in which backups must be stored

Format: [http|https]://storage_service_rest_endpoint_url/{containerName}

Example: https://example.storage.oraclecloud.com/v1/MyService-example/MyContainer

You can find the REST endpoint URL on the Service Details page in the My Services Console. See Finding the REST Endpoint URL for Your Service Instance in Using Oracle Storage Cloud Service.

By default, all backups that are more than seven days old are moved to the storage service at this URL.

Cloud Storage User Name

The name of the Oracle Storage Cloud Service administrator.

The Cloud Storage user name should be between 2 to 50 characters and consist of only letters, numbers and the following special characters: .(dot), -(hyphen), _(underscore), @(at).

A message displays if your user name does not meet all criteria.

Cloud Storage Password

The password of the Oracle Storage Cloud Service administrator.

Cloud Storage Password should be a minimum of 8 and maximum 30 characters.

A message displays if your password does not meet all criteria.

Click Next to advance to the Confirmation page.
On the Confirmation page, review the information listed. If you are satisfied with the information, click Create.
If you need to change the information, use the navigation bar or Previous button at the top of the wizard to step back through the pages in the wizard. Click Cancel to cancel out of the wizard without creating a new instance.

Important:

After you have provisioned a service instance, you need to create users and install and register at least one gateway node before you begin using the service. See Managing Users and Groups and Installing a Gateway Node.