Create an Oracle API Platform Cloud Service Instance

Create an Oracle API Platform Cloud Service instance with the Provisioning wizard in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic Console.

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 API Platform Cloud Service.

To create a new Oracle API Platform Cloud Service instance:

Open the service console in one of these ways.
- If you have a Universal Credits subscription, open the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console and then access API Platform Service. See Access Oracle API Platform Cloud Service from the Infrastructure Console.
- If you do not have a Universal Credits subscription, open the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic Console and then access API Platform. See Access Oracle API Platform Cloud Service Classic from the Infrastructure Classic Console.
Click Create Instance.

On the Create New Instance page, provide an instance name, description, notification email, and a region for the service instance.. 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.

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.

On the Service Details page, enter details as appropriate and click Next.
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.

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 Manage Users and Groups with the Infrastructure Classic Console and Install a Gateway Node.