Signing In to the OCI Console

Signing into the OCI Console differs depending on whether or not your cloud account uses identity domains.

Note:

If you are not sure if your cloud account uses identity domains, see About Setting Up Users and Groups.

Signing In to the Console in Cloud Accounts That Use Identity Domains

If your cloud account uses identity domains, you sign in to the OCI Console as a user configured in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management (IAM).

1. Go to http://cloud.oracle.com.
2. Enter your cloud account name and click Next.
3. Select the default domain.

   

4. Enter the user name and password provided in the welcome email, and click Sign In.
   The OCI Console is shown.
5. Explore categories and options in the navigation menu.

   • Open the navigation menu and click Developer Services. Under Visual Builder, click Visual Builder. Use this landing page to access, create, and manage Visual Builder instances.

     
     
     
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     Click pin to save the selection under the Pinned category on the Home page.

   • Open the navigation menu and click Identity & Security. Under Identity, click identity links to to create compartments and domains if needed, and to perform tasks related to identity management. See Setting Up Users and Groups.

Signing In to the Console in Cloud Accounts That Do Not Use Identity Domains

If your cloud account does not use identity domains, you sign in to the OCI Console as a user federated through Oracle Identity Cloud Service. A federated environment enables business partners to integrate in the identity management realm by providing a mechanism for users to share identity information across respective security domains.

1. Go to http://cloud.oracle.com.
2. Enter your cloud account name and click Next.

   Identity options are displayed.

   
   

   
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   • The upper portion displays federated sign in (Visual Builder is federated with IDCS).

   • The lower portion displays native Identity and Access Management (IAM) options standard to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

   Note:

   If no federated sign in options are displayed in the upper portion, your tenancy requires manual federation. Sign in as an administrator using native IAM credentials and complete federation, including group mapping. See Understanding Federation and Manually Federating Your Tenancy.

   Under Single Sign-On (SSO) options, note the identity provider selected in the Identity Providers field and click Continue.

   The IDCS sign in screen is shown.

3. Enter the user name and password provided in the welcome email, and click Sign In.
   The OCI Console is displayed.
4. Explore categories and options in the navigation menu.

   • Open the navigation menu and click Developer Services. Under Visual Builder, click Visual Builder. Use this landing page to access, create, and manage Visual Builder instances.

     
     
     
     Description of the illustration admin-console-visualbuilder.png
     
     

     Click pin to save the selection under the Pinned category on the Home page.

   • Open the navigation menu and click Identity & Security. Under Identity, click identity links to to create compartments if needed, and to perform tasks related to identity management. See Setting Up Users and Groups.