Accessing Oracle Developer Cloud Service

You can access Oracle Developer Cloud Service from the Oracle Cloud web user interface and from Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse (OEPE), NetBeans IDE, and JDeveloper.

Accessing Oracle Developer Cloud Service Using the Web Interface

To access Oracle Developer Cloud Service, you would require the identity domain name, username, and the password of your account.

To sign in to Oracle Developer Cloud Service:

1. Sign in to Oracle Cloud and open the Oracle Cloud dashboard page.

   For more information about the signup process, see Sign Up for the Free Oracle Cloud Promotion in Getting Started with Oracle Cloud.

2. On the Oracle Cloud Dashboard, in the Developer tile, click Action and select Open Service Console.
   If the Developer tile is not visible, click Customize Dashboard. Under Platform, find the Developer service, click Show, and then close the Customize Dashboard window.

   If the Developer service is not available in the Customize Dashboard window, switch to the traditional identity domain. On the Dashboard page, in the top-right corner, select the traditional identity domain from the Identity Domain drop-down list. On the updated Oracle Cloud Dashboard page, locate the Developer tile. If the Developer tile is not visible, open the Customize Dashboard window, find the Developer service, click Show, and then close the Customize Dashboard window.

3. Enter the identity domain in Identity Domain and click Go. Select the Remember my choice check box to remember your identity domain next time you log in.
   You will find the details in the subscription email Welcome to Oracle Cloud. If you were invited to Oracle Cloud, you will find the details in the email New Account Information.
4. Enter username and password, and click Sign In.

If you are signing in to Oracle Developer Cloud Service for the first time, you get an email with the subject Verify your Oracle Developer Cloud Service. Open the email and click the URL link in the email body to verify your email. This is required for receiving email notifications that you subscribe to in Oracle Developer Cloud Service.

After your email address is verified, you receive another email with the subject Welcome to Oracle Developer Cloud Service. The email contains the Oracle Developer Cloud Service account URL that you can use to open the Oracle Developer Cloud Service web interface.

After you log in to Oracle Developer Cloud Service, Oracle Cloud displays the Project Home page. See About the Oracle Developer Cloud Service Project Home Page.

About the Oracle Developer Cloud Service Project Home Page

The Project Home page is the first page that you see when you sign in to Oracle Developer Cloud Service. It displays projects that you are a member of, your favorite projects, projects that you own, and all shared projects of the organization.

To search for a project, you can use the filter toggle buttons and the search box. To open a project, click its name link. At any time, from any page, if you want to return to the Project Home page, click the in the header.

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Accessing Oracle Developer Cloud Service from IDEs

Besides the Oracle Cloud web interface, Oracle Developer Cloud Service also provides connections via these IDEs: OEPE, NetBeans IDE, and JDeveloper.

The following table describes the interfaces to Oracle Developer Cloud Service:

Type of Access	Description	More Information
Oracle Developer Cloud Service interface in OEPE	Enables a user to clone a Git repository, commit source code, manage issues, and monitor builds.	Using Eclipse IDE with Oracle Developer Cloud Service
Oracle Developer Cloud Service interface in NetBeans IDE	Enables a user to create a project, clone a Git repository, commit source code, manage issues, and monitor builds.	Using NetBeans IDE with Oracle Developer Cloud Service
Oracle Developer Cloud Service interface in Oracle JDeveloper	Enables a user to commit source code to a Git repository.	Using Oracle JDeveloper with Oracle Developer Cloud Service

You can use REST APIs from OEPE to access the build job creation functions. See the remote access API documentation at http://wiki.eclipse.org/Remote_access_API.

You can also use the Git command line interface to access Git repositories. See Using the Git Command Line Interface.