How to Begin with Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service
Get started with the Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service by signing up for a free credit promotion or purchase a subscription.
Here’s how to get started with Exadata Express :
- Learn about Universal Credits. See About Universal Credits in Getting Started with Oracle Cloud. Be sure to log in as a Traditional account user if you want to manage new Exadata Express instances. See How do I manage new Exadata Express Cloud Service instance using Universal Credits?.
- Sign up for a free credit promotion or purchase a subscription. See Requesting and Managing Free Oracle Cloud Promotions or Buying an Oracle Cloud Subscription in Getting Started with Oracle Cloud.
- Activate and verify the service. See Activate Your Order or Activating Your Trial Subscription in Getting Started with Oracle Cloud.
- If you are using trial subscriptions, verify activation. See Verifying That Your Trial Subscription Is Running in Getting Started with Oracle Cloud.
- Learn about users and roles. See Manage Service Users, Roles and Privileges.
- Create accounts for your users and assign them appropriate privileges and roles. See Oracle Cloud User Roles and Privileges in Getting Started with Oracle Cloud.
- Set the password for the database user authorized to perform administrative tasks for your service (
PDB_ADMIN
). See Manage Service Users, Roles and Privileges.