1. Administering Oracle Java Cloud Service
  2. Create an Oracle Java Cloud Service Instance
  3. Create an Oracle Java Cloud Service Instance by Using a QuickStart Template

Create an Oracle Java Cloud Service Instance by Using a QuickStart Template

QuickStart templates give you the fastest, easiest way to create an Oracle Java Cloud Service instance.

Note:

QuickStart is not available for Oracle Cloud accounts that include only Oracle Cloud Infrastructure regions, or include a mix of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic regions.

Note:

You must have a Universal Credits subscription in order to use QuickStart. This feature is not available to other subscription types.

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Create a QuickStart Instance

Use the QuickStart page to choose from one of the available Oracle Java Cloud Service templates. These templates are executed with Oracle Cloud Stack.

The Bring Your Own License (BYOL) option enables you to bring your on-premises Oracle WebLogic Server licenses to Oracle Cloud. BYOL instances are billed at a lower rate than other instances. See Frequently Asked Questions: Oracle BYOL to PaaS. If your cloud account includes the BYOL entitlement for Oracle Java Cloud Service, then all QuickStart instances use BYOL. If you prefer not to use BYOL, then create a custom service instance.

Note:

Before you scale up or scale out a BYOL instance, you must have enough WebLogic Server licenses for the additional OCPUs that will be allocated to the instance after it is scaled.

Oracle Java Cloud Service generates the user name and password that you will need to administer the Oracle WebLogic Server and the Load Balancer components in the selected configuration. This same password is also used to administer the Oracle Database. Oracle Java Cloud Service generates an archive file for you to download, which contains:

  • A text file with the administrator user name and password for WebLogic Server and the Load Balancer

  • A copy of the Secure Shell (SSH) public key that will be associated with each of the nodes in this configuration

  • The corresponding SSH private key, which will be necessary to access any of the nodes in this configuration

To create a service instance:

  1. Access the Oracle Java Cloud Service console and click the QuickStarts link.

    Alternatively, from the Infrastructure Classic Console click Create Instance. Within the Featured Services tab or All Services tab, click the Create button for the Java option.

  2. On the QuickStarts page, enter an Instance Name, or accept the default name.

    This value will also be used as the base name for the Oracle Database Cloud Service deployment: <instanceName>DBCS.

  3. Click the Create button below the template you want to provision:
  4. From the confirmation dialog, click the Download link. When prompted by your web browser, save this archive file to your local machine.

    The Create button is now enabled.

  5. Click Create.

    The Stacks page displays. Your new cloud stack is <instanceName>QS.

  6. Click the name of the stack.
  7. On the Stack Details page, periodically refresh this page to monitor the progress of the new Oracle Database Cloud Service instance and Oracle Java Cloud Service instance.

Click the name of your new Oracle Java Cloud Service instance to view its details or perform management operations. To return to the Oracle Cloud Stack console at a later time, click Navigation Menu icon at the top left corner of the page (next to the Oracle logo), and then choose Cloud Stack.

Next steps:

Simple Java Web App

This Oracle Java Cloud Service template is comprised of a single Oracle WebLogic Server node and a single Oracle Database node.

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When you execute this template, Oracle Cloud provisions an Oracle Java Cloud Service instance as well as an Oracle Database Cloud Service deployment. This simple template implements a typical development or test Java EE environment, or a production environment for a departmental Java EE application that doesn’t require high availability 24 hours a day. It requires a total of 2 OPCUs.

This template includes:

  • WebLogic Server 12c (12.2) Enterprise Edition installation.

  • Oracle Database 12c (12.2) Standard Edition installation.

  • Single node running a WebLogic Administration Server and a single WebLogic Managed Server. Use the Administration Server to perform administration tasks like configuring Java EE resources and deploying applications. These applications are hosted on the WebLogic Managed Server, and are accessed by end users and other external clients.

  • Single node running Oracle Database. This database has 25 GB of total space and is provisioned with the required schemas for running Oracle Java Cloud Service.

You can scale up your WebLogic Server node at a later time if your applications require more compute or storage capacity. Similarly, you can add more compute or storage capacity to the database. You cannot add more nodes to a Standard Edition instance (scaling out).

You can enable automatic backups on this service instance after creating it.

Multi-Tier Java EE App with High Availability

This Oracle Java Cloud Service template is comprised of multiple Oracle WebLogic Server nodes to ensure maximum availability. External clients access your applications through a load balancer node.

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When you execute this template, Oracle Cloud provisions an Oracle Java Cloud Service instance as well as an Oracle Database Cloud Service deployment. This template implements a typical, production-level Java EE environment that requires high availability of the application tier. A separate load balancer tier transparently distributes incoming client requests across the application tier. This template requires a total of 5 OPCUs.

This template includes:

  • WebLogic Server 12c (12.2) Enterprise Edition installation.

  • Oracle Database 12c (12.2) Enterprise Edition installation.

  • One node running a WebLogic Administration Server and a WebLogic Managed Server. Use the Administration Server to perform administration tasks like configuring Java EE resources and deploying applications.

  • One node running a second WebLogic Managed Server. Both Managed Servers are part of a single cluster for high availability. Applications are hosted on these Managed Servers.

  • Two nodes running an enterprise-grade load balancer (Oracle Traffic Director). End users and other external clients access applications via the load balancers. Each load balancer node has its own public IP address.

  • One node running Oracle Database. This database has 256 GB of total space and is provisioned with the required schemas for running Oracle Java Cloud Service.

You can scale your service instance at a later time if your applications require additional capacity. Similarly, you can add more compute or storage capacity to the database.

You can enable automatic backups on this service instance after creating it.

Highly Available Java EE App with Caching

This Oracle Java Cloud Service template is comprised of multiple Oracle WebLogic Server nodes to ensure maximum availability. To optimize performance, applications deployed to WebLogic Server can also take advantage of an Oracle Coherence node running an in-memory data cache.

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When you execute this template, Oracle Cloud provisions an Oracle Java Cloud Service instance as well as an Oracle Database Cloud Service deployment. This template implements a high-performance, production-level Java EE environment that requires high availability of the application tier. A separate load balancer tier transparently distributes incoming client requests across the application tier. Finally, a data grid tier enables you to predictably scale applications by providing fast access to frequently used data. This template requires a total of 6 OPCUs.

This template includes:

  • WebLogic Server 12c (12.2) Suite installation.

  • Oracle Database 12c (12.2) Enterprise Edition installation.

  • One node running a WebLogic Administration Server and a WebLogic Managed Server. Use the Administration Server to perform administration tasks like configuring Java EE resources and deploying applications.

  • One node running a second WebLogic Managed Server. Both Managed Servers are part of a single cluster for high availability. Applications are hosted on these Managed Servers.

  • Two nodes running an enterprise-grade load balancer (Oracle Traffic Director). End users and other external clients access applications via the load balancers. Each load balancer node has its own public IP address.

  • One node running Oracle Coherence and configured with a 1.5 GB in-memory cache. Applications can use the Coherence API to cache and retrieve data.

  • One node running Oracle Database. This database has 512 GB of total space and is provisioned with the required schemas for running Oracle Java Cloud Service.

You can scale this environment in a number of different ways as your applications require additional capacity. Similarly, you can add more compute or storage capacity to the database.

You can enable automatic backups on this service instance after creating it.

Compare QuickStart Templates

Compare the attributes of each Oracle Java Cloud Service QuickStart template, including the amount of cloud resources that each template consumes.

Attribute Simple Java Web App Multi-Tier Java EE App with High Availability Highly Available Java EE App with Caching

OCPUs

2

5

6

Memory

15 GB

38 GB

45 GB

Total Storage (approx.)

225 GB

635 GB

850 GB

Database Storage

25 GB

256 GB

512 GB

Public IP Addresses

2

4

4

WebLogic Server Version

12c (12.2.1)

12c (12.2.1)

12c (12.2.1)

WebLogic Server Edition

Standard

Enterprise

Suite

Oracle Database Version

12c (12.2.1)

12c (12.2.1)

12c (12.2.1)

Oracle Database Edition

Standard

Enterprise

Enterprise

Total Nodes

2

5

6

WebLogic Server Nodes

1

2

2

Oracle Database Nodes

1

1

1

Load Balancer Nodes

0

2

2

Coherence Nodes

0

0

1

Backups Enabled

No

No

No