Set Up Fast and Secure Connections to Oracle Cloud

This topic does not apply to Oracle Cloud at Customer.

When you create a service instance, compute nodes are created in Oracle Cloud to host the components of the service instance. Your service users may need to connect to these nodes and the applications running on them. For example, service administrators may create SSH connections to the nodes. And end users may access applications deployed in the service through the ports that the applications listen for requests on.

You can connect to the public IP addresses of the compute nodes in Oracle Cloud over the internet. The connection speed would vary depending on the bandwidth of your internet connection and other factors. The security of your connection would depend on the protocol you use. For example, traffic over SSH and HTTPS connections is encrypted; HTTP traffic isn’t encrypted. Oracle offers the following faster and more secure solutions to connect to Oracle Cloud.

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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure FastConnect

With Oracle Cloud Infrastructure FastConnect, traffic between your network and Oracle Cloud uses a direct and dedicated connection, bypassing the internet. You can also set up IPSec VPN tunnels over FastConnect connections.

Speed: When subscribing to FastConnect, you can opt for a port speed based on your business needs.

Cloud endpoints: You can connect to the public and private IP addresses of the compute nodes in Oracle Cloud.

Setup: Requires a subscription to FastConnect, and additional configuration for private peering. You can access all your service accounts within a site or region with a single FastConnect connection. The setup procedure varies depending on the compute infrastructure that your service instance is created in.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: See FastConnect Overview in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure documentation.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic: See Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure FastConnect Classic.

VPN

This topic does not apply to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Identify the Cloud Infrastructure Used by a Service Instance.

With Oracle's VPN solutions, all the data to and from Oracle Cloud is transported in an encrypted form over IPSec-based tunnels through the internet.

Speed: The speed depends on the bandwidth of your internet connection.

Cloud endpoints: You can connect to the public and private IP addresses of the compute nodes in Oracle Cloud.

Setup: You must create a VPN gateway in the cloud (one gateway per site or region) and connect it to an on-premises VPN gateway.

The VPN setup procedure depends on the cloud network type (IP network or shared network) that your nodes are attached to and your on-premises gateway device type.

Oracle Cloud Network Type	On-Premises Gateway	Setup Instructions
IP network	Third-party device	(recommended) Setting Up a VPN Connection Using VPNaaS in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic Setting Up VPN from a Third-Party Gateway to an IP Network in Oracle Cloud
IP network	Corente Services Gateway	Setting Up VPN from a Corente Services Gateway to an IP Network in Oracle Cloud
Shared network	Third-party device	Setting Up VPN from a Third-Party Gateway On-Premises to the Shared Network
Shared network	Corente Services Gateway	Setting Up VPN from Corente Services Gateway On-Premises to the Shared Network