Before You Begin
Here are some common terms and concepts that you must be familiar with before you begin.
Oracle Management Cloud Terms
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| Alerts | Information generated in response to an availability issue or when a metric crosses its thresholds. Conditions for generating alerts are defined in Alert Rules. Alerts sent to administrators by using various channels, such as, email and SMS are known as notifications. |
| Alert Rules | A set of rules that define the conditions under which alerts are generated and notifications sent when an alert is raised. Alert conditions consist of a metric, a comparison operator, and thresholds against which metric values are evaluated. |
| Entities | Entities are monitored resources such as databases, host servers, compute resources, or application servers. |
| License Editions | License editions are predefined categories of Oracle Management Cloud offerings. |
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Terms
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| Bucket | A logical container used by Object Storage for storing your data and files. |
| Compartment | A collection of related resources such as virtual machines and databases. |
| Group | A collection of users who need the same type of access to a particular set of resources or compartment. |
| Object Storage | A storage architecture that allows you to store and manage data as objects. |
| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management (IAM) | Allows you to control what type of access a group of users have and to which specific resources. |
| Policy | A statement that defines access on a compartment to a given group. |
| Region | A localized geographic area in which Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is physically hosted. |
| Resource | The cloud object that you create and use when interacting with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. |
| Tenancy | The root compartment that contains all of your organization's compartments and other Oracle Cloud Infrastructure resources. |
For more information on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure terms, see Overview of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure documentation.