About the Oracle SOA Cloud Service User Interface

Explore the Oracle SOA Cloud Service user interface pages.

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Explore the Oracle SOA Cloud Service Welcome Page

You can use the Oracle SOA Cloud Service Welcome page to get started using Oracle SOA Cloud Service.

When you access Oracle SOA Cloud Service the first time for an account, you will see the Welcome page, where you can explore videos and tutorials about Oracle SOA Cloud Service.

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Use the Oracle SOA Cloud Service Welcome page to perform the following tasks:

Get started by stepping through the tutorials.
Discover Oracle SOA Cloud Service by watching video demonstrations of key tasks.
Learn what’s new and noteworthy in the current release of Oracle SOA Cloud Service.
Learn about Oracle SOA Cloud Service by selecting your role to customize your learning path.
Navigate to the Oracle SOA Cloud Service Console.

The following table describes the key information shown on the Oracle SOA Cloud Service Welcome page.

Element	Description
Instances	Click to navigate to the Oracle SOA Cloud Service Console. See Explore the Oracle SOA Cloud Service Console.
Welcome!	Click to redisplay this page.
Watch Video	Click to see a video about how to get started with Oracle SOA Cloud Service.
Follow Tutorial	Click to complete tutorials about how to get started with Oracle SOA Cloud Service.
Go to Console	Click to navigate to the Oracle SOA Cloud Service Console. See Explore the Oracle SOA Cloud Service Console.
See what’s new and noteworthy in this release	Click to read What's New for Oracle SOA Cloud Service.
Discover	Watch videos that demonstrate how to perform key tasks.
Learn	Click your role to customize your learning path.

Explore the Oracle SOA Cloud Service Console

You can use the Oracle SOA Cloud Service Console to view all existing Oracle SOA Cloud Service instances and to create new instances.

Oracle SOA Cloud Service Console in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

The following table describes the key information shown on the Oracle SOA Cloud Service Console.

Element	Description
Instances tab	Click to navigate to the Oracle SOA Cloud Service Console (this page).
Activity tab	Click to navigate to the Oracle SOA Cloud Service Console Activity page.
QuickStarts	(Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic only) Click to create a QuickStart instance. See Quickly Try Out an Instance in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic.
Welcome!	Click to display the Welcome page.
Summary panel	Shows the following information: Instances: Number of Oracle SOA Cloud Service instances in the identity domain. OCPUs: Total number of Oracle Compute Units (OCPUs) allocated across all Oracle SOA Cloud Service instances. Memory: Total amount of memory in GBs allocated across all Oracle SOA Cloud Service instances. Storage: Total amount of block storage in GBs allocated across all Oracle SOA Cloud Service instances. Public IPs: Total number of IP reservations allocated across all Oracle SOA Cloud Service instances.
Instances	All Oracle SOA Cloud Service instances in the identity domain, with search fields to filter the list of instances.
Create Instance	Create a new Oracle SOA Cloud Service instance. See Provision an Oracle SOA Cloud Service Instance.
instance name	Name of an Oracle SOA Cloud Service instance with the following summary details: An icon indicating current instance status: The instance is up and running. The instance is being created. The instance is undergoing maintenance or terminating. The instance has failed to be created. This icon can also mean that the service instance has stopped. See the Activity page. The instance name. Click the instance name to access more details about the instance and administration tasks, such as backup and restore. Status: Current status of the instance. Version: Version of Oracle WebLogic Server configured for the instance. Valid values are: 12.2.1.4.0, 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.2.0 (deprecated), and 12.1.3.0 (deprecated). Edition: Edition configured for the instance, which is always Suite Edition. For more information about this edition, see Explore WebLogic Server and click WebLogic Suite. Nodes: Number of nodes allocated for the instance. Created On: When provisioning is complete, date and time in UTC that the instance was created. OCPUs: Number of OCPUs allocated for the instance. Memory: Amount of memory in GBs allocated for the instance. Storage: Amount of storage in GBs allocated for the instance. Click to select the following actions (the actions shown are dependent on the instance configuration): Open WebLogic Server Administration Console to open the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console. Open Service Bus Console to open the Oracle Service Bus Console. Open SOA Composer to open Oracle SOA Composer. Open B2B Console to open the Oracle B2B Console. Open Load Balancer Console to open the console to administer the load balancer, if a load balancer has been configured for the instance. See Administer the Load Balancer for an Oracle SOA Cloud Service Instance. Open MFT Console to open the Oracle Managed File Transfer Console. Open Fusion Middleware Control Console to open the Oracle Fusion Middleware Control Console to administer your application environment. Open Worklist Application to open the Oracle Worklist Application. Open BAM Composer to open the Oracle BAM Composer. Start \| Stop \| Restart. See Stop, Start, or Restart an Oracle SOA Cloud Service Instance. Access Rules (for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic only). See Manage Access Rules for an Oracle SOA Cloud Service Instance. Add SSH Access to add a new SSH public key to the instance if needed. See Add an SSH Public Key. Add Tags or Manage Tags to create or manage tags for the instance. See Create, Assign, and Unassign Tags. Change License Type to change the license type of the instance (BYOL or Cloud License). See Change the License Type for an Oracle SOA Cloud Service Instance. Delete to delete the service instance. In the Delete Instance dialog, set the following options and click Delete: Force service deletion: (Optional) Select this check box if you want the service instance to be deleted even if the database deployment cannot be reached to delete the database schemas. If enabled, you may need to delete the associated database schemas manually on the database deployment if they are not deleted as part of the service instance delete operation. Administration User Name: Enter the name of the database administrator user that was specified when the database deployment was created. This user owns the instance’s repository and schemas. If you have specified two databases, specify the name of the administrator for the database deployment for the Oracle required schema. Password: Enter the Database Administrator user password for the database deployment that contains the Oracle required schema See Delete an Oracle SOA Cloud Service Instance.
Instance Create and Delete History	Shows details about created or deleted instances. Select the time period for which you are interested in viewing created and failed service instances. Show only failed attempts: Select this check box if you want to see failed attempts only. Details: Displays system messages logged during the creation or deletion process. Messages include information about auto-retry attempts.

Explore the Oracle SOA Cloud Service Administration Page for Backups

You can use the Backups tab on the Administration page to back up and restore an Oracle SOA Cloud Service instance.

Oracle SOA Cloud Service Backups tab on the Administration page in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Element	Description
Click to view the following information about the instance: Service Level Region Created By Created On Description License Identity Domain Metering Frequency Subscription id
	Click the Overview tile to access the Oracle SOA Cloud Service Instance Overview page at any time.
Summary Table	The blue summary table at the top of the tab lists the following information: Status of incremental backups, including: The scheduled time for incremental backups The total amount of space, in MB or GB, that backups occupy in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage Classic container for storing backups. This amount includes space that is occupied by backups that have been manually uploaded to the container, if any, in addition to the space occupied by backups that Oracle SOA Cloud Service has moved there. Status of full backups, including how much data has been used. The total amount of space, in MB or GB, that local copies of backups occupy in the backup volume on the block storage of the virtual machine where the Administration Server is running. The size of the last successful backup as a percentage of the available space that backups occupy in the backup volume on the block storage of the virtual machine where the Administration Server is running.
Available Backups	List of available backups. By default, only backups for the last 7 days are listed. Use the search fields to specify a range of dates for which you want backups returned, then click . Click to select the following actions: Backup Now to create an on-demand backup of the instance. See Initiate an On-Demand Backup of an Oracle SOA Cloud Service Instance. Configure Backups to set when scheduled backups occur and to specify how backups are stored. See: Update Backup and Recovery Credentials Configure Automated Backups for an Oracle SOA Cloud Service Instance Disable Backups to disable backups for the instance. This includes both automated and on-demand backups. Enable Backups to reenable backups for the instance. In the list of backups, the icons for each backup indicate status, with a timestamp indicating when the backup was started. Click the icon for additional information: The backup is in progress. It will not be available for use in restoring the service instance until it is completed. The backup completed. It is available for use in restoring the instance if needed. The scheduled backup completed, after which Oracle SOA Cloud Service tried but failed to move or delete one or more older backups. For information about when and why Oracle SOA Cloud Service moves or deletes older backups, see Where Backups Are Stored. The backup is still available for use in restoring the service instance. To find out why Oracle SOA Cloud Service could not move or remove the older backup, place the cursor over the icon. The presence of the older backup may cause future backups to fail because of insufficient space. For information about how to prevent future backups from failing in this way see Problems with Backup and Restoration. Each backup includes the following information: Type: A comma-separated pair of words that describes the type of the backup. The first word in the pair describes the extent of the backup: Incremental—The backup contains only the runtime artifacts of each managed virtual machine in the service instance. Full—The backup contains runtime artifacts and files that change infrequently or do not change. The second word in the pair indicates how the backup was initiated: If the backup was initiated automatically at the scheduled time, Scheduled is displayed. If the backup was initiated by a user, the name of the user is displayed. If the backup was initiated in response to another management operation by a user, the name of the user is displayed. See How Backups Are Initiated. Available Until: The date and time until which the backup will be retained. Click Notes to display the notes that were provided when the backup was created or the restoration was performed. Click to select the following actions: Restore to restore the instance from the backup. See Restore an Oracle SOA Cloud Service Instance from a Backup. Delete to delete the backup. See Delete a Backup.
Restore History	Expand to display a list of all the restoration operations on this service instance. By default, only restoration operations for the last 7 days are listed. Use the search fields to specify a range of dates for which you want restore history, then click . Select Include unsuccessful restore attempts to include the unsuccessful restoration operations in the list. In the list of restoration operations, the icons for each restoration indicate status, with a timestamp indicating when the restoration was started. Click the icon for additional information: The restoration operation completed. The restoration operation is in progress. The restoration attempt was unsuccessful. Each restoration operation includes the following information: From Backup: The date and time when the backup from which the service instance was restored was created. Status: The status of the restoration operation (Completed, In Progress, or Failed). Click the status to see detailed status messages for the operation. Click Notes to display the notes that were provided when the backup was created or the restoration was performed.

Explore the Oracle SOA Cloud Service Administration Page for Patching

The Patching tab on the Administration page of the Oracle SOA Cloud Service Console is not supported by Oracle SOA Cloud Service.

This page is not used for patching Oracle SOA Cloud Service instances. Instead, refer to About Managing Patches for Instances Provisioned With Earlier Releases.

Oracle SOA Cloud Service Patching tab on the Administration page in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Explore the Oracle SOA Cloud Service Activity Page

You can use the Activity page to search for and review Oracle SOA Cloud Service activities that have occurred in your identity domain. To access this page, click the Activity tab in the Oracle SOA Cloud Service Console.

Instance Overview page in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Element	Description
Search Activity Log	Details about search activity: Start Time Range: Set date values to list only operations started within a specified time range. The range defaults to the previous 24 hours. Operation Status: Select one or more status types to list operations of only the selected status types: All (default) Scheduled Running Succeeded Failed Instance Name: Enter an instance name to list operations only for that instance. You can enter a full or partial service instance name. Service Type: Select a service type to list operations only for instances of that service type. The default value is the current cloud service type. Operation: Select one or more to list only those operations. You can select any subset of the given operations. Default: All.
Search	Searches for activities by applying the filters specified by the fields abvoe, and displays matching operations in the list.
Reset	Clears the Start Time Range and Instance Name fields, and returns the Operation Status and Operation fields to their default values.
Results per page	Select the number of results you want to view per page. The default value is 10.
	Click next to an operation to show and hide status messages for the operation.

Explore the Oracle SOA Cloud Service IP Reservations Page

This topic applies only to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic.

You can use the IP Reservations page to search for and view the existing IP reservations. To access this page, click the IP Reservations tab in the Oracle SOA Cloud Service Console.

Element	Description
Search IP Reservations by name or region	Enter a full or partial IP reservation name or region name and click the search icon to search for a particular IP reservation.
Create	Create a new IP reservation. See Create an IP Reservation.