1.2 Prerequisites

Ensure that your OCI environment meets the deployment requirements.

• An Oracle Cloud account:
  • Sign up for an Oracle Cloud account: How Do I Sign Up?
  • Sign in for the first time: Sign In to Oracle Cloud For the First Time
  • Sign in to Oracle Cloud: Oracle Cloud Account
• Access to an assigned Oracle Cloud tenancy. You must create a compartment in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) in your assigned tenancy where the stack can create resources. See:
  • Setting Up Your Tenancy
  • Managing Compartments
• Ensure that the stack is available in your OCI region.
• Verify that you have permissions to create OCI networking, Compute, Kubernetes, storage, IAM, and optional Autonomous Database resources in the compartment.
• Obtain an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Registry (OCIR) user name and authentication token. See Logging in to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Registry.
• Ensure that your tenancy has sufficient service limits for all required resources, such as file storage, load balancers, and OKE worker nodes. See Minimum Resource Requirements.
• Run the following command to generate a 32-byte encryption key file for MicroTx Workflows.

  openssl rand -hex 32 > encryption.key

  The command creates an encryption key file named encryption.key. Note the name and location of this file as you will provide it later. For more details on encryption algorithm, see Generate a Kubernetes Secret for an Encryption Key

• Decide whether you want the stack to deploy a new Autonomous AI Database instance or if you want to connect to an existing instance of Oracle Database 19c or later.
• To use an existing instance of Oracle Database 19c or later:
  • Grant privileges to the database user to create and run stored procedures. See Grant Privileges to Database User
  • Upload the wallet ZIP file, if required, to Object Storage in OCI and create a read-only pre-authenticated request (PAR) URL. See Creating an Object Storage Pre-Authenticated Request. Note down the PAR URL as you will need to provide it later while creating the stack.

• MicroTx Security Configuration when using Oracle IAM as Identity Provider
  This topic provides instructions for Oracle IAM (IDCS) security configurations in MicroTx.