Step 1 - Create a new database using the Web GUI

On the Oracle Database Appliance BUI, click the Database tab in the web page.

You will see the database db1 created during deployment.  In the upper right-hand corner, there is a Create Database button. Click it.  It will bring up the Create Database wizard.

Choose Create Database, and click Next.

Specify the DB Name, for example, db2, and if you are creating a CDB, a PDB Name.  Also remember to scroll down and enter a password that would, in an actual appliance be used for SYS, SYSTEM, and PDB Admin.  When finished, click on the Create button.  Click Yes to confirm.  Beware of the password complexity checker—“WELcome12##” will pass the test.

This will bring up a link to the job status.  Similar to ODACLI, operations on the BUI are asynchronous, and return immediately with a job ID.  That job ID can then be used to monitor progress.  This allows the administrator to perform other tasks if desired while long running operations complete.  Click the job ID to see the status.

In the simulation, the job will complete within 30 seconds.  You can see the various steps running, and their status changing to Success as they complete.  Click the Refresh button to refresh the screen more quickly.  On an actual appliance, these steps take about 20 minutes to complete.

Once the operation completes, click on the Appliance tab and then the Database tab at the top right of the web page.  This should show the newly-created database.  The web pages refreshes every few seconds, so if the database does not show up at first, wait till the page refreshes.

See detailed database information by clicking on the database name, for example, db2.  You can also view the newly-created home by clicking on the Database Home link in the left-hand column of the Database tab.