Prerequisites for Setting up the Simulator

Requirements

• You must have an OCI account and credentials.
• You must also have the VM IP address to access the simulator VM and setup the environment for the Oracle Database Appliance hands-on labs.

Create a Key with PuTTYgen

If you use Putty to create a key, you must create a key with PuTTYgen:

1. Generate key of type RSA.
2. Save the private key.
3. Under Public key for pasting into OpenSSH authorized_keys file:, copy all contents in the box and paste into a text file and save as a .pub file. This is the key you use when you setup the Oracle Database Appliance simulator instance.

Important! You must configure network security rules first to access Oracle Database Appliance BUI.

Configure Network Security Rules

1. Open your OCI application VM and click on your VCN link above Virtual Cloud Network.
2. Click Security Lists in the left panel and click on the Default Security List for your_vcn in the middle of the screen.

3. Click Add Ingress Rules and fill in following information:

   SOURCE TYPE :CIDR 
   SOURCE CIDR :  0.0.0.0/0
    IP PROTOCOL : TCP
   

4. Click Add Ingress Rule.
5. Similarly add egress rule for outgoing traffic, if not already added.