1 Introduction to Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Security

The Oracle Private Cloud Appliance is an engineered system that combines customer-premise-based hardware and preloaded software with a cloud component that runs entirely within the customer data center and on-premises network. Although there is no Oracle Cloud Infrastructure account involved, Oracle Private Cloud Appliance offers core Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services, and is fully compatible with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services such as Compute, Network, Block Volume Storage, Object Storage, File System Storage, Identity and Access Management, and some other smaller or less visible elements. Because Oracle Private Cloud Appliance is disconnected, it also has its own control plane implementation, known as the Service Enclave.

This engineered system is installed by Oracle, which provides a level of security independent of local practices. However, this also requires the system administrators to understand exactly what is provided as a security baseline. Then the administrators can adjust security practices and configurations to achieve the desired level of security needed for their specific circumstances.