Deploying the OCI Instance
The OCI instance configuration procedure includes a multi-dialog wizard that
presents configuration options in the preferred sequence. The ISR has four components to
be installed: Index, RSS, Dashboard, and FACE.
- Create a VM instance by logging into the OCI console and selecting the appropriate region.
- Click Create a VM instance. The Create Computer Instance page appears.
- Enter appropriate information in the following fields:
- Name your instance—Provide a component name
- Choose an operating system—Select Oracle Linux 7.x from Platform image
- Availability Domain—Select the domain to use
- Instance Type—Select Virtual Machine
- Instance Shape—Select either VM.Standard.E2.4 (8 CPUs, 32 GB memory, 4 VNICs) or VM.Standard2.4 (8 CPUs, 60 GB memory, 4 VNICs)
- Virtual cloud network compartment—Select a virtual cloud network compartment
- Virtual cloud network—Select a virtual cloud network
- Subnet compartment—Select a subnet compartment
- Subnet—Select a subnet and choose Assign a public IP address.
- Boot volume—Leave as the default value.
- In the Show Advanced Options,
Management tab, enter appropriate information in the
following fields: (Leave Networking, Image, and Host tabs as default values)
- Choose a compartment for your instance—Select a compartment for your instance
- Choose a fault domain—Select a fault domain
- Click Create to create the instance. The public and private IP of the instance displays.
- Selecting Networks and Subnets—Use the following steps to
select your networks and subnets. The minium ISR deployment typically has four
interfaces.
- Navigate to Computer, Instances, and open your instance.
- Click Stop to stop your instance. The infrastructure cannot add interfaces to an instance when it is running.
- Scroll down to the Attached VNICs section of the instance dialog and click Create VNIC. The Create VNIC dialog box appears.
- Name your VNICs and select the subnets you created for them in the Create VNIC dialog box.
- Click the Start button to restart your instance.
- After configuring all of your VM instances, install the ISR components. See the ISR Installation Guide for more information.