OCI IaaS Configuration

Follow these instructions to deploy Oracle SD-WAN Edge Virtual Appliance on Oracle's Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) as a Virtual Machine(VM) to provide connectivity to IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) resources.

1. Log in to Oracle Cloud and select the region where you want to deploy.
2. Enter your credentials, then enter your cloud tenant ID.
3. From the navigation bar, in Networking, Virtual Cloud Networks, create a new virtual network with the following configuration:
   • Security list: It is recommended to use stateless lists for WAN/LAN interfaces. The LAN security list can be configured as needed. The WAN security list will need to have UDP port 2156 open, at minimum, as this is the default WAN service port. Management ports, however, can be stateful, and should be used as follows
     • SSH—TCP port 22
     • NTP—UDP port 123
     • HTTPS—TCP port 443
   • Subnet configuration: Subnets must be created for management access, LAN access, and WAN access.
   • Internet gateway: Create a default internet gateway.
   • Route table: Use the default.
   • DHCP options: Use the default.
4. From the VCN Compartment dialog, open the drop-down menu and click on Object Storage.
5. If there is no bucket available, create one by clicking on the Create Bucket button.
6. Select your bucket and click on the Upload Object button.
7. Locate your image and upload it to the bucket.

   Note:

   The image must be in qcow2 format.
8. On the Overflow menu, click on Create a pre-authenticated request.
9. Click on the Permit Read On The Object to enable read permissions.
10. Click on the Create Pre-Authenticated Request button.
11. On the Pre-Authenticated Request Details menu, click on the copy link under the Pre-authenticated request URL field. You will use this URL to access your image.
12. Go to Compute, Custom Images.
13. On the Import Image dialog, select the compartment from the Create in Compartment option.
14. Type a name in the Name field.
15. On the Operating System drop-down, select Linux.
16. Paste the pre-authenticated request URL into the Object Storage URL field.
17. From the Image Type radio buttons, select QCOW2.
18. From the Launch Mode radio buttons, select Paravirtualized Mode.
19. Go to Compute, Instances from the menu.
20. Click on the Create Instance button.
21. Select the uploaded custom image from the Create Compute Instance dialog.
22. Enter a name and an availability domain.
23. Select Virtual Machine as the instance type.
24. Select the VM.Standard2.4 shape.
25. In the Configure Networking section, select the VCN compartment, VCN, subnet compartment, and subnet for the management interface.
26. Click on the Show Advanced Options link, then select Hardware-assisted SR-IOV networking on the Networking tab.
27. Leave the Boot Volume parameters at its default.
28. Optional: Add an SSH key for logging into the appliance with SSH in the Add SSH Key section.
29. Click on the Create button.
30. Go to Compute, Instances and open the instance.
31. Click on the Stop button. Interfaces cannot be added to an instance while it is running.
32. In the Attached VNICs section, click on the Create VNIC button.
33. Name the VNICs and select the subnets you created.
34. Repeat the last two steps for the number of LAN/WAN interfaces you are adding, in the order you want them to be in.
35. Click on the Start button.

You can now access the Oracle SD-WAN Edge instance through its management interface.