5.4 Create an Environment

After logging into Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console, you need to create an instance or multiple instances that can be used by different user groups as a self-service.

To create an instance, follow these steps:

  1. Log into Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console.
  2. Under My Application, you will see the list of environments (instances) provisioned for the one or multiple cloud applications. The following details are provided for each environment:
    1. Name: The given name to the cloud application's instance.
    2. Type: The type of the instance.
    3. Life cycle status: The status of the instance.
    4. Region: The region from where this instance is active.
    5. Application URL: The URL to access the instance.
  3. Click Create environment to display the Create environment screen.

    This screen displays a list of Cloud Services with the details like Subscription ID for which the customer is subscribed to and the Region from where these services are operated.

    Note:

    The subscription name for DFCS and AFCS is Financial Services for Accounting Foundation. To easily identify DFCS, click on the subscription name—its instance types are prefixed with DFCS. For example: DFCS Production.

    Note:

    By default, the Cloud Account's home region is displayed, as this is where the cloud environment is deployed. If you want to deploy the Cloud Service environment in a different region, you must subscribe to that specific region. This option is available only when creating an environment for the first time under the subscription. If you are not sure about the Region, contact My Oracle Support (MoS).
  4. Under Environment Details, enter the following information:
    • Name: The name of the new environment or instance.
    • Instance type: Select from the following options:
      • DFCS Production: An environment that will be tagged as Production and can be used for Production activities.
      • DFCS Non-production: An environment that will be tagged as Non-production and which will be used for testing and development purposes. For example, a sandbox environment. For example, a sandbox environment.
      • DFCS Additional XS: For testing extra small-range accounts.
      • DFCS Additional Small: For testing small range accounts.
      • DFCS Additional Medium: For testing medium range accounts.
      • DFCS Additional Large: For testing large range accounts.
      • DFCS Additional XL: For testing extra-large range accounts.
      • Test: An additional test environment for testing and development purposes.

        Note:

        The range corresponds to different scales of hosted accounts:
        • Extra Small (XS): Less than 251
        • Small: 251 - 500
        • Medium: 501 - 1000
        • Large: 1001 - 10,000
        • Extra Large (XL): 10,001 - 150,000
    • Admin email: The email ID with which you have logged into the Cloud Console. You can also enter a different email ID that is part of the Cloud tenancy. For more details, see Managing Users.
    • Admin first name and Admin last name: The first and last names of the Admin.

    Note:

    You can have one Production, one Non-Production, and multiple test instances. The number of instances you can create is dependent on the number of contract subscriptions you have purchased.
  5. Click Create.

    The environment details are added to the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console under the Environments tab with Creating state. Once completed, the created environment is Active. If there are any issues, you can raise a service ticket with My Oracle Support (MoS).

After the details are displayed with Active state, you can click on the Name to open the Environment details page, where you can check the details. You can click on the Service URL in the details to proceed with User Creation and User Group Creation which are discussed in the subsequent topics.

For more information on the deployment of the application, see the Domain section in the Oracle® Data Foundation Cloud Service Data Platform.