Creating an Environment

This topic provides the procedure for creating Application specific environments.

After creating and activating your Cloud Account, you can login to your cloud account and access the Environments associated with that tenancy.

• Refer to the Prerequisites and add the required policies to the tenancy.
• The Vault and Key must be created in the same tenancy as the environment, before proceeding with the environment creation.

1. Select the Compartment from the drop-down list to view the Environments list.
   The environment list page is displayed.
2. Click Create to open the Create Environment page.
3. Select the Region from the drop-down list.
4. Enter an Unique Name for your environment.
5. Select one of the following Instance Type for the new environment.
   • Production - Set your environment to Production, if it is created for day-to-day usage, with authorized users having assigned roles and privileges.
   • Non-Production - Set your environment to non-production, if the setup is used for development, testing or trial purpose.
6. Provide the valid Admin e-mail ID, Admin First Name and Admin Last Name of the authorized Administrator of this environment.
7. Enter the Last Name of the Administrator.
8. Click Show Advanced options.
   The options to change the compartment, encryption keys and encryption tags is displayed.
9. Access the Encryption tab.
10. Select the option Encrypt Using Customer Managed Keys.
    When this option is selected, the authorized Oracle Support can access your database, after you approve their access request and provide the Encryption Key.
11. Select the Vault ID of the Vault to be associated with the environment, from the drop-down list.
    The vault should exist in the same tenancy. For more information, refer Creating New Vaults .
12. Click the Encryption tab.
13. Select the Key ID of the key to be associated with the environment, from the drop-down list .
    The key should exist in the same tenancy. For more information, refer Creating New Keys.
14. Click Create.

    A welcome email with sign-in instructions is sent to the Admin email address entered during environment creation, after successful creation of an environment.