Learn About Network Deployments on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
Planning your network design before deployment
ensures your design accomodates all your requirements and prevent any
barriers to having a successful deployment later. In this best
practices solution, you learn to plan and prepare your network deployments, follow
networking and security best practices, and set your implementation up for
success.
Before You Begin
Before you begin, review the following:
- Deploy a secure landing zone that meets the CIS Foundations Benchmark for Oracle Cloud
- Incorporate Cyber-Resilience Capabilities Into Your OCI Tenancy
Review these topics in the Oracle Cloud
Foundations guide, Cloud
Architecture chapter:
- Building the Network, Network Topology and Securing The Network
- Control and Governance > Naming Conventions
Oracle recommends the following:
- Review the CIS guidelines on https://cisecurity.org/.
- Review the GitHub CIS Landing Zone Quick Start Template repo.
- Know how to use Terraform as the CIS OCI Landing Zone Quick Start Template uses Terraform as the underlying code to deploy the infrastructure.
- Use OCI Architecture Diagram Toolkit for the latest icons and templates.
About Required Services and Roles
This solution requires the following services and roles:
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Networking
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Network Firewall
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Bastion
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure FastConnect
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Notifications
These are the roles needed for each service.
| Service Name: Role | Required to... |
|---|---|
| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: Administrator | Manage the Network stack including VCNs, subnets, security rules, and Bastions. |
| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: Security Administrator | Inspect access to resources such as compute, network, and complete access to observability and management services. |
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