1. Extending Oracle Cloud Applications with Visual Builder Studio
  2. Build an Extension
  3. Preview, Share, and Publish Your Extension
  4. Publish Your Extension
  5. Create or Renew OAuth Tokens to Deploy Your Extension

Create or Renew OAuth Tokens to Deploy Your Extension

When the Oracle Cloud Applications instance in your environment is not in the same identity domain as your VB Studio instance, you can use OAuth tokens to access the Oracle Cloud Applications instance and deploy your extension.

VB Studio leverages OAuth 2.0 flows via IDCS to secure programmatic access to your Oracle Cloud Applications instance. While Basic authentication is also an option, OAuth tokens eliminate the use of passwords in service-to-service REST interactions and centralize trust management between clients and servers.
  1. If you want to use OAuth tokens, use the step-by-step instructions here to set up your OAuth configuration:
  2. To create OAuth tokens, you first need to authorize IDCS to acquire the OAuth tokens for accessing the target instance, as indicated by the Authorization is required message. If this was not done as part of the setup, click Authorize when prompted, then sign in to IDCS with credentials to access the Oracle Cloud Applications instance.
  3. OAuth tokens (access and refresh) are typically cycled during regular use. If a token expires during extended periods of inactivity (say, when you're away on vacation), you might see No Auth or Auth expired messages, in which case you'll need to renew the token:
    • To renew OAuth tokens on the Environments page, click Actions Three horizontal dots and select Renew OAuth Access.
    • To renew OAuth tokens on the Builds page, locate your deploy or delete build, then on the Steps tab, click Renew Authorization.