Accessing Oracle Cloud Stack

Use one of the available interfaces to access Oracle Cloud Stack.

Depending on how you signed up for Oracle Cloud, you’ll be directed to either the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console or the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic Console.

Tutorials are also available to help you get started with Oracle Cloud Stack.

Topics

Accessing Cloud Stack from Infrastructure Console

On most Oracle Cloud accounts, you access the Oracle Cloud Stack console from the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console.

Sign in to Oracle Cloud.

If you received a welcome email, use it to identify the URL, your user name, and your temporary password. After signing in, you will be prompted to change your password.
From the Infrastructure Console, click the navigation menu in the top left corner, expand Platform Services, and then select any available service.

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From the service console, click the navigation menu in the top left corner, and then select Cloud Stack.

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The Oracle Cloud Stack console is displayed.

When you access the console for the first time, you’ll see the Welcome Page. Otherwise you’ll see the Stacks Page.

Click Help in the top right corner of a page for links to documentation, tutorials and videos related to the features on that page. Refer to these topics to learn how to create templates and cloud stacks:

Accessing Cloud Stack from the Infrastructure Classic Console

On some older Oracle Cloud accounts, you access the Oracle Cloud Stack console from the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic Console.

Sign in to Oracle Cloud.

If you received a welcome email, use it to identify the URL, your user name, and your temporary password. After signing in, you will be prompted to change your password.
From the Infrastructure Classic Console, click the navigation menu in the top left corner, and then click the name of any available service.

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From the service console, click the navigation menu in the top left corner, and then select Cloud Stack.

The Oracle Cloud Stack console is displayed.

When you access the console for the first time, you’ll see the Welcome Page. Otherwise you’ll see the Stacks Page.

Accessing Cloud Stack from Cloud at Customer

On Oracle Cloud at Customer, you access the Oracle Cloud Stack console from the My Services Dashboard.

Sign in to Oracle Cloud at Customer.
From the My Services Dashboard, click the navigation menu in the top left corner, and then click the name of any available service.

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From the service console, click the navigation menu in the top left corner, and then select Cloud Stack.

The Oracle Cloud Stack console is displayed.

When you access the console for the first time, you’ll see the Welcome Page. Otherwise you’ll see the Stacks Page.

Accessing the CLI

After installing and configuring the Oracle Cloud command line interface (CLI), you can use it to send commands to Oracle Cloud Stack

If you have not yet installed the CLI, perform the tasks described in PaaS Service Manager (PSM) CLI Reference:
Execute this CLI command:
```
psm help
```
Use the output to verify that the Oracle Cloud Stack commands (stack) are available to this account. Similarly, note the other cloud services that are available to this account.
For example:
```
psm help (or psm h)

  o dbcs
     Oracle Database Cloud Service
  o jcs
     Oracle Java Cloud Service
  o accs
     Oracle Application Container Cloud Service
  o stack
     Cloud Stack Manager
```
Note:
If the stack commands are not present, update your CLI installation to the latest version. See Updating the Command Line Interface in PaaS Service Manager (PSM) CLI Reference.
Refer to these topics to learn how to use the CLI to manage templates and create cloud stacks:
- About the Template Life Cycle
- Typical Workflow for Managing Stacks