Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Tutorial: Launching Your First Instance

In this tutorial, you'll learn the basic features of Compute Cloud@Customer by performing some guided steps to create and connect to an instance. After your instance is up and running, this tutorial steps you through creating and attaching a block volume to your instance.

This tutorial also includes optional instructions for deleting all the resources you create.

Prerequisites

To successfully perform this tutorial, you must have the following prerequisites in place.

  • You must be able to sign in to the Compute Cloud@Customer Console using your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) account.

  • You must be able to sign in to Oracle Cloud Console using your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) account. Or have access to a compartment where you can create resources.

  • An SSH key pair that's used for user authentication in the instance. If you want to create a key pair for this tutorial, see Managing Key Pairs on Linux Instances.

Tutorial Tasks

Task 1: Create a Compartment

Task 2: Create a Virtual Cloud Network (VCN)

Task 3: Create a Subnet

Task 4: Create an Internet Gateway and Configure Route Rules

Task 5: Launch an Instance

Task 6: Get the Instance IP Address

Task 7: Connect to Your Instance

Task 8: Add a Block Volume

Task 9: Attach the Block Volume to an Instance

Task 10: (Optional) Clean Up Resources