Perform General Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Prerequisite Tasks
As a first step towards getting started with Database Management for HeatWave and External MySQL, your tenancy administrator must perform the general Oracle Cloud Infrastructure prerequisite tasks listed in the following table.
Note
To enable and use Database Management for the DB systems and HeatWave clusters in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure HeatWave service, you're only required to perform the following general prerequisite tasks. However, to enable and use Database Management for External MySQL DB systems, you have to perform additional prerequisite tasks after obtaining the required permissions. For information, see Perform External MySQL DB System-related Prerequisite Tasks.
To enable and use Database Management for the DB systems and HeatWave clusters in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure HeatWave service, you're only required to perform the following general prerequisite tasks. However, to enable and use Database Management for External MySQL DB systems, you have to perform additional prerequisite tasks after obtaining the required permissions. For information, see Perform External MySQL DB System-related Prerequisite Tasks.
| Task | Description | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Create Oracle Cloud Infrastructure IAM user groups | The tenancy administrator must create Identity and Access Management (IAM) groups with users who will enable and use Database Management. | For information on how to create an IAM user group, see
To create a
group.
For information on how to create a user and add a user to a group, see To create a user and To add a user to a group. |
| Create policies to assign permissions to user groups | The IAM user groups must be assigned the required permissions using policies to enable and use Database Management. It's recommended that there's a separation of duties and you create policies to assign permissions to enable and use Database Management to separate user groups. | For information on how to create policies, see Managing
Policies.
For information on the permissions required to enable and use Database Management, see Obtain Required Permissions. |